UPDATE: Sacramento Kings National Power Rankings

Jan 2, 2019, 12:00 AM | Updated: Jan 4, 2019, 11:38 am

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Record: 19-17
Pace: 105.3 (2) OffRtg: 109.5 (14) DefRtg: 110.8 (23) NetRtg:-1.4 (22)

The Kings have the league’s most improved offense (having scored 6.5 points per 100 possessions more than they did last season). But they’re set to rank in the bottom 10 in defensive efficiency for the eighth straight season (and, amazingly, the 14th time in the last 16 years). They allowed more than 116 points per 100 possessions in their two losses at Staples Center last week, with the Clippers and Lakers both registering 20 second-chance points. Only the Nuggets (73 percent) and Hornets (73 percent) have allowed their opponents to take a greater percentage of their shots from the restricted area or 3-point range than the Kings have (72 percent), and both of those rank higher in regard to both opponent field goal percentage in the restricted area and opponent 3-point percentage. The Kings play seven of their next eight games at home, but their three games this week are all against top-11 offenses.

 

ESPN – Mark Spears

14. Sacramento Kings
Record: 19-17

The Kings will enter 2019 with a surprising winning record at 19-17. While that is far from a team expected to make the playoffs, Sacramento is finally moving in the right direction after years of despair. Keep in mind this is a rebuilding franchise, with an injured No. 2 pick in Marvin Bagley III, that trailed 45-10 in a preseason game. Last season, the Kings entered 2018 with a 13-27 record.

 

CBS Sports

#15  Sacramento Kings

The Kings’ resolution: To just go with it. Whatever has been happening this season with the Kings – De’Aaron Fox looking like the best point guard of the stacked 2017 PG class, Buddy Hield justifying Vivek Ranadive’s every wish from the DeMarcus Cousins’ trade, Willie Cauley-Stein looking like a better-than-serviceable NBA big man – has been one of the most surprising stories in the NBA. They might have a gem in Fox, and tons of nice young pieces around him. And we still have no idea what the ceiling can be for Marvin Bagley III. This team’s heading in the right direction for the first time in a long time.

Yahoo Sports

14. Sacramento Kings 
Record: 19-17
The Kings have pulled off a number of impressive comebacks this season, thanks in large part to their often spectacular play in the third and fourth quarters. Sacramento leads the NBA in second-half scoring (58.3 points) while shooting 47.5 percent from the floor (tied with the Bucks for the third-best mark in the league).

https://sactownsports.com/how-the-kings-fared-in-nation-power-rankings/

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