The Sacramento Kings became the first team in history to lose five times to the same opponent in a regular NBA season. Mike Brown’s “Kings” suffered five defeats at the hands of the New Orleans Pelicans, setting an anti-record in the world’s strongest league.
Pelicans go 5-0 against the Kings this season 💪 pic.twitter.com/aeIqM0OvHu
— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) April 12, 2024
Usually, teams from the same conference in NBA face off four times in the regular season, with the Pelicans winning all four of their match-ups against Sacramento. Their fifth victory over Domantas Sabonis, De’Aaron Fox, and their teammates was achieved in the newly introduced In-Season tournament. New Orleans won their matches against the Kings with scores of 129:93, 117:112, 127:117, 133:100, and 135:123, with the last match between them played this morning.
The defeat means that the Kings no longer have a chance of directly qualifying for the playoffs and will surely take part in the Western Conference play-in tournament. That might be the case with the Pelicans as well, but they can avoid the additional games if they match the Phoenix Suns’ record in the only 2 games remaining in the NBA regular season, which concludes on Sunday.