Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Peja ( B ) -- on and off shooting night for Peja from the outside -- at times the stroke looked great, at other times he was still struggling. Pretty much playing like an uber-weenie around the hoop though. Initially had Melo under control, or perhaps rather just allowed Melo to throw up all sorts of low percentage junk. That changed as the game went along though, and Melo began to win the matchup. Pretty decent game overall, but his rebounding again earns him the Golden Girly Man award for this game.
Webber ( C ) -- another back to back, and the legs were gone again. Be something to watch for the rest of the year. One part of the game that was still there was his passing -- probably should have had at least 10 assists on the night, but King after King blew chippee layups off of great Webb passes. Game was kind of reminiscient of a Vlade game from last year. His rebounding numbers are a little deceptive -- for the first three quarters at least he was frequently standing there dead-legged as Nuggets swooped in around and over him for boards. Got stronger as the game went on though, and played a strong 4th quarter to raise his grade here significantly.
Miller ( A ) -- ridiculous shooting -- hit almost everything he shot, including two three pointers. And really came on in the third quarter by drawing fouls and making a series of smart passes. Not brilliant thread-the-needle-passes, but smart, run-the-offense-and-hit-the-right-guy-at-the-right-time passes. Frontline is beginning to produce now -- we've got two guys capable of dominating on any given night, and they are taking turns.
Christie ( C+ ) -- sloppy scrappy game. Mixed in nice plays and energy with sloppy turnovers and blown layups. Overall still made some contributions, but was hardly trustworthy.
Bibby ( B- ) -- started off the game not so much scorching hot as just very aggressive offensively. Was looking for the shot, the drive, just attacking. And the result was a big 1st quarter. But even while it was going good he was still a little bit sloppy. And he got very quiet after the first, except for making a few bad TOs.
BJax ( C ) -- out of rhythm again. Took a scary fall in the 2nd quarter as he was knocked out of the air by a Kenyon Martin "accident". Came back with a few inspirational plays therafter, and competed well against the Nuggets PGs (who both shot terribly). But just no consistency.
Songaila ( B+ ) -- weird game for Darius because the Nuggets were shorthanded across from the frontline, and so were guarding Darius with OGs and SFs. Results were strange -- he really helped us out again by scrapping and scoring around the hoop. On the other hand he rebounded poorly despite his size/strength advantage. Still a good game for him -- gave us energy and hustle on a night when Webb's legs were dead.
Ostertag ( B- ) -- short first half stint. Actually looked better than he has at any point this season, and did a few things for us -- grabbed a few boards, nice assist, stood tall inside on defense. But apparently Rick did not agree (or tore out his last hair on a couple of awful Tag offensive moves) and he did not return after the break.
Barnes ( C+ ) -- didn't show his versatility in this one. But the one thing he did do -- rebound -- is exactly what we need most.
Evans ( INC ) -- just a minute of garbagetime.
Martin ( INC ) -- in garbagetime had a nice drive...but got it thrown back in his face by Tskitishvili at the rim. Also made a nice assist to Bobby for a buzzer beating three...that did not count. Been that type of season for Kevin so far.
Adelman ( B+ ) -- this wasn't the best Kings effort -- we made some dumb mistakes, seemed to slip into and out of gear, missed a lot of easy shots. Hard to tell how much to blame that on the coach though. But the rotations were solid and we hung in there and got better as the game went along. Hard to complain too much with a relatively easy win.
Webber ( C ) -- another back to back, and the legs were gone again. Be something to watch for the rest of the year. One part of the game that was still there was his passing -- probably should have had at least 10 assists on the night, but King after King blew chippee layups off of great Webb passes. Game was kind of reminiscient of a Vlade game from last year. His rebounding numbers are a little deceptive -- for the first three quarters at least he was frequently standing there dead-legged as Nuggets swooped in around and over him for boards. Got stronger as the game went on though, and played a strong 4th quarter to raise his grade here significantly.
Miller ( A ) -- ridiculous shooting -- hit almost everything he shot, including two three pointers. And really came on in the third quarter by drawing fouls and making a series of smart passes. Not brilliant thread-the-needle-passes, but smart, run-the-offense-and-hit-the-right-guy-at-the-right-time passes. Frontline is beginning to produce now -- we've got two guys capable of dominating on any given night, and they are taking turns.
Christie ( C+ ) -- sloppy scrappy game. Mixed in nice plays and energy with sloppy turnovers and blown layups. Overall still made some contributions, but was hardly trustworthy.
Bibby ( B- ) -- started off the game not so much scorching hot as just very aggressive offensively. Was looking for the shot, the drive, just attacking. And the result was a big 1st quarter. But even while it was going good he was still a little bit sloppy. And he got very quiet after the first, except for making a few bad TOs.
BJax ( C ) -- out of rhythm again. Took a scary fall in the 2nd quarter as he was knocked out of the air by a Kenyon Martin "accident". Came back with a few inspirational plays therafter, and competed well against the Nuggets PGs (who both shot terribly). But just no consistency.
Songaila ( B+ ) -- weird game for Darius because the Nuggets were shorthanded across from the frontline, and so were guarding Darius with OGs and SFs. Results were strange -- he really helped us out again by scrapping and scoring around the hoop. On the other hand he rebounded poorly despite his size/strength advantage. Still a good game for him -- gave us energy and hustle on a night when Webb's legs were dead.
Ostertag ( B- ) -- short first half stint. Actually looked better than he has at any point this season, and did a few things for us -- grabbed a few boards, nice assist, stood tall inside on defense. But apparently Rick did not agree (or tore out his last hair on a couple of awful Tag offensive moves) and he did not return after the break.
Barnes ( C+ ) -- didn't show his versatility in this one. But the one thing he did do -- rebound -- is exactly what we need most.
Evans ( INC ) -- just a minute of garbagetime.
Martin ( INC ) -- in garbagetime had a nice drive...but got it thrown back in his face by Tskitishvili at the rim. Also made a nice assist to Bobby for a buzzer beating three...that did not count. Been that type of season for Kevin so far.
Adelman ( B+ ) -- this wasn't the best Kings effort -- we made some dumb mistakes, seemed to slip into and out of gear, missed a lot of easy shots. Hard to tell how much to blame that on the coach though. But the rotations were solid and we hung in there and got better as the game went along. Hard to complain too much with a relatively easy win.
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