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Good news - Kings are 3-0 on March the 8th since 2000
On March 8th 200 things won against Charlotte (Hornets) 105 - 92 to improve to 35 - 25 for the season. Vlade had a monster game with 27/11/4/2/2, Webber was solid with 22/5/4/2/2 Anderson and Barry had 11 pts each Funderbruke had 10 pts.
The Kings used a 28-11 run spanning the third and fourth quarters to open an 89-81 lead with 7:13 left. Chris Webber scored 10 of his 22 points in that spurt with Divac adding six as the Kings swept a two-game season series from the Hornets for the first time.
I think the last few games, Vlade has been upping his game but he's coming to play and doing his job so that's how he'll get started," Webber said. "In the second half guys came together and we got some hands on the ball and made more shots."
Sacramento outscored Charlotte, 61-37, in the second half and held a 50-38 advantage in points in the paint. Jon Barry scored 11 points and Lawrence Funderburke added 10 as the Kings gained a 33-17 advantage in bench points.
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Kings 29-31 back to 2 games below .500 and 1.5 games behing LA Kobes for the 8th spot in the West. Currently, 3-1 with a game left on the road trip - Kings are aplying pressure. If the trade happened sooner - who knows. Anyways, 5 teams looking for 2 spots and it will go to the wire. We have a chance to hit .500 by Friday. I am in. Little worried about Rockets.
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So, now that SAR and Bonzi are back - do they get to start again ?
They should - based on history. We have been there before. Remember.
Talent vs chemistry - can we go wrong here? What happenes to Kevin when his minutes are limited vs How bonzi would react to the idea of being the 6th man after being our best player before the injury. What happenes to KT if he goes back to the bench vs How will SAR react to losing his starting spot just because of an injury especially after the effort that he put while having the wire in his mouth. Can all those guys put their egos aside for 22 more games to reach the common goal. What happenes when Cisco returns ? It will be interesting to watch. All those issues seam irrelevant for us fans who wants the team to win before everything else. I am not sure that all players see it the same way.
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Road trip almost over. Kings are 3-1 so far and it exceeded my expectations. More than anything - it is just nice to see that Kings can go into a road game without a white flag. We have Brad playing out of his mind, we have Ron defending great and everyi=one else contributed their parts - most by playing but some of them by sitting where they belong.
I was afraid of the road trips all season and now I might miss them. Sometimes things just work out that way.
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How wrong is to hope for other teams to lose ? How far can /should we go ? Obviously Lekers are exemption because it is our duty to hope that they lose each and every game regardless of how we are doing. Obviously we are at the point where we need all help we can get to go over the hump but it feels like selling out. Is it OK to support Spurs, Mavs, Suns, Wolves and other "hated" teams just because we need it. Is it a case of hipocricy ?
I don't mind - it just feels dirty.
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So we "cut down" the Nets. Wheather they played well or not - we could care less. We played awsom for 48 minutes. Things went so well - even Hart was on fire. No Nets could win a TDM award and it is always a good sign. Mike steped up in the first half, Brad was awsome and everyone else did well. Just a great performance overall. We sure can use more of that.
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Tonight we will do some Bucks hunting. Sounds like something that Brad would be excited about. Bucks are good at home but again if we can put 48 minutes like on Monday - I like our chances. We have won there often in the recent years. We need to have a good start, rebound well and hit Fts.
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Mike responded and we could use another one. Still looks bad defensively but when he is on - he is on
Brad - locked and loaded
Ron - pills working great
bonzi - not yet ready for starting but he will be in a week
SAR - doesn't look great coming off the bench
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KT - did not have a single TO in the last game - we are screwed
Cisco - get well soon
Kevin - I hope that coming of the bench will not discourage him
Corliss - he might have played last game - I don't remember
Hart - he was on fire on Monday. Since tomorow is not Monday - no need to play him.
Monia/Potapenko - look just like exchange students. Nobody gives a damn about them
Price/Sampson - honorary members of all NBA mateen club
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RA - keep it up
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Bucks are soild team especialy at home. Joe Smith is a former TDM award winner. This time - my favorite is Charllie Bell. We should really take advantage of the momentum and win this one.
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Go Hornets
Go Pacers
Go Wolves
On March 8th 200 things won against Charlotte (Hornets) 105 - 92 to improve to 35 - 25 for the season. Vlade had a monster game with 27/11/4/2/2, Webber was solid with 22/5/4/2/2 Anderson and Barry had 11 pts each Funderbruke had 10 pts.
The Kings used a 28-11 run spanning the third and fourth quarters to open an 89-81 lead with 7:13 left. Chris Webber scored 10 of his 22 points in that spurt with Divac adding six as the Kings swept a two-game season series from the Hornets for the first time.
I think the last few games, Vlade has been upping his game but he's coming to play and doing his job so that's how he'll get started," Webber said. "In the second half guys came together and we got some hands on the ball and made more shots."
Sacramento outscored Charlotte, 61-37, in the second half and held a 50-38 advantage in points in the paint. Jon Barry scored 11 points and Lawrence Funderburke added 10 as the Kings gained a 33-17 advantage in bench points.
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Kings 29-31 back to 2 games below .500 and 1.5 games behing LA Kobes for the 8th spot in the West. Currently, 3-1 with a game left on the road trip - Kings are aplying pressure. If the trade happened sooner - who knows. Anyways, 5 teams looking for 2 spots and it will go to the wire. We have a chance to hit .500 by Friday. I am in. Little worried about Rockets.
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So, now that SAR and Bonzi are back - do they get to start again ?
They should - based on history. We have been there before. Remember.
Talent vs chemistry - can we go wrong here? What happenes to Kevin when his minutes are limited vs How bonzi would react to the idea of being the 6th man after being our best player before the injury. What happenes to KT if he goes back to the bench vs How will SAR react to losing his starting spot just because of an injury especially after the effort that he put while having the wire in his mouth. Can all those guys put their egos aside for 22 more games to reach the common goal. What happenes when Cisco returns ? It will be interesting to watch. All those issues seam irrelevant for us fans who wants the team to win before everything else. I am not sure that all players see it the same way.
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Road trip almost over. Kings are 3-1 so far and it exceeded my expectations. More than anything - it is just nice to see that Kings can go into a road game without a white flag. We have Brad playing out of his mind, we have Ron defending great and everyi=one else contributed their parts - most by playing but some of them by sitting where they belong.
I was afraid of the road trips all season and now I might miss them. Sometimes things just work out that way.
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How wrong is to hope for other teams to lose ? How far can /should we go ? Obviously Lekers are exemption because it is our duty to hope that they lose each and every game regardless of how we are doing. Obviously we are at the point where we need all help we can get to go over the hump but it feels like selling out. Is it OK to support Spurs, Mavs, Suns, Wolves and other "hated" teams just because we need it. Is it a case of hipocricy ?
I don't mind - it just feels dirty.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
So we "cut down" the Nets. Wheather they played well or not - we could care less. We played awsom for 48 minutes. Things went so well - even Hart was on fire. No Nets could win a TDM award and it is always a good sign. Mike steped up in the first half, Brad was awsome and everyone else did well. Just a great performance overall. We sure can use more of that.
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Tonight we will do some Bucks hunting. Sounds like something that Brad would be excited about. Bucks are good at home but again if we can put 48 minutes like on Monday - I like our chances. We have won there often in the recent years. We need to have a good start, rebound well and hit Fts.
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Mike responded and we could use another one. Still looks bad defensively but when he is on - he is on
Brad - locked and loaded
Ron - pills working great
bonzi - not yet ready for starting but he will be in a week
SAR - doesn't look great coming off the bench
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KT - did not have a single TO in the last game - we are screwed
Cisco - get well soon
Kevin - I hope that coming of the bench will not discourage him
Corliss - he might have played last game - I don't remember
Hart - he was on fire on Monday. Since tomorow is not Monday - no need to play him.
Monia/Potapenko - look just like exchange students. Nobody gives a damn about them
Price/Sampson - honorary members of all NBA mateen club
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RA - keep it up
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Bucks are soild team especialy at home. Joe Smith is a former TDM award winner. This time - my favorite is Charllie Bell. We should really take advantage of the momentum and win this one.
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Go Hornets
Go Pacers
Go Wolves
