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Steph Curry reacts to Kings’ Keegan Murray’s 47-point performance vs. Jazz

After Kings wing Keegan Murray knocked down 12 3-pointers on his way to a 47-point effort against the Kings, Steph Curry chimed in with a reaction.

While Steph Curry was leading the Golden State Warriors to a much-needed victory over the Brooklyn Nets, another player in Northern California was putting together a career performance. Sacramento Kings wing Keegan Murray caught fire against the Utah Jazz for 47 points.

Murray couldn’t miss from beyond the arc, hitting a scorching 12 3-pointers on 15 attempts in only three quarters. The former Iowa Hawkeye hit an NBA-record 11 consecutive triples against the Jazz. Murray tallied 26 of his career-high 47 points in the third quarter.

After Curry wrapped up the Nets in San Francisco, he was asked about Murray’s performance in his postgame press conference on Saturday night. The two-time MVP praised the Kings’ breakout shooter.

Watch Curry’s reaction to Murray’s sharpshooting against the Jazz via @NBCSWarriors on X, formerly known as Twitter:

"He did what?!" 🤯

Steph was blown away when he heard about Keegan Murray's historic performance for the Kings tonight pic.twitter.com/Ef1tsgs0hn

— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) December 17, 2023

Murray became the seventh player in NBA history with 12 made 3-pointers in a single contest. Murray finished two made 3-pointers short of Klay Thompson’s NBA-record 14 3-pointers in a single game.

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The NBA scheduled the Kings-Warriors and Suns-Clippers series at the same time and fans are livid

NBA, we need y’all to do better with this scheduling thing.

There have been two series so far that have made these NBA playoffs feel special: The Kings vs. Warriors and the Clippers vs. Suns.

Those two right there? Man. They’ve got everything we could want as fans.

The past vs. the present in the Warriors and Kings. The intensity of Clippers vs. Suns. Two absolute heavyweights duking it out with Kawhi Leonard vs. Kevin Durant. Devin Booker taking center stage. Steph Curry somehow getting loose against the tightest defense from Sacramento — complaints about officiating aside. De’Aaron Fox making every clutch play possible.

It’s just been great basketball. Really, the best the league has had to offer so far. So, of course, we’re all heated that both series Game 3s are on at the same time on Thursday night.

This should be illegal. pic.twitter.com/0DPqzj3U2q

— nba paint (@nba_paint) April 20, 2023

Now, first of all, delegating Suns-Clippers to NBA TV should be downright criminal. That might be the headlining series of the playoffs so far.

But, also, just having both of these on at the same time is absolutely ridiculous. And I get that they’re both in pacific time zones — totally understand that.

But, man. Come on. These are the series that everyone wants to see. Make them watchable, NBA. We’re literally begging you.

Everyone was so understandably upset about this.

JJ Redick got it wrong about officials dictating Warriors-Kings in Sacramento’s favor

JJ’s complaints about officiating tilting the Warriors-Kings series in Sacramento’s favor are as ridiculous as they sound

Never in a million years did I think the Sacramento Kings would be on the right end of a complaint about officiating in the NBA, but here we are.

The Kings have always been on the wrong end of the stick when it comes to NBA officiating controversies and, quite honestly, some of the worst moments in league history. Remember DeMarcus Cousins’ rant? That’s an actual thing. And that’s even been the case this season.

So when you hear JJ Redick complaining about how the officiating in the Kings-Warriors series has tilted the Kings way, yeah. It feels pretty laughable.

But JJ was super serious about it, though. On First Take he went on this passionate soliloquy about how the officials have tilted the series.

“The referees have dictated too much in the Kings’ favor in this series, I really believe that.”

JJ Redick on call disparity against the Warriors 🗣️pic.twitter.com/SKdlYDuvMl

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) April 19, 2023

“The referees have dicated too much in the Kings’ favor in this series. I really believe that. And I don’t know if it’s the home crowd or whatever — I rarely complain about the referees. I don’t know if I’ve ever complained about the referees — I think they’re great. But if they’re going to come back in this series, they’ve got to call the game the way it’s supposed to be called.”

Whew. Redick went off there. You can tell — as he said — he truly believes what he’s saying here. This is wild considering that this is a rant about something going in the Kings’ favorite.

Now, Redick is very good at his job. But this strong take caught me off guard a bit because it just feels…off.

But look, man. Here’s the deal. The officials have definitely let some things slide in this series. The Kings are certainly playing the Warriors physically, as most teams in the postseason do.

But, if we’re being honest about the officiating, it’s gone both ways through most of the two games we’ve seen these teams play. Just look at the box score.

In Game 2, 26 fouls were called on the Warriors. There were 25 fouls called on the Kings. The Kings shot more free throws than the Warriors — there was a 29-18 disparity there.

But if you compare the shot charts between these two sides, you can see easily see why. Here’s a look at the Warriors’ shot chart from the game.

Only 33 shots came from the paint. The team also shot 40 3-pointers and only made 13 of them.

Meanwhile, on Sacramento’s end, things look a bit different.

The Kings had a whopping 44 of their 92 shots coming in from in the paint. There’s a very clear disparity there. And the Kings also had more opportunities to score and draw fouls because of the Warriors’ wild turnovers.

These games haven’t been officiated perfectly — not by a long shot. But to say the officiating is swinging the series drastically here feels like a reach.

Redick is good at what he does. But he’s off the mark here.