Golden State Warriors snatch lead over Sacramento as the defending NBA champions win the first road game of the series with 123-116 victory
- Golden State now takes the advantage to home turf to wrap up the series Friday
- Draymond Green had his highest-scoring game in more than five years with 21
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The Golden State Warriors won the first road game of their series against Sacramento, beating the Kings 123-116 Wednesday night to take a 3-2 lead.
Golden State now takes the advantage to home turf as it can try to wrap up the series with a fourth straight win on Friday night.
Stephen Curry scored 31 points, while Draymond Green had his highest-scoring game in more than five years.
Green had 21 points and seven assists in his first game back in Sacramento since getting ejected and later suspended for stepping on Domantas Sabonis’ chest in a Game 2 loss.
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The defending champion Warriors withstood another raucous crowd in Sacramento and showed off their road mettle that had been missing so often this season.
The Golden State Warriors won the first road game of their series against Sacramento
The defending champions defeated the Kings 123-116 Wednesday night to take a 3-2 lead
Draymond Green had his highest-scoring game in more than five years with 21 points
Golden State won only 11 games away from home in the regular season and lost the first two games in Sacramento before making the key plays in the second half to beat the Kings and extend their record to 28 straight playoff series with at least one road win.
The Kings trailed by 12 early in the fourth quarter after a layup by Curry but wouldn´t go away. They chipped away at the deficit behind 11 points in the next five minutes from Monk – who went down briefly with what looked like a left knee injury – to make it a one-point game with just over four minutes left.
But the Warriors pulled away late after Monk missed a potential game-tying 3 with 1:04 to play.
Andrew Wiggins made a turnaround jumper to make it a five-point game and Curry put it away with a three-point play with 22.1 seconds left that made it 122-114.
Andrew Wiggins (second left) made a turnaround jumper to make it a five-point game
Klay Thompson added 25 points, Wiggins had 20 and Kevon Looney matched his career-high with 22 rebounds.
De’Aaron Fox scored 24 despite a broken index finger on his shooting hand, and Monk and Sabonis added 21 points apiece for Sacramento.
Fox got the start despite breaking the tip of the index finger on his shooting hand late in Game 4. He played with a splint on the finger and showed no ill effects from the injury, making all three of his attempts from long range in the first quarter to help Sacramento build a 10-point lead.
The Warriors got going in the second quarter with Thompson making three 3-pointers during a 12-0 run that helped Golden State take a 60-56 lead at the half.
