Seeing Nikola Jokic send an “airball” to the buzzer, synonymous with victory for the Kings, the Golden 1 Center was able to breathe and let his joy explode. Twenty years after the exploits of Chris Webber and Mike Bibby within the boiling Arco Arena at the time, the room of the Kings still finds ways to vibrate.
The local fans have found a little smile this year with a team on track to finish with a positive record (18 wins – 15 losses), which would be a first since the 2005/06 season. This is the last time the team qualified in the playoffs, but also the year when its public had made a crazy noise: 130 decibels recorded on a match night against the Pistons, a Guinness Book record finally formalized in 2013.
Today’s Kings may no longer generate that level of fervor. But De’Aaron Fox would like his team to feed on the energy of his room. ” Our audience will come night after night. It’s funny because for new guys it’s kind of their first taste as I’ve been here for a few years so I’ve seen the good and the bad. But every night this year, (the audience) is fantastic with us, and honestly we want a better home record than now », regret the leader.
With 10 wins in 17 games (against 8v-8d away), Sacramento ranks 17th among the most successful teams in the league at home. The Californian franchise should, logically, improve its record at home compared to last year (16v-25d). While remaining light years away from the level of victories displayed by the Kings of the Belle Epoque (36v-5d in 2002, 35v-6d in 2003, 34v-7d in 2004…).
” I think we are at 50% away wins. If we can reach this percentage over the year outside, it is a big positive point. But we have to be better at home, especially knowing the type of supporters we have. This should be one of the best advantages of the field in any sport continues De’Aaron Fox.
Also on condition that the public responds present. Long “sold out” in the early 2000s like the Warriors today, the Kings room has a 96% occupancy rate this season, i.e. the 17th rate in the league. It is up to the Kings to continue to win and to the supporters to give voice to motivate their players.
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| De’aaron Fox | 30 | 32.5 | 50.7 | 34.4 | 78.8 | 0.4 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.7 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 23.6 |
| Domantas Sabonis | 32 | 33.7 | 61.5 | 42.1 | 74.1 | 2.9 | 9.4 | 12.3 | 6.7 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 3.7 | 18.3 |
| Kevin Hurter | 32 | 31.3 | 47.5 | 41.4 | 69.4 | 0.6 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 15.2 |
| Malik Monk | 33 | 23.3 | 45.3 | 33.5 | 91.1 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 14.6 |
| Harrison Barnes | 33 | 31.5 | 47.1 | 30.2 | 80.6 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 13.7 |
| Keegan Murray | 31 | 28.7 | 42.2 | 38.0 | 78.0 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 11.7 |
| Terence Davis | 27 | 13.4 | 43.6 | 36.2 | 82.4 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 7.0 |
| Davion Mitchell | 32 | 19.5 | 45.1 | 30.5 | 70.6 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 6.3 |
| Trey Lyles | 27 | 14.4 | 43.0 | 34.1 | 70.4 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 6.1 |
| Chimezie Metu | 25 | 11.1 | 58.4 | 23.8 | 80.0 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 5.0 |
| Richaun Holmes | 19 | 9.5 | 64.1 | 66.7 | 75.0 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 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 |
| Kz Okpala | 22 | 8.2 | 46.4 | 38.5 | 100.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 1.7 |
| Alex Len | 9 | 4.3 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.4 |
| Matt Dellavedova | 14 | 7.1 | 30.4 | 30.0 | 33.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 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 |
| Keon Ellis | 3 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
