Worry not for the team overthrown by buzzer-beaters in both halves, the team that couldn't hold a 24-point lead, the team that let slip the chance to usher Phil Jackson and Team Smug to death's door for a change.

The Sacramento Kings?

They'll be fine.

They might not win the Western Conference finals, but they aren't going to stop trying, no matter how hard a wishful Rick Fox suggests that Sacramento is the next New Jersey, headed for the nearest therapy couch. None of the Lakers could feel terribly dynastic Monday, knowing that the Kings are the real thing, the toughest team they've faced since Jackson forged a championship triangle with Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant.

Robert Horry hit that buzzer triple for the win Sunday, and Samaki Walker sank an even more painful one at the halftime horn which replays suggested shouldn't have counted. Yet if the Kings haven't convinced you of their grit by now, you must be programmed like Fox, intent on dissing the Kings' psyche no matter what's actually happening on the court.