SACRAMENTO – As raindrops were falling outside Golden 1 Center Saturday night, 3-pointers were falling inside for both the Warriors and Kings, who went after each other as if blood were at stake.
Pelted by Sacramento’s 20-of-31 (64.5 percent) shooting from deep over the first 45 minutes, the Warriors shut down the Kings over the final three to slip out of town with a 127-123 victory that left a relevant question still hanging over the heads of the defending champions:
Can the Warriors get back to the top of the NBA playing furious defense only when the game is on the line, instead of making it a habit?