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Kings Defeat Blazers to Claim Their First Playoff Berth Since 2006

Posted : 11 April 2023
With a victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night (120-80), the Sacramento Kings punched their own ticket back into the NBA playoffs after a 16-year absence.

Since Saturday, the Kings had been able to enter the playoffs, but they had been unable to collect the necessary wins from both themselves and other teams.

With a victory over the Trail Blazers on the road, a defeat by the Minnesota Timberwolves to the Phoenix Suns on the road, or a loss by the Los Angeles Clippers to the

Memphis Grizzlies on the road, Sacramento would have secured their first postseason berth since the 2005–06 campaign.

However, the Kings pulled it off on their own, defeating the Blazers before the Wolves game was over and after the Clippers had won.

"I guess this would be like relief. People can't keep saying it. It's over and done with," point guard De'Aaron Fox said. "We want to do bigger things. But [16] years, it's a long time. It feels great to get it off of us."

"We know what our goal is. It's not just to make the playoffs. It's to make noise there," guard Malik Monk said.

In reference to the purple beam that the team started illuminating over its home arena of Golden 1 Center after each win this season, the numerous Kings fans at the game at the Moda Center in Portland on Wednesday screamed the new rallying cry of "Light the Beam" toward the finish of the triumph.

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