The Sacramento Kings beat the Dallas Mavericks 122-98 on Monday night in front of 19,711 people at American Airlines Center. Or at least that's the official number released by the Mavericks. That doesn't take into account anyone who didn't show up and it certainly doesn't reflect the number of fans that stuck around for the fourth quarter.
Already leading by 10 at halftime, the Kings more than doubled the Mavericks' scoring output in the third quarter, 34-16, to take a 28-point lead into the fourth quarter. Between the score and Kyrie Irving leaving early with a knee injury many people had seen enough. Before the fourth quarter began there was a constant stream of fans heading to the exit.
