The game plan is still the same, but the game itself has changed.
The Kings aren’t playing with the same frenetic pace they exhibited at the start of the season. As a result, they’re getting fewer possessions, taking fewer shots and scoring fewer points.
“The scouting report on us is to stop us from running,” Kings point guard De’Aaron Fox said. “Everybody has a scouting report and (against) the good teams, it doesn’t matter what you’re trying to do, they’re going to do what their identity is, what they plan on doing, and we have to be able to get to that level.