Sacramento Kings Tickets

The Sacramento Kings went down for a long time before storming back into contention in the 21st century.
The Sacramento King's first-round victory in 2001 was its first playoff series win in 20 years, and the last three campaigns have also seen Sacramento Kings advance past the opening round. Sacramento Kings fans await an elusive trip to the Finals, but at least Sacramento Kings tickets team has shed its laughingstock label. Before their recent surge, the Sacramento Kings Tickets had to look back 50 years to recall the franchise's glory days, which took place all the way across the country in Rochester, N.Y. The Rochester Royals were one of 17 charter members of a new league that was created when the Basketball Association of America merged with the National Basketball League. Sacramento Kings Tickets won the 1951 NBA title with a balanced team that included center Arnie Risen and perimeter standouts Bob Davies, Bobby Wanzer and Red Holzman. Several relocations later-from Cincinnati Royals to K.C./Omaha and Kansas City Kings to their current home in Sacramento-no one would have predicted a half-century title drought for a club that started with such promise. Now, at least, respectability has returned.

1945-46 After claiming the National Basketball League crown in 1945, the Rochester Royals break the league's color barrier by signing Dolly King.
1950-51 The Royals win the NBA championship in the league's second season. Arnie Risen leads the team in scoring and rebounding.
1957-58 Owner Les Harrison moves the struggling team to Cincinnati.
1960-61 A territorial draft choice puts the Oscar Robertson in a Royals uniform. He runs away with Rookie of the Year honors.
1963-64 MVP Robertson and rebounding machine Jerry Lucas form a dynamite duo for the first of their six seasons together.
1969-70 Lucas is traded early in the year and Robertson goes to Milwaukee in April.
1972-73 The team relocates to Kansas City as the Sacramento Kings Tickets . Nate "Tiny" Archibald becomes the first player to lead the NBA in scoring and assists in one season.
1978-79 Phil Ford wins Rookie of the Year and Cotton Fitzsimmons Coach of the Year as the Sacramento Kings claim a division title.
1980-81 Kansas City reaches the Western Conference Finals but falls to Houston. The Sacramento Kings will not win another playoff game for 15 years.
1985-86 Another relocation puts the Sacramento Kings Tickets in Sacramento.
1989 Guard Ricky Berry, after a promising rookie season, commits suicide.
1994-95 Mitch Richmond wins All-Star Game MVP honors.
1995-96 Sacramento makes the playoffs for the first time in a decade.
1998-99 Adding Chris Webber, Jason Williams and Vlade Divac put the club on the road to success.
2001-02 A 61-21 record produces the Sacramento Kings Tickets first division title in 23 seasons.
2003-04 For the third straight year, a Game 7 loss (this time to Minnesota) ousts the Sacramento Kings from the playoffs.