In the 34 seasons the Kings and Golden State Warriors have been Northern California neighbors, they’ve never been good at the same time.
Not only have they never met in the playoffs, they haven’t finished with a .500 or better record in the same season.
You have to go back to March 22, 1977, to find the last time the teams met at least 50 games into a season with winning records – but the Kings were in Kansas City.
Nearly 42 years later, the Kings and Warriors have played four thrillingly close games, but the two-time defending champions have found a way to win.