Although a lifelong Kings fan, the 32-year-old Silva was excited seeing the laser beam in person for the first time.
GOLDMAN: Forgive Corey Silva's blue-instead-of-purple mistake. That just shoots straight up.Ĭ SILVA: That's right - purple. I caught up with them as they stared up at the suddenly illuminated sky above the arena.Ĭ SILVA. Seconds after the win, the Silva brothers scurried away from their table and went hunting for the beam. Back in Sacramento, Corey and Joshua Silva were at a restaurant next to the Kings' home arena, Golden One Center. GOLDMAN: That game-winning shot by the Kings' all-star guard De'Aaron Fox happened last week in Chicago. Fox going to go to work, pulls up for the winner. UNIDENTIFIED SPORTSCASTER #1: They open up the floor. Sixteen years in the playoff desert are about to end thanks to a season filled with moments like this. GOLDMAN: You hear how casually he threw out playoff time as if it's a foregone conclusion? That's because it almost is. MIKE BROWN: One of the things our guys are going to have to understand is come playoff time, the best shot's an open shot because those are going to be hard. TOM GOLDMAN, BYLINE: Listen closely to Mike Brown, the Sacramento Kings' first-year head coach, as he explained what his team did wrong in a loss earlier this week.
NPR's Tom Goldman reports the success has Kings fans literally beaming. But after a breakout season, Sacramento is about to rid itself of that title. After the Mariners' success, the Kings assumed the dubious national title of major pro sports team with the longest postseason drought. When the MLB's Seattle Mariners made the playoffs in 2022, a spotlight suddenly fell on an NBA team, the Sacramento Kings.
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