The Kings had a chance to secure the eighth seed by winning out their final two regular-season games against the Suns and Trail Blazers.

Here’s more on how Sacramento’s loss to Phoenix tonight alters the West Play-In picture:
theathletic.com/live-blogs/nba…

Welp, that’s a tough way for the Kings to go out. They fall to 45-36 and are now the ninth seed in the Western Conference since they have the tiebreaker over the Warriors.

All of Golden 1 was lit after that Keegan 3. He’s up to 23 points on 5/10 from distance and keeps knocking down timely jumpers for the Kings.

It’s been dope seeing Keon Ellis’ offensive progression. You can tell he’s slowly but surely becoming more sure of himself on that end.

Kings once again have an advantage in paint points. They’re outscoring the Suns 26-16 inside.

De’Aaron will 10 times outta 10 let you know you fouled him, doesn’t matter who you are.

Sacramento showed a Chris Webber tribute with the Hall of Famer in the building tonight.

G1C gave him a well deserved ovation.

No way on earth they did AI like this.

Warriors, Kings or Lakers: Who will get the West’s eighth seed? Setting the stage for the California three-way tie entering the final weekend theathletic.com/5409840/2024/0…

De’Aaron Fox on where the Kings currently are:

“We put ourselves in this situation.”

Every Kings starter minus Keon Ellis played at least 33 minutes tonight. De’Aaron Fox finished at 41. And they have the Suns up next tomorrow.

Doesn’t matter what the Kings do right now, CJ McCollum is gonna find a way to get a bucket.

Gotta love Malik Monk coming onto the court to plead De’Aaron Fox’s case after getting T’d up.

Only caught the end of it but he needed answers.

Looks like Chris Duarte is getting what were Colby Jones’ minutes in the first half.

After trailing to the Pelicans by 23 at one point, the Kings have trimmed the deficit to six at half.

Sacramento should look to keep getting into the paint as much as possible in the second half, where it’s outscoring New Orleans 28-18.

Zion Williamson is back in the locker room after appearing to injure his left hand/wrist. He was already dealing with an injury to the middle finger on his left hand.

Pelicans are doing a good job of taking advantage of the Kings in transition. New Orleans is outscoring Sacramento 12-3 in fast break points.

Kings go on a 12-0 run to end the quarter and trim the deficit to 11. De’Aaron Fox came alive to score 10 of the 12 for Sacramento during the run.