What we learned as Warriors blow 18-point lead in ugly loss to Kings

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What we learned as Warriors blow 18-point lead in ugly loss to Kings originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

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The Warriors no longer are the Sacramento Kings’ older brothers. It’s time to pass the torch, at least for the time being.

Following the Warriors’ 123-117 loss Wednesday night at Golden 1 Center, Golden State now has lost four consecutive regular-season games against Sacramento, and that of course doesn’t even include last season’s throttling in the NBA Play-In Tournament.

At halftime, the Warriors led by 17 points. Their biggest lead of the game was 18 points, which ties their biggest blown lead of the 2024-25 NBA season as the Warriors fell below .500 with a 21-22 record.

Steph Curry was held to only 14 points, but his season-high 12 assists gave him a double-double. Andrew Wiggins scored a team-high 25 points, and Buddy Hield was next in line with 17. Gui Santos scored a career-high 16 points in 23 minutes off the bench.

These two teams couldn’t have contrasted more in style. The Warriors made 22 3-pointers, 11 more than the Kings, for a 33-point advantage. But the Kings made 21 more free throws than the Warriors and attempted 19 more than them. The Kings had 28 fastbreak points, and the Warriors didn’t score a single fastbreak point.

Far and away, the biggest problem was taking care of the ball. The Warriors were carefree and paid for it, handing the Kings 19 turnovers that resulted in 27 points.

Here are three takeaways from the Warriors’ second loss to their Northern California rivals this season.

Switching Schröder’s Role

Since being traded from the Brooklyn Nets to the Warriors, Dennis Schröder had played 17 games for his new team and had been in the starting lineup every game — until Wednesday night in Sacramento. Coach Steve Kerr made multiple changes to the short-handed Warriors starting lineup, and the biggest was sending Schröder to the bench.

Schroder wasn’t the first Warrior off the bench either. Moses Moody and Trayce Jackson-Davis already had taken their sweatpants off before Schröder and Lindy Waters III received their first minutes of the night.

The change…

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Publish date : 2025-01-22 21:55:00

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