[Game] Game 8: Sacramento Kings @ Dallas Mavericks, 11/11/14 5:30 PST 8:30 EST

[Livinthedream]

So who says he has to play a different role? I'd rather have a sparkplug who I can go to when I need something to happen than get absolutely nothing out of my reserve unit, especially if Cousins is in foul trouble, something he often has been over his career. I wouldn't have minded getting Ray or even another guard to pair with him and retain a top value in talent like that than dumping him because he doesn't "fit" where he shouldn't belong in the first place. Take advantage of the talent you have, and the kings haven't done that for a decade.

Our guards scoring tonight wasn't the issue. Check the box scores on that. Our issue was premier D. Collison would have helped. The other was turnovers leading to empty possession and fast break points for Dallas.

 

[rings4Kings]

Good night, all. If I'm going to be depressed and annoyed, I'm gonna watch Sons of Anarchy.

DVR... What a great invention!!!

 

[Bricklayer]

Blaming the refs never gets anywhere. This is Cuz's 5th season now, he should know how the refs are going to call fouls on him.

And even though Cuz only has 2 FT attempts, we've still shot 32 for the game, far above the average in the NBA.

No, the refs were absolutely atrocious and broke our back before anything else did. The refs were HUGE.

I posted this stat in the grades thread. In the first half our 6 bigs combined for 48min of action. In those 48 min of action they were whisteled for 16 fouls. 16

The way our offense is in the half court does not lend itself to assists from guards. It's been dump it in to Cuz and Gay and let them create. Even when we swing the ball on the perimeter, its to get a better post entry angle.

And yet Darren Collison averages 6.3ast.

Our offense may not be assist friendly, but then again how much of our offense is built the way it is as a reflection upon the (very) limited abilities of most of our guards. Chicken and egg.

 

[Larry89]

I see alot of throwing the ball into DMC and people just standing around. I also just saw alot of watch Rudy gay dribbling around. The only person I saw trying to set backdoor screens or cuts were Ray Mcallum, with Ben's Athleticism we can downscreen plays or backdoor cuts for him. Every is high pick and roll, I also don't like the plays where the Kings start off with DMC at the three point line holding the ball...

 

[Showtime]

Our guards scoring tonight wasn't the issue. Check the box scores on that. Our issue was premier D. Collison would have helped. The other was turnovers leading to empty possession and fast break points for Dallas.

I don't think this loss can boil down to perimeter defense. A lot of the transition points came from turnovers, of which 14 of 20 were from Cousins and Gay. They were forcing things offensively because nobody else could make something happen. Also, when Cousins went out in foul trouble, nobody could do anything offensively. The bottom line is in this league, we can't be the 2004 Pistons. Defense is not the primary way to win games. A good offense with decent defense wins games. Tonight, the team had neither, primarily due to a lack of talent.

 

[Livinthedream]

I don't think this loss can boil down to perimeter defense. A lot of the transition points came from turnovers, of which 14 of 20 were from Cousins and Gay. They were forcing things offensively because nobody else could make something happen. Also, when Cousins went out in foul trouble, nobody could do anything offensively. The bottom line is in this league, we can't be the 2004 Pistons. Defense is not the primary way to win games. A good offense with decent defense wins games. Tonight, the team had neither, primarily due to a lack of talent.

Isn't that what I said?

 

[Hoovtrain]

Good night, all. If I'm going to be depressed and annoyed, I'm gonna watch Sons of Anarchy.

Yeah! Hopefully Gemma gets whacked tonight and brightens my evening

 

[Showtime]

Isn't that what I said?

haha I guess my point was that perimeter scoring IS an issue if our top guys aren't making plays and we have nobody else who can.

 

[upinsmoke]

How does JT sleep at night?

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

How does JT sleep at night?

To paraphrase Bub Hewlett from Hoodlum, how the hell do you know he sleeps at all?

 

[Showtime]

How does JT sleep at night?

I can think of 6 million reasons.

 

[The_Jamal]

Man, I can't ****ing believe this. I agree with andremiller07 and The_Jamal, on the same night, in the same thread... Maybe I need to call it a night, too.

It was bound to happen sometime in 4000+ posts!

 

[206Fan]

Game was so terrible, I started watching the price is right instead.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Game was so terrible, I started watching the price is right instead.

That was not nice and easy...

 

[PurpleHaze]

I can think of 6 million reasons.

You mean JT is Kings new Kenny Thomas!?):

 

[sactownfan]

Folks, this is the new Kings.

Well at least we had a flash of what could be....

 

[Albatros]

Aaaaaaand we're back.

 

[KingsFanGER]

Credit to the Ref's for keeping DeMarcus out of the game. Mavs played solid defense, but without the foul trouble on Boogie i guess it would be a different outcome.
Really frustrating to see a great first half fall apart.