Notable Sacramento Kings Opening Night Stats & Occurrences

Are you ready for Opening Night?

The Sacramento Kings will face the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday afternoon at Golden 1 Center to open up the 2022-23 regular season.

As we move into a new year with high hopes and aspirations, let’s look back at some notable occurrences from previous opening nights:

Sacramento Kings Opening Night

• The Kings have won two-consecutive opening night games (2020 @ Denver, 2021 @ Portland)
• Sacramento’s home-opener record is an impressive 24-13, including the fact that they have lost seven of their last eight home openers.
• The Kings snapped a six-game home opener losing streak in 2020 when they defeated the Phoenix Suns
• Before that streak of six-straight home opening losses, the Kings had gone 16-1 in their home opening games.
• The best individual performance by a Sacramento King during a home opener belongs to Kevin Martin (48 PTS, 4 AST, 4 STL) during a 127-116 overtime win over the Memphis Grizzlies on November 2, 2009.

Here is the list of players that have scored 30 or more points for the Kings in a season opener:

• Harrison Barnes: 36 points (most ever by a Kings player during a season-opener)

• Reggie Theus: 33 points

• DeMarcus Cousins: 32 points

• Otis Thorpe: 31 points

• Rodney McCray: 30 points
• DeMarcus Cousins 30 points

Here is the list of players that have scored 30 or more points against the Kings in a season opener:

• Derek Smith: 36 points (during the first ever NBA game played in Sacramento)

• Kevin Garnett: 34 points

• Dirk Nowitzki: 33 points/Blake Griffin 33 points

• Marques Johnson: 31 points

Be sure to get all of your Sacramento Kings opening night coverage right here on Sactown Sports 1140 beginning at 3:00pm PST on Cattles & Ramie!

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