{"id":825151,"date":"2013-02-01T19:58:25","date_gmt":"2013-02-02T03:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cowbellkingdom.com\/?p=18941"},"modified":"2013-02-01T19:58:25","modified_gmt":"2013-02-02T03:58:25","slug":"road-reaction-philadelphia-76ers-89-sacramento-kings-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/road-reaction-philadelphia-76ers-89-sacramento-kings-80\/","title":{"rendered":"Road Reaction: Philadelphia 76ers 89, Sacramento Kings 80"},"content":{"rendered":"[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_mLrcNqPFxs]\n

For one quarter against the\u00a0Philadelphia\u00a076ers, the Sacramento Kings played the game of basketball to their potential. \u00a0In the third period, the Kings focused on defense and flew up and down the open court, scoring easily in transition. \u00a0For one quarter, the run-and-gun style many have felt this team could play on a nightly basis came to fruition.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for the Kings, there were three other quarters to play, which led to their downfall. \u00a0They lost 89-80 to the Philadelphia 76ers in a winnable game at the Wells Fargo Center on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Sacramento couldn’t have played any better than they did in the third period. \u00a0Coming out of halftime and trailing by 15 points, the Kings managed to score eight of their 21 fastbreak points in the period. \u00a0They trimmed the Sixers’ lead to four and even got off to a quick 5-0 start in the fourth. \u00a0But the offense stagnated, as has often been the case with this team over the last year, and they scored only seven more points in the period.<\/p>\n

With the loss, the Kings fall to 17-31 overall and 5-19 on the road.<\/p>\n

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