THEM BACK HOME NOW TO THE GOLDEN , ONE CENTER, WHERE A SOLD-OUT WATCH PARTY WAS HELD FOR KINGS FANS TODAY. >> KCRA 3’S LEE ANNE DENYER JOINS US LIVE. LEE ANNE, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING? >> A LOT OF KINGS FANS STILL OUT AND ABOUT AT THIS POINT BUT FOR FANS THAT WERE AT THE WATCH PARTY EARLIER TODAY THEY TOLD US IF THEY COULD NOT BE IN SAN FRANCISCO THIS IS WHERE THEY WANTED TO BE. WITH THEIR TEAM AWAY FOR GAME 4, KINGS FANS NEEDED SOMEWHERE TO BE >> GO KINGS. >> IT’S AMAZING THIS IS THE 916 THESE ARE MY PEOPLE. >> SACRAMENTO IS IN THE PLAYOFFS, ENDING A YEARS LONG PLAYOFF DROUGHT. >> KINGS BABY. >> SHARI WILDER STAYED TRUE TO THE TEAM DESPITE IT. SHE’S BEEN CHEERING ON THE KINGS -- >> SINCE PROBABLY 1990. I HAVE NOT MISSED WATCHING A GAME ON TV OR BEING HERE SINCE THEN. I HAVE WATCHED EVERY SINGLE GAME. >> FOR THIS GAME, A WATCH PARTY AT GOLDEN 1, AND A PARTY IT WAS. >> WHY DON’T WE DO A SHOT AND A BEER? >> AS THE KINGS PLAYED THE WARRIORS IN SAN FRANCISCO. >> CHEERS TO THE PLAYOFFS TO THE KINGS >> LET’S GO. >> I LOVE IT THIS IS WHAT WERE HERE FOR ITS ALL ABOUT KINGS >> A SOLD OUT CROWD FILLED THE SEATS, AS THE TEAMS YOUNGEST FANS CELEBRATED ALONGSIDE THE TEAMS MOST FAITHFUL. >> WE COULD WATCH IT AT HOME BUT YOU DON’T GET THAT CAMARADERIE OR HIGH-FIVING. IT’S JUST SO MUCH MORE FUN WHEN YOU GOT ALL THE FANS AROUND YOU. >> AND AS THE SERIES MOVES FORWARD, KINGS FANS SAY PLAYOFF BASKETBALL HAS REALLY BEEN SOMETHING. >> THIS HAS REALLY BROUGHT US TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY WE REALLY NEEDED SOMETHING LIKE THIS >> THE WATCH PARTY AT GOLDEN 1 IT WAS SOLD OUT, A SPO
Sacramento Kings fan pack Golden 1 Center for Game 4 watch party
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Updated: 7:02 PM PDT Apr 23, 2023
The Sacramento Kings fell to the Golden State Warriors Sunday afternoon 126-125 as thousands of loyal fans watched from a watch party at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.Following the Warriors’ win Sunday, the series is tied 2-2. A spokesperson for the Kings said an estimated 10,000 Kings fans filled the arena Sunday for Game 4.“This is amazing. This is the 916,” Spencer Patton said. “These are my people.”With Sacramento in the playoffs, a years-long playoff drought came to an end.Fans, like Shari Wilder, remember that drought well. She said, however, with more than 30 years of commitment to the team, she remembers times in franchise history when the team really shined, too.And that this team is bringing those memories back.“I have not missed watching a game on tv or being here, I want to see them win this series and go on,” she said. “We could watch it at home, but you don't get the camaraderie, It’s just so much more fun when you’ve got all the fans around you. You feel like your friends.”
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Sacramento Kings fell to the Golden State Warriors Sunday afternoon 126-125 as thousands of loyal fans watched from a watch party at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.
Following the Warriors’ win Sunday, the series is tied 2-2. A spokesperson for the Kings said an estimated 10,000 Kings fans filled the arena Sunday for Game 4.
“This is amazing. This is the 916,” Spencer Patton said. “These are my people.”
With Sacramento in the playoffs, a years-long playoff drought came to an end.
Fans, like Shari Wilder, remember that drought well. She said, however, with more than 30 years of commitment to the team, she remembers times in franchise history when the team really shined, too.
And that this team is bringing those memories back.
“I have not missed watching a game on tv or being here, I want to see them win this series and go on,” she said. “We could watch it at home, but you don't get the camaraderie, It’s just so much more fun when you’ve got all the fans around you. You feel like your friends.”
