“Kings vs Warriors Game 6: Must-Win for Sacramento to Stay Alive in Playoffs”

Led 3-2 by the Warriors after their loss at home in Game 5, the Kings have no choice: they must win at Chase Center tonight to stay alive in these Playoffs. Bad news: Sacramento remains on eight consecutive defeats in San Francisco.

The summary of Game 5

February 25, 2020. This date may not mean anything to you, but it represents that of Sacramento’s last victory on the Golden State floor. Yes, it’s been three years and two months, exactly 1,158 days, since the Kings left San Francisco with a win. 8 games played, 8 games lost for Sactown on Stephen Curry’s land. A terrible series that absolutely must end tonight if the Kings want to continue their magical season.

In the Playoffs for the first time, this group of Kings will face a team from Golden State with champion DNA, in front of the boiling public of the Chase, and with a Curry who is not one to joke at the time of end a series. No need to cut corners: the challenge is immense for the men of Mike Brown.

“You have to take it one game at a time. You have to win one match, not two. The reality is that my players have to go through this kind of experience as a group, a group that is together for the first time, in order to reach a milestone collectively.

– Mike Brown

The Kings coach wants to inspire his players by sharing some of his past experiences, he who has known many different scenarios in the Playoffs, whether as coach of the Cavaliers of LeBron James (2005-10) or as an assistant from…Steve Kerr to Golden State (2016-22). And for that, it can also count on some veterans in its workforce, such as Harrison Barnes for example, also passed by the Warriors with whom he won the title in 2015.

“Can we be consistent over 48 minutes to force a Game 7? That’s the challenge. But I think we are capable of it, we have already shown it during the series.

– Harrison Barnes

In the heat of the Chase, in this knockout game, the Kings will have to show their ability to keep a cool head. But above all, to hope to win, they will need a better De’Aaron Fox than in Game 5 (24 points and 9 assists, but 9/25 in shooting and 6 turnovers), he who suffers from a broken index finger. They will need Keegan Murray to deliver a performance similar to that of Game 4 (23 points), full-back Kevin Huerter to move (9 points average at 16% from 3-pointers), while winning the battle of the intensity against Kevon Looney, Draymond Green and Co.

That’s a lot of conditions (among others), and we know that the Warriors will be there to drive the point home. But as Mike Brown says, it is in complicated, even desperate situations that a team grows. The Kings went to a shot to snatch Game 4 last Sunday, maybe this time this shot will return if we are entitled to a new very tight money-time.

Come on, meet tonight at 2amfor a Game 6 that should make a lot of sparks.

You can call them the road @warriors after beating the kings in Sacramento last night 123-116. That’s three straight for dubs. Game 6 tomorrow night in San Francisco at chase center pic.twitter.com/B9TAaW0fI9

— Will Tran (@KRON4WTran) April 27, 2023