![]() "So for us, we take that and we hit the ground running into next year and hopefully, it makes the regular season a bit easier for us and then when we get to whenever our next playoff series is, we can take what we learned and establish it there." RELATED: How Brown's 'tough' coaching on Fox helped build Kings' culture "We had guys who usually made shots and didn't make shots, so once you're playing against that and you kind of figure out how to beat it, then I just think it makes everything else a whole lot easier. "You take everything you learn playing against them and being in the playoffs and just understand how physical it is and I think that was the biggest part for us that kind of forced us to struggle a little bit," Fox continued. "And I think Game 7, just the greatness Steph had, Kevon obviously had a big game, I think that kind of was a testament to their experience and, like I said, the greatness of Steph."Īfter playing the defending champion Warriors tough for six games, the Kings - playing at home in Golden 1 Center - hoped Golden State's troubles on the road would surface.Įven though the season didn't end the way anyone in the Kings' organization thought it would, Fox believes that facing Golden State still imparted valuable lessons Sacramento can take moving forward. you kind of understand what it's like and how hard it actually is to win in this league," Fox told Cassidy Hubbarth on Sunday's episode of "Hoop Streams." "And it being my first playoffs and a couple of guys on our team's first playoffs, it was great for us to experience that. "So just being able to play against them and understand, playing against them. Still, Fox believes it was a "blessing" to play against an experience-rich team like the Warriors in his first taste of playoff action. Sacramento's playoff hopes ended sooner than the team expected, losing to Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors in the first round after an epic seven-game series. De'Aaron Fox helped snap the Kings' NBA-record 17-year playoff drought last season as the Western Conference's No. ![]()
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