Monk says interim coach Christie has ‘simplified’ things for Kings originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
After hitting a new low following a miserable losing streak that led to the firing of Mike BrownThe Kings have managed to turn things around a bit.
Sacramento wins 138-133n over the Western Conference No. 2 Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night caused the Kings’ lightning bolt of victory to light up the 916 skyline for the third straight game.
The victory also gave Doug Christie a 3-1 record since be named interim head coach of the Kings last Friday. And after Friday’s big win, guard Malik Monk spoke with NBC Sports California’s Morgan Ragan and Kyle Draper on “Kings Postgame Live” to discuss how Christie’s leadership has helped bring about needed change for Sacramento.
“It just simplified a lot of things for us,” Monk said. “And he told us that our main goal is to win at home, so we’ve been trying to bring energy here. And he just simplified the game for us on offense and defense and we’re not thinking too much. So great.” to Doug.”
Prior to this three-game winning streak, the Kings had a 13-19 overall record and were 6-12 on their home court at the Golden 1 Center.
Instead of taking advantage of one of the best home field advantages in the league and digging themselves out of a subtle hole they dug themselves into, they went 0-5 during the homestand that included losses to the Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Lakers (twice) , Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons.
As a result, Brown was fired and Christie was temporarily promoted.
Monk and the Kings now look forward to Sunday’s game against their NorCal rivals, the Golden State Warriors, hoping to extend their winning streak to four for the first time during the 2024-25 NBA season.
And they will depend on keeping things simple as they fight to climb to the top of the Western Conference standings.