Sacramento will chain nine losses in a row, including five at home. They always kept opposing teams from scoring at least 120 points during this period. From February 10 to 26, the Kings will not win a single game.
Hector has been good, but this team is a black hole. A team can score as many points as it wants. If it only puts less than the opponent, it is useless. The Kings are in that situation. Is it better to have a good team defensively or good in attack? This is a crucial question in every team building.
There are many ways to build a team, but the Kings are a collective slump. The management has no guiding line for any collective construction. There needs to be a more appropriate environment too. This is seen in defeats when the speech of the head coach does not resonate in some players' heads.
As said earlier, Hector has been good, but Hector needs to be stronger to lead the team to victory. Despite Hector's leadership in the defensive phases, if your teammates could improve at their best, they will become average with a solid system. But the Kings need that defensive system. Can a player as good as he makes a defense strong with bad players in this area?
The Kings faced Joel Embiid's Sixers. Hector limited Embiid to 25 points but 5-of-16 field goals. He had to score most of his points at free throws, but his team didn't follow him. And it's desperate when some players on the team start playing ball hogs leaving only crumbs.
A ball pig is a ridiculous term for a basketball player who handles the ball exclusively to the point of harming the team. Hector finished with 17 points and 12 rebounds with 6-11 goals on the court. Which is quite effective, but when two players attempt more than 50 objectives on the field with a percentage of less than 40%, there are questions to ask.
Then against Orlando and Memphis, the team needed to be longer and lost games on details. Then against the Brooklyn Nets, the Kings will explode in mid-air with a 136-126 loss. But the Kings were 25 points apart at the end of the third quarter. Hector was excellent, with 27 points, 16 rebounds, and 5 blocks. With an incredible 12-15 goal on the court and 3-3 on free throws. The duo of James Harden and Kyrie Irving decided to kill the Kings with 40 points from Irving and a triple-double of 29 points, 13 rebounds, and 14 assists from James Harden.
Both are among the multiple All-Stars in the NBA and James Harden, a former MVP. No one can stop them in these conditions. The Nets won easily.
On February 19 against the Miami Heat, Hector will be troubled by fouls and taken out at the worst time. The Kings eventually lost 118-110. Hector blames himself, but the fight continues. Despite the pessimism that invades the dressing room following the series of defeats, Hector is still motivated in training and keeps his spirits up.
The Kings won't be home all week. The schedule dictates it that way. In the first of five games of the week against the Bulls, Hector almost carried the team to victory, but the last shot was shot a few hundredths after the final buzzer. A cruel defeat 122-121. Hector did not exist in the first half and scored all his points after the break. He scored 26 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks. But the winner is Zach LaVine with his 38 points with crazy efficiency.
LaVine tried to find out about Hector's Dunk Contest. As a former two-time contest winner, it is legitimate to ask questions. Honestly, no one accurately indicates what Hector is up to. Not even his teammates. He has much intrigue around him.
"It's a secret," Hector said at the end of the match. Hector tries to keep everything secret, and most analysts think his chances of winning are slim.
The only clue came unexpectedly. Haley Jones, Belinda's teammate at Stanford after losing to UCLA, recalled a conversation and told reporters about their Relationship and her return from pregnancy: "Belinda told me that her boyfriend (Hector) was preparing a dunk where she will participate. She didn't tell me anything else about it at her request; she just gave us invitations. »
De'Aaron Fox concluded: "Hector is a pragmatist. There will be no second attempts, no matter what he attempts. He's like that."
Kings slip, Pistons beat 110-107 in strange ending De'Aaron Fox scored 27 points, and the Sacramento Kings ended a nine-game losing streak with a 110-107 victory over the Detroit Pistons. Then losses against the Milwaukee Bucks and the two New York teams, Knicks and Nets, will follow and conclude against the Pistons. Hector finished with 19 points, 17 rebounds, and 7 steals. Barnes scored 21 points.
(PS: This volume will end after the All-Star Game, and there will be a jump in time. I won't finish the season because the stakes aren't worth it.)