[Game] Kings @ Heat 12/20/13 - 4:30 pm PST
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and this is how bad our Defense is:
- Tim Reynolds @ByTimReynolds 11m
The last 59 NBA teams to shoot at least .667 in the first half all held the lead. Until tonight, when the Kings were down six at the break.
To be fair, Cousins' defense has been poor tonight, but he has no business being asked to guard a power forward in the first place. Thompson's defense hasn't been great, but it's been as good as you could expect, given that he's being asked to check a perimeter-oriented small forward.
The Heat are a nightmare matchup, defensively, for Sacramento. The two players were we can match them for size/athleticism, they happen to have the best player in the world, and a Top 3 player at his position.
The Heat are a nightmare matchup, defensively, for Sacramento. The two players were we can match them for size/athleticism, they happen to have the best player in the world, and a Top 3 player at his position.
EDIT - Before the Thomas fans start foaming at the mouth, let me elaborate: it was all well, and to the good, when Thomas wasn't making the interior passes to Cousins, because other players on the floor were. What has since happened was that two of the guys who got the ball to Cousins got traded, one of them got benched, and the other only gets to play in limited minutes.
So, all of a sudden, all of the guys who were feeding Cousins the ball are no longer available to feed him the ball, which makes Thomas (who is, ostensibly, the point guard) not getting him the ball that much more noticeable.
We've all seen Thomas try and do to much on offense to the detriment of the team, but I don't think tonight is a really good example.
If we lose tonight it is because our defense has been putrid.