The past three weeks have revealed strengths and weaknesses that will either make or break the Kings’ playoff hopes.
They have demonstrated an ability to score in a hurry, open up big leads, erase large deficits and compete with the very best teams the NBA has to offer. They have also shown a tendency to fall behind early and fall apart late after expending all their energy trying to get back into the game.
Some of these tendencies were painfully apparent again Thursday night at Golden 1 Center in a 117-113 loss to the Denver Nuggets, the top team in the Western Conference.