Sacramento Kings won 40 games for the first time in 17 years: Worthy of the NBA dark horse this season

Entering the NBA 2022-23 season, the talk surrounding the Sacramento Kings only stopped at this team having a new head coach.

Positive information still appears and is somewhat more than every year, but the expectation only stops at a play-in spot with the possibility of entering the Playoffs is not high.

This initial prediction was somewhat correct when the Kings "died" the season with 4 defeats, but the reality was completely different with an image that became increasingly clearer towards the end of the season, which was "don't do" joke with Sacramento".

Before this season, the Kings have always been the focus of ridicule when they have failed to make it to the Playoffs for the past 17 years. This is the longest string of "playoffs thirst" in existence in the top four North American sports (basketball, football, baseball and hockey).

But as of today, the above thirst quenching is only a matter of time because Sacramento will almost certainly set foot in the postseason.

Statistics show that in the past 4 weeks, the Sacramento Kings have never lost 2 consecutive games. If they want to find a 3-match losing streak, fans will have to go back to the beginning of the Regular Season.

In a way, the new captain helped the whole Kings team together, defend firmly and attack extremely effectively. Since the All-Star break, the Kings are the team with the highest offensive rating in the NBA, reaching 126.8 points.

"Of course we don't want to stop at 40, knowing that this is a milestone that the team has not been able to conquer for more than a decade and a half," said head coach Mike Brown.

"Forty to us is just a normal number because when it comes to goals, the Sacramento Kings are aiming for even bigger things."

“I think the rough start has given the Sacramento Kings valuable experience. It also helps us unite and bring us closer together.

After each loss or every losing streak, the whole team sat together, pulling each other out of the sadness. And after each, it was as if we were revived to continue to fight on the next game," De'Aaron Fox said.

Every season, the NBA appears a dark horse team. Particularly in the Regular Season 2022-23, that name is the Sacramento Kings.