The No. 3 seed Sacramento Kings vs. the No. 6 seed Golden State Warriors has shortly grow to be probably the most entertaining sequence of the primary spherical of the 2023 NBA Playoffs. The Kings took Sport 1 at dwelling, which arrange a pressure-packed Sport 2 for Golden State on Monday evening.
The Kings beat the Warriors, 114-106, to go up 2-0 with the sequence headed again to Golden State. The Warriors had not gone down 0-2 in a playoff sequence since 2007, however now it appears like their dynasty is on life help.
Sport 2 was tightly contested late within the fourth quarter when a controversial second that led to the ejection of Draymond Inexperienced modified the complexion of the night. The Kings led 91-87 with 7:03 remaining in regulation when Inexperienced and Domantas Sabonis acquired snarled beneath the basket after a Kings miss. As Sabonis fell to the bottom, he grabbed Inexperienced’s leg so he couldn’t run the opposite manner. Inexperienced responded by stomping on Sabonis, and the refs blew the play useless.
After an extended delay, Inexperienced was assessed a flagrant-2 and subsequent computerized ejection. Sabonis was additionally given a technical foul. Watch the play right here:
Inexperienced was taunting Kings followers within the crowd because the refs had been reviewing the play.
Sabonis had X-rays on his ribs and lungs after the sport:
Sacramento Kings All-Star Domantas Sabonis is present process X-rays on his ribs/lungs, sources inform ESPN. Sabonis is getting evaluated after Draymond Inexperienced stepped on him in Sport 2.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 18, 2023
Inexperienced has had so many controversial moments within the playoffs throughout his profession. That is one other one for the canon.
Sport 2 was bodily from the opening tip. The refs let each side get away with lots of pushing and shoving, and Inexperienced and Sabonis had been in the course of it for a lot of the evening.
In Sport 1 on Saturday, Inexperienced and Sabonis acquired snarled on the same play that arrange a go-ahead shot try for the Warriors, however Andrew Wiggins missed:
We will’t wait to listen to Draymond’s podcast on this one.
We’ll replace this story because it develops.
