NBA Golden State Warriors vs Sacramento Kings 09.10.2024

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00:00:00Preseason action at Golden One Center

00:00:03With the NBA regular season tipping off on ESPN with a doubleheader two weeks from tonight

00:00:13Starting lineups brought to you by Popeyes

00:00:15The Warriors won 46 games a year ago, but missed the playoffs as the 10 seed

00:00:21They lost to the Kings in the play-in tournament. This is how they will start tonight

00:00:25Kerry Brandon Pajewski started 28 games last year. Devon Looney, Draymond Green, Jonathan Kaminga

00:00:31Was one of the most improved players in the NBA last season

00:00:36And the Newark Kings with DeMar DeRozan joining Fox and Sabonis. Keegan Murray now in his third season and Keon Ellis

00:00:43former undrafted player out of Alabama

00:00:45Has turned into a very solid NBA player

00:00:56Well, he's done it all in his career, multiple championships as a player, multiple titles as an NBA head coach

00:01:03And now, Olympic gold as the head coach of Team USA this past summer

00:01:08He said he got to decompress, had a month break on the beach, playing some golf

00:01:12And now back to work as the head coach of the Warriors in year 11

00:01:18It's unique pressure that entire group was under in the Olympics

00:01:22It's different than a seven-game series, the pressure different than an NBA Finals game

00:01:27You're expected to win, it's complete failure if you don't come home with the gold

00:01:32I think that manifested, you saw it with both the players

00:01:35And Steve talked about that readily

00:01:38And Steph Curry, his first Olympic experience, obviously a big factor in those closeout games

00:01:43Devon Looney with the first basket of the game

00:01:47And here's De'Aaron Fox

00:01:49On the step back, can't knock it down

00:01:52And poked out to Ellis, they're going to call a foul underneath

00:01:56It's going to go on Looney

00:02:01Well, you mentioned Steve Kerr on the other side, you got Mike Brown in year 3

00:02:04As the head coach of the Sacramento Kings

00:02:07Coach of the year two years ago, he worked for Steve with the Warriors for many seasons

00:02:13And won three titles together

00:02:16And he told us as DeMar DeRozan hits the jumper

00:02:18That DeRozan's presence will do a lot for Fox

00:02:21And Savonis taking some of the offensive pressure off that duo

00:02:24Think about it, Fox two years ago won clutch player of the year

00:02:28It was absolutely dynamic in Mike Brown's first year late game

00:02:33And DeMar DeRozan, you have got another guy

00:02:36So that best defender on the opponent has got to pick

00:02:39Who am I guarding, Fox or DeRozan?

00:02:41That best defender on the opponent has got to pick

00:02:43Who am I guarding, Fox or DeRozan?

00:02:45Both are great late game shot makers

00:02:49Good ball movement by Sacramento

00:02:51The open three won't fall though for Murray

00:02:54Now Fox will try and really improve his three point shooting last year

00:02:58Unable to connect there

00:03:00Made 214 threes a year ago

00:03:02Was an All-Star two years ago

00:03:04And third team All-NBA

00:03:07Turnaround jumper

00:03:08Battles down for Kaminga

00:03:12DeRozan

00:03:17Here's DeRozan with the pull-up jumper

00:03:19The master of the mid-range as always

00:03:21Well just consistency

00:03:22You touched in the open about him fitting in with the culture

00:03:26And there is just a hum to his offensive abilities

00:03:31Kaminga from deep

00:03:32Won't fall, rebounds Savonis

00:03:34Led the NBA in rebounding the last two years

00:03:37Changed his number, went back to number 11 as Fox scores

00:03:41Savonis wore that in college

00:03:42And also his dad Arvides wore it when he was an NBA player

00:03:52Here's Curry

00:03:54Near 16 in the NBA

00:03:57Turns 37 in March

00:03:58Gives it up to Pachepsky

00:04:00Nice pass underneath

00:04:01And Green puts it in

00:04:03Pachepsky just great feel for the game

00:04:05Always seems to make the right decision

00:04:08First team All-Rookie last year

00:04:12Collision between Ellis and Murray

00:04:16Kevin Herter not available tonight

00:04:19Either he or Ellis will be that fifth starter for the Kings

00:04:23On opening night

00:04:24Savonis got pushed

00:04:27Out of position by Kaminga

00:04:28Let's watch DeMar DeRozan

00:04:30Doesn't matter the jersey

00:04:32The game very much the same

00:04:33A little more dribble handoff action for DeMar here

00:04:36Just feels where the defender is

00:04:38Stays behind Savonis

00:04:40And then this time

00:04:41Again you're getting the switch

00:04:42Looney is preventing the drive

00:04:44So he gives him that extra cushion

00:04:45And boom right to the mid-range

00:04:47That is his sweet spot

00:04:49Here's 16 for DeRozan

00:04:5135 years old

00:04:52Six-time All-Star

00:04:53There he is again with the mid-range shot

00:04:55Floating it up and in over Looney

00:04:58Just want you to think about consistent excellence

00:05:01Go back to the 13-14 season

00:05:04There is nobody who has played more total minutes than DeMar DeRozan

00:05:08He's infallible

00:05:09He's consistent in what he gives you night by night

00:05:12Offensively

00:05:13And a tremendous addition to this group

00:05:15So tough

00:05:16Great personality

00:05:17Every coach he's ever played for

00:05:19Says just a tremendous guy in the locker room

00:05:21As Kaminga soars and finishes

00:05:23At the rim

00:05:24They were having a discussion in studio

00:05:26About that young man

00:05:27That ability on fire right there

00:05:30And Savonis on the other end

00:05:31His first shot attempt goes down

00:05:35Pace

00:05:36Both of these teams want to play at a high pace

00:05:39Mike Brown and Steve Kerr

00:05:40Similar sentimentality

00:05:42Similar philosophies on how the game should be played

00:05:47Here's Savonis in the open floor

00:05:48Excellent passer

00:05:51Goes to the right hand and can't finish

00:05:53Looney who Steve Kerr said has had a tremendous training camp

00:05:57The assumption by a lot of people was

00:05:59Trace Jackson-Davis would be the starting five

00:06:01But seems like that position's up in the air

00:06:03Either Jackson-Davis or Looney

00:06:05But Draymond Green occasionally playing five

00:06:07Curry gets to the rim

00:06:08And scores off glass

00:06:15First shot attempt for Curry

00:06:16Who last year played in 74 games

00:06:18Averaged 26 points per game

00:06:23Nice cut by Fox

00:06:26Missed the first time and not the second

00:06:28But what do you notice?

00:06:29Who's the hub?

00:06:30The hub is Domas Savonis

00:06:35How much of the action from the Sacramento Kings

00:06:37Revolves around Domas at the elbow making decisions

00:06:41Eight assists per game last year

00:06:43Nice move by Murray around Looney

00:06:45And a timeout by Steve Kerr

00:06:47And the fans love what they're seeing offensively early on

00:06:49From the Kings

00:06:52Great start on offense

00:06:5458% shooting for Sacramento

00:06:57Murray with the score

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00:07:07Draymond Green and the Warriors were a different team

00:07:09With him last year

00:07:11He missed 27 games

00:07:1321 from either league suspension or team discipline

00:07:16And just look at how he influences the offense

00:07:19He's the hub of the Warriors offense

00:07:21As a distributor

00:07:23Obviously an excellent rebounder

00:07:25Also had a career high four ejections last year

00:07:27For the Warriors

00:07:29Without Clay Thompson

00:07:31Doris to be a playoff team

00:07:33They need Draymond Green to be available

00:07:35And not be in trouble

00:07:37I mean listen

00:07:39The bottom line is

00:07:41They won below 500

00:07:43Of their games

00:07:45Right?

00:07:47When he wasn't in the lineup

00:07:49They were 13 and 14

00:07:51With him 60% of their games they win

00:07:53It's not a mystery

00:07:55He unlocks so much on both ends

00:07:57As Steph Curry gets his second basket

00:07:59Number one

00:08:01611 assists

00:08:03For threes over the course of his career

00:08:05His feel and dribble handoffs

00:08:07His feel in their split actions

00:08:09This

00:08:11His ability as he gets backdoor defensively

00:08:13Think about this for Draymond Green last year

00:08:15This team started to play well

00:08:17When he returned from a second suspension

00:08:19He played 70% of his minutes

00:08:21At the five position

00:08:23A spot he doesn't want to play

00:08:25But which helped unlock the Jonathan Kuminga

00:08:27Andrew Wiggins

00:08:29Lineup

00:08:31Which was required

00:08:33And that's when the team found its footing

00:08:35Draymond is key on both ends

00:08:37To the success of this team

00:08:39Take a look at the upcoming national TV schedule

00:08:41NBA TV tomorrow night

00:08:43The Lakers are in Milwaukee

00:08:45ESPN tomorrow night

00:08:47WNBA Finals Game 1

00:08:49Minnesota at the Liberty

00:08:51New York lost in the finals a year ago

00:08:53ABC Sunday's Game 2

00:08:55For more go to nba.com or visit the NBA app

00:08:57Two best teams in the WNBA

00:08:59Square off

00:09:01Nafisa Collier is averaging 27 points

00:09:03In the playoffs

00:09:05She is absolutely killing people

00:09:07As is Stewie so I can't wait to watch

00:09:09Collier MVP runner up

00:09:11Kuros at eight points early on

00:09:13The floater no good from Green

00:09:15And here comes Savonis with another rebound

00:09:17And push

00:09:19Murray spot on three

00:09:21Neither team

00:09:23With a three until Steph Curry

00:09:25Hit one after the commercial

00:09:27But that's it otherwise it's been all in the paint

00:09:29For both teams here

00:09:31Almost six minutes of action

00:09:33Well look at the lineup Steve Kuros

00:09:35Playing now he wants to be a high volume

00:09:37Three point shooter so

00:09:39Kuros Looney in comes your other center

00:09:41Who started their first preseason game

00:09:43Trace Jackson Davis

00:09:45With that player on the floor

00:09:47Draymond Green and Jonathan Kaminga

00:09:49Your range shooting

00:09:51Is not spacing the floor

00:09:53So to speak right

00:09:55There's not a ton of shooting with that lineup

00:09:57And obviously that's a big area where they missed

00:09:59Klay Thompson

00:10:01In general Steve Kuros told us it was just weird

00:10:03Being a training camp this past week

00:10:05You're talking about 13 straight years

00:10:07Three championships together

00:10:09Steph Curry drills his second three

00:10:11There's your answer

00:10:15He can make enough on his own

00:10:17Some nights

00:10:19Last year

00:10:21At age 35

00:10:23He made 357 threes

00:10:25The 8th time he's led the NBA

00:10:27In made threes

00:10:29Just simple action here

00:10:31You've got to find the most dangerous shooter on the floor

00:10:33Keon Ellis

00:10:35And that is why Steph is wide open

00:10:39You think about how he's taken care of his body

00:10:41Over the years

00:10:43I don't think anybody would have thought early on his career

00:10:45He'd be able to play this number of games

00:10:47Go to the Olympics

00:10:49Come back and then be an all NBA type player again

00:10:51Which many assume he will be

00:10:53Without the work that he put into the off season

00:10:57What he does requires

00:10:59Not only physical stamina

00:11:01But mental stamina

00:11:03His commitment to conditioning and movement

00:11:05That's required to be Steph Curry

00:11:07Is truly something remarkable

00:11:09Green got bumped underneath by Malik Monk

00:11:11Who was runner up for the 6th man of the year

00:11:13Last year

00:11:15Key player for the Kings

00:11:17In their 46th win season

00:11:19First team foul on Sacramento

00:11:25We will not see Jordan McLaughlin tonight

00:11:27Or Trey Lyles

00:11:29There are two players

00:11:31On the right part of the Sacramento bench

00:11:35Curry has it knocked away by Monk

00:11:37Shot clock at 7

00:11:39Good job by Keegan Murray

00:11:41Defensively

00:11:43A year ago Mike challenged Keegan Murray

00:11:45Who had a great shooting rookie season

00:11:47To guard the opponents best player every night

00:11:49You better be able to lock and trail

00:11:51And navigate screens

00:11:53And then recover on the catch

00:11:55Be able to slide and get into position

00:11:57That is nicely done

00:11:59Kamiga

00:12:01Looked like he got fouled

00:12:03No call

00:12:05And here comes Sacramento

00:12:07Monk got caught in the air

00:12:09Leaves it for Sabonis

00:12:11On the attack and kick

00:12:15Curry defending Sabonis

00:12:17Now on the switch

00:12:19Green comes over to help

00:12:21And Sabonis slams it

00:12:23Sabonis is very willing to mix it up physically

00:12:26And Draymond Green

00:12:28Letting the official

00:12:30Moosa Dagger know what

00:12:32Sabonis was doing already

00:12:34An emphatic increase in game number 2

00:12:36A signal by Draymond Green

00:12:38To an official

00:12:40And maybe it helped him there

00:12:41He got the call, got fouled

00:12:42And he'll go to the line and try to complete the 3 point play

00:12:44And he's still talking to Moosa

00:12:49That was on Mason Jones

00:12:51And checking into the game now

00:12:53For Golden State

00:12:55Two key guys that the Warriors picked up in the offseason

00:12:57As you look at the basket by Draymond

00:12:59So they add Buddy Heald

00:13:01Who by the way is the only player

00:13:03To have more 3's the last 5 years

00:13:05Than Steph Curry

00:13:07Heald played in 84 games last year

00:13:09And Anthony Melton on the roster now too

00:13:11First of all let's go back to your first point

00:13:13Because if that's a trivia question

00:13:15How many people in America

00:13:17Think that he has more 3's the last 5 years

00:13:19Than Steph Curry

00:13:22Heald spent some time here

00:13:24In Sacramento

00:13:26They hope he can fill some of that void

00:13:28And George talked about that a little bit in the open

00:13:30For Clay Thompson now in Dallas

00:13:32Having another shooter on the floor

00:13:34Nice pass by Sabonis, good defense though

00:13:36And an empty possession as McDaniels couldn't score

00:13:42As Jalen McDaniels traded in the offseason

00:13:44By Toronto

00:13:46To Sacramento

00:13:48Nice pass by Melton

00:13:50And it's tied on the Kings

00:13:581,322 minutes

00:14:00A lot more than Steph Curry too

00:14:02The last 5 years

00:14:04On top of that anyone who's ever coached him

00:14:06Talks about the energy

00:14:08That Buddy Heald comes into every building with

00:14:10There's just a joy and a love

00:14:12For the game

00:14:14That island ethos

00:14:16That he comes with

00:14:20He will chase the basketball

00:14:22He is relentless in his movements

00:14:24Similar to Steph Curry

00:14:26So you're right, they will look to him to make

00:14:28Up some of those 3's

00:14:30And I think his minutes will be dictated very much the way

00:14:32It was in Philadelphia

00:14:34Is he making shots tonight or is he not?

00:14:36They add Melton

00:14:38And Kyle Anderson

00:14:40Golden State should be a better defensive team

00:14:42That is certainly the goal for the Warriors

00:14:44This year

00:14:46Murray underneath to the corner

00:14:48Can't hit the 3, Sacramento 0 for 5

00:14:50From out there

00:14:52Melton

00:14:54Too strong in the pull up triple

00:14:56Trying to keep it in play

00:14:58By batting it, but it goes out of bounds

00:15:00I agree on the defensive point

00:15:02And this young man right now picking up

00:15:04Malik Monk full court or thinking about it

00:15:06Melton, he's one reason, Kyle Anderson

00:15:08Is another reason their defense

00:15:10Will elevate

00:15:12Anderson really smart

00:15:14Plays the point guard and offense sometimes

00:15:18Played in a lot of playoff games

00:15:20The last few years with Minnesota

00:15:22Last year on their run for the conference finals

00:15:24Melton fouls McDaniels

00:15:26Underneath

00:15:28And that will put McDaniels at the strike

00:15:32But I've got to be honest with you Dave

00:15:34I don't know what the ceiling is for Golden State

00:15:36I really don't

00:15:38And the reason I say that is

00:15:40And you heard part of this discussion back in the studio

00:15:44What kind of year does Jonathan Kamink have?

00:15:48A year ago he had a breakthrough

00:15:50He averaged 10 points per game

00:15:52In the paint

00:15:54You get this guy the basketball

00:15:56In a downhill situation

00:15:58Very few individual players are going to be able

00:16:00To stop him

00:16:02The challenge this season is can he add range

00:16:04Shooting consistently

00:16:06Can he make smart decisions, handle the basketball well

00:16:08And can he make sure

00:16:10He limits those moments on the defensive end

00:16:12Where he can lose

00:16:14His concentration

00:16:16He can't have a missed box out

00:16:18He's got to be on point

00:16:20All night

00:16:22And so we'll talk about this on the other side

00:16:24I'm just not sure what this group is going to be yet

00:16:26So much is in flux

00:16:30I'll show you that Golden State

00:16:32And Sacramento with 46 wins

00:16:34The previous year would have finished fourth

00:16:36The West was as good as it had ever been a year ago

00:16:38And you're talking Doris before the break

00:16:40About the uncertainty and what the Warriors might look like

00:16:42And where they'll finish

00:16:44You could say that about a lot of teams

00:16:46In the West this year

00:16:48As opposed to last year

00:16:50Feels different, might be as good

00:16:52But with a lot of player movement

00:16:54There's some unknowns for sure

00:16:56And I think the thing is

00:16:58The wins total that you referenced

00:17:00So two years ago, 48 wins

00:17:02For the Sacramento Kings team

00:17:04They were on pace for 50 last year

00:17:06Until a couple of injuries

00:17:08Including the Kevin Herter who's not playing tonight

00:17:10As he rehabs his shoulder

00:17:12He's going to have a terrific year

00:17:14I'll be very surprised

00:17:16If this group isn't top 6

00:17:18I'm curious what Herter's timeline is

00:17:20Mr. Monk going to work right there

00:17:22Individually

00:17:24We know Oklahoma City

00:17:26Gained critical experience

00:17:28In the playoffs

00:17:30Added to an already dynamic

00:17:32Defensive team

00:17:34And those repetitions will help them

00:17:36So they're going to be outstanding

00:17:38I'm curious what

00:17:40The final standings look like

00:17:42In the West in terms of win total

00:17:44And what that means

00:17:46Anthony Melton from Dane

00:17:48Knocks down the 3

00:17:50Well you look at Denver losing

00:17:52Caldwell Pope, how does that impact

00:17:54The Nuggets, the trade of towns

00:17:56Bringing in Julius Randle

00:17:58How does that change things for Minnesota

00:18:00Fox can't answer from 3, Phoenix has a new coach

00:18:02And you look at teams

00:18:04Like Golden State without Clay Thompson

00:18:06To Rosen being added to Sacramento

00:18:08And then Memphis

00:18:10Which was at the bottom of the standings last year

00:18:12The assumption is with

00:18:14Ja Morant being available

00:18:16And healthy that the Grizzlies now

00:18:18Are going to take a jump

00:18:22Foul is on Keegan Murray

00:18:24Alex Len checks in

00:18:26For the Kings, let's bring in George

00:18:28Dave D.B. if you think about it

00:18:30The Warriors won 46 games

00:18:32Two seasons ago

00:18:34And that would have been

00:18:36The 4 seed

00:18:38Two seasons ago

00:18:40You had 10 teams above 500 as you mentioned Dave

00:18:42There's teams that were at the bottom

00:18:44As you see a 3 pointer there by Buddy Hill

00:18:46That will absolutely try to rise

00:18:48Closer to the top

00:18:50Should be a fascinating year as it always is

00:18:52Certainly in the West

00:18:56A lot of new faces in this conference

00:18:58And here's one of them

00:19:00DeMar DeRozan

00:19:02After spending the last three seasons with the Bulls

00:19:04There's Malik Monk

00:19:06Who can catch fire in a hurry

00:19:08I mean think about that

00:19:10Malik Monk is coming off the bench

00:19:12And he is dynamic

00:19:14As an offensive player

00:19:16And some of it too as we talk about

00:19:18New faces with Heald

00:19:20Another one scoring off the window

00:19:22Sometimes it's fit Malik Monk

00:19:24Things didn't seem to work out at previous stops

00:19:26He comes here and all of a sudden

00:19:28Has a career year

00:19:30Fox on the drive

00:19:32From Monk

00:19:34Got it blocked by Jackson Davis

00:19:36Out of bounds

00:19:38Well what you have in Malik Monk

00:19:40Is yet another dynamic ball handler

00:19:42Who can pull up off the bounce

00:19:44Can shoot it with great range

00:19:46Can be a finisher

00:19:48To close games

00:19:50Should DeMar or De'Aaron Fox get in foul trouble

00:19:52Down the stretch

00:19:54We have seen Monk take over an offense

00:19:56For a 3, 4, 5 minute stretch

00:19:58And carry the team

00:20:00Number 2 last year in bench scoring

00:20:02And bench assist

00:20:04Now in season number 8 out of Kentucky

00:20:08Shot clock at 3

00:20:10DeRozan on the back down

00:20:12Hoist it over

00:20:14And he has to take that

00:20:16Because he is under duress of the clock

00:20:18But folks just so you know

00:20:20That's what his shots look like

00:20:22He is one of the toughest shot makers in the game

00:20:24He is used to guys

00:20:26He has a chest in his face

00:20:28And his concentration just that good

00:20:30He is 4 of 4 in this game

00:20:3210 points here in the first quarter

00:20:34Anderson double pump underneath

00:20:36Nice hands

00:20:38As McDaniels gets the strip and steal

00:20:402 second difference in the game

00:20:42In shot clocks here at the end of the opening quarter

00:20:44Golden State on the strength

00:20:46Of 5 three-pointers

00:20:482 from Steph Curry

00:20:502 from Buddy Heal leading by 4

00:20:52Box with 5 to shoot

00:20:56Could have been an offensive foul call

00:20:583 seconds left

00:21:00Moody can't get it away in time

00:21:04And the first quarter comes to a close

00:21:08DeMar DeRozan is like a metronome

00:21:10Folks just wind him up and let him go

00:21:12Because he is as consistent an NBA player

00:21:14As you'll find

00:21:16Need a tough shot to be made

00:21:18DeMar DeRozan he's your man

00:21:20That is money

00:21:22Depot working tonight

00:21:30Welcome back to NBA Wednesday

00:21:32Presented by Popeyes we're here with Steve Kerr

00:21:34The head coach of the Warriors

00:21:36Looks like Steph has picked up right where he left off in Paris

00:21:38With you with a big first quarter

00:21:40What do you see from him in year 16

00:21:42That may be different about his approach

00:21:46Well he's always trying to get better

00:21:48He has a routine but he adds to his routine

00:21:50And he's constantly thinking about his body

00:21:52And his mind and he's the ultimate pro

00:21:54I mean he's just constantly preparing

00:21:56For what's next

00:21:58So it's a dream to coach a guy like that

00:22:00Who just sets a tone for everybody

00:22:02You've got a void at the two spot

00:22:04There are going to be a number of guys competing

00:22:06For that particular position

00:22:08How much do these preseason games matter

00:22:10In regards to who could play

00:22:12Well they matter but every practice matters

00:22:14We're really looking for combinations

00:22:16We know that Melton can play

00:22:18And Moody can play

00:22:20Podzemski all these guys

00:22:22They're all capable of

00:22:24You know filling in that role

00:22:26That Klay's absence leaves

00:22:28But it's more about the five man units

00:22:30And that's what we're looking at

00:22:32Steve thank you good luck

00:22:34Guys back to you

00:22:36Meanwhile take a picture on the other end

00:22:38Steph with a preseason

00:22:40Three point attempt that hit the side of the back

00:22:42I don't know if you've seen that regular season very often

00:22:44But Curt told us before the game

00:22:46There's 12 or 13 guys

00:22:48On this roster

00:22:50That deserve time

00:22:52So I've got to figure out because 12 or 13 guys

00:22:54Can't play how to manage that over the course of the year

00:22:56Right

00:22:58And listen they've also talked about

00:23:00Changing their offense

00:23:02This has been a great read and react

00:23:04Draymond in the middle of the floor

00:23:06Reading those split actions

00:23:08Steph with the relentless movement

00:23:10They want to go to a little bit more structure

00:23:12They'd like to shoot 53's

00:23:14Last year they averaged 48

00:23:16They believe Andrew Wiggins is going to have a tremendous year

00:23:18Offensively they'll lean in

00:23:20Again Kamingai touched on this already

00:23:22How consistently does he knock down

00:23:24That three point shot

00:23:26He looks confident and comfortable tonight

00:23:28On the two catches he's made from three

00:23:30He is shot ready

00:23:32Shot 32% from three last year

00:23:34As DeRozan scores again

00:23:36His first game as a king

00:23:38And he's 5 of 5 from the floor

00:23:42Where they're getting downhill

00:23:44And they're touching the paint

00:23:46Rattles it home from deep

00:23:48Another 3 to 7 already for Golden State

00:23:50Multiple guys trying to get downhill

00:23:52And get off the dribble

00:23:54Fox tries to go again there

00:23:56Here's DeRozan

00:23:58Hits again that's a 3

00:24:00For DeMar DeRozan

00:24:02Only a 33% shooter

00:24:04Last season

00:24:06He hasn't missed a shot yet tonight

00:24:086 of 6

00:24:10Foul on the floor

00:24:12As Draymond Green hit the deck

00:24:14DeRozan's got 15 points

00:24:16In 9 minutes

00:24:18He's not a heavy volume

00:24:20Three point shooter which is why I think

00:24:22You're hearing Mike talk about

00:24:24Sabonis taking more shots

00:24:26Spacing will be a thought process for both

00:24:28Of these groups

00:24:30But DeMar he's capable from there

00:24:32He's so consistent

00:24:34Getting to his spots

00:24:36It's like a well worn tire track

00:24:38And he's also consistent

00:24:40As a person

00:24:42You pretty much get the same guy each practice

00:24:44And that's going to do wonders for a team

00:24:46That does not have a lot of post season

00:24:48Success

00:24:50Here's Curry letting it fly

00:24:52And hitting a 3

00:24:54That's the third triple and Curry's got 11 points

00:24:56Here in the first half

00:24:58Yet another connection between the two of them

00:25:00Draymond Green and Stephen Curry

00:25:02Mark

00:25:04Fouled by

00:25:06Kuminga who got underneath him

00:25:10Three fouls on Kuminga

00:25:12Touched on Draymond

00:25:14Understanding

00:25:16Where his teammate is at all times

00:25:18On the floor. Pass wasn't necessarily perfect

00:25:20Defender almost gets a piece

00:25:22Great concentration from

00:25:24Steph keeping his shoulders square

00:25:32We were talking about some of the changes

00:25:34And we talked throughout here about the

00:25:36Player changes. There's also some staff changes

00:25:38For Golden State

00:25:40With on the right Terry Stotts

00:25:42Former Portland Trailblazers head coach

00:25:44And Jerry Stackhouse obviously a long time

00:25:46NBA player and most recently

00:25:48Head coach at Vanderbilt

00:25:50Now on Steve Kerr's staff

00:25:52Love both additions

00:25:54Jerry Stackhouse

00:25:56Probably the least far removed

00:25:58From his playing days obviously

00:26:00Terry Stotts

00:26:02So much success coaching Damian Lillard

00:26:04And CJ McCollum and his teams

00:26:06In Portland

00:26:08Kenny Atkinson

00:26:10Was on the staff

00:26:12Now the head coach in Cleveland

00:26:18So Malik Monk off the bench

00:26:20With 11 points

00:26:22Average 15 per game

00:26:24As a reserve a year ago

00:26:26Played in 72 games and

00:26:28Did not start a single game

00:26:30Curry gets a good look

00:26:32And off the side of the rim

00:26:34Excellent hustle

00:26:36Kaminga keeping it alive and then Len

00:26:38With the steal

00:26:40Monk with the save

00:26:42Bodies are hitting the deck

00:26:44Guys are going for saves here

00:26:46In a preseason game

00:26:50Obviously the coaches

00:26:52Will love to see that

00:26:54Depending on who it is

00:26:56I don't know if they want Steph or Draymond

00:26:58Going diving into the first row

00:27:00In a preseason game

00:27:02But for the young guys they'll take it

00:27:06They've tied at 40

00:27:08Curry off the ball

00:27:10With Pachemsky running point

00:27:12On his possession

00:27:14And Pachemsky from deep

00:27:16That's 9-3's for Golden State

00:27:18So on the prior possession Draymond

00:27:20Sets a screen, gets a shot for Steph

00:27:22Which he misses

00:27:24The screen assists that Draymond gets you

00:27:26Those matter. This is what we're talking about

00:27:28When we say this guy is the hub

00:27:30Pachemsky hit the deck

00:27:32In a hard lane screen

00:27:34Monk was wide open and knocked it down

00:27:40Pachemsky third among rookies

00:27:42In three point shooting last year

00:27:44Draymond Green who had a career best

00:27:4640% three point percentage last year

00:27:48Hits his second

00:27:50They've made ten threes in the last ten minutes

00:27:54And Sacramento two on one

00:27:56Kaminga gives it up

00:27:58And Mason with the foul

00:28:00Boy they're playing with great pace

00:28:02And I don't just mean that in the half court

00:28:04Pachemsky took a shot

00:28:06And I think he may be heading back

00:28:08Toward the locker room

00:28:10Yeah Pachemsky going

00:28:12Over to the bench and then

00:28:14Immediately

00:28:16As he was doubled over

00:28:18Stood up and walked

00:28:20Towards the locker room

00:28:24And

00:28:26Gary Payton

00:28:28Gets the first free throw

00:28:30Another important player for the

00:28:32Warriors in their rotation

00:28:34Missed about half the games last year

00:28:36Due to injuries. Take a look here

00:28:38He runs into Alex Lennon

00:28:40This is important because

00:28:42The other day at practice

00:28:44He

00:28:46Had some contact and

00:28:48I can't remember if it was left or right shoulder

00:28:50But he was

00:28:52One to two at practice so that's something to keep

00:28:54An eye on

00:28:56And we'll get you an update when we have it

00:29:00Three pointer

00:29:02Good from Jones, his first points

00:29:06Mason Jones off the bench getting some

00:29:08Minutes here

00:29:10Along with Isaac Jones who the

00:29:12Coachee staff really wants to see

00:29:14A beautiful catch and finish by Curry

00:29:16And there's still that great chemistry

00:29:18With Draymond

00:29:20And Steph even with Clay Thompson gone

00:29:22Just an innate understanding of one another's

00:29:24Games, the reads they make and if you don't

00:29:26Stay attached to Steph Biley

00:29:28Coming out of that corner he is going to score

00:29:30Thirteen points on

00:29:32Seven shots for Curry here in the first half

00:29:34Jones banks and a three

00:29:38He doesn't react

00:29:40You gotta call the bank Mr. Jones

00:29:46Now working hard

00:29:48On the other end trying to fight through the screen

00:29:50Fouls Curry

00:29:54I'm going to say it was on the floor

00:29:56That's why Steph is incredulous

00:29:58With J.T. Orr right now

00:30:06I thought it was continuation

00:30:08I thought so too

00:30:10That's why Steve is saying he shot the ball

00:30:18The current

00:30:20Mid-season form when one official

00:30:22Won't listen, work the other

00:30:24But

00:30:26Traymatics didn't want to hear it either

00:30:32Here comes

00:30:34Savonis leaving it for Jones

00:30:36Isaac Jones way off

00:30:38Got a high ceiling

00:30:40Relatively new to basketball

00:30:42Has only been playing for a handful of years

00:30:44Played just two years of major college basketball

00:30:46Major college basketball

00:30:48The last one at Washington State

00:30:50Another three, Kaminga

00:30:52That's eleven for Golden State

00:30:54Kaminga's second

00:30:56They're just playing at a pace

00:30:58The ball is moving, it's crisp

00:31:00The screens are

00:31:02Having an impact

00:31:06Isaac Jones drives underneath

00:31:08Savonis couldn't finish

00:31:10Bodies hit the floor

00:31:12And Kaminga

00:31:14A little slow to get off

00:31:16Kojemski's already gone to the locker room

00:31:18But Kaminga looks to be okay

00:31:20Back in a moment

00:31:26Followed by Denver and Phoenix

00:31:28And boy did the first one get a little bit more interesting

00:31:30Just a couple weeks ago

00:31:32Can you have a payback game in preseason

00:31:34Carl Anthony Towns traded

00:31:36For Julius Randle

00:31:38Along with Dante DiVincenzo

00:31:40The Hornets also involved in the trade

00:31:42What does the acquisition of Cat

00:31:44Do for the Knicks?

00:31:46He's an immediate solution to the

00:31:48Mitchell-Robinson problem

00:31:50Mitchell-Robinson still recovering

00:31:52From the ankle surgery

00:31:54The timeline is

00:31:56What are they saying? Loosely December

00:31:58But more likely January

00:32:00I think Carl Anthony Towns elevates

00:32:02Any offense he plays in

00:32:04He calls himself the greatest shooting big man in history

00:32:08Positionally it's a great fit

00:32:10That was my question

00:32:12This was a long rumored

00:32:14Potential move

00:32:16For the New York Knicks

00:32:18Leon Rose obviously was his agent

00:32:20When he first came into the league

00:32:24I think he's got great leadership

00:32:26Around him

00:32:28The one piece I hated to see the Knicks lose

00:32:30Was Dante DiVincenzo

00:32:32Think about the way Dante played

00:32:34All season

00:32:36He was thrilled

00:32:38Great shot maker

00:32:40Toughness

00:32:42But I am so

00:32:44Fascinated by Carl Anthony Towns

00:32:46When Mitchell-Robinson comes back

00:32:48How much does that duo play together?

00:32:50We obviously saw him adapt his game

00:32:52To Rudy Gobert

00:32:54He'll have a healthy Ananobi

00:32:56And Mikel Bridgers

00:32:58One of the more underrated acquisitions

00:33:00By any team in the offseason

00:33:02Given what he is on the defensive end

00:33:04And what we've seen from him at times

00:33:06Before

00:33:08The Knicks made

00:33:10This change

00:33:12I thought if they had stayed healthy a year ago

00:33:14They were positioned to challenge

00:33:16The Boston Celtics

00:33:18Toughness, leadership

00:33:20Talent

00:33:22It'll just look different now

00:33:24But I still think they're well positioned

00:33:26Rambo got hurt in January

00:33:28And we didn't see him again

00:33:30Savonis takes it to the rim

00:33:32And flushes it

00:33:34Year 9 for Savonis

00:33:36Third full season

00:33:38With Sacramento

00:33:40As Milton hits a 3

00:33:42They're 12-19 from 3

00:33:44I think that's Draymond Green's

00:33:46Fifth assist here in the first half

00:33:50Jones can't answer

00:33:52That was halfway down and out

00:33:54These should be two fun offensive teams to watch

00:33:56And this lineup right now

00:33:58You've got Draymond Green at the 5

00:34:00Foul called here

00:34:02On the Warriors

00:34:04It's going to be on Kyle Anderson

00:34:06Off the ball

00:34:14All right, let's get the latest on

00:34:16Brandon Podjemski from George

00:34:18Dave DB, Brandon Podjemski

00:34:20Took a big hit earlier in the game

00:34:22On a screen

00:34:24He went back to the locker room

00:34:26He's good to go though, they checked him out

00:34:28All right, thanks for the update, great news

00:34:30And you pointed it out to us on that screen

00:34:32And also the contact in practice this week

00:34:34So that shoulder already a little ginger

00:34:38Murray with the basket

00:34:40Sacramento back within 2

00:34:42Curry, over Savonis

00:34:44Rainbow 3 wouldn't go

00:34:48That almost looked like the one over Wembenyama

00:34:50In the Olympics, that was like 10 feet

00:34:52Over his up-stretched arm

00:34:54Can I make a confession

00:34:56As brilliant as he was

00:34:58In both the Olympics semi-final

00:35:00And final

00:35:02I mean, things were tenuous and stressful

00:35:04For a fan at home on both nights

00:35:06And there were times where

00:35:08Steph was turning it over in the final

00:35:10And there might have been

00:35:12Profanity in my home

00:35:14And then he starts hitting those threes

00:35:16And I just said, sit down, it's Steph Curry

00:35:18And Kerr was like, telling us

00:35:20Pre-game, that Eric Spolster

00:35:22And Ty Lauer, looking at him like

00:35:24Hey, and he goes, welcome to the

00:35:26Steph Curry experience

00:35:32Dave and Murray with the basket

00:35:36Most of the time the experience is

00:35:38Maddening for the opponent

00:35:40Yes

00:35:46Draymond Green, short

00:35:48Kept alive though by Melton

00:35:50And Fox

00:35:52That was right in the grill of Curry

00:35:54Who dribbled it off his foot and turned it over

00:35:58The profanity of course

00:36:00Was not coming from you, it must have been the kids

00:36:06There was a point at which he turned it over, Steph

00:36:08And he's running back down and he's like

00:36:10Don't worry about me

00:36:12And he was saying it in the direction of Draymond Green

00:36:14Who was there to watch the final

00:36:16I don't think Draymond was worried about him

00:36:18No, I think he had seen enough

00:36:22With a good look

00:36:24Can't bury that one, rebound Sabonis

00:36:26Who has 7 boards in 13 minutes

00:36:30Draymond's got 5 assists, he could easily

00:36:32Have 8 or 9

00:36:34Anderson, good defense that time on the cutting

00:36:36Key on Ellis

00:36:42Murray trying to shake

00:36:44And he can't

00:36:46Fans love it

00:36:48So does the coaching staff, look at the bench

00:36:50For Sacramento

00:36:56And it won't fall

00:36:58Good pass though by Curry to the corner

00:37:00Come on folks, that's not easy for Keegan Murray

00:37:02Defensively

00:37:04Did an excellent job

00:37:06Now Fox drives, foul, count it

00:37:08The harm by Steph

00:37:10And an and one for De'Aaron Fox

00:37:12De'Aaron Fox

00:37:203.27 to go in the first half

00:37:22Sacramento up 2

00:37:24With De'Aaron Fox

00:37:26Now at 8 points after that last and one

00:37:28I've talked a little bit about this team

00:37:30Wanting to get downhill, little up fake

00:37:32Change of pace, Eurostep

00:37:3420 points and a paint for them

00:37:36Dave D.B.

00:37:38De'Montis Sabonis

00:37:40De'Montis Sabonis

00:37:42De'Montis Sabonis

00:37:44De'Montis Sabonis

00:37:46De'Montis Sabonis

00:37:48De'Montis Sabonis

00:37:50De'Montis Sabonis

00:37:52De'Montis Sabonis

00:37:54De'Montis Sabonis

00:37:56De'Montis Sabonis

00:37:58De'Montis Sabonis

00:38:00De'Montis Sabonis

00:38:02De'Montis Sabonis

00:38:04De'Montis Sabonis

00:38:06De'Montis Sabonis

00:38:08De'Montis Sabonis

00:38:10De'Montis Sabonis

00:38:12De'Montis Sabonis

00:38:14De'Montis Sabonis

00:38:16De'Montis Sabonis

00:38:18De'Montis Sabonis

00:38:20De'Montis Sabonis

00:38:22De'Montis Sabonis

00:38:24De'Montis Sabonis

00:38:26De'Montis Sabonis

00:38:28De'Montis Sabonis

00:38:30De'Montis Sabonis

00:38:32De'Montis Sabonis

00:38:34De'Montis Sabonis

00:38:36De'Montis Sabonis

00:38:38De'Montis Sabonis

00:38:40De'Montis Sabonis

00:38:42De'Montis Sabonis

00:38:44De'Montis Sabonis

00:38:46De'Montis Sabonis

00:38:48De'Montis Sabonis

00:38:50De'Montis Sabonis

00:38:52De'Montis Sabonis

00:38:54De'Montis Sabonis

00:38:56De'Montis Sabonis

00:38:58De'Montis Sabonis

00:39:00De'Montis Sabonis

00:39:02De'Montis Sabonis

00:39:04De'Montis Sabonis

00:39:06De'Montis Sabonis

00:39:08De'Montis Sabonis

00:39:10De'Montis Sabonis

00:39:12De'Montis Sabonis

00:39:14De'Montis Sabonis

00:39:16De'Montis Sabonis

00:39:18De'Montis Sabonis

00:39:20De'Montis Sabonis

00:39:22De'Montis Sabonis

00:39:24De'Montis Sabonis

00:39:26De'Montis Sabonis

00:39:28De'Montis Sabonis

00:39:30De'Montis Sabonis

00:39:32De'Montis Sabonis

00:39:34De'Montis Sabonis

00:39:36De'Montis Sabonis

00:39:38De'Montis Sabonis

00:39:40De'Montis Sabonis

00:39:42De'Montis Sabonis

00:39:44De'Montis Sabonis

00:39:46De'Montis Sabonis

00:39:48De'Montis Sabonis

00:39:50De'Montis Sabonis

00:39:52De'Montis Sabonis

00:39:54De'Montis Sabonis

00:39:56De'Montis Sabonis

00:39:58De'Montis Sabonis

00:40:00De'Montis Sabonis

00:40:02De'Montis Sabonis

00:40:04De'Montis Sabonis

00:40:06De'Montis Sabonis

00:40:08De'Montis Sabonis

00:40:10De'Montis Sabonis

00:40:12De'Montis Sabonis

00:40:14De'Montis Sabonis

00:40:16De'Montis Sabonis

00:40:18De'Montis Sabonis

00:40:20De'Montis Sabonis

00:40:22De'Montis Sabonis

00:40:24De'Montis Sabonis

00:40:26De'Montis Sabonis

00:40:28De'Montis Sabonis

00:40:30De'Montis Sabonis

00:40:32De'Montis Sabonis

00:40:34De'Montis Sabonis

00:40:36De'Montis Sabonis

00:40:38De'Montis Sabonis

00:40:40De'Montis Sabonis

00:40:42De'Montis Sabonis

00:40:44De'Montis Sabonis

00:40:46De'Montis Sabonis

00:40:48De'Montis Sabonis

00:40:50De'Montis Sabonis

00:40:52De'Montis Sabonis

00:40:54De'Montis Sabonis

00:40:56These two teams

00:40:58look good

00:41:00Here's Heald

00:41:02another one, hits again

00:41:04Buddy Heald

00:41:066 of 6, 4 of 4 from 3

00:41:08There are two players in this game, 6 of 6

00:41:10DeRozan on one side, Heald on the other

00:41:14They're 15 of 27

00:41:16from 3

00:41:18Steve might be over there saying

00:41:20you guys might want to save some of this for a couple weeks

00:41:22from now

00:41:24Box in the lane, gets the floater to fall

00:41:26over Looney, tough shot

00:41:28How tough is that? They are touching the paint

00:41:30consistently

00:41:32It is a 24-10 advantage of the paint

00:41:34That is how the Kings are staying in this

00:41:388 second difference in the game

00:41:40in shot clocks, more of this please

00:41:42in the second half

00:41:44See who's on the floor then

00:41:46Melton throws it away

00:41:48Ellis with the steal, sees the clock

00:41:50takes it in and throws it down

00:41:54Dion Ellis gives them great energy

00:41:56as a starter

00:41:58coming off the bench

00:42:004 seconds left, in the half

00:42:02Moody

00:42:04and an empty possession, good defense by DeRozan

00:42:06and then Ellis to end the half

00:42:0868-66

00:42:10Sacramento

00:42:14Stephan Curry with 13 points

00:42:16Malik Monk, 13 off the bench

00:42:1815 points

00:42:20for DeMar DeRozan

00:42:22and his Sacramento

00:42:24King debut

00:42:26Stay tuned for the halftime report

00:42:28We'll join Malika Andrews, Bob Myers, Kendrick Perkins

00:42:30Brian Windhorst after these messages

00:42:3659% shooting for the Kings

00:42:3855% for the Warriors

00:42:40Dave Pasch, Doris Burke, George Sodano

00:42:42The Warriors regular season record

00:42:44for threes and a half is 17

00:42:46all those years with Clay Thompson

00:42:4815 in the first half of this game

00:42:50and Steph Curry in mid-year form

00:42:52with three threes

00:42:54Two guys, both in their 16th year

00:42:56we know who they are and how they do it

00:42:58and it was on display in that

00:43:00first half. Steph came out

00:43:02I feel like he hit his first 4 or 5

00:43:04shots, he ends up 5 for 8

00:43:06of course, so dangerous from

00:43:083, the connection, you come off his body

00:43:10in the corner, he backdoors you

00:43:12and Draymond always on time and on target

00:43:14and DeMar DeRozan

00:43:16welcome to the dribble handoff offense

00:43:18you know how to run it

00:43:20and then this nice feed from Alex Linn

00:43:22on the little curl cut to the rim

00:43:24beautifully done

00:43:26Debut for DeRozan

00:43:28as a King, coming over in the

00:43:30offseason from the Chicago

00:43:32Bulls, Golden State

00:43:34life without Clay Thompson

00:43:36the opening chapter

00:43:38they did play a preseason game the other night

00:43:40beat the Clippers on a last second shot

00:43:42by Lindy Waters, we will not see

00:43:44much of the starters

00:43:46for either team if

00:43:48any minutes in the second half

00:43:50although Brandon Pajemski, good sign, he is

00:43:52out there and you'd have

00:43:54to think after he left the

00:43:56game for a little bit due to a shoulder

00:43:58issue, that if there was any question

00:44:00whether he wasn't

00:44:02100%, he would not be out there just

00:44:04No question about it, and he's

00:44:06that's one tough cookie who loves

00:44:08to compete, loves to play

00:44:10Coming to starting the second

00:44:12half as well, Trace Jackson Davis

00:44:16also out there, nice finish

00:44:18by Jalen McDaniels

00:44:20on his fourth team, Raptors

00:44:22Sixers spent four years with Charlotte

00:44:24to open his career

00:44:26Well, we know his brother

00:44:28Jayden and what a big role he plays on

00:44:30the defensive end of the floor

00:44:32for Minnesota

00:44:36Here's Pajemski in the

00:44:38paint, and his pass knocked

00:44:40away, gonna stay with

00:44:42the Warriors, 3.4 to shoot

00:44:44Regular season starts

00:44:46two weeks from tonight for Golden State

00:44:48at Portland

00:44:50Their home opener is against the

00:44:52Clippers on October 27th, their first

00:44:54game against their former teammate

00:44:56Clay Thompson will be

00:44:58November 12th, they'll also play the

00:45:00Mavericks in San Francisco

00:45:02in late February on ABC

00:45:04Sacramento opens

00:45:06the regular season two weeks from tomorrow

00:45:08at home here against Minnesota

00:45:10but five of their first seven games

00:45:12are on the road

00:45:14Do they go Minnesota and then to the Lakers?

00:45:16They have a tough

00:45:18couple of first games

00:45:20I feel like

00:45:22They had a time back on

00:45:24so 3.4 healed underneath

00:45:26Jackson Davis had it stripped

00:45:28by Isaac Jones and a 24

00:45:30second violation

00:45:32So that game

00:45:40against the Lakers is on a Saturday

00:45:42two days after the home opener against

00:45:44Minnesota, then they come back to play Portland

00:45:46and then head on the road for

00:45:48they have to go to Toronto,

00:45:50Atlanta, and Miami in the first

00:45:52ten days of the season, not that

00:45:54Toronto's expected to be a great

00:45:56team, but always having to make that trip early in the

00:45:58year can be a challenge

00:46:02McDaniels, no, but the tip in

00:46:04by Jones

00:46:08Colby Jones, second

00:46:10year out of Xavier

00:46:16But he healed

00:46:18fit right in with the Warriors

00:46:20offensive style in the first half, hits another

00:46:22three, five for five from behind the

00:46:24arc. He does a very

00:46:26good job of getting to open space

00:46:32And

00:46:34obviously the expectations are going to be

00:46:36high for him trying to

00:46:38along with other players, fill the

00:46:40void of Klay Thompson, but

00:46:42he didn't have to be the guy that he

00:46:44was here early in his career with Sacramento

00:46:46when he was one of the first options

00:46:48Agreed, and I

00:46:50think Kyle Anderson

00:46:52in terms of lineup versatility

00:46:54is going to be an enormous

00:46:56addition for this team

00:46:58If you play

00:47:00small with Draymond

00:47:02at the five and Kyle at the

00:47:04four, you have

00:47:06two guys, I know they're not great distance

00:47:08shooters, but both with incredible

00:47:10feel

00:47:14A lot of lineups with high basketball IQ

00:47:16Yes, for the Warriors

00:47:20Off target was Jones

00:47:22with a shot, and here comes Pudzemski

00:47:24Pudzemski

00:47:28Nice pass by Pudzemski

00:47:30and the corner three goes for Moody

00:47:32What does that guy's rotation

00:47:34minutes look like? You know, Steve Kerr

00:47:36telling us, Moody has had a great camp

00:47:38and he's had moments where he's been

00:47:40productive in big situations

00:47:42and get cracking that rotation

00:47:44attempt is going to be hard for him

00:47:46Started nine games last year

00:47:48played 66, will he be able

00:47:50to play that number of games

00:47:52this year? A turnover

00:47:54Well, everyone's all in for the season to begin

00:47:56It all starts with Kia NBA tip-off

00:47:58Watch beginning Tuesday, October 22nd

00:48:00on ESPN, TNT

00:48:02and NBA TV

00:48:04On that Tuesday, the Celtics

00:48:06will unveil

00:48:08another championship banner

00:48:10at the Garden in Boston

00:48:12After a remarkable run

00:48:14a year ago

00:48:16beating the Mavericks in the NBA finals

00:48:18Pudzemski

00:48:20And the overwhelming favorite

00:48:22according to the NBA GM survey

00:48:24just came out the other day

00:48:26to repeat in

00:48:282025

00:48:30Pudzemski got Glenn off his feet

00:48:32fires to Kaminga

00:48:34and Kaminga on target tonight

00:48:36three of five from deep

00:48:38And hasn't hesitated at all, Dave

00:48:42A good sign for Golden State

00:48:44if that range continues

00:48:48to extend

00:48:50Jones hits

00:48:52the floor after hanging in the air

00:48:54and getting fouled

00:48:58Mason Jones in his fifth

00:49:00NBA season out of Arkansas

00:49:02But watch Pudzemski, he's just so

00:49:04crafty, multiple

00:49:06fakes

00:49:08out to the open shooter

00:49:10He is so

00:49:12patient, makes the right reads

00:49:14in the right position

00:49:16Through the most charges in the NBA

00:49:18just absolutely

00:49:20from the opening

00:49:22moment of camp a season ago

00:49:24said, I'm going to play

00:49:26I'm going to find a way into the rotation

00:49:28you can play them with Steph Curry

00:49:30without Steph Curry

00:49:34Excellent rebounder

00:49:36in college and also in the NBA

00:49:38averaged six boards per game as a rookie last year

00:49:40loose ball foul underneath

00:49:42on Golden State

00:49:47First up here

00:49:49is Trace Jackson Davis

00:49:51A side out of bounds here

00:49:53for Sacramento

00:50:06And a turnover

00:50:08transition opportunity

00:50:10Moody gets it back from Pudzemski

00:50:12and puts it home

00:50:14Again

00:50:16the quick decisions

00:50:18Golden State talks about .5

00:50:20make a .5 second decision

00:50:22That's Pudzemski

00:50:26There's Isaac Jones

00:50:28Really curious

00:50:30to see how Isaac Jones handles

00:50:32minutes here in the preseason

00:50:34undrafted this year, 24 year old rookie

00:50:36out of Washington State

00:50:38What a journey

00:50:40for that young man

00:50:423 for Kaminga

00:50:44He's 4 for 6 from out there

00:50:48There's a great article this week by the way

00:50:50by Mark Spears

00:50:52talking about the passing

00:50:54of Dikembe Mutombo and how that

00:50:56impacted

00:50:58Jonathan Kaminga both from

00:51:00Congo and

00:51:02obviously

00:51:04Mutombo having an impact on

00:51:06the entire world with his humanitarian

00:51:08efforts before he succumbed to brain cancer

00:51:10at age 58, but Kaminga

00:51:12especially looked up to

00:51:14Dikembe for what he meant

00:51:16to his country as a player

00:51:18but also his work in the community

00:51:20Another 3 for the Warriors, that by Moody

00:51:22and a foul on McDaniel

00:51:24so a 4 point chance here

00:51:32Pudzemski running pick and roll

00:51:34He's stringing it out

00:51:36seeing if he can deliver to the big

00:51:38He gets it to the corner

00:51:40Again, decision making with the ball in his hand

00:51:42We've seen it multiple times

00:51:4423's

00:51:46for Colton State here

00:51:48at Sacramento

00:51:56Warriors leading by 6 here in the third quarter

00:51:58We are with

00:52:00the man that runs the show here

00:52:02for the Sacramento Kings,

00:52:04Monty McNair. Monty, first of all, I've got to ask you

00:52:06about the incredible start for

00:52:08DeMar DeRozan, but what he

00:52:10does particularly for your roster

00:52:12moving forward?

00:52:14Obviously great to see him go 6 for 6 here

00:52:16Hope he does that every night

00:52:18Obviously the scoring is going to be a big part of what DeMar does

00:52:20but what he's done with his game on the floor

00:52:22adding the passing

00:52:24rebounding, the strength that he's added

00:52:26He can guard multiple positions, but really

00:52:28the leadership

00:52:30He's entering his 16th season and that's going to be huge

00:52:32for our young team. Keegan Murray

00:52:34obviously now heading into his third season

00:52:36We saw him earlier do a great job

00:52:38defending Steph Curry

00:52:40He's taken that part of the game

00:52:42on this particular offseason

00:52:44What is the ceiling for him

00:52:46moving forward here?

00:52:48We don't put a ceiling on him. I think his first year he really came in

00:52:50found a role on a good team

00:52:52hit a lot of 3's, broke the rookie record

00:52:54then year 2 he really became

00:52:56one of our perimeter stoppers and this year he's already

00:52:58talked about adding some strength

00:53:00He's going to have to guard more positions this year

00:53:02with some bigger guys and then offensively

00:53:04continue to do what he did in college

00:53:06where he was one of the best scorers in the nation

00:53:08DeMontis a bonus, there's been talk about

00:53:10him shooting more 3's, that obviously creates

00:53:12a lot more space and not that your guys need a ton

00:53:14of it with Fox and DeMar DeRozan

00:53:16etc.

00:53:18How many do you think he should shoot?

00:53:20What would be a good number for him?

00:53:22I think Mike and him have talked about 3-4 a game

00:53:24especially with

00:53:26him being so perimeter based

00:53:28with his passing, his skill

00:53:30If he can just step out and hit a couple

00:53:32that's going to cause so many more problems for the defense

00:53:34create openings for the rest of our guys

00:53:36and he's shown he can do it

00:53:38so it's just extrapolating that to a few more

00:53:40per game and we'll see what he does for our offense

00:53:42And lastly, Keyon Ellis who's done a great

00:53:44job for you guys defensively, we saw him

00:53:46some last season as well

00:53:48DeMar DeRozan, high praise, said he reminded

00:53:50him of Alex Caruso who was one of his teammates

00:53:52in Chicago. What do you make of

00:53:54Keyon Ellis' role on this team?

00:53:56Keyon stepped up huge for us last year

00:53:58took some injuries down the stretch, started for us

00:54:00in the play-in tournament

00:54:02but he's such a two-way guy

00:54:04obviously the defense stands out, he's got incredible

00:54:06hands, you know, just

00:54:08wreaks havoc, guards some of the

00:54:10best players but also off the ball

00:54:12can create a lot of steals, a lot of events

00:54:14and then offensively he's shooting over

00:54:1640% both in the G-League and then

00:54:18when he came up and played for us here

00:54:20down the stretch last year, he does great

00:54:22in practice so a two-way guy, we're going to need

00:54:24big minutes from him this year.

00:54:26Thanks for the time. Thank you. Dave, back to you.

00:54:28Alright George, I want to go back to what

00:54:30Monty said about DeMar DeRozan because you touched on

00:54:32it in the open doors about

00:54:34the belief that he

00:54:36has instilled in the other guys

00:54:38just his presence at practice

00:54:40and here we're seeing tonight

00:54:42in preseason as Len gets a tip-in.

00:54:44There's something so valuable about

00:54:46a veteran, their demeanor

00:54:48the ability to keep playing in tough

00:54:50circumstances. I mean

00:54:52DeMar in Chicago

00:54:54seven times within the last

00:54:5630 seconds of a game

00:54:58hit a go-ahead bucket.

00:55:00There's a confidence that comes with that.

00:55:02We're always in it with a guy like him.

00:55:04One thing that George did not

00:55:06touch on, a phenomenal job

00:55:08with Monty. One of the things Monty

00:55:10convinced Mike Brown that

00:55:12needed to happen with this group this year is

00:55:14Brandon Podjemski gets another

00:55:16three to fall. They're shooting

00:55:1858%. They've got 21

00:55:20threes. The corner crash

00:55:22is something you're going to

00:55:24see more from Sacramento. We know Mike

00:55:26Brown's always going to

00:55:28build his team or try to on the defensive

00:55:30end and out. But the

00:55:32corner crash is proven to be

00:55:34an effective tool in the NBA.

00:55:36You saw Boston do it en route

00:55:38to a championship.

00:55:40They've shot it so well tonight. They

00:55:42haven't had to do it. I happened

00:55:44to watch practice this morning. It was one of the first

00:55:46things Mike said. Remember

00:55:48our crashes. We want this to be

00:55:50a part of who we are this year.

00:55:52Wholesale

00:55:54substitutions meanwhile

00:55:56for both teams. A lot of young

00:55:58guys, undrafted players

00:56:00getting an opportunity to get some run here.

00:56:04Including Boogie Ellis.

00:56:06A rookie

00:56:08out of USC.

00:56:10Was a teammate of Bronny James.

00:56:12Obviously, Bronny's presence

00:56:14with the Lakers is a big story as he

00:56:16and LeBron have become the first

00:56:18in some combination in

00:56:20NBA history at some point this

00:56:22season.

00:56:24Bissier with the fall-away jumper.

00:56:28How do I go? You said 21

00:56:30threes. They have 10 twos.

00:56:32Almost three-quarters

00:56:34played. Ten two-point

00:56:36baskets. Only one this half.

00:56:38They have six threes here in the third and

00:56:40one two-point basket.

00:56:42There's Ellis with the floater.

00:56:44Can't hit it.

00:56:46Keeps it alive for Jones.

00:56:54Good ball movement and Jones three.

00:56:56Not there. Sacramento

00:56:58five for 19 from three-point

00:57:00range and then an errant pass down

00:57:02floor for Eterno.

00:57:04Take a look at our upcoming

00:57:06national TV schedule. Speaking

00:57:08of the Lakers, they're in Milwaukee tomorrow night

00:57:10at NBA TV. Don't ask LeBron what

00:57:12he thinks about that trip. No, he's not

00:57:14very happy.

00:57:16ESPN tomorrow, WNBA finals

00:57:18game one, Minnesota at the

00:57:20Liberty and then game two will be on

00:57:22ABC Sunday from Oregon to

00:57:24nba.com or visit the NBA app. But you know

00:57:26what? Our Bobby

00:57:28Marks, and I did not know

00:57:30this, but he right away

00:57:32made the point that those

00:57:34preseason games are handled in-house

00:57:36in your organization.

00:57:38They're set up very much the way the college

00:57:40scrimmage season would be set up.

00:57:42I think he'd rather go to Milwaukee now

00:57:44than in mid-January.

00:57:46Yeah.

00:57:48Rebounded by Gary Payton.

00:57:50Here's Melton who had a really good

00:57:52first half in his Warriors debut

00:57:54and he cans a three.

00:57:56And so Melton's got four triples,

00:57:5812 points.

00:58:00And the Warriors have

00:58:02now hit

00:58:0422 three-pointers.

00:58:06Kind of weird to look at the score

00:58:08and see it be a six-point difference

00:58:10when Golden State has

00:58:1251.

00:58:1451 more points

00:58:16on three-pointers.

00:58:18It's incredible.

00:58:20And look at the difference

00:58:22in experience

00:58:24amongst the players

00:58:26playing for the respective teams.

00:58:28Right? Gary Payton

00:58:30has been a part of

00:58:32the Warriors'

00:58:34has been a part of

00:58:36big-time

00:58:38rotations here in Golden State.

00:58:40Kavon Looney, starter on

00:58:42championship teams. Kyle Anderson.

00:58:44Multiple

00:58:46organizations in critical

00:58:48roles.

00:58:50Here in Sacramento

00:58:52you've got a different feel amongst

00:58:54the guys on the floor in their second half.

00:58:56Some guys

00:58:58just trying to earn roster spots.

00:59:00And some

00:59:02players that are not available

00:59:04that are, you would assume, going to be

00:59:06in the rotation with Jordan McLaughlin

00:59:08coming over from Minnesota.

00:59:10Trey Liles, who was on the roster

00:59:12last year. Devin Carter, who was

00:59:14a mid-first-round draft pick

00:59:16but he's not going to play for the first couple months

00:59:18after shoulder surgery.

00:59:20Shout-out Providence.

00:59:22And we've seen Jalen McDaniels

00:59:24tonight, Kevin Herter not playing

00:59:26tonight, but obviously either going to

00:59:28start or be one of the top bench players

00:59:30for Sacramento during the year.

00:59:32I wonder how long Herter is

00:59:34anticipated to miss.

00:59:36That's a young man

00:59:38who I think people identify as a shooter

00:59:40but he's far more than that. He can put it

00:59:42on the deck. He makes good reads

00:59:44as a passer.

00:59:46Obviously not as strong a defensive

00:59:48player as Keyon Ellis. Not a difference

00:59:50maker, but a smart team

00:59:52defender.

00:59:54Melton banks

00:59:56it in, and so that's the first

00:59:58point basket for Melton. He's got 14

01:00:00points. Steve Kerr absolutely

01:00:02loves D'Anthony Melton.

01:00:04He's a guy you can play

01:00:06at the lead guard, at the two-spot.

01:00:08He can make open shots off the

01:00:10catch. Another offensive

01:00:12foul. That's three in a row.

01:00:14Back to your point on Melton,

01:00:16it's interesting too, when he came

01:00:18out of USC, he made the league because of his

01:00:20defense, but he's become a reliable

01:00:22offensive player.

01:00:24There's a toughness to him.

01:00:26All year

01:00:28in Philadelphia, it was really about health

01:00:30because when he did play, he played

01:00:32well. He just couldn't get

01:00:34his back right.

01:00:36Lindy Waters

01:00:38hits the 23rd three-pointer

01:00:40for Golden State tonight.

01:00:46Bogey, Ellis answers with a

01:00:48three-ball.

01:00:50Ellis played

01:00:52at Memphis for two years and then

01:00:54at SC for three.

01:00:58Kyle Anderson answers.

01:01:00First points on Anderson's

01:01:02first shot attempt.

01:01:04Make it 24 threes

01:01:06for Golden State.

01:01:10It's a striking contrast

01:01:12in the delivery of Kyle Anderson's

01:01:14three versus how fast

01:01:16Steph Curry gets that. Or Clay.

01:01:18He's filling the role of

01:01:20Clay Thompson at times.

01:01:22The catch and shoot

01:01:24takes a little bit longer

01:01:26to leave Kyle's hands. We love him.

01:01:28He's really

01:01:30one of the great guys in the league, Kyle Anderson.

01:01:32No question.

01:01:34The slow-mo nickname

01:01:36is appropriate. And he embraces it.

01:01:38Twitter handle and everything

01:01:40as Melton hits again on the turn around.

01:01:44Final minute of the third. Golden State's

01:01:46got 100 points. 72 have

01:01:48come on three points. That is

01:01:50that.

01:01:54By Syracuse, Matt, being tested

01:01:56greatly tonight as Crawford hits

01:01:58the mid-range two.

01:02:00Steve did say we want to be a fast-paced,

01:02:02high-volume, three-point

01:02:04shooting team.

01:02:06And they're at 40

01:02:08attempts with a full 12 minutes to play.

01:02:10And taking 22

01:02:12shots from inside the yard. That's it.

01:02:14Haven't been many

01:02:16offensive rebound chances because the ball

01:02:18is going in for three. 60%

01:02:20three-point shooting. Three on the timer.

01:02:24Here's Ellis.

01:02:26About a four-second difference in the clocks.

01:02:28He's going to pull it out. And Hoyes

01:02:30missed the three.

01:02:32Poked out of bounds by Thomas.

01:02:38If Golden State

01:02:40holds for the final shot, Lindy Waters,

01:02:42who hit it three moments

01:02:44ago, hit the game-winning

01:02:46three-pointer.

01:02:48Buzzer beater in the preseason

01:02:50against the Clippers down in Hawaii where the

01:02:52Warriors had their training camp.

01:02:54Waters gives it up.

01:02:56Gets it back.

01:02:58And can't

01:03:00beat the buzzer there. Out of bounds

01:03:02to end the third quarter.

01:03:04Golden State will take a nine-point lead

01:03:06to the fourth on the

01:03:08strength of 24 made threes.

01:03:16Welcome back to

01:03:18NBA Wednesday. We're here with Mike Brown,

01:03:20the head coach of the Kings.

01:03:22First half, both these teams,

01:03:24they know how to put on a show. What did you

01:03:26make of your starters early on?

01:03:28We did a great job

01:03:30offensively. I thought we moved the ball well.

01:03:32Our spacing was good. A lot of our staples

01:03:34were there. We just didn't

01:03:36defend the three-point line. We haven't

01:03:38done that all night. They might be going

01:03:40for an NBA record against us tonight

01:03:42from behind the home. That would be

01:03:44certainly something in the preseason.

01:03:46Let me ask you about this particular

01:03:48young group you have out there. What do you want to

01:03:50see from them here to close out the game?

01:03:52I just want to see some of the things we talked about

01:03:54at halftime. We didn't have a lot of ball pressure

01:03:56in the first half. Our physicality

01:03:58wasn't there defensively.

01:04:00We got hurt from the three-point line

01:04:02because we didn't communicate and

01:04:04we weren't physical. I want to see if we can

01:04:06communicate, be physical, take away the

01:04:08three, and then get out and run.

01:04:10Mike, good luck. Thank you for the time as always.

01:04:12Appreciate you. Alright, back to you guys.

01:04:14In case you're wondering,

01:04:16the record is 29 for regular

01:04:18season. The Warriors

01:04:20record is 27 for a regular

01:04:22season game. The Golden State is 24

01:04:24as we start the fourth, and Boogie Ellis

01:04:26connects from about 10 feet.

01:04:28Of their 24 threes, 19

01:04:30of them assisted on.

01:04:32By himself, Pudzemski has

01:04:34five assists on threes.

01:04:38Out of bounds, going to go

01:04:40to the Kings.

01:04:42Mike was talking about defense there.

01:04:44We talked about their season

01:04:46two years ago where Mike

01:04:48gets them to third place in the

01:04:50West. 48 wins. They were marching

01:04:52toward 50, but their

01:04:54offense took a step back.

01:04:56He preached from the outset

01:04:58a season ago they had to lift their

01:05:00defensive level. I think

01:05:02both of these teams clearly are going to

01:05:04be able to score the basketball,

01:05:06but both

01:05:08need to improve their defense. Steve

01:05:10Kerr talked about this.

01:05:12They were 15th

01:05:14on the defensive end

01:05:16a season ago.

01:05:18You think back to the Warriors championship

01:05:20years.

01:05:22Everybody thinks about the offense because

01:05:24it was aesthetically one of the prettiest

01:05:26things to watch, but the

01:05:28fact was

01:05:30their defense was a

01:05:32pillar of their success.

01:05:34And one key player, Doris,

01:05:36Andrew Wiggins, in that run

01:05:38defensively, not available

01:05:40tonight. He's been under the weather, so he's

01:05:42not practicing until this

01:05:44week as Buddy Heald hits his

01:05:466-3 pointer, 25th for the

01:05:48Warriors, but

01:05:50Wiggins had a decent year,

01:05:52not a great year.

01:05:54It's possible as he continues to get older

01:05:56Wiggins to be back defensively to what he

01:05:58was a couple years ago. I don't think there's any question

01:06:00Steve has already thrown down

01:06:02the gauntlet. It's going to be an illegal screen

01:06:04as Podjemski

01:06:06makes sure the official

01:06:08sees that contact.

01:06:12Let's take a look at this.

01:06:14He's going to

01:06:16chase hard

01:06:18and scowl

01:06:20a little bit of a lean there.

01:06:24I mean, just barely a lean,

01:06:26right?

01:06:28Podjemski's hit the deck several times.

01:06:30Again, had to go to the locker room in the first half

01:06:32after falling to the ground on a hard screen.

01:06:34Here he is on

01:06:36the other end.

01:06:42Missed a shot. I don't know

01:06:44if that was a shot attempt or he thought somebody was going to

01:06:46come in there for a soaring dunk. We're going to give him

01:06:48the benefit of the doubt that that was

01:06:50a pass.

01:06:52Here's Anderson up the floor

01:06:54and can't

01:06:56scoop it up and in.

01:06:58So the

01:07:00NBA general manager survey

01:07:02just came out. The overwhelming favorites

01:07:04to win the championship, the Boston Celtics.

01:07:06They have not repeated

01:07:08since 1969

01:07:10the Celtics.

01:07:12Isn't that crazy?

01:07:14They did not repeat. That's right.

01:07:16The great series with the Lakers.

01:07:18That was three no good.

01:07:20Do you agree with the NBA general

01:07:22managers that they come into the season

01:07:24as the team to beat? No question.

01:07:26I think every year, unless

01:07:28there's a significant change.

01:07:30But I do think

01:07:32there's more that goes into it.

01:07:34I remember

01:07:36talking about this all the time. Sometimes there's a little

01:07:38luck involved. How healthy

01:07:40are you? How long does it take

01:07:42Kristaps Porzingis to get

01:07:44back and integrate into the lineup?

01:07:46Supposedly that's progressing quite

01:07:48well as we take another little break here.

01:07:50Gold State getting a little

01:07:52separation with a little more experience

01:07:54on the floor.

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01:08:06Celtics won it last year. We haven't had

01:08:08a repeat winner since the Warriors

01:08:102017-2018.

01:08:12Of course, Golden State lost to

01:08:14Kawhi Leonard and the Raptors in 19.

01:08:16Go ahead and finish your point on Boston as you were making

01:08:18before the break.

01:08:20Yeah, I was just saying

01:08:22luck sometimes plays a part.

01:08:24How healthy are you? How healthy

01:08:26are your opponents? Is there a key injury

01:08:28suffered from a key individual?

01:08:30Philadelphia's 76ers

01:08:32are legit formidable with the

01:08:34addition of Paul George as long as

01:08:36Joel Embiid stays healthy.

01:08:38I did want to go back to touch on one thing

01:08:40in Boston because I, along with so many

01:08:42others, was wrong a season ago.

01:08:44At the outset of the season

01:08:46what was everybody questioning in Boston?

01:08:48Their depth.

01:08:50With Peyton Pritchard, with Sam Houser,

01:08:52with Luke Cornett, etc.

01:08:54They did more than hold up.

01:08:58Not that Houser didn't have some tough

01:09:00moments, but there's a

01:09:02toughness and an edge to that team

01:09:04a season ago that was

01:09:06different to me than the Boston Celtics

01:09:08in the past under Tatum and

01:09:10Brown. There's an edge now.

01:09:12Now there's championship pedigree. They'll

01:09:14hold themselves differently. I'm

01:09:16excited to see them play this year.

01:09:18Let's go ahead and check in with George for more.

01:09:20Dave D.B., there's also

01:09:22a couple of other things that are a factor.

01:09:24Certainly injuries can play a factor.

01:09:26Not that we're wishing that upon anyone, but

01:09:28all teams go through stuff like that

01:09:30during a season. And then there's

01:09:32what Pat Riley coined when he was the

01:09:34head coach of the Lakers many, many years ago.

01:09:36He called it the disease of me,

01:09:38where some of the guys kind of want

01:09:40their own thing. You know what I'm saying? They want to

01:09:42do their own thing. They want to get a contract.

01:09:44They want to get more commercials.

01:09:46Whatever it is, but distracting

01:09:48from their main cause, which is

01:09:50to try to repeat and win a championship.

01:09:52And it's been so hard to do, as there's

01:09:54a loose ball foul

01:09:56underneath on Sacramento.

01:09:58Other than

01:10:00the Warriors and

01:10:02LeBron James'

01:10:04Miami Heat teams, along with

01:10:06Wade and Bosh, we have not seen

01:10:08a lot of repeat champs the last three years.

01:10:10It's very hard to win a championship.

01:10:12I don't

01:10:14necessarily worry about

01:10:16the disease of me in Boston.

01:10:18I don't. I think Tatum and

01:10:20Brown have been

01:10:22exceptional team players

01:10:24from the outset. I think

01:10:26the role and the number

01:10:28of things Tatum has been asked to do

01:10:30besides score,

01:10:32the rebounding has been so

01:10:34consistently good from him.

01:10:36Some of the defensive assignments

01:10:38he had to absorb en route to that title

01:10:40were

01:10:42challenging.

01:10:44By the way, Mason Jones fouled out.

01:10:46Brown taking an opportunity here for

01:10:48a teachable moment, spending some time with a young man

01:10:50over by the bench.

01:10:52He's talking through that.

01:10:54Here's Moody, putting up another three.

01:10:56That one's off the side of the rim.

01:10:58Rebounded by Lin.

01:11:00You know the other fascinating part of

01:11:02this to me

01:11:04is like

01:11:06our colleague Bob Myers must have had

01:11:08a thousand of these little choices to make

01:11:10over the course of his tenure.

01:11:12The moves you do make and the moves you don't make.

01:11:14So how many years were people

01:11:16hollering about Tatum and Brown

01:11:18not being a fit, not being able to play

01:11:20together, they don't like one another,

01:11:22etc, etc, etc.

01:11:24And the patience of Brad Stevens,

01:11:26those are the last two guys

01:11:28I worry about.

01:11:30That patience paid off last year

01:11:32and two years ago people were wondering

01:11:34they got so close

01:11:36making it to the conference finals

01:11:38coming back from down 3-0

01:11:40and then losing badly game 7

01:11:42Did they reach their ceiling

01:11:46and they're just not going to be able to take that next step?

01:11:48They prove people wrong.

01:11:50Is there a team this year in the NBA

01:11:52that has gone through that, that got close

01:11:54but couldn't pull it off, that takes the next

01:11:56step this year and is a contender?

01:11:58Is that Oklahoma City, which couldn't take the next step

01:12:00as a young team

01:12:02lost in the second round of the NBA playoffs.

01:12:04Are they the team

01:12:06that could, with the additions

01:12:08of Caruso and Hardenstein

01:12:10make a jump?

01:12:12Is the scar tissue deep enough

01:12:14in Oklahoma City yet?

01:12:16Because we know this, the Celtics

01:12:18that group had some scar tissue.

01:12:207 minute mark

01:12:22here in the final frame of this preseason

01:12:24game in Sacramento.

01:12:26The Warriors up 7, Steph Curry by the way

01:12:28in the first half at 13 points made 3-3's.

01:12:30DeMar DeRozan

01:12:32in his Kings debut

01:12:3415 points in 16 minutes

01:12:36went 6 of 6 from the floor.

01:12:38The smooth

01:12:40transition for DeRozan with his new teammates

01:12:42no surprise to anybody that's watched

01:12:44DeRozan the last 15 years

01:12:46can fit him with just about anybody.

01:12:50Jones with a

01:12:52fall away comes up short

01:12:54out of bounds will stay with Sacramento

01:12:56though.

01:12:58Two weeks away from

01:13:00an NBA regular season double header

01:13:02opening night here on ESPN.

01:13:04Remember

01:13:06there's DeMar. Remember when Kevin Durant

01:13:08said I can pack up my game and play with

01:13:10anybody anywhere. You know who else

01:13:12can say that? DeMar DeRozan.

01:13:14No question.

01:13:16Ellis banks it in. Speaking of Durant

01:13:18year two of

01:13:20the Beal-Booker-Durant

01:13:22show. It didn't work out last year.

01:13:24Nobody's talking about that team.

01:13:26New coach Mike Budenholzer takes over for Frank

01:13:28Bogle. I think they're going to win an awful lot

01:13:30of regular season games and be well positioned.

01:13:32Pass by

01:13:34Moody and the left handed jam by

01:13:36Jackson Davis. Lennon transition

01:13:38beat the defense down

01:13:40floor.

01:13:46Here's Pat Spencer

01:13:48a world class lacrosse

01:13:50player at Loyola

01:13:52Maryland before playing basketball

01:13:54at Northwestern. Four time

01:13:56All-American.

01:13:58Played five games last year with

01:14:00the Warriors.

01:14:02Now in his second season.

01:14:062019 NCAA

01:14:08lacrosse MVP.

01:14:24Here's Jalen McDaniels

01:14:26to be a key player

01:14:28off the bench for Sacramento.

01:14:32Shot clock at three.

01:14:34Isaac Jones

01:14:36drives and finishes. There's that potential

01:14:38that Maryland told us about three games.

01:14:42At that size from the free throw

01:14:44line and down. Put it on the deck.

01:14:46That is nicely done.

01:14:50Getting some second half minutes

01:14:52with his head coach

01:14:54watching to see what progress he makes.

01:14:56The adjustment mid-air.

01:14:58Pretty.

01:15:00That's a proud papa right there.

01:15:02Rick Celebrini, the director of sports

01:15:04medicine and performance for the Warriors.

01:15:06His son Macklin

01:15:08the number one overall pick

01:15:10in the 2024

01:15:12NHL entry draft to the San Jose

01:15:14Sharks just down the street basically

01:15:16from Pops over in

01:15:18the Bay Area. And let's not forget

01:15:20he has another son, his eldest son

01:15:22his oldest son Aiden is also on the

01:15:24Vancouver Canucks guys so

01:15:26Pops doing a lot of stuff. Oh, I should mention

01:15:28his daughter as well.

01:15:30The number one tennis player at 16 years

01:15:32old for her age bracket. That's a

01:15:34heck of a sports family right there.

01:15:36And you got a great kick here with the Warriors

01:15:38too, the dads. It's amazing

01:15:40what Rick and his wife

01:15:42have been able to do there. Macklin

01:15:44makes his debut tomorrow night

01:15:46and Rick will be able to see that.

01:15:48How cool is that?

01:15:50Utah made its debut

01:15:52as an NHL franchise last

01:15:54night. I don't know if you saw that.

01:15:56Here 112-106, by the way

01:15:58the Warriors 26-3, their record is

01:16:0027 for a regular season game.

01:16:02The Splash Brothers have been

01:16:04broken up but the threes are still

01:16:06going down tonight against Clay Thompson

01:16:08now a member of the Dallas Mavericks

01:16:10he will return to Chase Center

01:16:12for the first time November 12th.

01:16:14Count the basket

01:16:16and one, so the old-fashioned

01:16:18three-point chance here for Guy Santos.

01:16:20It will be

01:16:22really interesting to just

01:16:24see the vibe of the Warriors this year without

01:16:26Clay Thompson. Steve Kerr talked with us

01:16:28at length before the game about

01:16:30obviously Thompson the player

01:16:32but the personality and the energy

01:16:34the uniqueness of Clay Thompson

01:16:36that will be missed in that

01:16:38locker room and obviously Steph

01:16:40will miss him greatly.

01:16:42He's one of the greatest backcourts of all time.

01:16:44It has to feel incredibly

01:16:46strange and different, the tenor

01:16:48and the tone

01:16:50but then I think back to the video

01:16:52that came out this summer where

01:16:54I can't remember where Steph was but

01:16:56Derek Lively and Clay

01:16:58Thompson were having a conversation and

01:17:00Steph kind of walks up to him and goes

01:17:02ew, like gross, this isn't normal

01:17:04or natural.

01:17:06Here at a WNBA game in New York

01:17:08it just happens to be there at the same time.

01:17:14Can they get to 27?

01:17:16There it is.

01:17:18Lindy Waters

01:17:20giving

01:17:22Golden State its 27th

01:17:24made three.

01:17:26Still four minutes to go here.

01:17:28Jackson Davis rebounds.

01:17:30I'm just interested

01:17:32to see if they get to 50 attempts.

01:17:3648 right now.

01:17:38By the way, we talked about the Warriors side of it

01:17:40how about the Dallas side of it? What does Clay

01:17:42Thompson do for Maverick's team

01:17:44that is coming off an NBA finals

01:17:46appearance?

01:17:48Obviously, championship pedigree, four-time champion

01:17:50just think about

01:17:52the ability of

01:17:54Luka Doncic who unseated

01:17:56Steph Curry for the first time in

01:17:58ten years in that GM survey

01:18:00as the best point guard in the league

01:18:02in fact, Steph was third

01:18:04Luka and Shea were one

01:18:06and two

01:18:08but think about the kinds of catch and

01:18:10shoot opportunities Clay should have

01:18:12for the Dallas Mavericks

01:18:14right? I mean

01:18:16between Kyrie Irving, his ability

01:18:18to get by and get downhill

01:18:20and Luka Doncic

01:18:22passes from every angle

01:18:24and every spot on the floor

01:18:26his vision

01:18:30By the way, Steph still got 30%

01:18:32I think of the vote

01:18:34Luka 37% I believe it was

01:18:38Check in with George for more

01:18:40You may remember we were both there, we saw it live

01:18:42Dallas couldn't hit a three

01:18:44in that series in the finals either

01:18:46they had a ton leading up to that series

01:18:48but Clay will at least help them

01:18:50there, if they would have just hit some threes

01:18:52they could have been in some of those games

01:18:54Again, Dallas

01:18:56was the five seed last year

01:19:00made it to the finals, beat Oklahoma City

01:19:02and conference semis in the Minnesota

01:19:04and the conference finals in five

01:19:06games

01:19:10117-106

01:19:12closing in on three minutes to go

01:19:14these teams will play

01:19:16in the preseason again in a couple of nights

01:19:18up in San Francisco

01:19:20and

01:19:2228 threes

01:19:24if this was the regular season

01:19:26would be a new record

01:19:28for the Warriors, Reese Beekman

01:19:30knocking it down

01:19:32and now Jackson Davis with the slight

01:19:34transition

01:19:36You gotta be thrilled

01:19:38with the offense

01:19:42I just like how hard they have

01:19:44played all night

01:19:50And the tone was set by that first group

01:19:52Steph Curry and Draymond Green were going hard

01:19:54in that first half

01:20:0034 assists for Golden State now

01:20:02Look at Trace Jackson Davis

01:20:04run the floor, we know this guy is a legit

01:20:06threat at the rim

01:20:08just straight rim run

01:20:10takes the pass

01:20:16He too, a rookie that inserted

01:20:18himself into the lineup a season ago

01:20:20with his smart play

01:20:22And the last couple months really came on

01:20:24for the Warriors

01:20:30A rookie at Boston College

01:20:32second round draft pick on the floor

01:20:34right now for the Warriors

01:20:36for the final couple minutes here

01:20:44McDaniels trying to shake Beekman

01:20:48Here's Boogie Ellis

01:20:5010 points off the bench

01:20:54For Sacramento

01:20:56Nice move by Isaac Jones

01:21:00A lot of skill

01:21:04For a guy that size and again

01:21:06not played a ton of basketball

01:21:08got into the sport late

01:21:10Played junior college

01:21:12and then one year at Idaho and one at Washington State

01:21:14Good defense by the Kings

01:21:16And he ends up at the junior college

01:21:18literally only because

01:21:20a friend of his was going to play

01:21:22or wanted to play

01:21:24and the coach at the junior college said

01:21:26bring somebody 6'8 or bigger

01:21:28and so he asked Jones

01:21:30He's like yeah, I'll go play

01:21:35And the next thing you know he's in the NBA

01:21:37just a handful of years later

01:21:39That is a crazy

01:21:41unexpected journey

01:21:45Approaching one minute to go

01:21:48And more preseason action

01:21:50Sunday with a double header on ESPN

01:21:52regular season double header

01:21:54two weeks from tonight

01:21:56SportsCenter coming up

01:21:58We'll have highlights from NBA action

01:22:00Major League Baseball playoffs

01:22:04Aaron Rodgers comments

01:22:06on the Jets head coaching

01:22:08situation and much more coming up on

01:22:10SportsCenter here when we're done

01:22:16Jones calling for it

01:22:18now facing up

01:22:20Goes to the baseline and scores again

01:22:34Lyles thought about it

01:22:36Beekman will take it

01:22:38That would have tied the regular season

01:22:40record for made threes

01:22:4229

01:22:44Chicago at Miami

01:22:46Bucks, excuse me

01:22:48Milwaukee at Miami

01:22:50December 29, 2020

01:22:52The Bucks hit 29 threes

01:22:54Golden State with 28 tonight

01:22:56MJ standing by

01:22:58Victor Wemenyama

01:23:00Chris Paul playing together for the first time

01:23:02Preseason highlights of that

01:23:04Aaron Rodgers talking about why he's

01:23:06not to blame for Robert Sala

01:23:08being let go as the

01:23:10Jets head coach and Stan Barrett

01:23:12is going to talk with Steph Curry

01:23:14as well on SportsCenter next

01:23:20Well as far as preseason games

01:23:22go

01:23:24as good as it gets offensively

01:23:26especially for the Golden State Warriors

01:23:29122 points

01:23:31and 54% shooting and 28

01:23:33made threes. DeMar DeRozan was perfect

01:23:35in his Kings debut

01:23:376 of 6 from the floor

01:23:3915 points

01:23:41Steph Curry had 13 in 16 minutes

01:23:43made 3 threes. Kaminga had

01:23:4516, knocked down 4 threes. Buddy

01:23:47healed 22

01:23:49off the bench. A final score

01:23:51122-112

01:23:53Warriors beat the Kings. For Doris Burke,

01:23:55George Cedano, our entire crew, I'm Dave Pasch

01:23:58Saul Long from Sacramento

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