I've been to a lot of games over the past few years, from home openers to Here We Stay nights, and yesterday's game is among my favorites.  I have teared up twice ever during Kings games. The first was in 2011 during our final game during Grant and Jerry's tearful final sendoff, where a lot of us really felt that it was the last game in Sacramento.  The second was last night, when Vivek came out to the glow of 17,317 purple thundersticks and said "This is your team… and it's here to stay!".  It was a great moment, and one I'll never forget.

We also saw Malone use a lineup down the stretch of the game that featured both Vasquez and Thomas, something that didn't really happen in the preseason.  I have a feeling this lineup was played in part due to the fact that nobody else could hit a shot to save their lives (outside of Cousins, Vasquez and Thomas, the Kings shot a combined 9-37 or 24.3%) as well as Denver playing two point guard lineups themselves.  However, I liked the duo and think we'll be seeing more of it in the future.

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