LET’S CELEBRATE! LIGHT THE BEAM!
With a 120-80 win over the Portland Trail Blazers, Sacramento clinched a spot in the NBA playoffs.
It has been a while since Sacramento qualified for the postseason — 2006, to be exact. According to ESPN Stats & Information, the Kings’ playoff berth snaps a 16-season postseason drought, the longest streak in NBA history. Before Monday, it was the longest active playoff dry spell in the four major American sports leagues (NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL).
The Kings currently hold the third seed in the West, so it isn’t exactly a nail-biter surprise that the Kings have ended the drought, but it still feels like such a relief. After so many years of false hopes, many Kings fans were still hesitant to count on the playoffs until it was official. Well we can all breath a sigh of relief and shed a tear of happiness. The Kings are in the playoffs.
WE DID IT! LET’S CELEBRATE! LIGHT THE BEAM!
