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‘Y’all know y’all lost’ – Fired up Anthony Davis gets into it with Kings fans after blowout Mavericks win
Anthony Davis took a moment to troll Kings fans after he led Dallas to a play-in win against Sacramento. The 10-time All-Star recorded 27 points, nine rebounds and three blocks as the Mavericks kept their NBA playoff bid alive with a convincing 120-106 victory over their hosts on Wednesday night. Davis appeared to troll Kings fans as the Mavericks wrapped up their play-in winGetty Davis has recently been dealing with an adductor injury, and the contest marked just the 10th time he had played for Dallas since being acquired from the Los Angeles Lakers in the shock Luka Doncic trade. As the visitors were wrapping up the win, up 19 with a little more than a minute on the clock, AD fired shots at some Kings fans who had apparently been talking trash during the game. “They wanna talk s***, let’s talk s***. Y’all know y’all lost,” he appeared to say, shrugging his shoulders. “Y’all might want to beat that traffic, though.” Davis has now won his last five matchups against Damantas Sabonis after previously going 0-10 against the Kings big man. It wasn’t just the fans who were sent home by AD and the Mavericks, as defeat in the play-in means Sacramento’s season has now ended. The Kings finished 2024-25 with a record of 40-42, and have reportedly agreed to part ways with general manager Monte McNair. According to reports, a person familiar with the decision said the sides mutually agreed on a breakup shortly after the 120-106 loss to Dallas. McNair was hired by Sacramento before the start of the 2020-21 season and helped build the team that ended a 16-season playoff drought in 2023. The Kings won at least 40 games in each of the past three seasons after failing to do that even once in the previous 16 seasons, but weren’t able to take the next step to become a contender in the Western Conference. Davis trolled fans by telling them to ‘beat the traffic’ on their way homeX: @SportsCenter AD and the Mavs ended Sacramento’s season on Wednesday nightX: @SportsCenter Dallas, meanwhile, have kept their playoff bid alive and will visit the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night in the final West play-in contest. The winner of that will earn the No. 8 seed and will face top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder in the first round of the playoffs. “There’s no give in this group,” Mavericks coach Jason Kidd said after Davis led the team to victory. “No matter who’s playing, they always believe that they got the right information to compete at a high level, and you saw that on a nightly basis, no matter if we’re starting two two-ways or we have our healthy group. “They supported each other. Everyone in that locker room had each other’s back. It was a fun group to coach, and we still have a long ways to go.” Behind AD, Klay Thompson scored 23 points, P.J. Washington had 17 points and nine boards, and Brandon Williams added 17 points off the bench. Thompson made 8 of 11 shots, including 5 of 7 from behind the arc, after falling in play-in round last season against Sacramento when he was still with the Golden State Warriors. Thompson also played well as he ‘exorcized’ demons from 12 months agoGetty On that occasion, he missed all 10 shots and went scoreless in 32 minutes he played in his final game for San Francisco. “It did feel good to exorcize those demons in here,” Thompson said of his effort with the Mavericks on Wednesday. While the Dallas fan base have made their frustration clear in recent months, following the trade that saw superstar Doncic replaced by Davis, a playoff run will go some way to calming the storm. GM Nico Harrison — who has taken a brunt of the anger with ‘Fire Nico’ chants often echoing around the home arena — has doubled down on his mantra of ‘defense wins championships’ as he defends that swap. If the Mavericks do beat the Grizzlies on Friday, they will at least have the chance to make a playoff run and ease some of the pressure.
Anthony Davis took a moment to troll Kings fans after he led Dallas to a play-in win against Sacramento.
The 10-time All-Star recorded 27 points, nine rebounds and three blocks as the Mavericks kept their NBA playoff bid alive with a convincing 120-106 victory over their hosts on Wednesday night.
Davis has recently been dealing with an adductor injury, and the contest marked just the 10th time he had played for Dallas since being acquired from the Los Angeles Lakers in the shock Luka Doncic trade.
As the visitors were wrapping up the win, up 19 with a little more than a minute on the clock, AD fired shots at some Kings fans who had apparently been talking trash during the game.
“They wanna talk s***, let’s talk s***. Y’all know y’all lost,” he appeared to say, shrugging his shoulders.
“Y’all might want to beat that traffic, though.”
Davis has now won his last five matchups against Damantas Sabonis after previously going 0-10 against the Kings big man.
It wasn’t just the fans who were sent home by AD and the Mavericks, as defeat in the play-in means Sacramento’s season has now ended.
The Kings finished 2024-25 with a record of 40-42, and have reportedly agreed to part ways with general manager Monte McNair.
According to reports, a person familiar with the decision said the sides mutually agreed on a breakup shortly after the 120-106 loss to Dallas.
McNair was hired by Sacramento before the start of the 2020-21 season and helped build the team that ended a 16-season playoff drought in 2023.
The Kings won at least 40 games in each of the past three seasons after failing to do that even once in the previous 16 seasons, but weren’t able to take the next step to become a contender in the Western Conference.
Dallas, meanwhile, have kept their playoff bid alive and will visit the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night in the final West play-in contest.
The winner of that will earn the No. 8 seed and will face top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder in the first round of the playoffs.
“There’s no give in this group,” Mavericks coach Jason Kidd said after Davis led the team to victory.
“No matter who’s playing, they always believe that they got the right information to compete at a high level, and you saw that on a nightly basis, no matter if we’re starting two two-ways or we have our healthy group.
“They supported each other. Everyone in that locker room had each other’s back. It was a fun group to coach, and we still have a long ways to go.”
Behind AD, Klay Thompson scored 23 points, P.J. Washington had 17 points and nine boards, and Brandon Williams added 17 points off the bench.
Thompson made 8 of 11 shots, including 5 of 7 from behind the arc, after falling in play-in round last season against Sacramento when he was still with the Golden State Warriors.
On that occasion, he missed all 10 shots and went scoreless in 32 minutes he played in his final game for San Francisco.
“It did feel good to exorcize those demons in here,” Thompson said of his effort with the Mavericks on Wednesday.
While the Dallas fan base have made their frustration clear in recent months, following the trade that saw superstar Doncic replaced by Davis, a playoff run will go some way to calming the storm.
GM Nico Harrison — who has taken a brunt of the anger with ‘Fire Nico’ chants often echoing around the home arena — has doubled down on his mantra of ‘defense wins championships’ as he defends that swap.
If the Mavericks do beat the Grizzlies on Friday, they will at least have the chance to make a playoff run and ease some of the pressure.
