The Kings said goodbye to their home for the last time this season and have set off on their last road trip of the year, get-right fodder for two teams bound for the post-season. The Clippers have kept themselves afloat at the .500 mark while missing stars Kawhi Leonard and Paul George for most of the season, the later of which just came back just in time to fight for a four game series against the Phoenix Suns. The Clippers are plucky and looking to make a splash with PG-13 back in the picture, the Kings are just… looking for downtown bars to enjoy after the game! Let’s see how this goes!<\/p>\n
When:\u00a0<\/strong>Friday, April 9th, 6:30 PM PT<\/p>\n Where:\u00a0<\/strong>Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA<\/p>\n TV:<\/strong> NBCSCA – Kyle Draper (play-by-play)<\/p>\n Radio<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/strong>KHTK Sports 1140 AM<\/p>\n Lue-king for an Upset:\u00a0<\/strong>I don’t have it in my heart to root for many teams in LA and with the Clippers ownership so closely tied to the relocation saga, I really don’t need to start with this, or any, Clippers squad. BUT, if I were to bend those rules… If I were to look the other way on ownership and origin of a team, I think I could find myself rooting pretty hard for this Clippers squad. For one, I’m a sucker for teams that just find a way to get it done. MVP caliber player is out? Okay. His All-NBA quality running mate goes down? Totally fine. The talent drops and the tryhards and workhorses come out of the woodwork and unify to stay in the playoff hunt. Jerry Reynolds likes to say that sometimes the best ability is availability and I feel like the non-stars on this Clippers squad prove that mantra. Guys just, stepped up. Reggie “Big Gov’t” Jackson bailed them out in key moments all season and should get his flowers for it, but outside of him they’ve also got nine players that scored between 8 and 17 points per game with a minimum of 50 games played for LA… a very strange butt-pulled stat, I admit, but a testament to how deep and wide this team is. Everyone contributes SOMETHING when they play. With a healthy Kawhi and Paul George they’re an easy Western Conference Finals darkhorse for the next few years, but until that comes to fruition… they’re underdogs. Scrappy, wonky, beatable… but absolute dogs nonetheless. They’re nearly likable. Nearly.<\/p>\n The Kings on the other hand?<\/p>\n *Points sternly at a collage of everything stupid thing that’s involved the Kings this season*<\/p>\n So I dropped this little nugget on Twitter the other day but I want to get it here as well, because I know many of the people that have emailed me proof of donations since starting thing don’t really see Twitter related stuff.<\/p>\n As of this being posted this morning, we have raised a total of $11,027.11 for local causes in just 20 games this season. Not losses. 20 total games since this was started.<\/p>\n I’ll say it once again, I’ll say it with my last breath: I cannot believe the response you all have given this and I will be forever grateful for everyone who has involved themselves, even if it was just discussing it in the comments. From the every-loss donors, to the once-in-awhiles, the one-time-onlys, the Twitter promoters, the behind-the-scenes encouragers… every single one of you has made Sacramento a better, more vibrant place to live… and better yet, proven that Kings fans aren’t gone, they’re just waiting for something to believe in.<\/p>\n We have two games left. It would be insane to think we could get to $12k in two games, but it was insane to see hundreds of dollars roll in the first game after starting this whole mess. If we wind up with just what we have now when the season ends on Sunday, it will still be 50x what I’d originally envisioned when I grumpily typed out my little manifesto.<\/p>\n I know there are people who have hoped for it, but I’ll say now, we’ll probably never get an official response from the Kings… and we don’t need one. I’ve read the emails from charities shocked by the amounts they’ve woke up to in their coffers the night after we came through for them, I’ve spoken over DM’s to family members of those we’ve helped, people we’ve inspired to do more and a bunch of everyday people touched by the generosity and heart of this group of fans. I promise you, we were heard by the people really listening for a reason to hope… maybe not for greatness on the court, but for goodness in the world.<\/p>\n We did that. With two games left, we’ll continue to do that.<\/p>\n De’Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis are gonna suit up, just to really dare the basketball gods into giving us that top pick, to rub it in the faces of dummies like me who believe in math and odds. Also, maybe Neemias Queta gets run. MAYBE.<\/p>\n Kings: 119, Clippers: 113<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Kings said goodbye to their home for the last time this season and have set off on their last road trip of the year, get-right fodder for two teams bound for the post-season. The Clippers have kept themselves afloat at the .500 mark while missing stars Kawhi Leonard and Paul George for most of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":8064,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[396,48,984,786,525],"coauthors":[312],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nFor Your Consideration<\/h3>\n
Operation: M.C.N.A.I.R Update<\/h4>\n
Prediction<\/h3>\n