A photo of where the Warriors and Kings currently stand in the Western Conference Playoffs first appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
The Warriors strengthened their position in the standings and the Kings moved up in Sunday's wild Western Conference playoffs.
At Frostbank Center, Golden State led star point guard Stephen Curry with 33 points, veteran forward Draymond Green followed closely with 21 points and 11 assists, and led Victor Wembaneyama and the San Antonio Spurs to 117. Defeated against 113. Double-double with the win.
The Warriors still hold the final spot in the NBA Play-In Tournament as the No. 10 seed in the West, with a record of 40-34 against the Houston Rockets (38-36), whose winning streak ended at 11. They jumped to a two-game lead. They lost 125-107 to the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday.
However, LeBron James scored 40 points in a 116-104 win over the Brooklyn Nets, leaving Golden State 1.5 games behind the Los Angeles Lakers in ninth place.
Late Sunday night at Golden 1 Center, the Kings bounced back from two consecutive losses to the Mavericks with a 127-106 victory over the Utah Jazz.
Sacramento big man Domantas Sabonis extended his NBA-record double-double streak to 57 games, and with Malik Monk out, Harrison Barnes (24 points), De'Aaron Fox (25 points) and Keegan Murray (24 points) scored a total of 73 points. in the play-in tournament bracket.
The win moved the Kings up the standings, moving them from eighth to seventh place over the Phoenix Suns, who did not play Sunday. Phoenix and Sacramento currently have the same record at 43-31, but the Kings hold the tiebreaker.
Here are the Western Conference standings as updated through Sunday's NBA action.
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Oklahoma City Thunder: 52-22
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Denver Nuggets: 52-23
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Minnesota Timberwolves: 51-23
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Los Angeles Clippers: 47 wins, 27 losses
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Dallas Mavericks: 45-29
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New Orleans Pelicans: 45 wins, 29 losses
Play-in tournament spot
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Sacramento Kings: 43-31
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Phoenix Suns: 43 wins, 31 losses
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Los Angeles Lakers: 42-33
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Golden State Warriors: 40 wins, 34 losses
under discussion
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Houston Rockets: 38-36
eliminated
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Utah Jazz: 29-46
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Memphis Grizzlies: 24-50
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Portland Trail Blazers: 19-55
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San Antonio Spurs: 18-57
Both the Warriors and Kings have Monday off, but will resume play Tuesday night. Sacramento will play the Clippers at Golden 1 Center at 7 p.m. PT, while Golden State will return home to Chase Center to face the Mavericks, also at 7 p.m. PT.
