ACRAMENTO - Now that's NBA basketball.

If the Sacramento Kings were playing in Boston, the FleetCenter would be banged out every night, the scalpers would be dreaming about Caribbean vacations when the team was out of town, the bars and restaurants in the North Station area would have lines clear to Charlestown, and, best of all, the basketball lovers among the general populace would have a legitimate reason to think the 17th flag might soon be flying from the rafters.

For the Sacramento Kings are a team Boston could embrace. They play the game in a manner you people have seen before, and the way they toyed with the Celtics last night is about what happens every night in Arco Arena.