piksi
Hall of Famer
Today is Friday the 13th so it might be a good idea to sit out Mike and Brad tonight.
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On January 13 th 2002 Kings beat Suns to improve to a 27 - 9 record at that time increasing the winning streak to 8 games. Webber lead the team with 28/13/7, pedja had 25/8/5, Bobby had 18/3/3, DC had 15/4/3. Hedo had 10/4/3 of the bench. Rodney Rogers scored 24 of the bench for the Suns. After the game he said:"They have a good combination together," Rogers said, referringto Webber and Stojakovic. "When both of them have it goinggood, it's really tough to stop them. The plays that they run, they execute them well, and it's tough to stop both of them."
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Kings "won" on the road to improve to 14-20. Still last in the Pacific and close to the bottom of the Western conference. Losing streak is stopped at 2 but still 6 games under .500 and with injuries as well as inconsistant play - not much to smile in the Kingdom. Kings are also 1-1 on a 3 game road trip. The way thing are looking now - we are "waiting on Godot." It has gotten so bad that even watching a game which we won - becomes a "torture."
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Let's say that there is a team out there who's leading scorer averages 19.7 pts, leading rebounder 7.8 rb, assists leader 5.6 as, block leader 0.5 bl and steals leader 0.9 st respectively, and You have to make a wild guess. How is this team doing ?
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88 - 80 win can mean many things if You did not watch the game. For example -
Version A
Kings outlasted Rockets in a battle of two great defensive teams. Kings turned on defensive intensity holding the Rockets below 40% from the field and forcing 14 turnovers. The close game was decided by impecable execution by the Kings down the strech. Kings all star player Corliss Williamson was a dominant force scoring 19 points.
Version B
In a "basketball' game below the worst NBA standards between 2 teams that suck so bad - that is unbearable - the team that sucked little less escaped with a "win." Rockets lost the game but beside Rockets it was a loss for the NBA, the fans in the arena and in front of TVs, referees, comentators, coaches, ball boys, towel boys and everyone else associated with this "game" in any way.
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Seriously, the wins come so hard that we would take anything we can get - no matter how ugly it looks like. We ended up being better road team than Rockets a home team which means absolutely nothing. Kings managed for the first time in who knows how long - not to hand out the TDM award. Houston sucks so bad that none of their players was capable to torch Kings defense. The game had total of 96 rebounds. We had a nice lift from Corliss and Cisco.
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Hornetts are actually a solid home team with 10 - 7. We were there for the opening night and did not do well. They have a lot of young guys that will be solid players in the future. It will be fun watching C. Paul again while hoping that he has a bad game. Thing to watch: What lineup will King have considering that Pedja might not play ? How will we deal with Paul/Claxton combo. Is P.J. Brown going to have another all star performance ? How much Hart do we have to see ? Is Mason going to have some highlights ? Will R. Butler get a TDM award ?
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Mike - has been owned by the rookie in the first 2 meetings. Hopefully, something changes. Also he needs to find his shot tomorow
Brad - sucking bad as of late. Maybe NOH did not figure out how to deal with him
Bonzi, SAR, Pedja - get well soon but get well.
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Kevin - taking to many threes as of late. His strengths are clearly somwhere else.
KT - been solid but again a team which needs KT to play hreat will never be any good.
Corliss - we need more of the last game and less of all the previous ones
Hart - why us ?
Cisco - hit some shots - let's he if he can do it again
Skinner - would be nice if he could play and RA would let him
Price - I still would like to see more of him
Sampson - whatever
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RA - will see how he will deal with a 20-0 run tonight
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NOH - Paul might have a tripple double. Claxton will be unguardable and so will P.J. Brown. TDM favorites -Snyder, butler and J.R. Smith.
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On January 13 th 2002 Kings beat Suns to improve to a 27 - 9 record at that time increasing the winning streak to 8 games. Webber lead the team with 28/13/7, pedja had 25/8/5, Bobby had 18/3/3, DC had 15/4/3. Hedo had 10/4/3 of the bench. Rodney Rogers scored 24 of the bench for the Suns. After the game he said:"They have a good combination together," Rogers said, referringto Webber and Stojakovic. "When both of them have it goinggood, it's really tough to stop them. The plays that they run, they execute them well, and it's tough to stop both of them."
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Kings "won" on the road to improve to 14-20. Still last in the Pacific and close to the bottom of the Western conference. Losing streak is stopped at 2 but still 6 games under .500 and with injuries as well as inconsistant play - not much to smile in the Kingdom. Kings are also 1-1 on a 3 game road trip. The way thing are looking now - we are "waiting on Godot." It has gotten so bad that even watching a game which we won - becomes a "torture."
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Let's say that there is a team out there who's leading scorer averages 19.7 pts, leading rebounder 7.8 rb, assists leader 5.6 as, block leader 0.5 bl and steals leader 0.9 st respectively, and You have to make a wild guess. How is this team doing ?
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88 - 80 win can mean many things if You did not watch the game. For example -
Version A
Kings outlasted Rockets in a battle of two great defensive teams. Kings turned on defensive intensity holding the Rockets below 40% from the field and forcing 14 turnovers. The close game was decided by impecable execution by the Kings down the strech. Kings all star player Corliss Williamson was a dominant force scoring 19 points.
Version B
In a "basketball' game below the worst NBA standards between 2 teams that suck so bad - that is unbearable - the team that sucked little less escaped with a "win." Rockets lost the game but beside Rockets it was a loss for the NBA, the fans in the arena and in front of TVs, referees, comentators, coaches, ball boys, towel boys and everyone else associated with this "game" in any way.
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Seriously, the wins come so hard that we would take anything we can get - no matter how ugly it looks like. We ended up being better road team than Rockets a home team which means absolutely nothing. Kings managed for the first time in who knows how long - not to hand out the TDM award. Houston sucks so bad that none of their players was capable to torch Kings defense. The game had total of 96 rebounds. We had a nice lift from Corliss and Cisco.
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Hornetts are actually a solid home team with 10 - 7. We were there for the opening night and did not do well. They have a lot of young guys that will be solid players in the future. It will be fun watching C. Paul again while hoping that he has a bad game. Thing to watch: What lineup will King have considering that Pedja might not play ? How will we deal with Paul/Claxton combo. Is P.J. Brown going to have another all star performance ? How much Hart do we have to see ? Is Mason going to have some highlights ? Will R. Butler get a TDM award ?
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Mike - has been owned by the rookie in the first 2 meetings. Hopefully, something changes. Also he needs to find his shot tomorow
Brad - sucking bad as of late. Maybe NOH did not figure out how to deal with him
Bonzi, SAR, Pedja - get well soon but get well.
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Kevin - taking to many threes as of late. His strengths are clearly somwhere else.
KT - been solid but again a team which needs KT to play hreat will never be any good.
Corliss - we need more of the last game and less of all the previous ones
Hart - why us ?
Cisco - hit some shots - let's he if he can do it again
Skinner - would be nice if he could play and RA would let him
Price - I still would like to see more of him
Sampson - whatever
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RA - will see how he will deal with a 20-0 run tonight
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NOH - Paul might have a tripple double. Claxton will be unguardable and so will P.J. Brown. TDM favorites -Snyder, butler and J.R. Smith.
I was very much looking forward to seeing them play. It stinks.
