{"id":250176,"date":"2025-10-25T06:04:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T06:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/250176\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T06:04:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T06:04:07","slug":"sacramento-kings-fans-pack-doco-as-team-hosts-first-pre-game-rally-for-home-opener-at-golden-1-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/250176\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento Kings fans pack DOCO as team hosts first pre-game rally for home opener at Golden 1 Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sacramento Kings hosted their first-ever Kings Countdown<\/a> rally Friday evening in DOCO to get fans excited for the home opener at the Golden 1 Center, giving one lucky fan the shot to shoot “the ultimate shot” for free season tickets.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The free event featured giveaways, Kings personalities, music, the drumline, entertainment and the Kings dance team to get the crowd in the mood before the doors to the Golden 1 Center opened.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Kings lost their season opener on the road to the Phoenix Suns<\/a>, even after holding a 20-point lead in the first half. On Friday, the Kings pulled out a thrilling 105-104 victory over the Utah Jazz in front of their first home crowd for the 2025 season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Let’s get some buckets and let’s get some wins in,” said Kings fan Patsy Smith before the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hundreds of fans flocked to DOCO hours before the game, ready for the season’s kickoff in Sacramento. Both new and more seasoned fans stepped out in style on Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“What do I think about the Kings? I want ’em all to come home and live with me,” fan Patti Anderson said with a laugh.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Anderson has been a Kings season ticket holder since the team’s first year in Sacramento. She’s holding out hope for a good season.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

“I’m not giving up faith. I’m gonna stay above ground till they do well,” Anderson joked. “They just better get good, ’cause I am sticking around.”\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Some fans came Friday ready to crown the former NBA MVP, Russell Westbrook, as the newest king.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I think that veteran presence is gonna be good for the younger players like Clifford, Ellis. He’s gonna help elevate them,” said one Kings fan in a Westbrook Oklahoma Thunder jersey.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As for DOCO businesses, they are ready for the boom that basketball brings after the slower summer season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“We got a little help from the A’s, the summer is the off-season for us. This is the busiest time by far,” said Wil Gonzalez, operating partner of Tom’s Watch Bar.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While season expectations for some may be low, this season’s hype is full of hope.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

“I think it will be highs and lows, but at the end we are gonna ball out this season,” said Smith.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sacramento Kings hosted their first-ever Kings Countdown rally Friday evening in DOCO to get fans excited for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250177,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[136357,136356,355,6404,99],"class_list":["post-250176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-downtown-sacramento","tag-golden-1-center","tag-nba","tag-sacramento-kings","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}