Draymond details two ways Warriors can beat Kings tonight

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Draymond details two ways Warriors can beat Kings tonight originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

Draymond Green is looking internally when detailing how the Warriors can beat the Kings in their Western Conference Play-In game Tuesday night at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.

While Green knows the Warriors must slow down Kings stars De’Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis, the four-time NBA champion forward made it clear on his latest podcast that Golden State needs to focus on itself in the win-or-go-home matchup.

“I think for us to win, a very young, fast team, one of the most important things for us to win this game, we really need to take care of the ball,” Green said on “The Draymond Green Show,” which was posted Monday. “We take care of the ball, we get shots up, we’re then able to play great defense, not be in transition all game, you get your defense set.

“So it’ll be really important for us to take care of the basketball. That will be the No. 1 key in the game for us. Take care of the ball, get looks at the rim. If we’re getting looks at the rim, I like the odds that we’ll make them. We have great shooters, we have great scorers. I think that will be big for us.”

During the 2023-24 NBA season, the Warriors committed the eight-most turnovers per game at 14.3 and they weren’t much better over the last 15 games, when they went 11-4, as they committed 14.2 giveaways during that span.

In the four regular-season games against the Kings, the Warriors committed 19, 17, 18 and 13 turnovers, respectively.

Aside from taking care of the ball, Green believes the Warriors’ X-factor is Jonathan Kuminga, Golden State’s biggest breakout player this season.

“And if I would say there’s one player that’s very important for us to win this game, obviously Andrew Wiggins is important on both sides of the ball,” Green said. “But I think our X-factor is extremely important in this game in Jonathan Kuminga.

“Jonathan Kuminga brings a different flare to our team. He brings something not many people in the NBA bring to a team, great getting down hill, great finishing at the rim. So I think Kumimga is going to be very important to our success…

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Publish date : 2024-04-16 16:20:32

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