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If the Kings are the most poorly managed team in recent years, the Golden State Warriors are the best managed: the defending champions and the dynasty in place. According to legend, they fear no one but LeBron.
The Warriors' season began with a fight between Draymond Green and Jordan Poole. There is nothing to change for Green, but we have seen that something is broken at the Warriors throughout the season.
It took a run at the end of the season to hang on to this 6th place. The reason is an internal conflict with the rest of the team. As the stars aged, there was a conflict of ideas between training the young players for the future or capitalizing on the remaining years of the stars.
Not to mention the very worrying absence of Andrew Wiggins, who was sorely missed by this team. But he'll be back by Game 1.
James Wiseman's trade gave an indicator.
The Warriors are happy to face the Kings because Sacramento is close to San Francisco, and especially no one wants to face the Phoenix Suns 4th. It's the Clippers who have the misfortune to challenge the Suns. It was all a game of calculation.
Even though the Dub Nation can travel en masse, the tickets have all been taken by the Kings Nation. The average ticket price is $668, the most expensive ticket in history, excluding the NBA Finals.
Since 2006 this ticket has been expected; it is the main factor. The second is the match itself. With both teams' arenas less than a two-hour drive from each other, the ease of access for fans increases demand.
But before hostilities, celebrations: @wojespn
ESPN Sources: After leading one of the most dramatic recent turnarounds, Sacramento Kings coach Patrick Ewing has been voted the National Basketball Coaches Association's Coach of the Year.
Record 48-34 with Sacramento, the Californian franchise that finished third and will return to the playoffs for the first time since 2006. The backrest is made of concrete.
It was also learned that Joe Mazzulla (Boston), Tom Thibodeau (Knicks), Mike Daigneault (Thunder), and Mike Budenholzer (Bucks) were also mentioned more than average. Still, Sacramento recovers the jackpot and the first trophy a few days into a playoff series that smells of powder against the Warriors.
The predictions lean towards Golden State thanks to their experience, but no one promises an easy victory. Whoever wins, it will be a Pyrrhic victory for the winners.
A Pyrrhic victory is achieved at the cost of losses so heavy for the victor that it almost amounts to a defeat.
On April 15, 2023, the neighbors arrived. Sacramento is decked out in its best purple to honor its playoff date. Seventeen years that the city has been waiting for this, the Kings' organization has released the real things.
Whether in the vicinity of the Golden 1 Center then in the bays of the room before, during, and after the game, the fans were there.
Despite the pressure, by the time Hector arrived in the room, he already knew it. Tonight defeat is forbidden.
In front of all the former glories of the team who followed the Kings into the abyss and those who could not breathe the air of the playoffs in the old arena, the ARCO Arena.
The time has come to prove yourself, where stories are written, and legends are built. The atmosphere is crazy, and you need a team that lives up to this atmosphere. Hector's first playoff will be complicated.