A winner-takes-all Game 7 is back in Sacramento on Sunday afternoon.
SAN FRANCISCO — Malik Monk scored 28 points, De’Aaron Fox added 26 points and 11 assists, and the Sacramento Kings staved off elimination in their first-round playoff series by beating Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors 118-99 on Friday night in Game 6.Rookie Keegan Murray scored 15 points with four 3-pointers and grabbed 12 rebounds for his first playoff double-double, and the No.
Curry scored 29, Klay Thompson 22 and Kevon Looney pulled down 13 more rebounds to give him an NBA-leading 85 this postseason. He was coming off a career-high 22 rebounds in a Game 5 win at Golden 1 Center. The Kings led 90-80 heading into the final 12 minutes. Curry hit an early 3, only for Trey Lyles to connect moments later. When Curry drove for a layup the next possession, Monk made one of his own.Curry’s 3 with 9:28 left got Golden State within 99-89 before Fox hit.
Sacramento snapped a six-game losing streak on the Warriors’ home floor dating to a win on Feb. 25, 2020.Ezra Shaw/Getty Images
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