The Santa Cruz Warriors Jackson Rowe (43) holds onto the basketball against the Stockton Kings at Kaiser Permanente Arena in Santa Cruz on Sat Dec 16, 2023 (Santa Cruz Warriors photo)

On the SC Warriors podcast with Anthony Wang, Michael Wang and Gary Teh:

#1 In contrasting games a close one Saturday night at Kaiser Permanente in Santa Cruz between the Stockton Kings and Santa Cruz Warriors. The Warriors who crushed the South Bay Lakers back on Thursday by 18 saw a tough opponent tonight in the Kings who opened it up with 17 points.

#2 At the end of the first half the Warriors closed the gap down by nine points but were getting some offense from Lester Quinones who scored eight and Kendric Davis with seven points.

#3 The Warriors Donavon Williams who led in their last game last Thursday with 29 points was defended well by the Kings and held to just four points in the first half. It was Usman Garuba and Quinones who came out scoring in the second half.

#4 The Warriors trailed for most of the game got back in it with just over six minutes to play in the game and held a two point lead. They were getting offensive help from Donavan, Quinones and Davis.

#5 Michael, Anthony, and Gary, this game was forced into overtime and the Warriors got some great shot selections and came away with the 121-112 overtime and there was a lot of fighting spirit in this one.

#6 One more note this was Christmas ornament night at Kaiser Permanente where the first 1,000 fans came away with ornaments and fans were more than happy coming away from a thriller like this in Santa Cruz.

Michael Wang, Gary Teh and Anthony Wang covered the Santa Cruz Warriors and Stockton Kings contest at Kaiser Permanente Arena in Santa Cruz on Sat Dec 16, 2023