Notable Sacramento Kings Opening Night Stats & Occurrences
Oct 17, 2022, 10:21 AM | Updated: 10:24 am
(Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
(Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
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!
