By losing to the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday, the Sacramento Kings dropped to 8-8 early into the 2024-25 season. The offseason addition of six-time All-Star DeMar DeRozan gave fans high hopes heading into the new year, but most have been let down after 16 games.

Brooklyn's bench came up huge in this game as the Nets' second unit outscored Sacramento's bench unit 44-9, thanks to Clowney's 18 points and Shake Milton's 10 points off the pine. Here are three Nets takeaways from Sunday's win at the Kings:

If Friday night's loss to the Philadelphia 76ers proved anything, it reminded the Brooklyn Nets that they cannot rely on opponents' injury struggles to generate free wins.