Warriors finish off Kings for first win since Steph Curry’s return

Nypost · Apr 08, 2026 · 635 words · By Evan Webeck

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What to know about Warriors finish off Kings for first win since Steph Curry’s return

SAN FRANCISCO — The Warriors will have to beat two teams better than the one inside their building Tuesday night if they want to advance out of next week’s play-in tournament.

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What happened

SAN FRANCISCO — The Warriors will have to beat two teams better than the one inside their building Tuesday night if they want to advance out of next week’s play-in tournament.

Why it matters

It’s a good thing they should have more help than they did against the Kings.

Common ground

Despite leading by double digits late into the third quarter, it took the Warriors until the final moments to put away the Western Conference bottom dwellers in a 110-105 win.

Perspective signals

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Follow-up questions

What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: Warriors finish off Kings for first win since Steph Curry’s return?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Rick Celebrini, the Warriors’ vice president of player health and performance, was credited for helping Stephen Curry return from a knee injury?
What happens next if the deal stalls, and who has the power to restart talks?

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Claim 1: “Rick Celebrini, the Warriors’ vice president of player health and performance, was credited for helping Stephen Curry return from a knee injury.”

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Claim 2: “Charles Bassey recorded a double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds in his second game on a 10-day contract.”

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Claim 3: “De’Anthony Melton scored 21 points in 29 minutes, including 12 points in the first six minutes of the second quarter.”

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Claim 4: “The Clippers would lock the Warriors into the No. 10 seed if they held a double-digit lead against the Mavericks.”

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Claim 5: “Pat Spencer scored 11 of his 14 points in the first half after stepping into the starting lineup for Will Richard.”

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Claim 6: “De’Anthony Melton scored 21 points, his best performance since March 16.”

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Claim 7: “The Warriors outscored the Kings by 30 points in the final two quarters of their January 1, 2024, game.”

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Claim 8: “The Warriors defeated the Kings 110-105 in a game where they led by double digits late into the third quarter.”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Kings–Warriors rivalry is a National Basketball Association (NBA) rivalry between the Sacramento Kings and the Golden State Warriors. The rivalry takes geographic influence as the two teams share …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings–Warriors_rivalry

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Warrior Kings is a real-time strategy video game, developed by Black Cactus and published by Microïds in 2002. It was published for the Mac OS X the following year by Feral Interactive. The game, set …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Warrior Kings: Battles is a real-time strategy video game developed by British studio Black Cactus and published by Empire Interactive in Europe and co-published with Strategy First in North America. …
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Claim 9: “Stephen Curry scored 17 points in 25 minutes off the bench and assisted Brandin Podziemski for a key 3-pointer.”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 NBA All-Star Championship was an all-star single-elimination basketball tournament played on February 16, 2025, during the National Basketball Association's 2024–25 season. It was the 74th ed…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Brandin Thomas Podziemski ( pə-JEM-skee; born February 25, 2003) is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A guard, he p…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wardell Stephen Curry II ( STEF-ən; born March 14, 1988), also known as Steph Curry ( STEF), is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Asso…
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Claim 10: “The Warriors have lost Jimmy Butler and Moses Moody for the season and were missing Will Richard and three big men (Kristap Porzingis, Al Horford, and Quinten Post) in the game against the Kings.”

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Claim 11: “The Warriors will have to beat two teams better than the one inside their building Tuesday night if they want to advance out of next week’s play-in tournament.”

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Claim 12: “The Warriors will host the Lakers on Thursday, with their final home game of the season unless they advance in the play-in tournament.”

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