Sacramento currently sits in a tie with San Antonio and Minnesota in the Western Conference standings, an entirely reasonable preseason projection. What few people could have predicted was that the three teams, along with the Clippers, would all be undefeated at this early juncture of the season, forming a quartet atop the West leaderboard.
But the Kings aren’t here by fluke. They have hit the fewest 3-pointers (15) in the league over the first two games and have instead scored by crashing the offensive glass — a specialty of Marvin Bagley III, Hassan Whiteside, and Richaun Holmes. The Kings have also spread the wealth: six players scored in double figures in the win last night against Phoenix after seven hit that mark in the season opener.