Poor execution and uninventive offense down the stretch in an overtime loss to the Portland Trail Blazers the next night provided even more support for that argument.
So much of those defeats were in keeping with Sacramento's deeper-seated tendencies: periods of stifling isolation offense, lapses on D, DeMarcus Cousins chirping at opponents during and after the game. It was enough to inspire a fatalistic inquiry.
If a new arena, new personnel and a new coach weren't enough to scrub these familiar stains clean, could the Kings ever really start fresh?
But what happened to the Kings on Thursday and Friday were more exceptions than recent rule—lingering symptoms of an old disease Sacramento is desperately working to eradicate.
And that is why—modest results notwithstanding—this year's Kings really are different.
We're not talking in terms ...
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These Aren’t Your Same Old Sacramento Kings
November 12th, 2016 by Grant Hughes Leave a reply »
SACRAMENTO — If you were among those who watched the Sacramento Kings surrender a 19-point lead in a home loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday, it was easy to conclude the organization's offseason overhaul was merely cosmetic.
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