Chapter Seventy-One: Staying in Sacramento

With 4 wins and 2 losses, the Kings have won four of the six games since Keith Smart's departure, which is undoubtedly a great joy for Kings fans, but in addition to the joy, many fans are curious about the improvement of the team's record.

There is a reason why the opponent is not strong, but the performance of the Kings against weak teams in the past is not much better, not to mention that in the winning game, there are also top eight opponents in the West like the Warriors.

To say that Jim Ain's technical and tactical level is higher than Keith Smart's, but it is not, at least from the perspective of the fans, the Chinese king has not shown new tactics in these games.

At this time, a report in the "Sacramento Bee" newspaper answered this question among fans.

"What Jim Ironbieth Smart does better is that he staggers the playing times of Isiah Thomas and Tyrek Evans, and when Tyrek Evans is on the court, Jim Ain has more of a partner in the backcourt, which gives Tyrek more possession, and when Tyrek is in the number one position, his physical advantage is fully exploited."

"Of course, I have to mention Lee's excellent performance, he is the best player to partner with Terrick on this team right now, his consistent outside shooting makes up for Tyreck's lack of outside line, and his technical characteristics of running without the ball are destined to not need much possession, which equalizes the distribution of possession in the team."

"Lee has scored more than 20 points in four of the last six games, and in those four games, Terek has three assists in double figures, which is enough to say a lot."

'The good performances of Tyrek and Lee have clearly spurred Isiah Thomas, who has played more efficiently over the past few games and has provided plenty of firepower on the perimeter when Tyrek and Lee are not on the court. Combined with DeMarcus' consistent play on the inside, the Kings have been able to win four of their last six games. ”

"Of course, it's only six games, and we'll see if the Kings can continue to play like this!"

Whether the king can continue to perform like this will only be answered by time.

Returning to Sacramento from Charlotte, the Kings faced the Warriors back-to-back, the two teams had played against each other a few days ago, and this game was extremely poor because both teams were back-to-back, and the Kings lost to the Warriors 83-87 at home.

Lost to the Warriors, but a day later, when they played home again, the Kings repelled the Suns, and the Kings finally played an offensive game, scoring 121 points in the game, while the opposite Suns only scored 112 points, and the Kings won the game by 9 points.

In the next few games, the Kings were all at home, first winning the Bucks by 2 points, and then facing the Eastern Conference powerhouse Bulls by a big score at home, which allowed them to get a 7-3 record in the last 10 games, and the overall record also improved to 26-39.

Despite the disappointing overall record, the Kings are still delighted by the momentum they have shown, at least they don't want to see their team lose.

After the Western Conference playoff teams Clippers and Nuggets lost, and then the Timberwolves and 76ers, the Kings won the game again. Compared to the beginning of the season, the Kings seem to be a little more stable at this time.

It's late March, and the Kings have four games left in the month, all of which are in the same division, and they need two more games against the Lakers in addition to facing the Warriors and Suns again.

However, at this time, another piece of news that had nothing to do with the game but was closely related to the team became the focus of attention of all Kings fans and players.

Rumors of a sale for the Kings have been circulating since the start of the season, and the Ma'rouf brothers, the owners of the Kings, have been in contact with other consortiums since the start of the season, but the offer has not been negotiated because the offer is too high.

In February, it was reported that the Marouf brothers had reached a verbal agreement with the Seattle consortium that the Kings would be sold to the Seattle consortium and the team would relocate to Seattle.

But that's when the local Sacramento consortium and government stepped in, and they actively negotiated with the Ma'rouf brothers to try to keep the team in Sacramento.

After a period of negotiations, there is now finally a result.

According to media reports, the Sacramento consortium led by Silicon Valley software giant Vivek Rana Dave has reached an agreement with the Kings owner Maruff brothers to complete the acquisition with a total price of about $530 million, and if nothing else, they will submit to the league for approval as soon as the regular season ends, and Vivek Rana Dave will become the new owner of the Kings.

This means that the King will remain in Sacramento. This is undoubtedly huge news for local Sacramento fans.

For a while, the discussion about the news became the hottest topic in Sacramento, and then fans began to discuss whether the team would change after the new owner.

Although there is no such proverb in the United States, people also understand this truth. If there is a new owner, the team from the management to the coaching staff to the players is likely to usher in a big change, which is the view of almost everyone.

There have even been media reports that even if Jim Ain leads the team to great results for the rest of the season, he will not be able to become the true head coach of the Kings next season.

For the Kings, who have just stabilized due to the departure of Keith Smart, such news is obviously not as good as fans think, although the Kings players are also looking forward to greater changes in the team, but if such a change involves themselves, or even such a change may bring about their own departure, the Kings players will not be able to act as if nothing happened.

Moreover, Jim Ain's role as acting head coach could end at the end of the season, which also makes the atmosphere in the team's dressing room a little weird.

So in the next game against the Warriors, the Kings players obviously didn't play focused enough, and the Kings lost to the Warriors 89-105

Jim Ain showed his responsibility as acting head coach at this time, neither before nor after the game, he did not comment on the matter, and his nonchalant performance also affected the Kings' players, and in the subsequent game against the Suns, the Kings basically returned to normal, 107-101, the Kings won on the road.

The topic of the Kings staying in Sacramento is still being discussed among fans, but among the Kings players, it doesn't seem to have much of an impact, at least on the surface.