On Sunday night, the Sacramento Kings had a golden opportunity to keep it going after they won their first game of the new campaign on Friday against the Utah Jazz. They were facing a shorthanded Los Angeles Lakers team that was without both Luka Doncic and LeBron James, after all, and they were at home. Alas, Austin Reaves happened to put up 51 points in a crazy scoring explosion as the Lakers outgunned the Kings in the process, 127-120.

Reaves will surely draw most of the plaudits for the way he carried the Lakers to a win, looking like a superstar-level player all night long on Sunday. But Kings fans would not want to let LA's free-throw advantage go unnoticed. They took 46 free throws compared to Sacramento's 18, and it was always going to be difficult for the Kings to overcome t

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