SACRAMENTO – For one night at least, Jonathan Kuminga had the type of game that Warriors fans have been expecting ever since he entered the NBA as the No. 7 overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft.

Kuminga put together a very respectable stat line in the Warriors' 121-116 loss to the Kings at Golden 1 Center – 24 points and game-high-tying nine rebounds in 25 minutes – but it was the way the night went down that stood out most.

The Warriors were without their three best players and needed someone, anyone, to step up and take over.

Kuminga pretty much did just that for most of the evening. Like his Golden State teammates, though, everything went haywire in the fourth quarter.

Until then, however, Kuminga was all that and a bowl of grits.

“Jonathan attacked, he was aggressive,” Warrior

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