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Kings Report
By Tessa Jordan
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December 19, 2024
Kings lose a close game to Nuggets but bounce back with a win against Pelicans, despite home game struggles.
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December 4, 2024
Kings triumph over Rockets in a heated game, win first NBA Cup game, but lose to Trailblazers and Spurs.
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Kings Report
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November 20, 2024
The Kings continue their win-loss pattern, with De’Aaron Fox scoring a historic 60 points in one game.
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Kings Report
By Tessa Jordan
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November 15, 2024
Despite a loss to the Clippers, the Kings’ Golden 1 Center provides an unforgettable fan experience.
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Kings Report
By Tessa Jordan
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November 6, 2024
The Kings secure a thrilling victory against the Heat, with key performances from De’Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis.
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Kings Report
By Tessa Jordan
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November 1, 2024
Sacramento Kings start NBA season 2-2, with DeMar DeRozan scoring 20 points in four straight games.
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October 23, 2024
Sacramento Kings gear up for new NBA season with key roster changes and upcoming games.
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April 25, 2024
It was a disappointing end to this year’s Kings season; the Kings missed the playoffs by ONE game despite having all the momentum going into that game.
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April 17, 2024
Did we just witness the end of an era? The Sacramento Kings destroyed the Golden State Warriors 118 to 94 in the first play-in game on Tuesday, April 16th.
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April 10, 2024
Only one week left in the regular season of NBA basketball! If you told me two years ago that I would be disappointed in a Sacramento Kings play-in tournament spot, I’d tell you that you are crazy.
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April 3, 2024
I don’t know what’s worse: losing the most important game of the season by 36 or losing the most important game of the season by four.
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By Tessa Jordan
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March 27, 2024
The Western Conference is tighter than my pants after Thanksgiving dinner! The Sacramento Kings were knocked from 6th to 7th seed by the Dallas Mavericks, who then claimed 6th for themselves, on Tuesday, March 26th. While I was watching the first half of the game, I was thinking I would write about what a physical game the two teams were playing, that you can tell that the players knew how important that game was, and that it was giving serious playoff vibes. But now that the game is over, I sure as hell can’t write that because if that was the playoffs, the Kings would be embarrassed.While the first half finished with the Kings only down, 58-53, they ended up losing 96-132. It felt like Dallas guards Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving could not miss, and it was pretty darn close to that; Doncic and Irving shot 50% and 44% from 3, respectively. The whole team shot 56% from 3, which is insane; their season average is 36.8%, and in their last two games, the team shot 13.3% and 28.6%. The
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By Tessa Jordan
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March 20, 2024
The Kings are moving up in the world! This week again saw only one loss, but of course, it had to be the game I attended against the Knicks last Saturday, March 16th. While the end score looks pretty disappointing, 91-98, it doesn’t show what an exciting and close game this was, up until the last two minutes at least. I’m absolutely loving seeing what a sports fan my son, Rudy, is becoming; he was yelling and pointing and telling me the refs didn’t know what they were talking about. We saw a couple of absolutely amazing dunks by Malik Monk that made us jump up out of our seats, and the woman next to me informed me that Monk was her favorite. After I said, “Mine too!” the man behind us chimed in that Monk was also his favorite player. It sounds like the consensus is that we all love Monk and hope the Kings are able to bring him back next season.Well, Rudy informed me, “We were done” when the Kings were down seven with 4:30 left on the clock. I t
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March 13, 2024
While I didn’t exactly get the winning streak that I wanted, the Kings did win three out of four games last week, so I really can’t complain. While they only lost one game, it was a pretty disappointing one as the Kings blew yet another double-digit lead against the 11th-place, 30-35 Houston Rockets. The Rockets, like the New Orleans Pelicans, are one team we just can’t figure out how to beat. We are now 0-3 against them this season and won’t be playing them again.The good news is after that devastating loss, the Kings turned around and beat the 2nd place in the east, 42-24 Milwaukee Bucks. And they didn’t just beat the Bucks; they beat them by 35 points. They held the reigning 3-point champion, seven-time All-Star Damian Lillard, to only 10 points. Lillard’s points per game average this season is 24.7. He hasn’t scored this little since the second game of the season. I don’t always have faith that the Kings can win a championship with th
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By Tessa Jordan
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March 7, 2024
Hey, sports fans, I’m back from my absence due to the death of my father, Tim Jordan. Who knows if I’m really ready to be back; anyone who has lost someone can probably understand how hard it is to enjoy anything after you lose someone so close to you. My dad thought it was so cool that I wrote a sports column, and he, a man who never watched sports, somehow knew when important sporting events were happening and would ask me who I thought was going to win or whether I was watching the game. He was also coming and watching football and basketball games with me every week; now remember, this man did not watch sports. He just loved me and loved spending time with me. He was always good at trying to relate to people with whatever they were passionate about.Would you look at that, I managed to turn my sports column into another obituary for my dad. I guess basketball hasn’t been quite the same since he died; to be honest, sometimes I feel like I will never enjoy anything a
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