On the heels of Thursday nights disastrous 114-97 loss to the Boston Celtics in Mexico City, you'd like to think the Kings would show up for tonights game in Houston with a little more energy, and a lot more fight. They did that, fortunately, but effort alone wasn't enough to take down the Rockets at home, and the Kings suffered another tough loss, 120-113, falling to 7-14 on the season.
This was the first game post Willie Cauley-Stein finger dislocation, which meant another starting lineup change. George Karl plugged Omri Casspi into the starting lineup, and I don't think that particular change had any baring on tonights loss.