What impressed me most was the poise these Kings displayed in their first appearance on the playoff stage together. They were down by 10 at one point in the third while Curry was hitting his patented all-you-can-do-is-shake-your-head three's, but they didn't get rattled. They showed no fear. They just kept attacking. I loved that Fox and Monk put the team on their backs and kept getting downhill and kept drawing fouls. It was a gutsy win and a statement win and I expect the same energy in game 2. I also expect Domas to play much better in game 2, which may be necessary as the Warriors make their adjustments to try and contain Fox and prevent the Kings bench from uncorking on them.
Well, it’s true. Those two kids aren’t intimidated or rattled by anything. In fact, they are the type to be motivated by such things and raise their games.
Coming into this series when much was being made of the KINGS dearth of postseason experience, I was thinking back to Mike Bibby and his first postseason. That kid was unfazed and stepped up his game like he’d been there many times before. I saw MM and Swipa in similar light and was confident they’d play like playoff vets.
And they certainly did.