What Went Wrong

George Karl: "Defensively, we kind of got beat by what we wanted. We wanted to give Blake [Griffin] jump shots, he made jump shots. We took the lob out of the game until one of the last plays."

"We didn't get to the free throw line as much as we hoped to get and we missed some layups, some easy, well not easy baskets, but we had a lot of shots near the rim that I think we could expect to finish a little better than we did."

"I thought from the standpoint of conditioning we probably were a little tired. There was two timeouts in the second half I called for rest. I didn't call them for a play, I called them, hey, we just need to get some oxygen."

"I think we did some good things defensively, but we're not a mature defensive team yet. We still don't stay focused in, on the pick and roll play they hurt us with early in the first half and the second half we gave them three, four easy baskets on it. It's a play that we know they are going to run and they ran very well and we didn't defend it very well. So there is a maturity to our defense that I would like us to have."

"Turnovers killed us, especially on my end. I don't think we really ran well tonight. I think we could have done a better job of sharing the ball."

"I think we came out a little sluggish actually. I think we could have come out with a little higher energy. And we were also fighting the whole game, kind of put ourselves in a hole."

What Went Right

George Karl: "My team fought awful hard in the second half, they were really into the game and they rebounded the ball really well."

DeMarcus Cousins: "We still had a great chance of winning this game. It just shows the potential that's there."

"The second unit did a good job, brought us back, brought some energy, so I'm thankful for that."

Rudy Gay: "I felt like we played good in the second half … It started on the defensive end, we got some stops and we can score with anybody so that's going to come, but we got some stops in the second half and we got back into the game … We made them take tough shots. They have great players and great players that can make tough shots, but you're going to have to do that consistently and they couldn't, that gave us a chance to get back into it."

Marco Belinelli: "I think we played well with the second unit, we moved the ball more and we started to score easy baskets. I think we played against one of the best teams in the league, the Clippers they are a really good team, they play fast … The first half for us was a little bit tough … but I think we didn't give up. In the third quarter I think we were down by 10 or maybe more than that, but we didn't give up we responded, we played together last quarter."

I can't leave without mentioning the quote of the night. DeMarcus Cousins had this to say about the Clippers:

"I hate them, honestly I do. I hate them."

The Kings take on the other Los Angeles team Friday when the Lakers come to town. Then they'll have a rematch with this same Clippers team on Saturday in L.A.