Basketball wasn’t on the mind of too many in the Kingdom tonight, despite the opening contest of a two-game series in which the Sacramento Kings will host the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Kings fell to the Wolves 134-114 in what felt like an emotionally charged outing from the jump considering all the movement that occurred today.
No lie – the vibrations felt strange without Tyrese Haliburton, Buddy Hield and Tristan Thomposon. In lieu of there physical presence there was a palpable chip on Sacramento’s shoulder, including but not limited to our franchise point guard who made his return.
De’Aaron Fox played in his first contest since Jan. 21, missing the East Coast road trip and Sacramento’s most recent home stand with an ankle injury. It was highly coincidental but beyond speculation that Fox made his return the day that two prominent guards were traded, but frankly there was too much going on in the Kingdom to let that notion shape into anything more than an anomaly.
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