SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Smoke from a forest fire raging in Butte County, California -- known as The Camp Fire -- billowed into downtown Sacramento and was visible above the court at the Golden 1 Center before the Kings' game against the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday.
"We are aware that there is a smoke problem," a Kings spokesman told ESPN shortly before tipoff.
In order to combat the conditions, arena workers manning the entrances when ticket holders arrived were instructed to keep the doors closed as much as possible during the pregame window, the spokesman added.