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The Kings celebrate their epic win against the 76ers by taking a DPOG photo on the rooftop of G1C.

The Kings celebrated their 113-107 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday at Golden 1 Center with a field trip.

They didn't have to travel far.

Sacramento's interim coach, Doug Christie, in speaking to his players in the team's locker room after the game, told them, without explanation, to dress warm and follow him out of the locker room.

The Kings, understandably, appeared to be quite confused as to where their coach was taking them, but soon found their way up to the roof of the stadium, where veteran guard DeMar DeRozan was awarded the team's Defensive Player of the Game honor.

hello 2025, meet the beam

Defensive Player of the Game presented by @phoonglawcorp pic.twitter.com/r5AmekOmgW

— Sacramento Kings (@SacramentoKings) January 2, 2025

The team photo, which has become a tradition after wins, was epic.

business is beamin' in 2025

Defensive Player of the Game presented by @phoonglawcorp pic.twitter.com/QVjWbOdAMP

— Sacramento Kings (@SacramentoKings) January 2, 2025

We on the roof wit it

— Sacramento Kings (@SacramentoKings) January 2, 2025

Kings assistant coach Luke Loucks shared an up-close view of the beam in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.

The beam. It is glorious. pic.twitter.com/L7Cn9AyDhK

— Luke Loucks (@lukeloucks) January 2, 2025

Sacramento snapped its previous six-game losing streak with a win over the Dallas Mavericks on Monday, before extending the current win streak to two games with Wednesday's win over the 76ers.

And now having experienced the beam up close, perhaps their postgame field trip helped alleviate some of the stress from a frustrating 2024-25 NBA season.

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