Bingo.

Of course, that's the case for every team, and feeling like the self-mutilating victim comes with the territory of a losing spell. I mean, Kobe clanked a potential game-winner Monday. You think the [REDACTED] didn't feel badly for themselves? It's easy to buy into to the "woe is us" mentality, but momentum and confidence shift so rapidly in this league (and world, really) that it's no use to fret. Another time, maybe next time, it won't all be for naught. It'll turn around, and there was enough good in this bad finish to make me feel hopeful an extended strand of good is on its way.

I think we all underrate Kenyon Martin. What a solid player on both ends. He hit that first open jumper from roughly 18-20 feet, and that kept Thompson and the subsequent defenders honest enough that Martin could drive. He never stopped hitting the jumpers, of course, but he was also able to use the dribble to get the Kings into trouble. And his defense, as Kev was reminded in the final play, is always fantastic. Such quick hands and quick feet. If Blake Griffin turns into the defender Martin is, the West is in trouble.

Denver is quite glad to not see the Kings for another nine months or so. Kings take the season series 2-1 with the loss going down to the final seconds of overtime, relying on a Arron Afflalo pull-up jumper. Heck, when you look at it that way, that "woe is us" feeling just dissipates, doesn't it?