OKLAHOMA CITY — There’s more scoreboard watching around the Sacramento Kings these days.



Can you blame them? After 12 consecutive seasons of missing the postseason, the Kings could actually make the playoffs this season. So the Kings have good reason to ditch the clichés and admit they care about what’s happening around the NBA. They’ve earned that right and should be enjoying a feeling many of the Kings haven’t felt in the NBA.



“Yeah, I ain’t even gonna lie to you,” second-year guard De’Aaron Fox said after the Kings held off Oklahoma City for a 119-116 win at Chesapeake Energy Arena on Saturday night. “In the arena it’s always showing the other teams’ scores, so I saw New Orleans just beat the Lakers. I don’t know if the Clippers played.”



The Kings’ streak of 12 consecutive seasons missing the playoffs is the longest active streak in the NBA. For players like...