"The effort is there, it's just not from start to finish. I think we've got to be mentally stronger when we hit adversity. Start arguing, you know, we start falling apart. We've got to stay together through good times and bad times," Cousins told Sactown Royalty. "In the beginning of the season we were winning games, guys were, you know, cheering and happy for one another and it was this and that. You know, 'I love this team.' Now, we hit a little adversity, guys score a basket, get a bucket or a stop, whatever the case may be; the bench [makes mild clapping motion]. You've got to be the same through good and bad."

Rudy Gay agreed with Cousins that the Kings are still trying to figure out how to play through adversity.

"I agree. We definitely have to learn how to do that. We have a young team. We have a very emotional team also … we're kind of numb to the way we're playing. It's nothing, we just go out there and do it," Gay told Sactown Royalty. "Earlier in the season, it was like we were really moving the ball and we were feeling like a good team and I think we forgot what that felt like."

Gay elaborated when asked by reporters how the Kings can get that back.

"That's the million dollar question I guess, right? But it's a marathon, it's not a sprint everybody knows that. We've played one half of basketball. We played a quarter of the way good basketball, so I think we know what it's like, we just have to get back to that feeling," Gay said.

"Until we figure out those three things, then we won't be a good basketball team," Collison told reporters.

These are the things that were repeatedly mentioned back in November as to why the team was playing so well.

The last time the Kings left for a long road trip, the players felt like it would be a good opportunity for them to get away for a while and bond again. After a disheartening loss Wednesday, another bonding opportunity comes in the form of a five-game road trip that begins in Golden State on Friday.

Sean Cunningham of News 10 has the video of post game comments from Corbin, Darren Collison, Gay and Cousins if you want to check that out.