The Kings and Warriors just cannot a boring game. Pretty much every game they've played these past 2 season have been thrillers, and this one was no different.

It was an offensive focused game, both teams ran beautiful offense and displayed remarkable shot making. Both defense did what they could to limit the other's offense but most of the efforts were futile. On the King's side, Harrison Barnes once again did most of the heavy lifting, following up his 32 point performance against the Hawks with am extraordinary 39 point game. Fox came alive as well with some big shots to end the night with 29 points of his own.

The Kings look to be rounding into form once again after losing 4 straight and now look to keep building their momentum on this 7 game road trip. It's unclear if this is the team that will be coming back to the G1C after the trip as the trade deadline looms, but with guys stepping up in big in this game, Kings might find it hard to let go of these guys.

In other news, a lot has happened around the league as well the past few days, the Bucks fired Adrian Griffin and hired Doc Rivers. And then Wes Unseld was, well promoted I guess to the front office but will no longer coach the Wizards.

We then end with covering some wrestling news which unfortunately includes what has come out from the lawsuit against Vince Mcmahon.

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It has been 10 days since the Kings have won a game, but it has felt like years. And it wasn't easy, the Kings held the Hawks to 24% FG in the first half, but they heated up in the 2nd half with multiple barrages to make the game competitive. But the Kings answered each run from the Hawks with one of their own, and held strong with their good defense to eventually win going away.

Harrison Barnes was the standout for the Kings, scoring 32 points in a game no other King scored more than 14 to give the Kings some much needed firepower. But it was the stellar defense the Kings played that put the brakes on any comeback the Hawks tried to pull.

This game shows that even when the Kings are their lowest, their spirit still remained strong and they were able to battle through adversity that could have doomed a weaker willed team when the opponent went on a run. But they stayed focused and made the plays necessary to get a gutsy win and break out of their slump.

In other news we talk about the Niners grinding out a win in a truly gutsy performance against the Packers in the NFC Divisional Round.

Owen and Fong then play a game of trade news being fake or real, and they end with some talk about the Royal Rumble taking place on Saturday and what they are predicting to win the respective Men's and Women's Royal Rumble matches.

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The Pacers came into G1C without Haliburton, Nesmith, Nembhard and the newly acquired Pascal Siakam and still found a way to torch the Kings. The Kings defense was bad all night, they let the Pacer destroy them in the paint and their rotations to the perimeter were way too slow.

Even then, they battled down 16 with 2:20 to go and somehow were only trailing by 3 with 32 seconds to go. They get a stop and after some chaos, Malik Monk is fouled for 2 free throws, which he subsequently misses both.

And that is the other reason why they lost this game, their free throw shooting, they shot 18-32 this game, and it was also the reason they were in position to lose via a 3 pointer from Damian Lillard 2 games ago.

This loss stings, as it is the 2nd time they've lost 4 in a row since the start of last season, but it stings that much more because the Kings easily could be 5-1 in their last 6 but are now instead 2-4 because of self-inflicted mistakes.

The Kings need to find their spirit and get it together because with how tough things are in the West, it won't be long before they're completely out of the playoff picture if this losing goes on any longer.

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Coming off a heartbreaking loss against Milwaukee, we were expecting the Kings to come out strong to wash away that memory. And come out strong they did, their offense was running on all cylinders, their defense had the Suns all out of sorts, and they completely controlled the game for 42 minutes.

But then the last 6 minutes happened, up 22 with 8:22 to go, the Kings got a little too cute and played loose with the ball, they stopped running what had been working with them all game and resorted to isolation which resulted in a turnover or a blocked shot for what felt like every possession.

The Suns to their credit took full advantage and went on a 25-5 run in the last 6 minutes to steal the game from the Kings.

This now tops the worst loss of the season for the Kings, it really boils down to they fucked around and found out. They were feeling themselves after 42 minutes of dominating the Suns and thought they could sleepwalk to the win.

This could be the last straw for the team before they make changes of some kind, a collapse like this is inexcusable.

This is also hopefully a turning point because a loss like this would break a team with a weak resolve, let's see if the King's spirit can maintain after this loss.

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After a stinker in Philly where the Kings couldn't hit a shot, the Kings came out in Milwaukee guns blazing against the Bucks. The problem was the Bucks were also red hot shooting the ball and the Kings found themselves down by 10 in the 4th quarter.

The Kings would continue fighting however and force OT. In OT they went up 6 early and were up 4 with less than 20 seconds to go and the Bucks had to foul. Malik would miss his 2 FTs, Brook hits a 3 on the other end. Fox would then get fouled, go 1-2 at the line, and then ... it was Dame time as Damian Lillard hits the game winning 3 with the Kings up 2 to steal this game from the Kings on the road.

Despite the heartbreaking ending, the Kings played very well and withstood multiple barrages from the Bucks high powered offense. Hopefully this is a spot for optimism for the Kings and they can build upon it.

Mike Brown (who was ejected this game) and the coaching staff really tightened the rotation in this game (2 guys over 43 minutes and 6 players played over 32 minutes). Let's see if this is something to monitor going forward.

We also go over the trade the Pistons and Wizards made where former King Marvin Bagley has now been moved to Washington.

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The Kings just couldn't find the net on this night. They lose to a shorthanded Sixers missing Joel Embiid, Kelly Oubre and Robert Covington. It's another deflating loss for the Kings, but perhaps not as dire as it seems.

The Kings overall process was very solid on the offense end. They got open 3s all night but shot only 8-39 on them, it's tough to win when you can't knock down shots even though you actually run good offense.

Hopefully tonight was just a really bad off night and not part of a trend going forward for the Kings as they hope to bounce back against the Bucks on Sunday.

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The Kings made their fans sweat, they gave up 47 points to the worst team in the league in the first quarter. They looked like they did in a lot of their losses, slow, lethargic and just unfocused. But lucky for the Kings, they are playing the Pistons, who proceeded to go cold and basically gave a red carpet down into the paint for the Kings. The Kings would take the lead going into halftime and they would never relinquish it.

It wasn’t pretty, at all, but the Kings did what they needed to do and didn’t lose to one of the worst teams in NBA history.

The Kings win the NBA Team of the Year Award as well as the NBA Team Innovation Award for their business growth and best fan engagement and experience in the 2022-23 season. There was also a lot of love and acknowledgement given to The Beam, and rightfully so.

In wrestling news, Tony Khan took a shot at Jinder Mahal facing Seth Rollins for the WWE Championship next Monday on X/Twitter. Is that something the owner of a wrestling company should be doing? Owen gives his thoughts as well as a wrestling hot take that could make him genius madman … or an absolute idiot.

On the next night, the Kings went against an even more depleted Hornets team than the one they faced in the G1C a week ago, would they blow another game to the Hornets? The answer was no, they went into Charlotte and simply took care of business and proved that they are indeed a better team than the Hornets.

These 2 games are a nice sigh of relief for Kings fans who have been taken through a roller coaster of emotions the past week and needed reassurance that this team was indeed ok. And the team themselves may have needed as well after so much erratic play.

Hopefully this is a sign of the Kings figuring something out, and that they are ready to take that next step as a unit. Because they'll need it, as they face the 76ers and Bucks next. Let's see if they're ready for primetime.

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Well, just when we thought there won't be another horrible loss for the Kings this season, they seem to top the latest one with an even more horrible one. This time, the Kings lose by 33 on a Sunday afternoon to the New Orleans Pelicans. And don't let that score fool you, it was much worse than 33.

The Pelicans are a bad match up for the Kings as they have long, athletic and mobile wings that put insane pressure on the Kings and make it hard for them to make any kind of shot. However, the main culprit of the King's struggles is that they couldn't defend the Pelicans on the other end, where they were lit up from both the inside and the outside. Tough to win when you have trouble scoring on one end and the opponent is cruising to easy bucket on the other end.

The Kings will need to figure something out to deal with the Pelicans or a team like the Pelicans, because ultimately, this is the kind of team the Kings will run into in the playoffs, where teams in the later rounds will be stacked with long athletic wings that can score and defend at a high level.

Let's see if the solution is already on the roster, or if it's elsewhere.

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It was chaotic day for the Kings on social media. According to Jake Fischer earlier in the day, Kevin Huerter, Harrison Barnes and Davion Mitchell have been brought up in trade talks. And then later in the day, Shams Charania comes out and breaks the news that the Kings are in serious discussions with the Raptors on Siakam. And then about 50 minutes before the game between the 2 teams, Shams reports that Kings had pull out of trade talks ... So yea, chaotic.

And oh yea, there was a game between the 2 teams that happened. All parties rumored to be involved in trade talks all played well in their own way. But the game basically boiled down to the King's hot 3 point shooting and offensive rebounding overcame the Raptor's parade to the free throw line and bullying of the Kings inside with their size.

The 2 teams could come back to the trade table at a later date but on this day the Kings at least win the game on court in Sacramento, the first time they've beaten the Raps in G1C since opening the arena in 2016.

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The Kings have not been good on back to backs. But this was an opportunity for the Kings to buck that trend by beating 2 depleted teams both of whom were coming into the G1C on 2nd nights of back to backs.

They unfortunately, began by crapping the bed by losing to the Hornets who flew in from Denver the night before and with 4 of their starters out injured. The Kings were simply off on offense all night and blew the game in crunch time with a series of just terrible plays. It was most likely the worst loss of the season considering all the circumstances that favored the Kings and they absolutely blew it.

They do make up for it somewhat the next night by beating an equally depleted Magic team on a 2nd night of a back to back. The Kings managed to survive a shooting performance that saw the Magic break their franchise record for made 3s by knocking down 25 of them. The Kings did so by dominating the paint and the boards and also just played with a urgency and intensity of a team that wanted to make a statement.

The Kings have been all over the place this season, and here's to hoping that they find some more consistency in their play from game to game going forward.

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