Let me be very, very clear.
The New York Knicks — a team sitting at a respectable 25–15 — just got their doors blown off by a Sacramento Kings team that came into the night with ELEVEN WINS. Eleven! That’s not a typo. That’s not hyperbole. That is basketball hell.
Final score:
Kings 112. Knicks 101.
And frankly, it wasn’t even that close.
This was not some heroic underdog story. This was a professional embarrassment — the kind that makes you question effort, focus, pride, and whether anybody in a Knicks uniform realized they were supposed to be a playoff-caliber team.
DeMar DeRozan Put On a Clinic
DeMar DeRozan walked into Golden 1 Center and looked like a man possessed.
27 points. 6 rebounds. 5 assists.
He was cooking.
Midrange, slashing, playmaking — whatever he wanted, he got. The Knicks had absolutely no answer. None. Zero. Zilch.
And just in case that wasn’t humiliating enough, Zach LaVine decided to join the party:
25 points on 8-for-14 shooting, 5-for-9 from three, 5 rebounds.
Let me translate that for you, sir:
The Kings were hitting threes like they were in an open gym… and the Knicks were standing around watching it happen.
No closeouts.
No urgency.
No defensive discipline.
Just vibes.
Mikal Bridges Was Alone Out There
And bless Mikal Bridges, because at least he showed up.
19 points, 3 rebounds, team-high for the Knicks — but you know what? That’s the problem. That should not be your high point in a game where you’re trying to beat a bottom-feeding opponent.
Bridges was fighting. Everybody else looked like they were waiting for TSA to clear them for the flight back to New York.
Where was the edge?
Where was the toughness?
Where was the identity this team is supposed to have?
Because whatever that was… it wasn’t Knicks basketball.
This Is the Kind of Loss That Lingers
The Kings now sit at 11–30.
Let me repeat that slowly.
Eleven. And. Thirty.
That is a team that loses almost every night. And you let them look confident. You let them look comfortable. You let them look like contenders.
Meanwhile, the Knicks drop to 25–15 — and this is the type of loss that screams, “We think we’re better than we actually are.”
This wasn’t about talent.
This wasn’t about injuries.
This was about effort and accountability — and the Knicks failed that test.
No Sugarcoating This
You don’t get punked by a team with 11 wins unless you come in soft.
And last night?
The Knicks were soft.
Outworked.
Outplayed.
Outclassed.
If you want to be taken seriously in the Eastern Conference, you cannot show up in Sacramento and play like it’s a preseason scrimmage.
Because the Kings didn’t treat it that way.
They treated it like food was on the table — and the Knicks let them eat.
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