Vaught Seems Back on Track

After scoring a combined 12 points in his last three games, Loy Vaught had 14 points and nine rebounds as the Clippers lost for the fourth time in five exhibitions, 98-94, to the Sacramento Kings before an announced crowd of 5,084 at the Sports Arena.

“Loy has been consistently bad [in the last three games] since we left Detroit until tonight,” Clipper Coach Bill Fitch said. “Tonight was more like the Vaught we expect to see when the starting gate opens.”

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Fred Slaughter, the agent for free agent center Brian Williams, said there has no progress in negotiations with the Clippers. . . . Fitch said that the center play has been atrocious. Dwayne Schintzius, who twisted his right ankle in a practice on Oct. 6, has made only five of 29 shots in five exhibitions. He missed five of six shots against the Kings. . . . Kevin Duckworth, signed by the Clippers on Oct. 10, isn’t fit, but he hustles. Duckworth had six points and four rebounds in 28 minutes as a reserve against the Kings.