This was not a good loss, not even close.  This is the first loss of the season where I pin much of the blame on Coach Malone, although the players definitely deserve their fair share of criticism.

Marcus Thornton continues to give us nothing on offense, which is not the norm of the last few years.  Thornton is just a couple years removed from averaging nearly 20 points a game for us, and now it seems as though he only shows up once every five games.  I will say that he's been putting in a lot more effort on the defensive end, but offensively he's been awful.

This was an atrocious loss, one that the Kings still somehow had a chance to win despite how bad the fourth quarter was.  The Kings had just 8 turnovers heading into the 4th quarter, and then 7 in the 4th quarter.  At least three of those turnovers came in the final couple minutes when the Kings desperately needed a bucket.  The Kings failed to execute, and it cost them the game.

As a fan at the arena, this was an infuriating loss.  Yes, long term it's better if we lose, and it was very nice to see Ben McLemore have a great game, but this was not the kind of loss you want.  This was a game that Sacramento had in their hands, only for them to give it to the other team.

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