[Game] Game 5: Sacramento Kings vs. Denver Nuggets, 11/05/14 7 PM PST, 10 PM EST
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A legitimate concern, to be sure, but I will go back to what I said on Monday: Faried is the engine that makes that team go. If Thompson can keep Faried bottled up, keep him from making all of the hustle plays that get Denver fired up, the Nuggets can't beat us.
I thought that Malone did a very smart thing Monday night, how every time Faried got a dunk, he immediately called timeout. He didn't want to take any chances of him waking that crowd or that team up. And I hope he's willing to do the same thing tonight.
I thought that Malone did a very smart thing Monday night, how every time Faried got a dunk, he immediately called timeout. He didn't want to take any chances of him waking that crowd or that team up. And I hope he's willing to do the same thing tonight.
The Nuggets are a team that could quite easily take a big step back this year. So far Shaw's system has them looking disjointed and they don't have a star who you can depend on to get you that tough bucket when you need it. For that matter I don't think they have an identity as a team. That may change going forward, but for now I view them as a club the Kings should be looking to have a better record than at the end of the season.
And I think as fans it's important to not get too hyped up or disappointed by any win or loss at this point. Are the Kings still scrapping on defense? Are guys picking up their assignments? Is the ball moving more? Are the turnovers going down? Is the shooting improving? Is the rebounding effort there? Is everyone buying into Malone's system on both ends?Yes, a win over Denver tonight would be awesome, but any future success of this Kings team depends on continued growth as much as or possibly more than just wins and losses.
And I think as fans it's important to not get too hyped up or disappointed by any win or loss at this point. Are the Kings still scrapping on defense? Are guys picking up their assignments? Is the ball moving more? Are the turnovers going down? Is the shooting improving? Is the rebounding effort there? Is everyone buying into Malone's system on both ends?Yes, a win over Denver tonight would be awesome, but any future success of this Kings team depends on continued growth as much as or possibly more than just wins and losses.
Really hoping the Kings come out strong tonight and keep playing like they have.
Would be really nice to get a few more games over .500 this week because the rest of the November schedule is BRUTAL. Mavs, Spurs 2x, Grizzlies 2x, Bulls, Pelicans 2x, Rockets.
Would be really nice to get a few more games over .500 this week because the rest of the November schedule is BRUTAL. Mavs, Spurs 2x, Grizzlies 2x, Bulls, Pelicans 2x, Rockets.
I hope Collison has not run out of energy for tonight. He needs to inspire and lead our team again into playing intensely on both sides of the court. I feel like if Collison goes down, the team goes down as well.
If Gay and Cousins work hard early tonight, we would be 4-1 before the start of the 4th quarter. It will be a boring game, but hey - a win is a win.
Let's go Kings!
If Gay and Cousins work hard early tonight, we would be 4-1 before the start of the 4th quarter. It will be a boring game, but hey - a win is a win.
Let's go Kings!
I would like to win this one because I am already looking forward to the 20th when we meet the Bulls on TNT. I remember a game a few years ago on national TV where we beat the Lakers I think it was, and CWebb said something after the game about whether we could do it on non-big non-national non-pumped up games, and of course we did not, we collapsed immediately after that game.
Well, this Bulls game looked like it had an excellent chance for us to come in reeling after being bounced around from one Western conference contender to another for the first 3 weeks, and then we could have sat their and listened to some guarded enthusiasm for Cuz, talk about how we hadn't built around him, how we had to do this or that and just take another step, talk about the Kevin Love situation in Minny and how it compared, talk about Isaiah not being resigned etc. etc. etc. You knew the script, and then they'd pat us on the head at the end of the night, say good luck this season, and that would have been the last you would have heard about us on a national outlet until the lottery next year.
Now all of a sudden we have a legit chance to flip the script if we can just stay focused and take care of business here, then against an undersized Suns team with IT trying to drop 50 on us, and then a ruined OKC team. We could actually, and should actually be trying hard to, get off to a 6-1 start. Then even if the schedule started catching up to us over the next 4 games heading into the Chicago game, we could legitimately be 6-5, 7-4, even 8-3 if we were truly rolling. Any of those records would be unexpected, noteworthy, we give the Bullls a good game, even beat them, and all of a sudden these early season "are they for real?" articles start taking hold. We've got an ember here. I want to see it guarded, blown on, fed every bit of dry fuel we can find to get it to burst into open flame. Pretend we are going to chase the playoffs. We won't make it by much. Every single game, early or late in the season, is going to be critical.
Well, this Bulls game looked like it had an excellent chance for us to come in reeling after being bounced around from one Western conference contender to another for the first 3 weeks, and then we could have sat their and listened to some guarded enthusiasm for Cuz, talk about how we hadn't built around him, how we had to do this or that and just take another step, talk about the Kevin Love situation in Minny and how it compared, talk about Isaiah not being resigned etc. etc. etc. You knew the script, and then they'd pat us on the head at the end of the night, say good luck this season, and that would have been the last you would have heard about us on a national outlet until the lottery next year.
Now all of a sudden we have a legit chance to flip the script if we can just stay focused and take care of business here, then against an undersized Suns team with IT trying to drop 50 on us, and then a ruined OKC team. We could actually, and should actually be trying hard to, get off to a 6-1 start. Then even if the schedule started catching up to us over the next 4 games heading into the Chicago game, we could legitimately be 6-5, 7-4, even 8-3 if we were truly rolling. Any of those records would be unexpected, noteworthy, we give the Bullls a good game, even beat them, and all of a sudden these early season "are they for real?" articles start taking hold. We've got an ember here. I want to see it guarded, blown on, fed every bit of dry fuel we can find to get it to burst into open flame. Pretend we are going to chase the playoffs. We won't make it by much. Every single game, early or late in the season, is going to be critical.
One very interesting thing about the Western Conference playoff race (if we actually keep playing at this level) is that there very may well be an extra spot that nobody accounted for. By the time Westbrook and Durant come back to the Thunder, it could possibly be too late for them to make the playoffs in the West. Wouldn't count on it, but it's a possibility
I just want to see him contribute. It's got to be killing him that he isn't. His shots have to start falling soon. That would be a major boost for this team if he could hit. If we could get 8-12 out of him per game, it'd be huge. Shouldn't be too hard as long as his shot is falling like we all know it can. His D isn't quite where Ben's is, but he's still playing well on that end. Just need the O to come around. This team could be VERY dangerous with him scoring.
