AAAAAAND TKO!!! The Kings are coming off of an impressive, team oriented victory over the Nuggets. This game against Philly is the breather. Who would have thought the Kings would go into the new year on the verge of .500? Almost nobody - except a few purple tinted glasses wearing homers in here (Hi guys! Glad you were right!)
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Carmelo Anthony and co. played a terrible, terrible game. I'm not gonna sugar coat it. You can attribute some of the poor effort to (quite possibly) our best defensive effort of the season -- the free throw stripe and Dontezilla in particular put forth amazing efforts. We should sign last night's stripe to an extension.
Buckets is gonna have to add a "NO" prefix to his nickname. That dude is turning into an amazing defender. Totally different player from last year. For those of you just now returning from last year's abyss: No, this is not the same team you witnessed last season. The infusion of toughness and heart that Petrie brought in during the offseason is rubbing off on Beno, Donte, and Even K9. The new guys have started to invigorate a lethargic fanbase. The Kings are on their way up baby, and I'm lovin' the ride!
Three division leading conference finalists in three games. Each one played tough, beyond this team's expectations. Awesome. Keep it up guys: Dallas, the lakers (again), and Phoenix are right around the corner. What a brutal stretch. I hope Evans and Martin return in good form.
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Award time:
TDM- Ty Lawson. He's a disruptive little fella, isn't he?
LW-VC - JR Smith - Kings Killer, was nowhere in the building. *whew*
JHA - K9 showed up for 3 minutes. Bet ya didn't notice, huh?
SAR - Methuselah - Hawes was removed in favor of the more active Brockman. It paid off, big time.
RA&1 - Sergio wins it back to back. I wish he would slow down. His passes scare me.
WTF moment(s) of the game - I pick Brockman being perfect from the stripe. I expect nothing less from here on out
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The 76ers are playing terrible ball. They have a record of 8-22 in the (l)East. Looking at their lineup, I see no real reason why they should suck so bad. Maybe it's their youth. I think that's probably it. The dual A.I's will prove to be problematic, and Dalembert will disrupt whatever he can around the basket, but that team has had no real time to gel. The only way the Kings lose is if they still don't have Evans and don't take the 76ers seriously.
Predictions:
Kings: 103 - 76ers: 93
Pts: Thompson 21 - Iguadola 22
Rbds: Brockman 9 - Dalembert 8
Asst: Udrih 5 - Iguadola 6
Blocks: Dontezilla 3 - Dalembert 3
Probable Starters:
Kings - 76ers
Udrih - Iverson - Iverson may or may not explode for 30, we'll just have to hold our breaths.
Greene - Green - Greene with an extra E wins.
Casspi - Iguadola - Iggy is dangerous, Casspi may not be experienced enough. Just shift Donte over to him on the defensive end.
Thompson - Young - Thompson should be alright with either Young or Brand.
Hawes - Dalembert - Sam is gonna be a problem.
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We should be one below .500 going into 2010.
GO KINGS!!!
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Carmelo Anthony and co. played a terrible, terrible game. I'm not gonna sugar coat it. You can attribute some of the poor effort to (quite possibly) our best defensive effort of the season -- the free throw stripe and Dontezilla in particular put forth amazing efforts. We should sign last night's stripe to an extension.
Buckets is gonna have to add a "NO" prefix to his nickname. That dude is turning into an amazing defender. Totally different player from last year. For those of you just now returning from last year's abyss: No, this is not the same team you witnessed last season. The infusion of toughness and heart that Petrie brought in during the offseason is rubbing off on Beno, Donte, and Even K9. The new guys have started to invigorate a lethargic fanbase. The Kings are on their way up baby, and I'm lovin' the ride!
Three division leading conference finalists in three games. Each one played tough, beyond this team's expectations. Awesome. Keep it up guys: Dallas, the lakers (again), and Phoenix are right around the corner. What a brutal stretch. I hope Evans and Martin return in good form.
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Award time:
TDM- Ty Lawson. He's a disruptive little fella, isn't he?
LW-VC - JR Smith - Kings Killer, was nowhere in the building. *whew*
JHA - K9 showed up for 3 minutes. Bet ya didn't notice, huh?
SAR - Methuselah - Hawes was removed in favor of the more active Brockman. It paid off, big time.
RA&1 - Sergio wins it back to back. I wish he would slow down. His passes scare me.
WTF moment(s) of the game - I pick Brockman being perfect from the stripe. I expect nothing less from here on out
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The 76ers are playing terrible ball. They have a record of 8-22 in the (l)East. Looking at their lineup, I see no real reason why they should suck so bad. Maybe it's their youth. I think that's probably it. The dual A.I's will prove to be problematic, and Dalembert will disrupt whatever he can around the basket, but that team has had no real time to gel. The only way the Kings lose is if they still don't have Evans and don't take the 76ers seriously.
Predictions:
Kings: 103 - 76ers: 93
Pts: Thompson 21 - Iguadola 22
Rbds: Brockman 9 - Dalembert 8
Asst: Udrih 5 - Iguadola 6
Blocks: Dontezilla 3 - Dalembert 3
Probable Starters:
Kings - 76ers
Udrih - Iverson - Iverson may or may not explode for 30, we'll just have to hold our breaths.
Greene - Green - Greene with an extra E wins.
Casspi - Iguadola - Iggy is dangerous, Casspi may not be experienced enough. Just shift Donte over to him on the defensive end.
Thompson - Young - Thompson should be alright with either Young or Brand.
Hawes - Dalembert - Sam is gonna be a problem.
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We should be one below .500 going into 2010.
GO KINGS!!!
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