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The Sacramento Kings (27-51) limped into Utah tonight to face the Jazz (36-42) without the services of DeMarcus Cousins, Rudy Gay or Nik Stauskas. \u00a0They hung around for three quarters, but fell apart in the fourth, losing to the Jazz by a final of 103-91.<\/p>\n

Omri Casspi continued his strong play, finishing with 16 points on 5-for-9 shooting. \u00a0Jason Thompson started in the middle and dropped in a 12-point, 11-rebound double-double. \u00a0Carl Landry added 16 points on 6-for-11 shooting and Ben McLemore chipped in 16 in the loss.<\/p>\n

Join\u00a0James Ham<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Rui Thomas<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for the Road Reaction Postgame Show on Google+ after the game. The show can be watched on the video player embedded below. You can also join the discussion of tonight’s game by leaving a comment at the bottom of the page.<\/p>\n[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HMeBRiIIsBQ]\n

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What to watch<\/h3>\n

1. Second chances<\/strong><\/p>\n

In their home loss to the Jazz on Sunday, the Kings handed Utah 34 extra possessions by turnovers and offensive rebounds. With DeMarcus Cousins out (sore right foot), Sacramento needs its bigs to muscle up against Utah’s burly frontcourt and its backcourt to avoid forcing passes in traffic.<\/p>\n

2. Focus on the line<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Kings still lead the NBA in free throw attempts per contest with 28.9, but their aim has recently taken a nosedive. Sacramento has shot 61.9 percent in their last six contests, which includes a 14-for-24 effort against Utah on Sunday. Fatigue plays a factor this late in the season but throwing away points remains painful.<\/p>\n

3. Clamping down<\/strong><\/p>\n

The last four games, the Kings allowed an opposing shooting guard to net over 20 points.\u00a0Teams\u00a0shot\u00a043 percent from behind the arc\u00a0in that span. It’s easy to blame the young backcourt, but all\u00a0Sacramento players are\u00a0responsible for closing out and being aware of the situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Kings fall apart late in Utah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[610259261],"tags":[610259419,5204276,610259429,21689028,1419906,610259428,76563],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nRoad Reaction Show: Kings stumble late in Utah - The Sports Daily<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/road-reaction-show-kings-stumble-late-in-utah\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Road Reaction Show: Kings stumble late in Utah\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/road-reaction-show-kings-stumble-late-in-utah\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Sports Daily\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-04-09T03:29:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alan Draper\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@sportsdailytsd\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@sportsdailytsd\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alan Draper\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/road-reaction-show-kings-stumble-late-in-utah\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/road-reaction-show-kings-stumble-late-in-utah\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Alan Draper\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2c8aadde2571800d0de74323730df7b5\"},\"headline\":\"Road Reaction Show: Kings stumble late in Utah\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-04-09T03:29:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-04-09T03:29:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/road-reaction-show-kings-stumble-late-in-utah\/\"},\"wordCount\":310,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Carl Landry\",\"DeMarcus Cousins\",\"Jason Thompson\",\"Omri Casspi\",\"Rudy Gay\",\"Sac Kings\",\"sacramento kings\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Cowbell Kingdom\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2015\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/road-reaction-show-kings-stumble-late-in-utah\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/road-reaction-show-kings-stumble-late-in-utah\/\",\"name\":\"Road Reaction Show: Kings stumble late in Utah - 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