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4/7/23: Sacramento 113, Golden State 97
The season’s penultimate contest provided one of its most surprising results, as the Sacramento Kings sat most of their stars and yet the bench came through with an impressive defensive effort and a 113-97 victory over the Golden State Warriors in the home finale. De’Aaron Fox, Domantas Sabonis, Kevin Huerter and Malik Monk all sat…
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4/5/23: Dallas 114, Sacramento 110
The 1-2 punch of Kyrie Irving and Luka Doncic was too much for the Sacramento Kings as the host Dallas Mavericks pulled off a 114-110 victory. The Kings couldn’t keep the Mavericks off the foul line — they went 25-for-36, and Irving was 13-for-13 en route to 41 points. Doncic added 25 points. De’Aaron Fox…
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4/4/23: New Orleans 131, Sacramento 129
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4/2/23: Sacramento 134, San Antonio 116
De’Aaron Fox and the entire Sacramento Kings offense finally broke out of their slumps as the home team pounded the San Antonio Spurs, 134-116. The Kings hadn’t surpassed 100 points in each of the previous three games, but put up their highest total since January thanks to 58.0% shooting. Fox had averaged 15.0 points on…
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3/31/23: Sacramento 95, Portland 93
The Sacramento Kings avoided a second straight embarrassing road loss to the Portland Trail Blazers, holding on for an extremely close 95-93 victory. Neither team ever led by more than seven points as the Kings (45-32) rallied in the second half for the win. There were 10 ties and 10 lead changes. Domantas Sabonis had…
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3/29/23: Portland 103, Sacramento 91
The Sacramento Kings managed their second straight terrible performance, losing on the road to the undermanned Portland Trail Blazers, 103-91, giving the Kings their first two-game losing streak since early February. The Kings (44-32) have mostly played .500 basketball since then, but before this game, had followed up their previous eight losses with a win.…
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3/27/23: Minnesota 107, Sacramento 94
The Sacramento Kings continued their recent trend of following up great performances with terrible efforts, and the result here was a 107-94 home loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Kings (44-31) managed just 38 points in the first half and fell behind by 25 points at the break. Sacramento shot 41.2% from the field, one…
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3/25/23: Sacramento 125, Utah 113
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3/24/23: Phoenix 116, Sacramento 101
Devin Booker and the Phoenix Suns took advantage of a poor first half by the Sacramento Kings, and the Suns romped to a 116-101 road victory. The Kings (43-30) never led and were outscored 60-46 in the first half as Booker scored 30 of his 37 points. The Kings had six players score in double-figures,…
