An unlikely Sacramento Kings player propelled the team to a 54-50 first-half lead in their playoff game against the Golden State Warriors.
Forward Keegan Murray led all players with 16 points, topping the Warriors’ trio of Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green, who combined for 14 points. The Kings’ top two scorers in the first half were De’Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis, with 10 points each. Point guard Keon Ellis had seven points.
Stanley Van Gundy, NBA commentator on TNT, said the answer behind the Kings’ first-half lead was “Murray, at least so far.”
Murray already has more points than his seasonal average of 15. He also added four rebounds and a steal. Fourteen of his points came in the first quarter, with a burst of three-pointers.
“This guy can shoot, as they say,” Charles Barkley, a TNT commentator and NBA Hall of Famer, said during the show’s halftime show.
