For a long time on Wednesday night, it looked like the Golden State Warriors had put Monday’s embarrassing loss to the Boston Celtics far in the rearview mirror. Despite playing on the road in a hostile environment, against a red-hot Sacramento Kings team, and despite missing arguably two of their three best players (Draymond Green and Jonathan Kuminga), plus two key bench pieces (Brandin Podziemski and Kyle Anderson), the Warriors put together a fairly dominant first half.
A new starting lineup (Steph Curry, Gary Payton II, Buddy Hield, Andrew Wiggins, and Kevon Looney) took a bit of time to find a rhythm, but then figured it out.