every game counts

[piksi]

People say things like - "it is a long season" or "it is just one game" etc... Guess what - one single game is very big.

One more game and Kings would play Suns having a better chance to win. In case of winning - Kings would play either Clippers (we own) or Nuggets having a HCA. In case of advancing (realistic) - we get to play a team that would have had a very tough series to survive.

Instead we play the defending champion. Just great.

Don't tell me that one game doesn't matter. One single game. Damn !

 

[thesanityannex]

People say things like - "it is a long season" or "it is just one game" etc... Guess what - one single game is very big.

One more game and Kings would play Suns having a better chance to win. In case of winning - Kings would play either Clippers (we own) or Nuggets having a HCA. In case of advancing (realistic) - we get to play a team that would have had a very tough series to survive.

Instead we play the defending champion. Just great.

Don't tell me that one game doesn't matter. One single game. Damn !

We'd have to beat the Spurs in the WCF anyways if your scenario played out, why not beat them in the first round.

 

[BawLa]

We'd have to beat the Spurs in the WCF anyways if your scenario played out, why not beat them in the first round.

My thoughts exactly. And on another note, if we expect to have any chance of beating Detroit, we are gonna need to build a bunch of momentum. The momentum will be gained from beating SA, DAL and PHX in order.

 

[piksi]

We'd have to beat the Spurs in the WCF anyways if your scenario played out, why not beat them in the first round.

much easier to beat the after/if they beat Mavs

 

[coolhandluke]

Four words: Bah! Get over it!
Four more words: Bring on the Spurs!

 

[piksi]

Four words: Bah! Get over it!
Four more words: Bring on the Spurs!

be careful what You wish for

 

[coolhandluke]

Wishes are for weak people. We play the Spurs on Saturday. I'm ready and the Kings will be ready!

Kings made their own destiny and it has always been that way. The regular season is yesterday's news -- not worth wasting time over. Embrace reality and face it. This series will show us exactly what the Kings are made of and will give us the direction we need to go in the future. Trust me on this. It's all good.

 

[kings93]

well, the season is over. its too late to correct whats been done so lets look forward to the playoffs.

 

[QueensFan]

much easier to beat the after/if they beat Mavs

I actually agree with you Piksi, I am quite bitter about that loss to Phoenix - and to those who say "we'd have to beat the Spurs in the WCF anyways" - yes, but now we have to beat the Spurs AND the Mavs instead of just one of the two. The point is, we go from having a good chance to reaching the WCF to having virtually no chance - all because of one game.

So yes it matters.

I'm rooting hard but I don't feel optimistic about this series.

 

[Jerryaki]

i must be the lone guy who thinks that the spurs are a better series than the suns. i'm of the opinion that we would have had a terrible time trying to match the suns' pace, even if we could dominate them inside.

 

[piksi]

I actually agree with you Piksi, I am quite bitter about that loss to Phoenix - and to those who say "we'd have to beat the Spurs in the WCF anyways" - yes, but now we have to beat the Spurs AND the Mavs instead of just one of the two. The point is, we go from having a good chance to reaching the WCF to having virtually no chance - all because of one game.

So yes it matters.

I'm rooting hard but I don't feel optimistic about this series.

seems that reaching WCF is overated around here, sine we have appearantly been doing that all the time. People would much rather have a first round exit.People that "believe" that we can beat Spurs - are very delusional

 

[piksi]

i must be the lone guy who thinks that the spurs are a better series than the suns. i'm of the opinion that we would have had a terrible time trying to match the suns' pace, even if we could dominate them inside.

You are kidding Yourself. Anything is better than #1 seed and the defending champion

 

[thesanityannex]

.People that "believe" that we can beat Spurs - are very delusional

And what makes "believing" we can beat the Suns any less delusional? The only good thing about getting the Suns is the second round matchup. You make it sound as if we had won one more game, we are a lock for the WCF.

We've beaten the Spurs at their house, and lost to them twice by only 4 points (w/o Artest). We have advantages and disadvantages against each. What is the point of dwelling on past games, I'm ready for the playoffs.



BRING ON THE SPURS.

 

[Jerryaki]

You are kidding Yourself. Anything is better than #1 seed and the defending champion

doesn't matter to me. i'm not particularly optimistic about either series, nor am i going to pin any frustration on any one loss of an 82 game season.

 

[6th]

Wishes are for weak people. We play the Spurs on Saturday. I'm ready and the Kings will be ready!

Kings made their own destiny and it has always been that way. The regular season is yesterday's news -- not worth wasting time over. Embrace reality and face it. This series will show us exactly what the Kings are made of and will give us the direction we need to go in the future. Trust me on this. It's all good.

I like your style, coolhandluke. I really like your style. Yes, it is all good.

 

[coolhandluke]

I like your style, coolhandluke. I really like your style. Yes, it is all good.

Thanks. I knew you would be one of the people who would see it in the same way. Yep, I'm a 6th fan

 

[VF21]

I cannot believe Kings fans are crying over spilt milk at this point...

In the words of the Eagles, GET OVER IT!!!

The Kings are in the playoffs. What's done is done.

i must be the lone guy who thinks that the spurs are a better series than the suns. i'm of the opinion that we would have had a terrible time trying to match the suns' pace, even if we could dominate them inside.

Exactly.

Even if our offense breaks down a bit, we still have a chance to win against the Spurs. If, on the other hand, we play the Suns and cannot shoot lights out, we're doomed. Plain and simple.

We aren't a run and gun team any longer. We need to remember that.

Bottom line, once again, what's done is done. Now let's look foward and realize that the ONLY games that count from now on are those that start April 22 and hopefully continue all the way to June.

 

[ultraman206]

We never got to play the Spurs in a playoff before... now we do.

But hey, like our fearless leader says, "Whoever we play we're not losing in the first round. Everyone on this team is committed. We're going to take it one game at a time, but we're not losing in the first round."

 

[Bricklayer]

Piksi is absolutely right.

That said, nothing to be done about it now than take our best shot, longshot though it be.

Looked at another way, if Utah does not let us wander into their gym and steal one from them 3 weeks ago, maybe we aren't even IN the playoffs. Just the way things go sometimes.

 

[allrightythen]

You know, it is rough doing all that hard work to get to the playoffs and then having to face the Spurs. It's easy to look back and say we could/should have won this game or that game (say the Pho. game from a week or so ago), but similar to Brick's comment above nothing can be done now.

The "it's just one game" attitude is perfectly alright with me as long as it is referring to a game in the past and not one in the future. It seems to me as a simple way to not get too down about the past and to maintain optmism and hope about the future. Believing you can succeed is a key ingredient to success, especially in sports, so whatever you got to tell yourself to put the past behind you and be up for the next game is alright with me.

 

[AleksandarN]

People say things like - "it is a long season" or "it is just one game" etc... Guess what - one single game is very big.

One more game and Kings would play Suns having a better chance to win. In case of winning - Kings would play either Clippers (we own) or Nuggets having a HCA. In case of advancing (realistic) - we get to play a team that would have had a very tough series to survive.

Instead we play the defending champion. Just great.

Don't tell me that one game doesn't matter. One single game. Damn !

Kinda wished we would have made the trade earlier to shake up this team. The trade was a wake up call. Too bad it did not happen earlier.

 

[beemerr23]

People say things like - "it is a long season" or "it is just one game" etc... Guess what - one single game is very big.

One more game and Kings would play Suns having a better chance to win. In case of winning - Kings would play either Clippers (we own) or Nuggets having a HCA. In case of advancing (realistic) - we get to play a team that would have had a very tough series to survive.

Instead we play the defending champion. Just great.

Don't tell me that one game doesn't matter. One single game. Damn !

I agree, and when I got mad at people for saying "It's just one game" or "Forget about this game and move on" -- now you see the consequences. Now you see why people get mad at losing to teams you should beat, they help you in the long run.

 

[VF21]

A season consists of 82 games. People are focusing on the one we "should" have won. What about the ones we squeaked through and "won" only because the other team had a stronger urge to lose?

Our season did not turn on that one game any more than it turned on the first game when we were blown completely out of the water by the bleeping New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets. If I had to whine about a game, it would be that one.

 

[PixelPusher]

I agree that one game can make a difference, but which horribly dissapointing Kings loss are you going to point to? There were so many, particularly in the first half of the season. I don't know if you have that Phoenix game in mind, but I don't think that particular game should be THE GAME to point to as being the difference in our seeding.

 

[hoopsfan]

In the words of the Eagles, GET OVER IT!!!

I love that song..."I'd like to find your inner chiild and kick it's little a**."

 

[SacTownKid]

Surefire way to a championship. Duck the good teams and take the easy route. Thats the right attitude. We may get beat, but I am confident that if we are going down, we're going down fighting.

 

[thesanityannex]

Well, we shouldn't have beaten San Antonio on their court, so that cancels out that "one game" we lost.

 

[Bricklayer]

Surefire way to a championship. Duck the good teams and take the easy route. Thats the right attitude. We may get beat, but I am confident that if we are going down, we're going down fighting.

MOST title teams "duck the good teams and take the easy route" for the simple reaon that they are the top seeds and get a gimme in the first round. When you are instead a bottom seed, you STILL want that gimme, or as many gimmes as possible. The less tough series you have to play the better your odds, no matter who you are. If the Spurs had to play themselves, then Dallas, then Phoenix, all on the road just to get to Detroit, also on the road, their chances wouldn't be so hot either.

 

[Entity]

What is this Bull**** i am seeing. Either way you go through the Spurs. It doesn't matter how. Can you imagine the fear in teams that play us after we defeat the Spurs in round 1. If some of you feel we have no chance maybe you should sit out until next season.

 

[KingKong]

The milk has already spilt. No use crying over it now. There will always be "what's if's?" I'm far more concerned about "what now" at this point. Every game counts from here on out.