"My offense is going to come, but one of my goals is to be a good defender – one of the best two guard defenders in the league," McLemore told Sactown Royalty. "You see me last year, it was like rookie defense. Now, I'm starting to watch film and learn the game and learn how to play defense."

McLemore's defense on Wednesday also led to his offense clicking, scoring 10 points as he finally saw the ball go through the hoop a few times.

"I know it's going to come, like you saw tonight. But my defensive effort, my offense was rolling. It made it easier for me on the offensive end," McLemore said after the game.

Defense leading to offense is one of the things head coach Michael Malone lives by and so far, it looks like the entire team, including McLemore, has bought in.

McLemore also showed some fire when he got into it a little with Denver's 7'1'' center Timofey Mozgov. On the possession immediately after that, he buried a corner three and threw up "threes" on his hands for the crowd. You like to see that sort of resolve and confidence from a guy who was always pegged as a natural scorer but is still trying to figure it out.

The progress of the 4-1 Kings also is noticeable. My conversation with McLemore on Wednesday night ended with him saying, "we're all having fun together."