Sacramento Kings Pull Off Shocking Upset Against LA Clippers
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00:00 The Clippers have lost two of three games following the All-Star break and rather surprisingly,
00:09 last night at home, booked as a five-point favorite, the Clippers lose outright by 16
00:14 points against the Sacramento Kings.
00:17 The Kings, Donnie, 123-107, now 11-7 against the spread this year for Sacramento, 16 points,
00:26 the margin as a five-point dog.
00:28 Yeah, take a look at Sacramento, I mean it feels like it's one of those forgotten teams
00:32 out west as they sit in the fifth seed here, but they can do some damage, they have some
00:35 very good players in Sabonis on a night-to-night basis, it's almost like Yokeage Light, 17-15
00:40 and 12, chipping in also with three steals here.
00:42 We know you got De'Aaron Fox, who dropped 33 points last night, but also the question
00:46 comes up similarly to the same team in Los Angeles, the Clippers and also the Los Angeles
00:51 Lakers.
00:52 How do you approach this final stretch?
00:53 Now the Clippers aren't going to find themselves, at least due to bad injuries and stumbles
00:57 down the stretch, outside of the true playoffs there in the top six, but how much do they
01:02 want to press in, Ben, to try to get a higher seed?
01:04 How important it is to get that higher seed and/or to have your team resting and ready?
01:08 Because as much as I talk about the Los Angeles Lakers, look, Anthony Davis and LeBron James
01:12 need to be ready for the playoffs and completely healthy for them to have the chance to win
01:17 a championship.
01:18 Well, the same thing goes, and maybe even more, with the Clippers, because they're notorious
01:21 for getting to the playoffs and missing their superstars here.
01:24 Now you have three superstars, it's a question of how much effort you want to put in down
01:28 the stretch to win basketball games or just stay sharp, stay in the top five in the seedings
01:33 here and see if you can advance.
01:34 That's a good win for the Kings.
01:35 And also keep in mind, that wasn't a Kings team at home lighting the beam.
01:39 That was going on the road there to Crypto.com Arena and pulling away with that victory.
01:43 Impressive nonetheless here, but I'm more interested to see how the Clippers play these
01:47 final 20 or so odd games down the stretch.
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