The Sacramento Kings put up an admirable fight during the play-in tournament, but they fell short of their goals and had to take their vacations earlier than they would have liked.
The Sacramento Kings saw a once-promising season come to a crashing end on Friday night. While New Orleans was the better team and deserved to earn the final playoff spot in the Western Conference, Sacramento is left wondering what went wrong after falling from third to third place just a year ago.
It wasn’t very long ago that the Sacramento Kings were among the bottom feeders in the NBA. They had the longest playoff drought in NBA history, a distinction that no franchise wants to hold.
The Sacramento Kings are officially in the offseason after getting eliminated from title contention by the New Orleans Pelicans in the Play-in Tournament.
The Sacramento Kings ended their season last Friday. Falling to the New Orleans Pelicans in a Play-In battle for the eighth seed, the team will have to endure the heartbreak of being one win short of a playoff appearance.
After a 2022-23 season that saw them reach the playoffs amid a buzz of fan excitement, the Sacramento Kings sputtered out of the NBA Play-In Tournament this season.
It is safe to say that Malik Monk has found a home in the NBA with the Sacramento Kings. But the door is open for the former Kentucky Wildcats high-flyer to leave Sacramento in the summer, as the last year of the two-year, $19.42 million deal he signed with the team back in 2022 is expiring in July.
Just about any other season, 46 wins would be good enough to not only make the NBA playoffs but to avoid the NBA Play-In Tournament altogether. The Sacramento Kings won 48 games last year, which earned them the third seed in the Western Conference.
Although they did not make the playoffs, the 2023-24 season was yet another successful one for the Sacramento Kings. In addition to posting a 46-36 record, their second straight season with at least 46 wins, the Kings learned a lot about their offense.
16-year NBA veteran JaVale McGee is reportedly not planning on retiring from basketball just yet. Following his Sacramento Kings’ Play-In loss to the New Orleans Pelicans, the 36-year-old made it clear he plans to “just play basketball.” “Just to play basketball,” McGee said when asked by NBCSCA what’s next for him.
Sacramento Kings point guard De’Aaron Fox is showing some love to one of his teammates as that player’s future with the team is in doubt. Fox is expressing his appreciation for Malik Monk, as Monk is about to head into the free agency waters.
The New Orleans Pelicans have been the Sacramento Kings’ worst nightmare this season.
The New Orleans Pelicans finished the season a perfect 6-0 against the Sacramento Kings, but the final victory meant the most.
The New Orleans Pelicans made a statement to close out the first half of Friday's play-in tournament matchup.
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The Sacramento Kings delivered a resounding performance against the Golden State Warriors, marking a significant shift in their regional rivalry. The Kings’ 118-94 victory kept their NBA playoff aspirations alive and dealt a severe blow to a once-dominant Warriors dynasty.
The Warriors got rid of Harrison Barnes. Draymond Green stomped on Domantas Sabonis’ chest. Tuesday night, they got revenge.
Keegan Murray sank eight 3-pointers and finished with 32 points and nine rebounds as the Sacramento Kings remained alive with a convincing 118-94 victory over the visiting Golden State Warriors on Tuesday night.
The Brooklyn Nets searched out West to potentially find their next head coach.
De'Aaron Fox scored 24 points in three quarters as the host Sacramento Kings cruised to a 121-82 rout of the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday afternoon in the regular-season finale for both teams.
Sunday's 2023-24 regular-season finale arrives with the Sacramento Kings facing postseason uncertainty ahead of their matchup with the visiting Portland Trail Blazers.
Brooklyn’s search process has been ongoing for more than a month and is believed to have been “extensive.”
If someone were to look at a Sacramento Kings box score this season, it would be a near-certainty that they would see Domantas Sabonis finishing the game with a double-double.
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