[Game] Kings @ Lakers - 1/20/16 - 7:30 PT, 10:30 ET

[LoungeLizard]

If the season ended tonight......

 

[Tetsujin]

Is the "bald head, gigantic beard" an actual look these days?

Among undersized big men it is.

 

[LoungeLizard]

TRILL!!!

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Jazz lose. Hawks by 4, Korver going to the line. We're 16.2 seconds from the 8th seed.

#CueLuda

 

[Im Still Ballin]

8th seed gentlemen.

 

[Tetsujin]

Trill proving that if you actually give him consistent minutes, he will produce results.

 

[Blob]

Rudy Gay had 6 blocked shots?!

 

[LoungeLizard]

Now let's go home and take care of business at Sleep Train and put together a nice little win streak!!

 

[hrdboild]

This is like waiting for New Years...

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

Trill's interview was funny.

 

[kingzallday]

Were the 8th seed :') finally guys. Now let's stay there or try to move up!

 

[Merdiesel]

It's great hearing Rondo talk to his guys all game long. He's the floor general we've needed for a long time here in Sac. We've gotta resign this guy. There's light at the end of a tunnel and I'm pretty sure it's not a train this time.

 

[itzcoatl]

Trill's interview was funny.

For those of us away from tv and radio coverage, would you be so kind to tell what he said?

 

[k_dubb90]

Anyone else not see Randle turning into a good NBA player?

His ball control is worse than JT's. He only knows one speed and that is out of control

 

[alonshin]

Score at least 110 and hold them under 95. Start well, end well and play good in the middle. Go Kings!!

This was apparently a very good advice

 

[andjel]

next sight Rockets... 2.5 games

 

[Tetsujin]

His ball control is worse than JT's. He only knows one speed and that is out of control

I realize Randle hasn't been the next Karl Malone out there but let's not get carried away here.

 

[John Galt]

 

[alonshin]

I predict the Kings will prevail: 108-93.

!!!GO SACRAMENTO!!!

Not bad... People had psychich visions tonight :-0

 

[hrdboild]

 

[Merdiesel]

Kings are officially the 8th seed in the west for the first time in January in over a decade (I think?).

 

[jcwkings]

Lets see a packed crowd tomorrow Sactown. Atlanta is tough and always gets the best of us but we have the talent to change it.

 

[hrdboild]

Still a long ways to go, but this is a symbolic moment that I think we've all earned. Well done ladies and gentlemen! We've survived the worst sports fandom has to offer and still have hope. Who brought the champagne?

 

[jcwkings]

His ball control is worse than JT's. He only knows one speed and that is out of control

I've seen him quite a bit and he reminds me of a PF Lance Stephenson. Has talent but plays out of control most of the time. Plays downhill at all times for good and bad.

 

[NewArena]

Great to see us taking them OUT, convincingly. We're starting to look like a team and my cautious optimism is slowly turning into straight up optimism and butterflies

 

[NewArena]

... Or it could just be gas, but I'll go with the former

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Great to see us taking them OUT, convincingly. We're starting to look like a team and my cautious optimism is slowly turning into straight up optimism and butterflies

I'm just relieved to see us beat a team that we're supposed to beat. A wire-to-wire win is just bacon on the cheeseburger.

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

For those of us away from tv and radio coverage, would you be so kind to tell what he said?

I forget exactly what he said but it wasn't the typical interview. His personality caused him to answer questions kinda funny.

 

[VF21]

Still a long ways to go, but this is a symbolic moment that I think we've all earned. Well done ladies and gentlemen! We've survived the worst sports fandom has to offer and still have hope. Who brought the champagne?

I did...











but I kind of drank it.

 

[hrdboild]

Looking at the standings right now, only 4 teams in the Western Conference have a positive point differential midway through the season. That's crazy! And I think that's a good goal for us. Let's shoot for being in that group. If we manage to achieve that we're going to creep up on Houston, Memphis and Dallas.

 

[The Hammer]

That pick and roll duo is pretty much unstoppable. Cousins getting the ball in motion with the ability to either bully his way to an and-1 or just rise up for a 3 is really really hard to defend for one thing. But then you add a point guard like Rondo who can deliver the ball on target in tight spaces and you're talking all-time great potential. Stockton-Malone territory. I miss the old bulldog Rondo on defense though. If he locked in as often as he did his first 5 seasons we'd really have something special. I don't think it's a physical limitation with him on defense, I think it's more about conserving energy.

Pretty much agree with you here. If these two cement a relationship and give a good 5-8 year run to finish off Rondo's career... we could be left with some very fond memories and some very long legends.

In addition, Casspi has been a godsend for this duo. Virtually the perfect complimentary piece now that he almost leads the league in 3s. It's really starting to come together.

 

[Kingston Jamaica]

8th seed gentlemen.

Finally!!! Now we have to keep it. I was so impressed by Willie's game. Now I am even more confident that SAC hit the jackpot here.