On March 6th 2005 (last season) Kings beat the champs from Detroit 100 - 85to improve to 37 - 24 for the season. Great team effort by the Kings who had 6 players in double figures. KT had 19/10/2/2bl, Mike had 19/5/11 to lead the Kings. Pedja and Darius had 14 each. Skinner had 12/12/3bl and Mo had 12 pts also to go with 9 rebounds. Kings hav won every quarter in this game.
Thomas was one of six players in double figures for the Kings, who never trailed despite playing without injured starters Brad Miller and Cuttino Mobley. Sacramento shot nearly 50 percent from the field and outscored Detroit in every quarter.
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Kings 28-31 experienced a hopefully minor steback losing today. Still 9th in the West, Kings "dropped" to 2-1 on this trip and after a pathetic Pistons performance from the last night the deficit is back up to 2.5 games behing Lakers. We are still in good shape and we don't have to make up everything in one night or one week. The most consistant team will make it. The teams that bounce back after tough losses. The teams who win on the road. Also the team that can stay healthy. Hopefully, it will be us.
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Yesterday, I praised some individuals and of course I kinda jinxed it so from now on I will let praising up to You and I will go back to what I usually do - criticizing everything and everybody.
Mike Bibby has not been playing as well as we need him to play for us to be as successful as we need. Whatever the reason might be - I don't really care. He needs to step up. Defensively, it is very hard to find words to expres how much he sucks. His teammates are probably tired of trying to cover up for him night in and night out. On this road trip - only thing that can give him a passing grade is his passing (+8 assists per game). Everything else has not been good enough. Shot selection - sad. Almost 4TOs per game alarming. FG% below 36% pathetic. Also in this 3 games he had 3 steels and 7 rebounds. Yes, he is tired and yes, we don't have a backup PG that is any good. Despite all of it - for us to have a chance to get to PO - Mike will have to play better on both ends of the floor.
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NBA sucks !. I hate early games especially when they aren't even broadcasted
. ABC just pulled the game out. We are apparently not worthy of watching anymore. Knicks, Rockets, Sonics, Bulls, Cavs are OK. Successful, entertaining just fun to watch - especially the theatre atmosphere in those arenas. They are probably hunting down people around the arenas and forcing them to watch at a gun point.
Why would You schedule a game so early in a day. What are You selling ? Most of the players can't play their best because their biorythms are saying "what a hell ?" Not even pickup games start at 1 pm or so. Especially, when a West coast team goes East. Might as well write a "L" and save the energy. They call it "schedule losses."
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Due to lack of alternatives - I ended up watching Suns and Mavs. Great game between 2 elite teams. I didn't really care who would win as long as the Mavs lose. The whole game I was trying to rationalize what the hell happend to us. Age, injuries and some bad moves caught up with us. Mavs on the other hand are still there close to the top. Just frustrating to accept that we aren't really in the same league anymore
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Somebody please explain to me why we traded Skinner because I just don't get it. It is like 2 painting collectors swaping paintings just they can stare in something else. Do we intend to play any of those guys ever ? Skinner at least was used sporadically and he did OK. Now we have Corliss playing his favorite role as a backup canter. First of all - we should let Corliss focus on his writing and second - hobbit ball isn't working well. We really don't need another player who can't rebound and defend./ We have enough of that to export. I just hope that there is a plan behind all of this. More and more it looks like "the hamster left the wheel" and went to Vegas.
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Kings overslept the whole first half in DC and it cost us the game. There was no effort, energy or plan in the first half. We are not good enough to turn it on for a quarter and win the game. Those time are gone. We have to play every second of the 48 minutes to be able to win on the road. It was a winable game. During the game I was wondering what would it take for Brad to get a rebound, for SAR to do anything useful and for the Kings team tofinally decide to attempt guarding Jamison. When You shot 51.2 % on the road - You should win that game. We missed 13 FTs and got outrebounded by 6. Taylor won the TDM award sponsored by Kings defense.
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Nets are next in a back to back which isn't real back to back because Kings should have enough time to recover. Nets have a good team but almost no bench. The matchups don't favor us but we still have a shot if we play for 48 minutes. Before the trip - I thought that it would be the toughest game of the trip. Maybe, Kings will respond.
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Mike - Kidd is waiting and mike needs to step up. Less turnovers, better shots and some effort on D
Ron - what else does this man have to do for us.
Wells - getting better
SAR - come on man. Do You relly want to go to POs ?
Brad- it is OK to rebound in the first half.
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Kevin - Jefferson or Carter - one of them has a field day tomorow.
KT - stop turning the damn ball over
Cisco - get well soon
Hart - oh boy
Corliss - hobbit ball - vintage
Sampson/Price - Mateen
Potapenko/Monia - Brent Price
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RA - looked like he overslept today's game too. Wake up man !
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Nets are scary. When a Kings fan hears names like Clif Robinson and Scott Padgett - it ruins the day. They are a part of the bench that sucks and need a breakout game. Coincidentally, we are in town. Oh boy, oh boy. Padget will win TDM award tonight.
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Go Magic !!
Go Spurs !!! - just don't such the way Pistons did
Thomas was one of six players in double figures for the Kings, who never trailed despite playing without injured starters Brad Miller and Cuttino Mobley. Sacramento shot nearly 50 percent from the field and outscored Detroit in every quarter.
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Kings 28-31 experienced a hopefully minor steback losing today. Still 9th in the West, Kings "dropped" to 2-1 on this trip and after a pathetic Pistons performance from the last night the deficit is back up to 2.5 games behing Lakers. We are still in good shape and we don't have to make up everything in one night or one week. The most consistant team will make it. The teams that bounce back after tough losses. The teams who win on the road. Also the team that can stay healthy. Hopefully, it will be us.
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Yesterday, I praised some individuals and of course I kinda jinxed it so from now on I will let praising up to You and I will go back to what I usually do - criticizing everything and everybody.
Mike Bibby has not been playing as well as we need him to play for us to be as successful as we need. Whatever the reason might be - I don't really care. He needs to step up. Defensively, it is very hard to find words to expres how much he sucks. His teammates are probably tired of trying to cover up for him night in and night out. On this road trip - only thing that can give him a passing grade is his passing (+8 assists per game). Everything else has not been good enough. Shot selection - sad. Almost 4TOs per game alarming. FG% below 36% pathetic. Also in this 3 games he had 3 steels and 7 rebounds. Yes, he is tired and yes, we don't have a backup PG that is any good. Despite all of it - for us to have a chance to get to PO - Mike will have to play better on both ends of the floor.
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NBA sucks !. I hate early games especially when they aren't even broadcasted
. ABC just pulled the game out. We are apparently not worthy of watching anymore. Knicks, Rockets, Sonics, Bulls, Cavs are OK. Successful, entertaining just fun to watch - especially the theatre atmosphere in those arenas. They are probably hunting down people around the arenas and forcing them to watch at a gun point. Why would You schedule a game so early in a day. What are You selling ? Most of the players can't play their best because their biorythms are saying "what a hell ?" Not even pickup games start at 1 pm or so. Especially, when a West coast team goes East. Might as well write a "L" and save the energy. They call it "schedule losses."
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Due to lack of alternatives - I ended up watching Suns and Mavs. Great game between 2 elite teams. I didn't really care who would win as long as the Mavs lose. The whole game I was trying to rationalize what the hell happend to us. Age, injuries and some bad moves caught up with us. Mavs on the other hand are still there close to the top. Just frustrating to accept that we aren't really in the same league anymore
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Somebody please explain to me why we traded Skinner because I just don't get it. It is like 2 painting collectors swaping paintings just they can stare in something else. Do we intend to play any of those guys ever ? Skinner at least was used sporadically and he did OK. Now we have Corliss playing his favorite role as a backup canter. First of all - we should let Corliss focus on his writing and second - hobbit ball isn't working well. We really don't need another player who can't rebound and defend./ We have enough of that to export. I just hope that there is a plan behind all of this. More and more it looks like "the hamster left the wheel" and went to Vegas.
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Kings overslept the whole first half in DC and it cost us the game. There was no effort, energy or plan in the first half. We are not good enough to turn it on for a quarter and win the game. Those time are gone. We have to play every second of the 48 minutes to be able to win on the road. It was a winable game. During the game I was wondering what would it take for Brad to get a rebound, for SAR to do anything useful and for the Kings team tofinally decide to attempt guarding Jamison. When You shot 51.2 % on the road - You should win that game. We missed 13 FTs and got outrebounded by 6. Taylor won the TDM award sponsored by Kings defense.
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Nets are next in a back to back which isn't real back to back because Kings should have enough time to recover. Nets have a good team but almost no bench. The matchups don't favor us but we still have a shot if we play for 48 minutes. Before the trip - I thought that it would be the toughest game of the trip. Maybe, Kings will respond.
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Mike - Kidd is waiting and mike needs to step up. Less turnovers, better shots and some effort on D
Ron - what else does this man have to do for us.
Wells - getting better
SAR - come on man. Do You relly want to go to POs ?
Brad- it is OK to rebound in the first half.
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Kevin - Jefferson or Carter - one of them has a field day tomorow.
KT - stop turning the damn ball over
Cisco - get well soon
Hart - oh boy
Corliss - hobbit ball - vintage
Sampson/Price - Mateen
Potapenko/Monia - Brent Price
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RA - looked like he overslept today's game too. Wake up man !
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Nets are scary. When a Kings fan hears names like Clif Robinson and Scott Padgett - it ruins the day. They are a part of the bench that sucks and need a breakout game. Coincidentally, we are in town. Oh boy, oh boy. Padget will win TDM award tonight.
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Go Magic !!
Go Spurs !!! - just don't such the way Pistons did
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