Kings vs. Spurs Preview: The Streak Continues

Kimani OkearahPlaying right on the heels of giving up a fifty point triple double to the guy who’s going to end up second in MVP voting this year, have no time to wallow in the misery of having the door finally shut on the playoffs so damn hard. This will be the thirteenth year in row that Sacramento Kings fans get to enjoy not going to basketball games past mid-April, and the thirteenth year in a row they’ll get to stare at the screen, meditate and really try hard not to fall asleep during the middle innings of America’s third favorite sport all before the month of May. The Kings are in San Antonio for a Sunday afternoon skermish between a team who faked dead just long enough for Kings fans to really get the sense Sacramento was going to end their drought of playoff appearances, and then went out and did the Spurs-iest thing imaginable and rattled off 11 wins in the next 14 games after losing 7 outta 8 on between the two sides of the All-Star Break. The Kings will have to dig deep after a close game in Houston, and no one is quite sure what’s left in that tank.

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