
Could the Sacramento Kings have performed better against the Houston Rockets than the Utah Jazz have? Short answer: no, probably not.
The Sacramento Kings were not good against the Houston Rockets this season. An 0-4 record doesn’t seem so bad when you consider just how thoroughly Houston dominated Sacramento this season.
In four games, the Kings lost by more than 10 points in every. Single. Game. That’s right, the Kings never lost by fewer than double-digits and even that seems like it was closer than it really was. The Rockets’ average margin of victory was a mind-boggling 20.5 points. In fact, the Sacramento Kings are an abysmal 1-10 against the Rockets since 2016, with their lone win coming in the 2017-18 season finale — a game that James Harden, Clint Capela, Eric Gordon and Chris Paul all sat out.
The Jazz were blown out in the series’ first two games, falling by 32 points and 20 points in both games, respectively, before showing some real fight in a 104-101 loss on Saturday night. The bar isn’t that high for the Sacramento Kings to clear, but there’s a near zero chance the Kings would’ve even come within three in a playoff game against Houston. Next!