In a sleepy AM game on the East Coast, with the entire nation focused else, a storm is brewing in the Kingdom. Amid a flurry of rumors that the Kings were considering relieving George Karl of his duties, the Kings had the chance to stave off the impending doom by playing inspired basketball against a red hot Boston Celtics squad.

Well, that didn't happen.

Its hard to change your entire philosophy in a day. But it didn't look like coaching staff even tried to implement the beginnings of any change. The offense was still a hodgepodge of chaotic free-for-alls, random pick-and-rolls, and maybe the occasional post-up or Princeton elbow split. The defense is still using sorely outdated concepts, letting the offense go wherever it wants to on pick-and-rolls, overhelping badly at awful times to leave the three point line wide open, and the terrible switching left players badly mismatched on their assignments.

To be fair, its not like the Kings players fought with all of their muster to help their beleaguered coach keep his job. DeMarcus Cousins looked completely checked out early, disappearing completely on the glass, leaving Jared Sullinger wide open on the perimeter, and picking up a technical foul. He rumbled his way to 31 points by getting hot from three point range late in the game. Rajon Rondo was engaged offensively and basically carried the team, but on the defensive end he did his typical disappearing act trying to chase Isaiah Thomas and Avery Bradley around. The Kings were whipped 49-32 on the glass.

On the other hand, there is no indication that this defense will stop anybody even if all the players play it exactly how they are supposed to. The Celtics erupted for an unheard of 46 points in the first quarter, scoring from every point on the floor. The Kings fell down by 20 points, but made a comeback because the Celtics began turning the ball over and, frankly, its hard to score that many points in a quarter even in an open gym. But that shouldn't be confused with the Kings playing better defense. The Celtics still scored 30+ in two of the other three quarters, and down the stretch when the Kings were breathing down their neck they were able to get practically whatever shot they wanted. The entire comeback was completely illusory. Onto the observations!