Both teams played hard my man.
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How about a good omen for a change. Exactly 2 years ago - on December 21st 2004 Kings beat Wizards at ARCO 104 - 93 to improve to 17-7 for the season. Kings played short rotation and the bench scored only 6 total points. It was the time when we were starting to deline. Pedja lead the Kings with 26/6, Bibby had 24/3/4/2st, Webber had 20/10/6/2st, Brad had 19/8/4/2st and DC had 9/4/9/3st. Bench was almost non existant.
"I really like being out there on the court," Bibby said. "I can't do anything from the bench. I feel I need to be out there to get things done."
"After the first one I kind of got going. The second one, ending the quarter, I kind of got lucky," said Stojakovic. "Overall it was a good game."
"Fortunately we made some good plays down the stretch," Kings coach Rick Adelman said. "Brad was terrific, especially in the fourth. He got his hand on so many balls and came up with offensive rebounds when we needed to get the ball back."
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Kings started yet another losing streak by dropping another 2 straight @ ARCO which makes it 10-13 overall. Kings have lost 8 out of the last 10. We are barely over .500 at home and our road record is sad. Despite losing a lot Kings are still in decent overall position because there are a bunch of teams that suck as well. Maybe we can start a winning streak by beating Wizards and the obviously Sixers. Since Denver is shorthanded and we own Clippers and Warriors suck on the road it would make a great 5 game winning streak. Sweet dreams
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According to numbers (and they never lie) Mike Bibby has been our most consistant player this season. His 36% shooting is # 336 in the league so far and since he is taking over 17 shots per game You could argue that he is dead last since no other player ranked after him has any significance in terms of FGA. His defense has alos been consistant night in and night out. Again - I didn't say that he was any good - I just said that he was consistant. We know what to expect from him these days and it rarely fails. Sad and pathetic at the same time but You have got to feel sorry here because he looks like a little boy playing with big kids. Just horrible.
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Add to this that Brad and Ron are shooting below 40% and You have to ask Yourself - how the hell did we win 10 games so far. I don't know either. Oh wait - Kevin Martin, worse opponents and lots of luck. It is very hard to get so many players on one team playing so poorly at the same time but then again - when it comes to sucking Kings are overachievers.
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Muss wil age quickly despite escaping reality with the help of his best frende Johnny Walker and Jim Beam. As a coach he is acustomed to losing and the team that he has especially the way that it is performing will help his career record to get worse. He isn't halping much in terms of having a plan or a clue. His rotations are as set as the gas prices today. He manages to create miss matches that actually favor our opponents. Tonight - he put Corliss on Dirk. That turned out well. There are more but I am just tired of this in general. There is no consistancy in anything that we are doing these days. Players look lost and not really ready to play. That is why we are mostly behing after one quarter and have to play catch up which rately works. We don't know who the first option is and it doesn't really matter because only Kevin has played well enough for it but that won't happen for many reasons so what is the point. 59 games left in the season and that is not a good thing anymore
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So the verdict is in. The idiots whi fought at MSG will have to pay. Some more and some less. Is a punch really worth over million dollars ? Ask Mello for more details. Stupid. Especially in the Westen conference where every game is important. As a teams best player - shouldn't You be smart enough to know that You just have to stay away from things like this. Don't the Nuggets have enough scrubs who can throw a punch. He apologized but who really cares ? It is much easier to say "I am sorry" than to do the right thing these days. "Sorry" just doesn't cut it in such a situation.
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Wizards game is on TNT ben though I can't figure why and who would watch it on the East coast. Will be hard to watch. First expect the first game to go into let's say - tripple overtime so that we can miss another half. Then expect Barkley to continue to "abuse" us and he will probably have support there because we earned it. We can hope that Kerr won't be there but I have a feeling... Man - we need a home win in a worst possible way.
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Mavs own us bad. Only place where we can beat them thesedays is ESPN classic or Hardwood classic. They have a better team. They had a great start and we never got closer than 6 pts. Looked like Mavs did not play as hard as they could. They played as much as they needed. We just didn't have it again. We shot horribly, defended even worse and had no back court. I hate seeing Cuban enjoying a game at ARCO but not much we can do.
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AWARD TIME
TDM goes to Buckner. Why the hell not ?
LW-VC award went to Salmons. Just not his night.
JHA award is in possesion of Mike Bibby right now. The numbers as bad as they are - aren't really showing how bad Mike has been playing these days.
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Wizards are next and we have to win a home game at some point. Arenas scored 60 and he wasn't even guarded by Bibby. Scary. Wizards aren't a bad team. They have 3 players that do everything for them and if we can reasonably contain them - we can win. We used to own the East @ ARCO. What the hell happened to that ?
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Mike - make a shot please !
Ron - property of Josh Howard
Brad - at least someone who is showing progress
SAR - stop shooting jumpers and eat something so You can at least hit a rim
Kevin - get well soon
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KT - he is the "best" player and the team can't be any good because of that. Still got to respect the effort
Salmons - cooled down a bit. He can only be a starter on a bad team.
rest - who cares ? (mateen deserves better)
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Muss - will age quickly
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Wizards are dangerous. Arenas, Jamison and Butler will cause problems but there is not much else which could go either way considering the potential for a TDM festival. Hayes is my favorite. Maybe we even get to see Darius. LW-VC award - Bibby is the favorite again. Please, win - please !
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Almost forgot - Merry Christmas to everyone.
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How about a good omen for a change. Exactly 2 years ago - on December 21st 2004 Kings beat Wizards at ARCO 104 - 93 to improve to 17-7 for the season. Kings played short rotation and the bench scored only 6 total points. It was the time when we were starting to deline. Pedja lead the Kings with 26/6, Bibby had 24/3/4/2st, Webber had 20/10/6/2st, Brad had 19/8/4/2st and DC had 9/4/9/3st. Bench was almost non existant.
"I really like being out there on the court," Bibby said. "I can't do anything from the bench. I feel I need to be out there to get things done."
"After the first one I kind of got going. The second one, ending the quarter, I kind of got lucky," said Stojakovic. "Overall it was a good game."
"Fortunately we made some good plays down the stretch," Kings coach Rick Adelman said. "Brad was terrific, especially in the fourth. He got his hand on so many balls and came up with offensive rebounds when we needed to get the ball back."
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Kings started yet another losing streak by dropping another 2 straight @ ARCO which makes it 10-13 overall. Kings have lost 8 out of the last 10. We are barely over .500 at home and our road record is sad. Despite losing a lot Kings are still in decent overall position because there are a bunch of teams that suck as well. Maybe we can start a winning streak by beating Wizards and the obviously Sixers. Since Denver is shorthanded and we own Clippers and Warriors suck on the road it would make a great 5 game winning streak. Sweet dreams
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According to numbers (and they never lie) Mike Bibby has been our most consistant player this season. His 36% shooting is # 336 in the league so far and since he is taking over 17 shots per game You could argue that he is dead last since no other player ranked after him has any significance in terms of FGA. His defense has alos been consistant night in and night out. Again - I didn't say that he was any good - I just said that he was consistant. We know what to expect from him these days and it rarely fails. Sad and pathetic at the same time but You have got to feel sorry here because he looks like a little boy playing with big kids. Just horrible.
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Add to this that Brad and Ron are shooting below 40% and You have to ask Yourself - how the hell did we win 10 games so far. I don't know either. Oh wait - Kevin Martin, worse opponents and lots of luck. It is very hard to get so many players on one team playing so poorly at the same time but then again - when it comes to sucking Kings are overachievers.
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Muss wil age quickly despite escaping reality with the help of his best frende Johnny Walker and Jim Beam. As a coach he is acustomed to losing and the team that he has especially the way that it is performing will help his career record to get worse. He isn't halping much in terms of having a plan or a clue. His rotations are as set as the gas prices today. He manages to create miss matches that actually favor our opponents. Tonight - he put Corliss on Dirk. That turned out well. There are more but I am just tired of this in general. There is no consistancy in anything that we are doing these days. Players look lost and not really ready to play. That is why we are mostly behing after one quarter and have to play catch up which rately works. We don't know who the first option is and it doesn't really matter because only Kevin has played well enough for it but that won't happen for many reasons so what is the point. 59 games left in the season and that is not a good thing anymore
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So the verdict is in. The idiots whi fought at MSG will have to pay. Some more and some less. Is a punch really worth over million dollars ? Ask Mello for more details. Stupid. Especially in the Westen conference where every game is important. As a teams best player - shouldn't You be smart enough to know that You just have to stay away from things like this. Don't the Nuggets have enough scrubs who can throw a punch. He apologized but who really cares ? It is much easier to say "I am sorry" than to do the right thing these days. "Sorry" just doesn't cut it in such a situation.
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Wizards game is on TNT ben though I can't figure why and who would watch it on the East coast. Will be hard to watch. First expect the first game to go into let's say - tripple overtime so that we can miss another half. Then expect Barkley to continue to "abuse" us and he will probably have support there because we earned it. We can hope that Kerr won't be there but I have a feeling... Man - we need a home win in a worst possible way.
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Mavs own us bad. Only place where we can beat them thesedays is ESPN classic or Hardwood classic. They have a better team. They had a great start and we never got closer than 6 pts. Looked like Mavs did not play as hard as they could. They played as much as they needed. We just didn't have it again. We shot horribly, defended even worse and had no back court. I hate seeing Cuban enjoying a game at ARCO but not much we can do.
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AWARD TIME
TDM goes to Buckner. Why the hell not ?
LW-VC award went to Salmons. Just not his night.
JHA award is in possesion of Mike Bibby right now. The numbers as bad as they are - aren't really showing how bad Mike has been playing these days.
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Wizards are next and we have to win a home game at some point. Arenas scored 60 and he wasn't even guarded by Bibby. Scary. Wizards aren't a bad team. They have 3 players that do everything for them and if we can reasonably contain them - we can win. We used to own the East @ ARCO. What the hell happened to that ?
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Mike - make a shot please !
Ron - property of Josh Howard
Brad - at least someone who is showing progress
SAR - stop shooting jumpers and eat something so You can at least hit a rim
Kevin - get well soon
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KT - he is the "best" player and the team can't be any good because of that. Still got to respect the effort
Salmons - cooled down a bit. He can only be a starter on a bad team.
rest - who cares ? (mateen deserves better)
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Muss - will age quickly
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Wizards are dangerous. Arenas, Jamison and Butler will cause problems but there is not much else which could go either way considering the potential for a TDM festival. Hayes is my favorite. Maybe we even get to see Darius. LW-VC award - Bibby is the favorite again. Please, win - please !
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Almost forgot - Merry Christmas to everyone.
