Sacramento Kings rookie Darius Acuff Jr. discusses home-opener loss

Oh, yeah, it was good, but it don't matter. We lost, so ain't nothing I want more than a win. So everything I do is fine, but if we don't get the win, it really don't matter. And speaking of Doma, he's unbelievable. The stat line he had was great. He makes everybody better on the floor, so that's definitely a great teammate to have in my first year, for sure. Thomas, throughout the game, and I'm sure practice as well, You do a lot of conversating with Darius on the court or whatever. What is usually kind of the message you're giving him out there? Just trying to keep him positive, say positive things, keep shooting, talking on different coverages, seeing what I see. He comes to me, he tells me what he sees, and then we just kind of feed off each other. DeMontas right here, obviously they went on that big run, had a big third quarter, but the way you guys were able to respond, do you feel like that's something you can build off of going forward? Definitely. We did it against the Clippers. We did it today. But it wasn't enough to get the win. You know, that's where we can't put ourselves in those positions.