Jonathan Kuminga hits a shot for the Golden State Warriors and teammate Stephen Curry (30) was all smiles as the Warriors were never behind against the Portland Trail Blazers in Portland on Sun Apr 9, 2023 (AP News photo)

Golden State Warriors podcast with Barbara Mason:

#1  The Warriors win guaranteed them a spot in the playoffs and were eliminated from a play in game with a huge win over the Trail Blazers 157-101 in the last game of the 2022-23 season.

#2 The Warriors had an amazing opening quarter in this game. Klay Thompson had five triples and the team finished the first quarter with 12 shots from beyond the arc and led after the first 12 minutes 55-27.

#3 There was no stopping the Warriors in the third quarter. They extended their lead to 120-75 with one quarter left in the game. Golden State had 21 shots from downtown shooting just over 55%. 

#4 With ten minutes left in the fourth quarter Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, Thompson, Jordan Poole and Kevon Looney were finished for the day. Curry finished with 26 points, Thompson had 20 points, and Poole had 21 off the bench. Golden State finished with 27 triples in this amazing win.

#5 Warriors open game 1 of playoffs against Kings this Sat Apr 15 for a 5:30pm tip off at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento. Kings head coach Mike Brown has a pretty good idea about the layout of the Warriors. Warriors coach Steve Kerr know how coach Brown sets up will this be a game of chess Kerr vs. Brown or will the players dictate the outcome of game 1.

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