{"id":625150,"date":"2017-01-31T13:31:20","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T18:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=625150"},"modified":"2017-01-31T13:31:20","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T18:31:20","slug":"76ers-top-kings-boogie-fouls-out-vlade-leaves-early-loving-and-loathing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/76ers-top-kings-boogie-fouls-out-vlade-leaves-early-loving-and-loathing\/","title":{"rendered":"76ers Top Kings: Boogie Fouls Out, Vlade Leaves Early, Loving and Loathing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Earning a third win in the last week without the services of Embiid while\u00a0avenging a December road loss, Philly finds themselves in unfamiliar territory.\u00a0With only 5.0 games separating the red, white, and blue from the seventh-placed Chicago Bulls (24-25), people are actually starting to use the word “playoffs” in the same sentence as the Sixers.\u00a0The Kings have been in the conversation out West, but Denver is dialed in right now, 7-3 in the last 10 (21-25 overall) with Nikola Joki\u0107 performing like a man possessed.<\/p>\n
At this point, only\u00a0the most diehard Kings fan would suggest that Sacramento has a better long-term outlook than Philadelphia. There’s barely any light at the end of the tunnel, the glimmer of hope being that the Kings somehow hold onto their first round draft pick and nab the steal of the 2017 NBA Draft (or make the playoffs and ascend into basketball heaven by beating the Dubs).<\/p>\n
Monday was an extremely demoralizing night for the Sacramento Kings, and I’m curious as heck to see how they respond. Losing a game in which you held a 16-point lead is never fun, and tends to sting more when the opposing team is missing its best player.<\/p>\n