[Game] Game 74: Kings @ Rockets, 4/1/15 - 5pdt, 8edt

[VF21]

Yep, it's game day. Nope, not an April Fool's joke (which I personally think are, for the most part, stupid and predictable and not at all funny). I will confess, however, the World's Smartest Cowbell reported for the top of the new arena was pretty clever. Now the Kings just need to make it happen - and I'm not going to make the obvious comment some others have about it replacing the Coloring Book sculpture.

Dwight Howard is out tonight, with Corey Brewer and Jason Terry probable for Houston.

Rudy Gary is out for the Kings, but DeMarcus Cousins will play. According to Jason Jones, Carl Landry is going to start.

GO KINGS!!

 

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Sacramento Kings ‏@SacramentoKings 1h1 hour ago
Exclusive fly-through video of the @SacramentoESC's world's smartest cowbell! #SacramentoProud https://amp.twimg.com/v/a1f7b61a-d3b6-4ddb-b784-9e5a3adf134f…

Sacramento Kings

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Rudy Gary is out for the Kings, but DeMarcus Cousins will play. According to Jason Jones, Carl Landry is going to start.

Because that's worked out so well...

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Because that's worked out so well...

If we're letting Cousins play, we have to tank somehow!

 

[kingsboi]

Carl Landry starting? yuck....rather see JT. The less minutes Carl gets, the better. I wasn't going to watch this too much but now that Cousins is playing I'm more inclined to watch until this turns into a blowout. Once again I'd like to see a healthy dose of Nik in this one.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Every unpalatable meal could use some more Sauce...

 

[VF21]

Jenny Dial Creech ‏@jennydialcreech 1h1 hour ago
Dwight Howard will not play vs. Sacramento tonight. Will play against Dallas tomorrow.

Hrm... So he doesn't want to face Boogie?

 

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Sacramento Kings ‏@SacramentoKings 56s56 seconds ago
Tonight's

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starting lineup: @RayMac3 @BenMcLemore @Casspi18 @CarlLandry @boogiecousins

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Nice ball movement to find McCallum.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Egad.

 

[VF21]

Hrm... Working on a 48 turnover night? That's not good.

 

[VF21]

James Ham ‏@James_Ham 3m3 minutes ago
Cousins just lowered his shoulder and dropped Jason Terry. Yikes.

LOL! Maybe Boogie's sending Jason a message about snubbing the Kings. Sorry, Jam, but I don't care what they do to Jason Terry.

 

[HereWeBoogie]

Wow we look awful. Kings mentally on summer break already

 

[kingsboi]

Cousins looks disinterested in playing all ready

 

[VF21]

What the hell was that? I swear to God, I love Omri Casspi but he's as frustrating to me as Cisco used to be.

 

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Kayte Christensen ‏@kayte_c 15s16 seconds ago
4:37 1Q D-Will and Stauskas check in for Ben and Omri. Kings down 19-13 but have done a much better job after rough start

 

[VF21]

At this point, I would absolutely kill to have Doug Christie out there.

 

[VF21]

Side note:

San Antonio Spurs ‏@spurs 4m4 minutes ago
Timmy's first bucket this quarter marked his 10,000 2-point FG. He is now one of just 11 players in the @NBA history to hit 10K 2pt shots!

 

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Kayte Christensen ‏@kayte_c 36s36 seconds ago
Early David Wear sighting out of timeout for @SacramentoKings. Karl talked ALL transition defense in last timeout and making shooters drive

 

[9x1x6]

David Wear in already...dayum.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Well, for a second there, it looked like the bench was going to get us back in it.

 

[VF21]

It's 22-21 Rockets. I look away for a moment and the Kings are down by 10. ...sigh...

 

[swisshh]

I miss the version of McLemore that played solid defense.

 

[VF21]

And this is the Derrick Williams who makes me want to throw things...

 

[VF21]

And the turnovers continue...

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Didn't we used to be a good rebounding team?

 

[jcwkings]

We are garbage against any team that can shoot the 3 ball. We give up wide open looks like crazy. Derrick Williams is TERRIBLE at driving to the rim, his finishes are down right awful. We will be down by 30 at some point tonight.

 

[HereWeBoogie]

I seriously don't understand how this team is so damn bad at guarding 3s. Its been a problem for years. Different players, different coaches, same damn problem.

Its terrible and infuriating

 

[Gilles]

Casspi just gave up two straight corner threes...

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Houston looked at the twenty three-pointers we gave up to the Hawks, and said, "We can totally beat that."