The Sacramento Kings have struggled in 2019. Since the start of the new year, the Sacramento Kings are 5-4, but have dropped two games to sub-.500 teams and opened the year on an 0-3 skid. Statistically, they’ve taken a dip as well.
Against the Hornets 16th ranked team defense, the Sacramento Kings were held to 44.3 percent from the field, an offensive rating of 97.6 and their pace slowed significantly, dropping from their season average of 107.1 — to just 97.3 on Thursday night. Over the month of January, those numbers aren’t much better.
Offensively, pace, a hallmark of this Kings team, has fallen off tremendously.