It's nights like these that remind observers -- or at least should remind them -- that opportunities such as having the world champions on the ropes, as the Kings did last June while playing the Los Angeles Lakers, should be grasped and squeezed.
That's because obstacles can pop up out of nowhere.

Sacramento's fortunes -- as injury-affected as they have been all season -- became more precarious Tuesday night during a 102-92 loss to the Utah Jazz before a stunned sellout crowd of 17,317 at Arco Arena.