Oklahoma City routs Sacramento 115-89
Daequan Cook left the Oklahoma City Thunder locker room, joking that he didn't want to stick around just to hear Russell Westbrook talk about his jaw-dropping dunk.
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Daequan Cook left the Oklahoma City Thunder locker room, joking that he didn't want to stick around just to hear Russell Westbrook talk about his jaw-dropping dunk.
During a disjointed press conference in New York on Friday, Sacramento Kings co-owner George Maloof says there was never an arena deal, but that he believes negotiations are ongoing and even suggested renovating Power Balance Pavilion.
As the Maloofs were readying to the address the other NBA owners in New York City on Thursday, back across the country a group of Sacramento business owners were calling for the family to sell the team.
The full-court press to keep the Kings in Sacramento has taken on a new game plan: Keep the team in town but kick the current owners out.
DeMarcus Cousins has been fined $25,000 by the NBA for publicly criticizing officials after a 95-83 loss to Blake Griffin and the Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday night.
Blake Griffin made three straight jumpers in the closing minutes to finish with 14 points and nine rebounds, overcoming a bruising battle with DeMarcus Cousins to lift the Los Angeles Clippers to a 93-85 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Thursday night.
Although they agreed to the framework of a deal for a new downtown arena last month, it's becoming more and more apparent that the Sacramento Kings owners have a lot of questions about the $391 million project.
NBA Commissioner David Stern is framing Sacramento's arena debate in a new way.
Mayor Kevin Johnson and the Maloofs are completely at odds over pre-development dollars. It's money that would be spent on environmental and design work.
The city council voted 7-2, in favor of moving forward on the downtown arena.
The celebratory tone Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson expressed over the new downtown arena deal about a month ago has drastically changed after the Kings' owners say they have no intention on paying anything toward predevelopment costs.
Just a month ago the Maloofs stood in front of a standing and cheering crowd in celebration, so this is a stunning PR reversal.
Sacramento Kings guard Isaiah Thomas was named NBA Western Conference Rookie of the Month for games played in March, the team announced on Monday.
A day after news surfaced that the Kings' owners don't believe they should have to pay $3.26 million toward a new Sacramento arena, one of the brothers said Friday the family is still "100 percent committed" to the project.
As outlined in this non-binding agreement for the new arena, the city says the Maloofs will fork over $3.25 million and the city will pay $6.5 million. But the Maloofs are now saying they shouldn't have to pay.
The first setback in the downtown arena deal has surfaced this week, with the Sacramento Kings owners saying they shouldn't have to pay more the $3 million in predevelopment costs.
There are still some signs and shouts of "We Want Jimmer!" at Sacramento Kings games, and photo and autograph seekers sprout up sporadically. But that's here. Around the nation, there's no Jimmermania this March.
Patrick Patterson scored a career-high 24 points off the bench and Earl Boykins hit four free throws for Houston late in overtime to lead the Rockets to a 113-106 win over the Sacramento Kings on Monday night.
David Lee had 22 points, 14 rebounds and nine assists and rookie Klay Thompson scored a career-best 31 points to lead the short-handed Golden State Warriors past the Sacramento Kings, 111-108 on Saturday night.
Al Jefferson's putback with with 0.9 of a second left lifted the Utah Jazz to a 103-102 win over the Sacramento Kings on Thursday night.
For the first time in two years, the president of arena operator AEG spoke publicly Tuesday about why the company is investing millions in a new Sacramento sports and entertainment complex downtown.
Marcus Thornton scored 31 points, DeMarcus Cousins had 23 points and five rebounds before fouling out and the Sacramento Kings held off the Memphis Grizzlies 119-110 on Tuesday night for only their second three-game winning streak this season.
Marcus Thornton scored 24 points and the Sacramento Kings used a strong second half to beat the slumping Minnesota Timberwolves 115-99 on Sunday night.
Rodney Stuckey scored 35 points and Greg Monroe had 32 for the Detroit Pistons, who used a huge third-quarter effort to pull away from the Sacramento Kings for a 124-112 victory Wednesday night.
Nate Robinson, David Lee and Brandon Rush all scored 17 points, and the Golden State Warriors shook off the trade of leading scorer Monta Ellis to beat the Sacramento Kings 115-89 on Tuesday night.
