Daily Ding: Kings Clinch Playoffs | KD Returns
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🗓️ 30 March 2023
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Mark Schindler and Dave DuFour discuss the Kings playoff berth, Kevin Durant's return for the Suns, and update the playoff race.
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| 0:32.5 | Whitehawk, Zinc. Sacramento outscoring Portland 58 to 23 in the last 19 and a half minutes |
| 0:45.9 | and with that the angst, the anger, the disappointment comes to an end. |
| 0:54.7 | The Sacramento Kings are going to the playoffs. |
| 1:02.0 | Welcome to the NBA Daily Ding on the Athletic NBA Show. |
| 1:06.3 | Ding ding! |
| 1:07.4 | How about we can just watch basketball? |
| 1:10.2 | I like that idea. |
| 1:13.7 | Hello, and welcome to The Daily Ding on The Athletic NBA show. |
| 1:17.1 | I'm Dave DeFore here with Mark Schindler for your Wednesday night update. |
| 1:20.1 | Coming up, the Kings Light the Beam and clinch a playoff first. |
| 1:24.1 | KD is back, and 40 is the new 30 in the NBA. |
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| 1:38.1 | We got to jump right in, Mark, because I am excited. |
| 1:41.3 | For the first time since 2006, the Sacramento Kings are going to the playoffs with |
| 1:49.4 | a big win, 120 to 80 over the Portland Trailblazers. They clinch their first playoff birth |
| 1:56.1 | 17 years. Mark, what were you doing in 2006? |
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