GOLDEN STATE, San Francisco – Brownlee was limited to 28 points by the relentless “D” of Hollis-Jefferson and five personal fouls.

The threat posed by Brownlee will always exist, despite his track record of success in competition.

In addition, which team can change its approach more successfully may determine how Game 5 turns out.

Lastimosa and Tim Cone have started playing a chess game virtually, and at least for the initial four games, Lastimosa has managed to keep up with his former coach. Lastimosa has been thriving, which Cone recognizes.

But when a turning point in the series approaches, it is unknown whether the team will fight on without giving up.

You’ve got to accept it, Curry remarked. We must remain grouped together and confined for as long as we have.

With 7:03 left in the fourth quarter, Green stomped on Sabonis’ chest, igniting a tense moment that resulted in his removal for a flagrant foul.

Fans in Sacramento booed Green during the review while he was standing on a chair, waving his hands, holding a hand to his ear, and shouting for louder shouts.

Green claimed that someone openly grabbed his leg, preventing him from moving. For two consecutive nights(games) he claims that referees need to look in closer. Since every time he would be in mid air, a hand or a pair would openly pull him down yet somehow is not called out or even noticed.

Coach Mike Brown indicated that after the game, Sabonis would have X-rays taken to make sure his ribs or lungs hadn’t been damaged, but he still managed to finish the game.

The NBA will now have to decide if Green should be suspended or if just an ejection was necessary.

Brown affirmed that it was evident and surely a flagrant two. It will be fascinating to see what the NBA does once they have reviewed it.

In the opening moments of the series, when fans celebrated the franchise’s first playoff game after a record-breaking 16-season postseason drought, the audience in success-starved Sacramento wasn’t quite as boisterous.

Another spark from Monk, who had 32 points in the first quarter, came off the bench in the second quarter, and the crowd began to get into it. Monk contributed to a 23 to 8 run that turned a six-point deficit into a nine-point advantage in the first 2:04 of the game by making three 3-pointers, which helped fuel the surge.

Curry’s three-pointer gave Golden State a chance to equalize it, but they were unable to do so, and they gave up the next six points to trail 58 to 52 at the break.

Before the Warriors scored eight straight points in the third quarter, the Kings had increased their lead to 14 points. Going into the fourth, Sacramento was in the lead 83 to 75.