No, the Kings didn’t win the season opener Wednesday night against the Houston Rockets, for a variety of reasons. They committed silly turnovers. They didn’t get to the foul line. They failed to convert during key possessions. But they competed, they defended, they shared the ball.
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And most importantly?
Damn, this was fun.
On those occasions when James Harden, Eric Gordon and Clint Capela weren’t forcing them to stay in their lane, the Kings performed like a group of players who genuinely like each other, who want to play the right way, and who are determined to figure it out, this season or sometime in the near future.