Kings have lost 30 close games this year

[Superman]

I think this thread should of stated how many games the Kings lost under 3 points or something in that range. Losing a game by 9 is not exactly close, it could be if it was a two point game and they kept fouling and fouling some more to just rack up points. Other than that, the Kings have clearly lost their fair share of close ones and that's fine. They are learning and they will turn the corner sooner rather than later. It would also help to run some good effective plays down the stretch, not just dribble out the clock to 10 seconds and then make a move. Cough.

I don't think there's really any firm cut-off point. To me, the point of the OP was to show that even though we've lost a lot of games, we've had opportunities to win a fair amount of them. I don't see how anyone can disagree with that. Brick mentioned that we lead the league in games we were tied or leading in the 4th and went on to lose. There's a lot of growing and maturing to be done, and hopefully we keep our guys together into next season and do that growing and maturing together. But overall, we're not as bad as our record indicates, which is a positive.