I love our home crowd, but part of me thinks it’s a double-edged sword that also hypes up the opponent because it’s such a fun/intense environment to play in. For example, Anthony Edwards loves our “arena’s hoops” and we tend to struggle with the wolves. Another example is Steph Curry plays like it’s game 7 a lot of the times he plays at g1c. So because we’re a good team and the crowd is loud I think the opponent tries harder. We also don’t always get favorable whistles even at home because we’re the Kings

For Laker/Warrior games, the answer is that the home crowd is split and rival fans make up a fair chunk of the arena, which makes it awkward and increases the pressure when the Lakers/Warriors go on a run and the Kings are hearing cheering for the other team in their own home arena.

For all the other teams, it’s inexcusable.