Kings Home Opening Night Primer
Dec 26, 2020, 10:43 AM | Updated: May 22, 2024, 9:37 pm
The new season of Sacramento Kings basketball got off to an AMAZING start the other night in Denver.
The Kings needed overtime to beat the Denver Nuggets but what a game. Buddy Hield’s tip in at the buzzer and full sprint to the locker room could be felt all the way back in Sacramento.
Now the Kings will try and do something that they haven’t done since 2003-2004 and that is start a season (2-0). The Kings have their home opener on Saturday night against the Phoenix Suns. Here are some things to know as you get yourself ready for the Kings first home game.
Kings Home Opening Night record is an impressive (23-12) and that is including the fact that they have lost their last 6 straight home openers.
Prior to this streak of 6 straight home opening losses the Kings had gone 16-1 in their home opening games.
The last home opening win came in the 2014 season when Sacramento opened up with a win against Denver.
The best individual performance by a Sacramento King on a home opener belongs to Kevin Martin. November 2, 2009 the Kings beat the Memphis Grizzlies 127-116 in overtime for a home opening win. Kevin Martin went off in that game. Here is Martin’s stat line:
He played 52 minutes and went 14-27 from the floor. Martin went to the line 18 times and made 13. He had 1 block, 4 steals, grabbed 5 rebounds, dished out 4 assists and scored 48 points.
48 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals, 1 block for Kevin Martin in the home opening win in 2009.