Kings followers didn’t have a lot to cheer about Thursday evening, because the Golden State Warriors lower Sacramento’s collection result in 2-1 with a 114-97 rout at San Francisco’s Chase Middle.
Dealing with the NBA’s defending champions in Sport 3 of their first-round playoff collection, the Kings by no means took a lead and had been buried by the new capturing of Stephen Curry, who completed with 36 factors.
The Warriors dwelling crowd booed every time Kings middle Domantas Sabonis touched the ball, following the Draymond Inexperienced leg-grab-stomp incident in Monday’s Sport 2, which divided fanbases and resulted within the league suspending Inexperienced for Sport 3.
Again in Sacramento, an enormous crowd turned out for a watch celebration inside Golden 1 Middle, the place, in contrast to Chase Middle, cowbells had been allowed.
There ended up being little for Kings followers to rejoice Thursday evening, however at the same time as they expressed disappointment on social media, some stored their spirits excessive. In any case, what’s one loss in comparison with 16 straight seasons lacking the playoffs?
“I’m right here to the bitter finish of this ugliness…as a result of even the sting of an unnervingly dangerous playoff loss is healthier than not caring about professional basketball in mid-April,” Kings fan Chris Duerr tweeted.
“Actual Kings followers put on our emotional scar tissue like fantastic jewellery.”
Right here’s some extra of what Kings followers had been saying on social media following the blowout loss.