Imagine if the Kings had won that game. If they’d beaten the Sixers, this place would be on cloud nine. This place might still be on cloud nine, depending on how this weekend’s slate of games go. But for now, the wind has been taken out of the sails, at least a little bit.
The Kings are operating on a razor-thin margin. There’s no room for error, and the Kings made an error. They lost a game that was set up for a win, with the Sixers missing Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons, and Josh Richardson. The chance was there, and the Kangz showed up instead of the Kings.