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Since the last time we chatted on Sunday,

Deeran Fox was diagnosed with an evulsion fracture in his index finger of his shooting hand.

That is what we would call steps to success, as Yonis would say.

Steps to success.

Not a failure, not a disaster, just steps to success.

Predictably, when Deeran Fox ended up playing, he was awesome, by the way, until he jammed his finger.

And then, like you would imagine, a guy who's got a broken finger doesn't really perform in the fourth quarter after he re-injures it.

And without fourth quarter, Fox, it was night night sleep mask.

Kings were lost.

Even when it was a three-point game with a minute left and the Kings had a good look from three to tie,

Monk misses the 25-footer and we got to see the yin and the yang that is Malik Monk.

Boy, oh boy, did we see all of it.

On one hand, that man carried the Kings who 21 points from the

four minute mark at the third quarter he had 21 points from that point on 21 points at the

four minute mark in the third quarter 14 points in the fourth quarter alone he was cooking boy

carving at that defense. He was making

tough shot after tough shot over Kavana Looney. He looked like John Morant out there. He was waiting

until his feet had almost reached the floor coming up off his elevation and then put it up

bucket after bucket, getting to the free throw line chasing down

what should have been a back court violation for the golden state warriors off of an errant pass

but no he steals that ball gets it gets the loose ball and then gets an and one just incredible

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