Sharpshooting guard Klay Thompson had perhaps the worst game of his career, going 0-for-10 from the field and putting a zero on his scoreline. Draymond Green, the defensive and playmaking wizard, found himself bullied in the post by the Kings' Domantas Sabonis. Chris Paul, the future Hall of Fame guard, had all of three points in 18 minutes of action.
Afterward, the coach at the helm of these four Golden State championship teams struck a reasonable but fatalistic note. 'This is life,' Steve Kerr said. 'This is how it works. You don't get to stay on top forever. These Warriors are no longer on top.'
The Warriors limped into the Play-In as the Western Conference's No 10 seed. They went 46-36 and gradually showed the signs of a team that doesn't quite have it anymore. All of it came to a head in Sacramento, where the Warriors were outclassed by a solid but unspectacular Kings team.
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