Kings-Warriors Game 1 recap: Everything you need to know from NBA playoffs in Sacramento
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Sacramento Kings in the Playoffs
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You’re beaming now.
If you are a Sacramento Kings fan, the 126-123 win of the Golden State Warriors wiped away 17 years of the blues and had to make you feel purple all over. The Kings lit the victory beam after the first playoff game at Golden 1 Center, capping an evening of DoCo partying, righteous hoops and expectations fulfilled.
Dawn of a new era? One game, three to go? False hope? We’ll do it again Monday and hope to beam again.
In the meantime, let’s relive the evening. We covered the event inside and out. Sports reporters Jason Anderson, Chris Biderman and Joe Davidson kept us updated on the game and even the celebrities in the house, California Opinion Editor and long-time Kings fan Marcos Bretón found out how loud G1C can be and reporter Maya Miller, with assistant visuals editor Lezlie Sterling, roamed outside, with her phone battery running low, and witnessed the joy of fans watching the purple beam strike the heavens. Reporter Mike McGough captured the sights and sounds of media, and visual journalists Paul Kitagaki and Xavier Mascareñas helped provide those for our Bee audience.
We published their work over the course of the evening. In case you missed it, here’s a sampling:
Fans
Celebrity list at Kings-Warriors Game 1 plenty of ex-Kings, 50 Cent, Barry Bonds, Gov. Newsom
‘Who’s friends with this guy?’ Sacramento Kings fans drown out Warriors supporters at DoCo
Where are the Warriors fans? Kings faithful defend home court for Game 1 of playoffs
‘It feels like Christmas.’ Daughter and dad celebrate the Sacramento Kings again
Beams, memes and dreams come true: Kings fans erupt online after huge playoff win
Sacramento fans ‘Light the Beam’ as the Kings knock off the Warriors in first playoff game
The Game
De’Aaron Fox takes first steps toward superstardom in Kings’ playoff win over Warriors
‘He ain’t afraid of the moment:’ How Malik Monk’s brash confidence helped Kings beat Warriors
‘I had a vision’: Kings sage leader Harrison Barnes believed the playoffs would happen
Opinion
This is his team. His win. His time. De’Aaron Fox raises his game for first playoff win
TV
‘Pregame chapel’: Mark Jones on the call as De’Aaron Fox makes a play in Kings-Warriors
This story was originally published April 16, 2023 at 5:00 AM.
