By R.L. Bynum
Harrison Barnes was a Golden State Warrior when the franchise won the first of four NBA titles in the last nine years, and he had a hand in all but ending that dynasty on Tuesday night.
Barnes, a member of the 2015 NBA champion Warriors before signing with the Dallas Mavericks in 2016, scored 17 points as his Sacramento Kings beat Golden State 118–94 in an elimination game in the NBA play-in tournament.
The win came one year after Golden State ended Sacramento’s season in a seven-game first-round series. It advanced the Kings to another elimination game at 9:30 Friday at New Orleans (TNT).
Barnes, who was 5 of 11 from the floor and 3 of 4 from 3-point range with four rebounds and three assists, scored 14 points and two 3-pointers in the second half.
At 9:30 Wednesday, Coby White’s Chicago Bulls host the Atlanta Hawks in an elimination game (ESPN). A win would advance Chicago to another elimination game against the loser of the 7 p.m. Wednesday Miami at Philadelphia game (ESPN).
First-round series begin on Saturday with Cole Anthony’s Orlando Magic, the No. 5 seed in the Eastern Conference, playing Game 1 with the No. 4-seed Cavaliers at Cleveland at 1 p.m. (ESPN). Pete Nance played most of the season in the G League but is on the Cavaliers’ roster.
Game 1 of the Western Conference series between Nassir Little’s No. 6-seed Phoenix Suns and the No. 3-seed Timberwolves starts at 3:30 Saturday (ESPN).
Cole Anthony, Orlando Magic guard
Age 23 | 6–3, 185 | fourth NBA season | $5,539,771 salary | UNC 2019–20 (1 season)
97–83 Saturday loss at Cleveland; trail first-round series 1–0 — 11 minutes, 4 points, 0–7 FG, 0–4 3PFG, 4–4 FT, 1 rebound, 1 foul, -5
Regular-season statistics — 81 games, 11.6 points, 43.5 FG%, 33.8 3P%, 82.6 FT%, 3.8 rebounds, 2.9 assists
Record — Finished 47–35, 5th in Eastern Conference; Next game — 7 p.m. Monday, Game 2 of the first-round series as No. 5 East seed at No. 4 Cleveland, NBATV
Harrison Barnes, Sacramento Kings forward
Age 31 | 6–8, 225 | 12th NBA season | $17,000,000 salary | UNC 2010–12 (2 seasons)
105–98 Friday loss at New Orleans in play-in tournament, eliminating Kings — Started; 38 minutes, 17 points, 6–14 FG, 3–5 3FG, 2–4 FT, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 foul
Regular-season statistics — 82 games, 12.2 points, 47.4 FG%, 38.7 3P%, 80.1 FT%, 3.0 rebounds, 1.2 assists
Record — Finished 46–36, tied for 9th in Western Conference;
Nassir Little, Phoenix Sun wing
Age 23 | 6–4, 220 | fifth NBA season | $6,250,060 salary | UNC 2018–19 (1 season)
120–95 Saturday loss at Minnesota; trail first-round series 1–0 — 4 minutes, 2 points, 1–1 FG, -5
Regular-season statistics — 45 games, 3.4 points, 46.0 FG%, 30.0 3P%, 85.0 FT%, 1.7 rebounds, 0.5 of an assist
Record — Finished 49–33, 6th in Western Conference; Next game — 7:30 Tuesday, Game 2 of the first-round series as No. 6 seed at No. 3 Minnesota, NBATV
Coby White, Chicago Bulls guard
Age 23 | 6–5, 195 | fifth NBA season | $11,111,111 salary | UNC 2018–19 (1 season)
112–91 Friday play-in game loss at Miami; Bulls eliminated — Started; 26 minutes, 13 points, 5–16 FG, 2–8 3FG, 1–2 FT, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal, 4 turnovers, 3 fouls, -23
Regular-season statistics — 79 games, 19.1 points, 44.7 FG%, 37.6 3P%, 83.8 FT%, 4.5 rebounds, 5.1 assists
Record — Finished 39–43, 9th in Eastern Conference;
Photo via @SacramentoKings
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