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Old mistakes hurt Lakers down the stretch in tight loss to Kings

The swings were wild, 14 points in the Lakers’ favor after a red hot first quarter and 14 points back towards the Kings in the second half. But with a little over four minutes left, the score was totally even – the Kings and the Lakers about to enter crunch time with the game totally undecided. The Kings have been one of the NBA’s better teams in this situation — Wednesday being their 24th ...
Trey Lyles #41 of the Sacramento Kings takes a shot against LeBron James #6 of the Los Angeles Lakers in the first half at Crypto.com Arena on Jan. 18, 2023, in Los Angeles, California.

The swings were wild, 14 points in the Lakers’ favor after a red hot first quarter and 14 points back towards the Kings in the second half.

But with a little over four minutes left, the score was totally even – the Kings and the Lakers about to enter crunch time with the game totally undecided.

The Kings have been one of the NBA’s better teams in this situation — Wednesday being their 24th game within five in the final four minutes. They’d won 13 of them with De’Aaron Fox

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