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This Northern California playoff series between the Kings and the Golden State Warriors has already taught us one thing.
NBA players would prefer take the bus than the plane. For weeks, Warriors star Draymond Green has stated his desire to play the Kings, citing travel concerns. The Kings expressed similar sentiments after learning they will meet the Warriors in the first round on Sunday.
"We're not going to have to travel very far — they're not going to have to travel very far — so we're looking forward to it," said Kings guard Kevin Huerter.
The Kings, the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference, will meet the sixth-seeded Warriors in Game 1 on Saturday at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento. Start your buses, gentlemen.
On Friday, the Warriors will travel 86 miles along Interstate 80 from San Francisco to Sacramento. They may even travel to the Bay Area before coming to Sacramento for Game 2, which is scheduled for Monday or Tuesday. The Warriors' senior vice president of communications, Raymond Ridder, informed The Sacramento Bee that the decision would be made on Wednesday.
When questioned about their travel arrangements on Tuesday, the Kings did not answer, although they will most likely board a bus to San Francisco when the series switches to Chase Center for Games 3 and 4.
"Yeah, for sure, anytime you don't have to get on a plane — all the information, all that scientific stuff — so it'll be easier," Sabonis said. "The same thing applies to them."
Green made the same statement on his show two weeks earlier, before the playoff matches were set.
"I'm not upset if the standings shifted today and we faced Sacramento in the first round," Green added. "Not because I believe Sacramento is a bad team." Because it is so much easier to travel."
Green said, "The reason I said Sac was simply because of the travel." That is a lot of your body. I just believe it's much better for us if we can take a bus an hour and ten minutes up the road."
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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