A Change Is in Order for Sacramento Kings and Monday NBA Takeaways

February 8th, 2016 by Grant Hughes Leave a reply »

The Sacramento Kings looked a lot like themselves in Monday's 120-100 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers, and that's kind of the problem. 

Spiraling downward in the standings, distracted by reports that George Karl's job is all but gone and pitted against a top-tier foe on the road, the Kings could have sent a message with this game. They could have signaled to anyone watching that they weren't finished. That they would fight to reclaim that No. 8 seed in the West. That they could make things different.

But no, the Kings were the same.

As was the news after the final buzzer, per Marc Stein of ESPN.com: "NBA coaching sources told ESPN that the Kings have decided internally that a change on the bench is needed, and is most likely to happen after Sacramento plays its final game before the All-Star break Wednesday night in Philadelphia."

The 120 points surrendered made it a three-game running total of 376. Cleveland shot 47.9 percent from the field and got absolutely whatever it wanted from deep (45.7 percent from three) and on the break. LeBron James notched the his first triple-double of the season (2 ...

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