1. To start off the game, the Sacramento Kings ran the same play three times over — De’Aaron Fox and Harrison Barnes pick-and-roll. The thought was to get the scrawny rookie Ja Morant switched onto Barnes and let him go to work.
During the first attempt, Morant and Jae Crowder seemed unsure of what the defensive gameplan was, and Fox fed a nice pass into Barnes. Jaren Jackson Jr. then came over to help and altered the shot, but Barnes learned for the next possession where on the same play call he dropped it off to Richaun Holmes for two.