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We looked dead tired all night, even during the first half where we hung around. And then when the Grizz pushed in the third, we just collapsed. And something needs ot be done about our rebounding. Maybe a healthy and in shape Reke can help a bit, but the issues run deep.
Ok, and so now without further ado let me introduce a new concept in Kingsfans grading: The Kingsfans Grading Consortium. Let's call it an experiment in the democratization and timliness of the grades in these threads. Its a small cabal to start, tonight I expect only two posters to join me -- Bajaden, and Capt. Factorial. Others have been contacted and may appear in the future. We'll be divying up the grades, putting more eyes on the game, and getting the grades out faster. Or at least that's the plan. We'll see how it goes.
Tonight the Grading Consortium is:
Bricklayer
Bajaden
Capt. Factorial
And oh yes, we got blown out, so we'll decorate the grades as per usual when we lose by lots.
Boxscore
Stats: 30min 17pts (7-12, 3-4, 0-0) 0reb 2ast 1stl 0blk 1TO
Salmons ( B ) -- If I were using a sliding scale, based on the rest of the team, he should get an A. But on a night when the rest of the team looked like they were playing in mud, a B is the best I can give. Salmons was the best player on the floor for the Kings tonight. No offense to Salmons, but that says more about the rest of the team than it does him. He scored the first basket of the game for the Kings. Had his second shot blocked by Gay, but it was all John in his matchup with Gay the rest of the way. He got a gift of a wide open three on a broken play, and ended up with 13 pts on 5 of 9 shooting in the first half.
He started the second half with a 2 pointer coming off a screen, picking up right where he left off in the 1st half. He came back later with another 2 pointer off a screen at the top of the key. The rest of the time he made life miserable for Rudy Gay, who struggled all night against Salmons. On both ends of the court. All in all, it was a good game for Salmons, who appeared to be one of the few Kings with energy. Salmons didn't see much of the 4th quarter. By the time he would nornally come back in, the game was already over. -- Baja
Bar Paly
Stats: 24min 12pts (5-8, 0-0, 2-2) 4reb 2ast 1stl 0blk 0TO
Thompson ( B- ) -- junk baskets again for exellent efficency in the early going. Follows, running the break. Threw in a post move and a pass to cutting Salmons as well. Kept not getting rebounds cleanly and trying to just knock them out of there, and then eventually losing the rebound battles altogether. Maybe more time in the weight room is called for. Knocked down another open shot in the early third, but we were getting pummeled inside on the glass in particularand he was eventually pulled, never to return. Spent most of the night gaurding Gasol, and did a solid job against him. Gasol got a lot of his numbers against TRob and Chuck. Bottomline here is JT is playing very efficiently on offense, jsut exactly what you would ask for. But he used to outwork people on the glass, and now he's getting outworked. And with so many poor rbeounders maongst our smaller guys, he simply has to be strong ont he boards for us to compete in there. --Brick
Raquel Roxanne Diaz (aka Rocsi)
Stats: 27min 10pts (3-9, 0-0, 4-5) 8reb 1ast 1stl 0blk 4TO
Cousins ( D ) -- you know, tired is often an excuse. But it can also be the truth., And from the very beginnign of this one Boogie just looked tired. Adn as we all well know, Boogie is a perfect conduit -- whatever he is feeling from moment to moment will be right there in front of you to see. Was actually playing some good physical defense on Randolph in the early going, but on offense it looked like he was having to force himself into aggressiveness. Settled for several long jumpers and they were short off the front of the rim. Kept on hitting the floor like he did not have his legs and this was a sloppy old style looking DeMarcus game. Settled in and begant o get mor phsyical, win some of those rebounding battles, but it seemed to come in little spurts rather than long stretches. Showed some intelligence after his jumpers looked tired wnd short, and drove instead and kicked to Cisco...who of course brickd it. Began to ge frustrated after half, with the refs, with himself, but durvived it, and seemd to almost visibly suck it up for one more burst of action, getting ont eh glass and tryign to slam inside to getto the line as the game spiraled wildly out of control. Best way to describe this would just be "did not have it tonight". And neither did we. -- Brick
Ana Ivanovic
Stats: 17min 0pts (0-3, 0-3, 0-0) 1reb 2ast 1stl 0blk 0TO
Garcia ( D ) -- in the early going made a very nice unselfish pass on the break to give Cousins a layup, but was quickly beat back down the other way by Allen. And just continuies to not hit anything. Was flying around on defense in the early 3rd. But when you cannot any shots at all the very best you can do is play somebody to a tie, and that's if you stop them every single time. He did not. -- Brick
Ginny Weirick
Stats: 29min 9pts (2-12, 0-7, 5-6) 2reb 4ast 0stl 0blk 1TO
Thomas ( D- ) -- Recorded three assists in the first five minutes and then didn't get another until a garbage-time home-court dime to Travis Outlaw (who took two dribbles and 5-6 steps before shooting) with 30 seconds in the game. Did not participate much on offense in the first quarter. Got dribble picked by Conley early in the third, then went into hero mode, first taking a bad three, then put his head down to take two dribble drives in a row as soon as Brooks showed up at the scorer's table. Stayed in hero-mode when he came back in, forcing up three shots in two possessions and innumerable bad threes once the game was out of reach.
Defensively made two nice stops against Tony Allen drives, but crashed the offensive boards too aggressively in two consecutive possessions resulting in two Memphis fast breaks. Didn't hustle back on a fast break in the third, leaving Conley open for a preventable three. Wasn't a complete liability on D because the Memphis offense focused elsewhere.
Overall, didn't run offense terribly effectively after the midway point of the first, and spent most of the second half in ugly hero-ball mode. --Capt.
Lauren hill
We looked dead tired all night, even during the first half where we hung around. And then when the Grizz pushed in the third, we just collapsed. And something needs ot be done about our rebounding. Maybe a healthy and in shape Reke can help a bit, but the issues run deep.
Ok, and so now without further ado let me introduce a new concept in Kingsfans grading: The Kingsfans Grading Consortium. Let's call it an experiment in the democratization and timliness of the grades in these threads. Its a small cabal to start, tonight I expect only two posters to join me -- Bajaden, and Capt. Factorial. Others have been contacted and may appear in the future. We'll be divying up the grades, putting more eyes on the game, and getting the grades out faster. Or at least that's the plan. We'll see how it goes.
Tonight the Grading Consortium is:
Bricklayer
Bajaden
Capt. Factorial
And oh yes, we got blown out, so we'll decorate the grades as per usual when we lose by lots.
Boxscore
Stats: 30min 17pts (7-12, 3-4, 0-0) 0reb 2ast 1stl 0blk 1TO
Salmons ( B ) -- If I were using a sliding scale, based on the rest of the team, he should get an A. But on a night when the rest of the team looked like they were playing in mud, a B is the best I can give. Salmons was the best player on the floor for the Kings tonight. No offense to Salmons, but that says more about the rest of the team than it does him. He scored the first basket of the game for the Kings. Had his second shot blocked by Gay, but it was all John in his matchup with Gay the rest of the way. He got a gift of a wide open three on a broken play, and ended up with 13 pts on 5 of 9 shooting in the first half.
He started the second half with a 2 pointer coming off a screen, picking up right where he left off in the 1st half. He came back later with another 2 pointer off a screen at the top of the key. The rest of the time he made life miserable for Rudy Gay, who struggled all night against Salmons. On both ends of the court. All in all, it was a good game for Salmons, who appeared to be one of the few Kings with energy. Salmons didn't see much of the 4th quarter. By the time he would nornally come back in, the game was already over. -- Baja
Bar Paly
Stats: 24min 12pts (5-8, 0-0, 2-2) 4reb 2ast 1stl 0blk 0TO
Thompson ( B- ) -- junk baskets again for exellent efficency in the early going. Follows, running the break. Threw in a post move and a pass to cutting Salmons as well. Kept not getting rebounds cleanly and trying to just knock them out of there, and then eventually losing the rebound battles altogether. Maybe more time in the weight room is called for. Knocked down another open shot in the early third, but we were getting pummeled inside on the glass in particularand he was eventually pulled, never to return. Spent most of the night gaurding Gasol, and did a solid job against him. Gasol got a lot of his numbers against TRob and Chuck. Bottomline here is JT is playing very efficiently on offense, jsut exactly what you would ask for. But he used to outwork people on the glass, and now he's getting outworked. And with so many poor rbeounders maongst our smaller guys, he simply has to be strong ont he boards for us to compete in there. --Brick
Raquel Roxanne Diaz (aka Rocsi)
Stats: 27min 10pts (3-9, 0-0, 4-5) 8reb 1ast 1stl 0blk 4TO
Cousins ( D ) -- you know, tired is often an excuse. But it can also be the truth., And from the very beginnign of this one Boogie just looked tired. Adn as we all well know, Boogie is a perfect conduit -- whatever he is feeling from moment to moment will be right there in front of you to see. Was actually playing some good physical defense on Randolph in the early going, but on offense it looked like he was having to force himself into aggressiveness. Settled for several long jumpers and they were short off the front of the rim. Kept on hitting the floor like he did not have his legs and this was a sloppy old style looking DeMarcus game. Settled in and begant o get mor phsyical, win some of those rebounding battles, but it seemed to come in little spurts rather than long stretches. Showed some intelligence after his jumpers looked tired wnd short, and drove instead and kicked to Cisco...who of course brickd it. Began to ge frustrated after half, with the refs, with himself, but durvived it, and seemd to almost visibly suck it up for one more burst of action, getting ont eh glass and tryign to slam inside to getto the line as the game spiraled wildly out of control. Best way to describe this would just be "did not have it tonight". And neither did we. -- Brick
Ana Ivanovic
Stats: 17min 0pts (0-3, 0-3, 0-0) 1reb 2ast 1stl 0blk 0TO
Garcia ( D ) -- in the early going made a very nice unselfish pass on the break to give Cousins a layup, but was quickly beat back down the other way by Allen. And just continuies to not hit anything. Was flying around on defense in the early 3rd. But when you cannot any shots at all the very best you can do is play somebody to a tie, and that's if you stop them every single time. He did not. -- Brick
Ginny Weirick
Stats: 29min 9pts (2-12, 0-7, 5-6) 2reb 4ast 0stl 0blk 1TO
Thomas ( D- ) -- Recorded three assists in the first five minutes and then didn't get another until a garbage-time home-court dime to Travis Outlaw (who took two dribbles and 5-6 steps before shooting) with 30 seconds in the game. Did not participate much on offense in the first quarter. Got dribble picked by Conley early in the third, then went into hero mode, first taking a bad three, then put his head down to take two dribble drives in a row as soon as Brooks showed up at the scorer's table. Stayed in hero-mode when he came back in, forcing up three shots in two possessions and innumerable bad threes once the game was out of reach.
Defensively made two nice stops against Tony Allen drives, but crashed the offensive boards too aggressively in two consecutive possessions resulting in two Memphis fast breaks. Didn't hustle back on a fast break in the third, leaving Conley open for a preventable three. Wasn't a complete liability on D because the Memphis offense focused elsewhere.
Overall, didn't run offense terribly effectively after the midway point of the first, and spent most of the second half in ugly hero-ball mode. --Capt.
Lauren hill
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