The Sixers shot 52 percent and better than 56 percent from three. This is one of the worst shooting teams in the league! That's as big an indictment of Sacramento's defense as we've seen. It's a continued problem for the Kings: the defense doesn't get out on shooters. If the Kings could limit opponent effectiveness from deep just a little better, losses like that wouldn't happen.

But again, the Kings scored well enough to beat a team as underwhelming as Philadelphia, especially in Sacramento. At this point, I'm not sure a defensive-minded, rebounding big man would "fix" the Kings defense. Sacramento has the league's second-worst rim defense, sure. But that doesn't solve the problems on the perimeter, where the Kings are among the league's worst at defending long twos and threes. It almost seems philosophical. The problem is that when you run out on shooters more frequently, you take valuable rebounders away from the rim. So maybe that big man would help, after all. I don't know. Sometimes I'm glad I don't get paid to figure this stuff out.