Kings are hosting a 'Sauce Castillo' night

It was just a week ago that a fortuitous closed captioning typo led to Nik Stauskas receiving the NBA's best nickname "Sauce Castillo," and now his team is formalizing the moniker by holding a Sauce Castillo night on April 5.
Kings are hosting a 'Sauce Castillo' night
Kings are hosting a 'Sauce Castillo' night /

It was just a week ago that a fortuitous closed captioning typo led to Nik Stauskas receiving the NBA's best nickname "Sauce Castillo," and now his team is formalizing the moniker by holding a Sauce Castillo night on April 5.

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Fans in attendance for the game against the Jazz will each receive a bottle of Sauce Castillo hot sauce with the tagline "Bringing the heat from 22 feet."

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Sacramento Kings

The team store will also be stocked with Sauce Castillo merchandise, including a limited edition Castillo T-shirt.

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Sacramento Kings

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If that is not enough to celebrate the NBA's best, and most peculiar, nickname, the team also promises "saucy fun" throughout the Sunday game.

Brendan Maloy


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