The story would have been beautiful. To end this period of historic scarcity (17 years), the Kings would qualify for the playoffs in front of their audience at the Golden 1 Center. But Wolves spoiled the party.
And in addition, Sacramento was not helped by the other results of the evening. The Suns and the Clippers have indeed won, which postpones this qualification for the playoffs for a few days.
“It’s about changing your mindset and not just trying to qualify so that the season is over”recalls Harrison Barnes at NBC Sports. “We want to continue to progress game after game and we want to make good playoffs. We missed an opportunity and it’s disappointing for the fans, but we have another game. We have to be focused on it and prepare. »
The next two Sacramento meetings will be played in Portland and it is in Oregon that the Californian franchise will undoubtedly validate its ticket. And for De’Aaron Fox, substance matters more than form.
“I don’t think it’s frustrating to snatch our place in the playoffs on the road. We wanted to do it at home and share it with the fans, but in the end, no matter where, people will be happy. »
Especially since the gamemaster reminds us that this is only the beginning of the adventure. Certainly, as with the Cavaliers, this ticket for the first round will do the franchise a lot of good, but the Kings are more ambitious than that.
“It is important for me, for the fans because it is obvious that, to miss the playoffs for so long, it does something”, continues De’Aaron Fox. “But as I said before, this is one step closer to our real goal. True competitors want to win the title. »
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| De’aaron Fox | 66 | 33.8 | 51.6 | 33.8 | 77.1 | 0.5 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 6.1 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 25.3 |
| Domantas Sabonis | 72 | 34.9 | 60.8 | 35.4 | 76.2 | 3.2 | 9.3 | 12.5 | 7.3 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 3.6 | 19.1 |
| Kevin Hurter | 68 | 29.7 | 48.8 | 40.7 | 71.9 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 15.4 |
| Harrison Barnes | 74 | 32.8 | 47.3 | 37.7 | 84.7 | 1.0 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 15.1 |
| Malik Monk | 71 | 22.3 | 44.7 | 35.6 | 88.8 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 13.5 |
| Keegan Murray | 72 | 29.8 | 44.9 | 41.0 | 75.6 | 1.1 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 12.0 |
| Trey Lyles | 66 | 16.7 | 47.5 | 37.3 | 81.4 | 0.9 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 7.8 |
| Terence Davis | 58 | 13.1 | 43.2 | 37.3 | 82.1 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 6.6 |
| Davion Mitchell | 73 | 18.1 | 45.8 | 32.2 | 79.3 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 5.7 |
| Chimezie Metu | 61 | 10.6 | 59.3 | 24.3 | 75.9 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 4.8 |
| Kessler Edwards | 14 | 14.0 | 47.6 | 38.5 | 80.0 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 4.1 |
| Richaun Holmes | 37 | 8.5 | 66.2 | 80.0 | 82.4 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 3.1 |
| Neemias Queta | 4 | 6.1 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 3.0 |
| Keon Ellis | 13 | 3.9 | 53.8 | 60.0 | 66.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.7 |
| Matt Dellavedova | 31 | 6.7 | 34.0 | 33.3 | 57.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.5 |
| Kz Okpala | 35 | 7.1 | 42.1 | 33.3 | 87.5 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| Chima Moneke | 2 | 4.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Alex Len | 18 | 3.2 | 41.7 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Pj Dozier | 10 | 2.3 | 30.0 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
| Deonte Burton | 2 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
