The Sacramento Kings season opener didn't quite go according to plan, in more ways than one. They fell 121-96 to the Los Angeles Clippers, and Darius Acuff Jr. is getting grief from nearly everywhere for his 5-of-24 debut performance . But once again, it was poor defense that stands out for the Kings, especially when it came to trying to stop Darius Garland early for the Clippers.

Following practice today, Doug Christie was asked about what went wrong and what his biggest takeaway was in the first game of the year, and he wasn't shy about how things didn't go as planned from the get-go.

"Attention to detail and the game plan discipline. We gotta be disciplined about the things that we work on, the things we talk about. And then we've got to go execute them on the floor. But it's game one. We don't panic, we get right back to it. We're going to face really good teams, and we have to worry about the things that we need to do, and we take that on to the floor and do it at a high level.…