All of which makes it more infuriating that the Kings executed so sloppily down the stretch. The Kings' late game offense after losing Cousins was not only predictable, it was easily defended. With 1:20 to go down by two, the Kings had five remaining possessions left in the game. Three of them were Gay isolations on the right elbow without any kind of off-ball movement or misdirection; the results were a turnover, two free throws, and a missed midrange two. One was a play for McLemore, who got fouled shooting a three. The last was…well I don't even know who that play was for, but it resulted in Collison turning the ball over. Safe to say that late-game execution and decision-making is sorely lacking at the moment.

Regardless, the Kings now fall to 16-25 on the season. At this point last season the team was 15-27, which is an improvement but disappointing given the Kings' promising start. It'll be interesting to see if the Kings fall hard enough to keep their lottery pick seeing as how playoffs are beyond a pipe-dream at this point. All-in-all, looks like another season of "wait until next year" for Kings fans.

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