Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
First of all, great job guys -- all of you who were there. No matter what happens, this is the image you want emblazoned in everybody's minds.
Secondly, great job Marcus -- we needed to win this.
Not sure I am feeling the people excited about those uniforms btw. They look like high school uniforms. From 1950. But maybe that's the appeal.
Offical Boxscore
Casspi ( B ) -- hit the game's opening three to start off in perfect fashion, but then disaappeared foir a long long time and was not even the Kings best SF of the first half. Finally woke up a bit in the third, starting to get on the glass, and then hitting a little baseline jumper. Ignored on an open three by Beno, but then came back next time down and hit one in rhythm. Dumb pass ahead over Beno's head to blow a fastbreak for us in the early 4th, but was competing hard and of course the perfect personality to feed off the crowd, and I'm not sure he ever sat down after half. Down the stretch got out on the break for multiple big dunks to get the crowd on its feet, and was showing quick hands on defense where for once he not only did not make a star out of a scrub, he actually blanked said scrub (Ryan Gomes with a real stinker, 0pts 2reb 1ast in 27min).
Thompson ( C+ ) -- had good energy from the start and showed no ill signs from the ankle injury the other night. Solid start on offense, but the foul trouble on defense against Grffin was inevitable, especially the way the refs were calling this one. Came out with some more solid, efficient offensive play in the third, but had to just get out of Griffin's way. Of perhaps greater concern was how badly he was getting pushed around and whipped on the glass -- I say greater concern because I have been meaning to mention this trend for a few games now -- JT's rebounding has fallen way off in the last few months, just about coinciding with his insertion in the starting lineup. In Feb. he was down to 5.0rebs in 23.5min/gm, which is just mediocre. He's had one double figure boarding night in the last month. Three total since the New Year. Just because you are replacing Landry JT it doesn't mean you have to board like him. Getting whiped on the gklass a lot anymore. After he picked up his 5th foul Westphal wet to our Twin Towers set, and despite Demarcus's rampant incompetence on the ngiht stuck wiht it the rest of the way, and I think it may have made it harder on Griffin. So, ok game for JT. But at this point it should be getting pretty obvious what JT is and is not, and what he is is the guy who you throw out there and ask to slow down the guys like Griffin, and tonight, not so much.
Dalembert ( B- ) -- picked up two quick fouls . After returning, not able to play full out defense against drivers, but still did a nice job smothering his own men. Took some tough shots that you probably wouldn't want him to take as really there was a lot of that tonight -- might have been the crowd, but eveyrbody seemed to be pressing. But in the first half the shots were falling, so what are you going to do. Never scored after half, but with Cousins in collapse, JT in foul trouble, and against a team with every bit as much frontcourt size as our own, he was another one of our guys who played a ton of minutes after the break. Not a special game, but a steady one stabilizing what could have been a mess.
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