“Obviously, being able to play a team like this, we all have tremendous respect for who have been there and done that. “This is definitely a building block,” Kings guard De’Aaron Fox said postgame. The season didn’t end the way the Kings wanted it to, but it set the stage for what’s to come in Sacramento.
Of course, to be experienced you have to earn experience. Somehow, though, they forced the only first-round Game 7 this season - against the experienced playoff Warriors. The Kings never were supposed to win this series. They had their backs up against the wall all season, and that didn’t change when their first playoff test as a collective unit came against none other than their Northern California neighbors, whose Hall-of-Fame core is on a mission to win its fifth title in nine seasons. Just some of the fundamentals engraved in this young team early on that helped them eventually shock the world six months later. But with new coaches and new players, a new culture was established in Sacramento. Understandably so, since they hadn’t made it to the playoffs since the 2005-06 season. The Kings entered the 2022-23 season as they have every season for nearly two decades. It's supposed to sting and hopefully, we'll be able to use this and remember what this feels like so that when we get going to summer, we can crank it up a notch so we don't feel a sting again next year.” “This obviously stings, it’s going to sting for a while, and it should. I think we obviously have a chance to really, really be good in the future. “I got a lot of gratitude for everybody in that locker room. “I'm excited about this team,” Kings coach Mike Brown said after the Kings’ 120-100 Game 7 loss. SACRAMENTO - The Kings’ storybook season officially is over, but the team is just getting started.Īfter Steph Curry’s historic 50-piece sent the Kings “night night” while the sun still shined on Sunday at Golden 1 Center, Sacramento kept its heads held high because, despite the first-round exit from their first playoff appearance in 17 years, the team - and everyone watching - knows they are just getting started.
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