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When George Karl officially became head coach of the Sacramento Kings right before the All-Star break, a fair number of observers wondered if the typically run-happy coach would still base the team's offense around All-Star center DeMarcus Cousins. Such concerns were always a little off — any coach, let alone one with as much experience as this one, would be crazy not to rely on his best player — but it was sensible to consider how Cousins and Karl would mesh. [ Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball ] Such questions were never going to be answered after one game. What we do know without any doubt, though, is that Cousins is still going to be the sort of player who absolutely devastates defenders when given the chance. With a few minutes left in the third quarter of Friday's game vs. the Boston Celtics at Sleep Train Arena, Cousins went coast-to-coast and absolutely unloaded on Jae Crowder for a vicious slam. Take a look: The referees must have been too distracted by the devastation to call a blocking foul on Crowder, who was camped out deep in the restricted area in the hopes of drawing an impossible charge. He was punished for his troubles. It was so bad that "RIP Jae Crowder" started to trend on Twitter shortly after the play:
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