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Bryan Kalbrosky

Sacramento Kings’ Golden 1 Center may just be the loudest arena in the NBA right now

Don’t look now, but the Sacramento Kings might actually be a good basketball team now.

There were eyebrow-raising concerns when the franchise traded a rising star, Tyrese Haliburton, to the Pacers last season. But big Domantas Sabonis has played extremely well since joining the Kings.

Sacramento, meanwhile, drafted a promising rookie in Keegan Murray. They made solid moves to land Kevin Huerter and Malik Monk. De’Aaron Fox is playing like an All-Star guard. They have embraced the meme of becoming the beam team.

Most importantly, after hiring Mike Brown, it seems the franchise finally has found the right coach for their organization. All of this has the fans incredibly excited in Sacramento, and it shows during their home games.

Listen to Sacramento’s Golden 1 Center when Huerter hit a go-ahead basket against the Jazz on Friday. It legitimately feels like a wall of sound rolls over the broadcast.

Watch the crowd seemingly help the Kings’ defense late in the game:

This is the type of crowd you want on your side during a playoff run.

Sacramento’s fanbase has clearly embraced Sabonis, too, as they’ve showered him with MVP chants:

At this point, it has become clear that Sacramento’s Golden 1 Center has become one of the best home-court advantages in the NBA. Maybe everyone just wants to see them light the beam?

Sacramento has the second-best offensive rating in the league during games played at home, and the Kings are scoring an additional 8.4 points per 100 possessions at Golden 1 Center compared to games on the road.

This franchise has the longest playoff drought among all teams who play major professional sports in the United States, and their fans are hungry to see them finally make a run in the postseason.

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