SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Stephen Curry scored 31 points, Draymond Green He achieved his highest score in over five years and was Golden State Warriors He won the first road game of his series against Sacramento, defeating the Kings 123-116 on Wednesday night to take a 3-2 lead.
Green had 21 points and seven assists in his first game in Sacramento since being ejected and later stopped for a streak on the chest of Domantas Sabonis in the game two loss.
Golden State can now attempt to end the series with a fourth straight home win Friday night.
The defending champion Warriors withstood another rowdy crowd in Sacramento and showed off road strength that has been sorely lacking this season.
Golden State won just 11 away games in the regular season and lost their first two in Sacramento before hitting the key game in the second half to defeat the Kings and extend their record to 28 consecutive series with at least one win on the road.
The Kings trailed by 12 early in the fourth quarter after a layup by Curry but they didn’t go away. They scraped the lead behind 11 points in the next five minutes from Monk – who was briefly knocked down by what appeared to be a left knee injury – to make it a one-point game with just over four minutes to go.
But the Warriors pulled away late after Monk missed 3 goals to tie the game with 1:04 to play.
Andrew Wiggins made a jump turnaround to make it a five-point game and Curry put it away with a three-point game with 22.1 seconds left making it 122-114.
Klay Thompson added 25 points, Wiggins 20, and Kevon Looney had a career-high 22 rebounds.
Dearon Fox scored 24 points despite a broken index finger on his hand, and Monk and Sabonis added 21 points each for Sacramento.
Fox got the start despite breaking the tip of the index finger on his shooting hand late in the fourth game. He played with a splint on his finger and showed no ill effects from the injury, making all three of his attempts from distance in the first. quarter to help Sacramento build a 10-point lead.
The Warriors began to take a lead in the second quarter with Thompson making three three-pointers during a 12-0 run helping Golden State take a 60-56 lead at the half.
Tip-ins
Warriors: Curry passed Magic Johnson (3,701) for fifth place in all-time playoff scoring with 3,727. … Looney became the first two-game Warriors player with at least 20 rebounds in the same game series since Nate Thurmond did it against Milwaukee in 1972. … Golden State was called for two transfer fumbles in the fourth quarter.
Kings: Sacramento went from shooting 8-for-12 from a 3-point range in the first quarter to 0-for-9 in the second quarter — the most the Kings have missed in any quarter this season.
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With the victory on Friday night, the Warriors improved to 19-0 in the series against Western Conference teams since head coach Steve Kerr took over in 2014-15.
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