Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
And suddenly we look like a defensive juggernaut.
There were several things that could have "killed" us last night. Really, last night's total lack of a cohesive offense would have usually resulted in a total blowout. But one thing saved us: Defense.
For 48 minutes, we played hard, knock 'em down, slap your mom defense. In the end, however, our desire to pass the ball to the other team and not make free throws won out.
For what its worth, Luther Head played a nice, effective game last night. Hit those open three pointers (which is what we signed him to do) and a generally good game against Paul, who is most certainly back in pre-injury form. Paul had 14 assists but also missed the crunch time shot that happened to ricochet to Hornet player to seal the game.
After a good ten or so games mired in the drama of Coach Westphal's need to try random lineups like a high schooler tries on prom dresses, some scrub named Donte Greene continued his mini-renaissance in style. Whether or not he lost his athleticism, its back in full stride now, allowing him to make a couple of "Wow" plays every game that most people who are not 6'11" with the general speed of a faster small forward can make. All of that defensive effort and willingness to be a glue guy has returned along with the welcome addition of rebounding skills. Keep playing like this, young man, and you may just have a place in this league.
Missing: Tyreke Evans. Reward: The guy dressed up as him for the past two games. The sooner Reke is healthy and attacking, the better.
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Reke- Where'd you go? I miss you so.
Carl- Nice Spencer impression
Dalembert- Goalie. Please stop trying to play offense please
Head- Looking much better now
Donte- 15 pts, 11 boards, 3 blocks. Josh Smith?
Beno- Nice job not killing us on defense. Take that ft next time though.
Cisco- Where did your stroke go?
DeMarcus- Sloooow down
JT- Nice and controlled. Mop up, janitior.
Casspi- Did you sleep with Coach's daughter too?
rest- Antoine Wright
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AWARDS
TDM: Who is this Jason Smith and why is he playing like good Brad Miller?
SAR: (This spot was reserved for Peja but he got traded last night) Willie Green was impressively not impressive.
JH-AN Award: Tyreke Evans. A little bit of offense in the fourth quarter would have been nice.
Mikki Moore: Emeka Okafor grabbed 14 rebounds but was pretty much outplayed by Sammy D. I'm pretty glad we waited on Okafor and pulled the trigger on Dalembert (mostly because of contracts)
Kenny Thomas Award for Undersized Big Men Getting Limited Work Done: Carl "I swore I could hit that 3" Landry
RA And-1: Demarcus. Please slow down big fella. A little is enough. DOn't over do it.
WTF Moment of the Game: Tyreke's disappearing act in the 2nd half.
WTF #2: Landry struggling + JT playing good in1st half= Carl playing entire 2nd half?
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Tomorrow is a new game. Utah is another good team with another good PG-Big man combo (really two since Jefe and Millsap are both around). Keep up the defensive intensity from last night and I guarantee good things will happen.
Tyreke vs Houdini Act: Try to play like last year
Jefferson and Cousins versus Milicic: Both of these guys were worse than Darko?
Donte vs old Habits: I like the new you. Stick to it.
Omri vs bench: I don't know what to say.
GO KINGS
There were several things that could have "killed" us last night. Really, last night's total lack of a cohesive offense would have usually resulted in a total blowout. But one thing saved us: Defense.
For 48 minutes, we played hard, knock 'em down, slap your mom defense. In the end, however, our desire to pass the ball to the other team and not make free throws won out.
For what its worth, Luther Head played a nice, effective game last night. Hit those open three pointers (which is what we signed him to do) and a generally good game against Paul, who is most certainly back in pre-injury form. Paul had 14 assists but also missed the crunch time shot that happened to ricochet to Hornet player to seal the game.
After a good ten or so games mired in the drama of Coach Westphal's need to try random lineups like a high schooler tries on prom dresses, some scrub named Donte Greene continued his mini-renaissance in style. Whether or not he lost his athleticism, its back in full stride now, allowing him to make a couple of "Wow" plays every game that most people who are not 6'11" with the general speed of a faster small forward can make. All of that defensive effort and willingness to be a glue guy has returned along with the welcome addition of rebounding skills. Keep playing like this, young man, and you may just have a place in this league.
Missing: Tyreke Evans. Reward: The guy dressed up as him for the past two games. The sooner Reke is healthy and attacking, the better.
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Reke- Where'd you go? I miss you so.
Carl- Nice Spencer impression
Dalembert- Goalie. Please stop trying to play offense please
Head- Looking much better now
Donte- 15 pts, 11 boards, 3 blocks. Josh Smith?
Beno- Nice job not killing us on defense. Take that ft next time though.
Cisco- Where did your stroke go?
DeMarcus- Sloooow down
JT- Nice and controlled. Mop up, janitior.
Casspi- Did you sleep with Coach's daughter too?
rest- Antoine Wright
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AWARDS
TDM: Who is this Jason Smith and why is he playing like good Brad Miller?
SAR: (This spot was reserved for Peja but he got traded last night) Willie Green was impressively not impressive.
JH-AN Award: Tyreke Evans. A little bit of offense in the fourth quarter would have been nice.
Mikki Moore: Emeka Okafor grabbed 14 rebounds but was pretty much outplayed by Sammy D. I'm pretty glad we waited on Okafor and pulled the trigger on Dalembert (mostly because of contracts)
Kenny Thomas Award for Undersized Big Men Getting Limited Work Done: Carl "I swore I could hit that 3" Landry
RA And-1: Demarcus. Please slow down big fella. A little is enough. DOn't over do it.
WTF Moment of the Game: Tyreke's disappearing act in the 2nd half.
WTF #2: Landry struggling + JT playing good in1st half= Carl playing entire 2nd half?
----
Tomorrow is a new game. Utah is another good team with another good PG-Big man combo (really two since Jefe and Millsap are both around). Keep up the defensive intensity from last night and I guarantee good things will happen.
Tyreke vs Houdini Act: Try to play like last year
Jefferson and Cousins versus Milicic: Both of these guys were worse than Darko?
Donte vs old Habits: I like the new you. Stick to it.
Omri vs bench: I don't know what to say.
GO KINGS
