Warriors–Kings replay

Sacramento beat Golden State 124-118 on Friday, April 10, behind Devin Carter’s career-high 29 points in the last Warriors-Kings meeting of the regular season. (apnews.com) The official box score lists the game at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, with 18,175 in attendance, and shows the Kings at 22-59 after the win and the Warriors at 37-44 after the loss. (nba.com) Brandin Podziemski scored a career-high 30 points for Golden State, and the Warriors also got 17 from De’Anthony Melton and 11 from Stephen Curry in 27 minutes. (nba.com) Sacramento’s starters did most of the work: Carter had 29, Daeqwon Plowden scored 20, Maxime Raynaud had 23, and Nique Clifford added 20. (nba.com) The game landed two days before the regular season finale on Sunday, April 12, with Golden State still sitting 10th in the Western Conference and in the SoFi National Basketball Association Play-In Tournament field. Sacramento had already been eliminated and stood 14th in the West. (espn.com) (nba.com) That split screen explains why the replay kept circulating. The Warriors were still playing for postseason position, while the Kings’ win came even as The Associated Press noted it hurt Sacramento’s draft position. (apnews.com) (nba.com) The matchup also carried familiar rivalry weight. Warriors-Kings games have drawn outsized attention since their 2023 first-round playoff series, and this one came with Stephen Curry on the floor and Sacramento at home again. (nba.com) (espn.com) The box score shows Golden State shot 48.1% overall and 38.9% from 3-point range, but 16 turnovers led to 19 Kings points. Sacramento shot 46.9% and put up 124 points despite going 9-for-31 from deep. (nba.com) The Warriors’ next stop was the regular-season finale against the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday night, while the Kings closed in Portland. Friday’s replay kept one more Warriors-Kings chapter in circulation as the season moved to its last day. (espn.com)