The defeat to the Bobcats was something that no one expected, after all, the Bobcats were too weak and too weak, and when the Bobcats celebrated their hard-won sixth win of the season in the middle of the Sleep Train Arena, the Kings had already left the scene, and the home fans did not make boos, and the fans did not expect to encounter such a dilemma......

Losing to the Bobcats has become an irreversible fact, and being able to beat the Thunder will also lose to the Bobcats, which also exposes the problems of the Kings, the strength of the team is definitely there, but it is still too young...... Although this year there is David. West, Caron. Butler has joined the team with such a strong veteran, but the team's experience is still insufficient, after all, it has not made the playoffs for 5 consecutive years, two of which are the top two in the West, and the mood of taking it lightly will still affect this rising team. Although the loss to the Bobcats, who are at the bottom of the league, and the frustration spreads among everyone, there is reason to believe that this is just another setback for the Kings, and the future of the Kings is still limitless.

After the game against the Bobcats, due to the loss to the Bobcats and the previous consecutive away games, Coach Westawild gave the players a day off to relax and adjust their condition, and the team's next game will be played in 3 days, still in Sacramento, against the Los Angeles Clippers.

It was also the last meeting between the Kings and the Clippers this season, with the Clippers holding a 2-1 advantage in the previous three meetings.

4th time facing Chris. Paul's Clippers, Tyrek and the Kings quickly recovered their form after losing to the Bobcats, and got out of the muddy on-court performance, which also reflects the true ability of the Kings, facing a first-class team like the Clippers, the overall strength of the Kings is enough to wrestle with such a team, and the biggest reason for losing to a weak team like the Bobcats is mentality and experience.

The Kings and the Clippers, judging from the lineup this season and the current team record, these two teams are indeed on the same level, and this game also reflects this truthfully, the two teams played very anxiously, the two teams alternated leads, and the difference between them has never exceeded double digits.

Not only is the performance on the court that the two teams are evenly matched, but the atmosphere of the game is also quite hot, due to the conflict between the two teams when the two teams met for the second time this season, Cousins and Paul broke out in conflict, resulting in Cousins always holding a grudge against Paul, Cousins also broke out with Paul in this game, fortunately, Tyrek and West and others separated the two in time, otherwise it would be inevitable to be in trouble.

But when the game reached the final quarter, the Kings suffered from several turnovers.

Jimmy's pass from West caused the Clippers to play a fast break, Garcia's dribble was broken and the Clippers counterattacked again, and then Cousins also showed a walk, and several turnovers tilted the balance of victory in favor of the Clippers at the end of the day.

In the end, the Clippers defeated the Kings 107-101 on the road, and the Clippers scored six players in double figures. Thorton & Chris. Paul scored a team-high 23 points, and the Kings did not perform badly, Cousins scored 20 points and 12 boards, Tyrek scored 25 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, although it was not as good as his average data per game, but it was also the highest score in the game, but a few mistakes made the Kings lose the opportunity to win, and the Kings swallowed two consecutive defeats.

At this time, the Kings are still in third place in the West with a 29-16 record, but the Los Angeles Lakers behind them have caught up, and they have surpassed the city rival Clippers to reach fourth in the West, with a record of 28 wins and 16 losses, and the number of losses has been the same as that of the Kings, because there is a difference of one place in the rankings with one game less.

And now the Kings will face a very difficult schedule, the Kings in the season two-thirds of the still maintain a high ranking, in addition to their own strength, the schedule also has a certain impact, in the previous game the Kings faced more weak teams, which gave the Kings to improve the record with a certain advantage, and at this time there are 21 games left in the season, the Kings will face 15 games are teams with playoff strength.

Two of them faced the Los Angeles Lakers, three times the Dallas Mavericks, two times the Denver Nuggets, and a number of playoff contenders such as the Memphis Grizzlies, Utah Jazz, Houston Rockets, Phoenix Suns, Portland Trail Blazers, and the Chicago Bulls, Miami Heat, and Indiana Pacers from the top three in the East.

With the current record of the Kings, although they still occupy the third position in the West, they are only 6 wins away from the Rockets, who are temporarily ranked 8th in the West, and with 21 games left, the playoff spots cannot be said to have been pocketed, and the next games still need to be won with all their might.

Although the Kings are currently suffering two consecutive home losses, with a record of only 4 wins and 5 losses since March, and the future schedule is not good for the Kings, the outside world is still unanimously optimistic about the Kings' playoff prospects.

In a CSN fan survey of the Kings' playoff prospects after the Kings suffered two straight home losses, 97 percent of fans believe the Kings can make the playoffs this season, and only 3 percent believe the Kings will be squeezed out of the playoffs after the final 21 games.

As for what the Kings will achieve if they enter the playoffs, more than half of the fans believe that the Kings will stop in the first round, after all, this is a team that has missed the playoffs for 5 consecutive seasons, the West is fiercely competitive, and the final ranking of the Kings at the end of the season is still uncertain, and fans still treat the Kings with a cautious attitude.

At the same time, about 30% of fans think the Kings can advance to the second round of the playoffs, and the remaining 4% fans think the Kings can make it to the Western Conference Finals......

The fans' opinions are realistic and objective, but these have nothing to do with the Kings today, what the Kings need now is to win as many games as possible with less than a third of the remaining schedule and secure a playoff spot as soon as possible!

Early the second morning after the game against the Clippers, the Kings headed non-stop to Phoenix, where they were waiting for the Suns, who are currently 10th in the West......