10 Brutal Games, 3 French Hens...

[Bricklayer]

On the 10th Day of Christmas my true love gave to me...

10 Brutal Games!

12/23 Cleveland 21-8
12/26 L.A. Lakers 22-4
12/28 Denver 19-9
12/30 Philadelphia 7-20
01/01 @ L.A. Lakers 22-4
01/02 Dallas 20-8
01/05 Phoenix 18-10
01/08 @ Golden State 7-19
01/09 Denver 19-9
01/12 Orlando 21-7
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Combined opponent record: 176-98 64.2%

We are now about to pay for our early season soft schedule sins. All 4 of last year's conference finals teams, 2 of them twice. The league's 3 leading scorers, 2 of them twice. The upside? Almost all of them are at home. The not so upside? After coming off of that stretch we then immediately hit the road for a 6 game Eastern swing.

 

[NME]

3 French Hens

What did Pietrus, Beabouis and Petro ever do to deserve that?

 

[Asaf]

On the 10th Day of Christmas my true love gave to me...

10 Brutal Games!

12/23 Cleveland 21-8
12/26 L.A. Lakers 22-4
12/28 Denver 19-9
12/30 Philadelphia 7-20
01/01 @ L.A. Lakers 22-4
01/02 Dallas 20-8
01/05 Phoenix 18-10
01/08 @ Golden State 7-19
01/09 Denver 19-9
01/12 Orlando 21-7
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Combined opponent record: 176-98 64.2%

We are now about to pay for our early season soft schedule sins. All 4 of last year's conference finals teams, 2 of them twice. The league's 3 leading scorers, 2 of them twice. The upside? Almost all of them are at home. The not so upside? After coming off of that stretch we then immediately hit the road for a 6 game Eastern swing.

Kings made one step forward on June 25th, 2009. Then they made another step forward by starting the season with a 10-3 record at home. Then, another step forward was made when they won two consecutive road games, which together with the victory vs. the Wizards showed that they have the character of winners (especially Tyreke). Now it's time to take the next step and win some games against legitimate contenders. Just another challenge in the series of challenges this team will have to face on the road to becoming a major force in the NBA.

 

[Rookie]

10 Brutal Games!

For them.....

 

[63royals]

I'd be happy with 4 - 6.

 

[vikinginferno]

Take out the Golden State and the Philly game and you are playing 8 out of 10 against top 5 or 6 teams.

 

[KINGSonFIRE]

10 Brutal Games!

For them.....

exactly! HAHA! each game is winnable for this team, and these Kings are gonna fight until the end of each game. i'm excited to see how they do against the best in the league. Imagine how much attention this team will get if they pulled off a winning record during this stretch.

I believe! GO KINGS!

 

[TCH]

10 Brutal Games!

For them.....

LOL, I'm with that!

 

[Jespher]

At least 8 of the 10 are at home. They play almost a month without having to leave California. I'm sensing some (Arco) thunder on the horizon .

 

[Rug King]

You have to beat good teams to become a good team. Let's see where we are at this point. It should be fun.

 

[Kingster]

I already did this kind of post and it was closed. What gives?

 

[VF21]

I already did this kind of post and it was closed. What gives?

Give me a link to your thread and I'll tell you why it was closed. You could have handled this via a PM to any moderator...

 

[Kings Fan Gerard]

I say we beat the Cavs, the Nuggets, and the Mavs. Of course, it's a given that we'll destroy Philly and Golden State.

Yeah, I'm pretty optimistic these days.

 

[iowamcnabb]

I'd be happy with 4 - 6.

I think we will get 4

 

[Kings Faithful]

Were going 7-3 with losses only @ the Lakers, @ Denver, and the Mavericks at Home. Book it.

 

[iowamcnabb]

Were going 7-3 with losses only @ the Lakers, @ Denver, and the Mavericks at Home. Book it.

I will give you $7.30 if that happens.

 

[Rug King]

We will beat LA.

 

[bajaden]

Only a couple of pigeon's there. This will be a good measuring stick. After this stretch we should have a pretty good idea just how good were going to be this year. Having 8 of them at arco will help..Should be interesting..

 

[Padrino]

this will not be a fun stretch...

many losses to come...

we're about to see just what this young team is made of...

as long as they stay competitve, and keep from playing as poorly as they did in minnesota and during the first half in chicago, then i'll be a happy kings fan, in spite of the potential eye-sore of the team's w/l columns after these ten games...

 

[Chupacabra]

As long as we beat LA ill be happy. We could go 1-9 and id be happy.

 

[USNAVY15]

I know we can win every game we play, but that schedule is very tough. I think that if the teams takes lebron down, the chances go way up that we win 4-6, otherwise, i don't see 2 wins in 10 games.

 

[FrenchNuts]

As a young french Kings fan since my 12, who didn't post since the last seven month, I take this threat as a personal shot at me.

 

[Gary]

I see a 3-7 record.. Maybe 4-6.. I say we beat the two we are supposed to beat, and then win against the Suns, and maybe one of the Laker games..

 

[NME]

As a young french Kings fan since my 12, who didn't post since the last seven month, I take this threat as a personal shot at me.

I'm not sure if you're playing along with the joke, but in case there's anything lost in translation here, Brick's title is only a play on the 12 Days of Christmas song (which I don't know whether you have in France). I was only making a wordplay joke because there happen to be a few French players on the upcoming teams, but that isn't what Brick was talking about.

I want to assure you that nothing was meant against anyone who happens to be French. Or against hens for that matter.

 

[FrenchNuts]

lol there's nothing, i'm playing along the "joke" that actually I didn't really understand the title (I don't know the christmas song). Actually, 3 hens for me = Pietrus, Beaubois and Turiaf that we will meet.

But as a huge fan of South Park, and with title I was like "Damn, americans really diss us"

 

[Kings Fan Gerard]

I like the idea of the Kings going 5-5 during this 10 game stretch. A 6-5 record would be awesome though.

 

[KingsFan54]

I say we beat the Cavs, the Nuggets, and the Mavs. Of course, it's a given that we'll destroy Philly and Golden State.

Yeah, I'm pretty optimistic these days.

Don't count your wins before they are won.

 

[Bricklayer]

lol there's nothing, i'm playing along the "joke" that actually I didn't really understand the title (I don't know the christmas song). Actually, 3 hens for me = Pietrus, Beaubois and Turiaf that we will meet.

But as a huge fan of South Park, and with title I was like "Damn, americans really diss us"

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[Asaf]

I like the idea of the Kings going 5-5 during this 10 game stretch. A 6-5 record would be awesome though.

If the Kings can pull off a 6-5 record in 10 games, they will definitely go down in history as the team that made magic happen...

 

[Aenadin]

10 tough games... i want to see how our team fares in these games... it will be a challenge to tyreke and crew

they just had a MAJOR come back from the bulls... its the bulls yes but you cant take the heart away from these kids they will fight.. id love to see that fire and them taking it to these elite teams...