The Sacramento Kings won this game on the back of all the players who Kings fans wish the Kings wouldn’t rely on to win games. Except for De’Aaron Fox, all the top contributors were in various stages of oldness. When I think “exciting Sacramento basketball”, it doesn’t usually involve the names “Zach Randolph”, “George Hill”, “Kosta Koufos”, or “Garrett Temple”. Sometimes, though, you have to sacrifice excitement for actually getting a real tangible win for once.
This was going to be a revenge game for DeMarcus Cousins. The God of Tendons took that away from us, and without Cousins, the Pelicans had no one available to stop Zach Randolph, who went off for 26. You’d think Omer Asik would be able to hold him a little bit, and maybe he could’ve in the past, but since acquiring that odd wasting disease, he’s been a little less beefy in the paint. And Anthony Davis, well, let’s just say that his beef is not Grade A.