The Sacramento Kings fell to the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night, suffering their seventh loss in their first eight games of the season, and it is hard to imagine things getting much better for this team. Fortunately, they have at least looked better over their past two games, but they still have a lot of work to do before they're ready to be taken seriously.

The worst part about Wednesday's loss, though, is that it feels like they had a chance to win. Sure, they lost by double digits, but if they clean up a few simple things, they could start to string together some more wins. After Wednesday's loss, Kings star Zach LaVine spoke about what went wrong in their loss to the Lakers.

"We gotta cut down on turnovers. I had a couple of dumb ones, and we had just a couple of unfortunate plays too," LaVine said. "But versus a team like the Lakers, who've been hot, and Luka [Doncic] goes for 20-something in the second quarter. ... They're a big team. They send everything to Kessler.…