This is The Show, and we're not going to change it . … Right?

— George Constanza, Seinfield, "The Pitch"

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That's a continuous issue, and perhaps I should stop harping on it. It glares, yes, and this team would be in far better shape in closing minutes if it rebounded better on the defensive end, but it's hard to quibble on the 14th win in 30 tries in December. Had certain overtime games broken different ways, the Kings would be in position to claim its 17th win before the New Year, which would be all flavors of amazing. As it is, that 17th win should come no later than Martin Luther King Jr. Day, something incredible when you consider the team had only 10 wins at that point last year.