If they can correct their intensity problem of last game, play hard, play a little smarter, they can beat a good team like Toronto. Take it to 'em, Kings!
Toronto is missing their two starters at the positions of our two best scorers (Valanciunas and Carroll) which makes them kind of an exact opposite challenge to the Wolves, who's best young players were right there to challenge our best players. Our guards better drop the weenie act for this one.
Considering that Raptors strictly rely on Lowry and DeRozan to score and initiate the majority of their offense...it's a two headed monster versus the Kings two headed monster really. Depends if Lowry is making shots or not...Rondo isn't going to guard him full time anyway. DeRozan might go off, I wouldn't blame him one bit for doing so.
because he is more dominant there, creates easier shots converts at higher %, offers greater strength as an offensive rebounder and is a greater risk of getting the opposition in foul trouble.
because he is more dominant there, creates easier shots converts at higher %, offers greater strength as an offensive rebounder and is a greater risk of getting the opposition in foul trouble.
I expect we lose this one due to poor game management and poor game planning..... or in other words the reasons why we have lost 95% of our games this year.
I expect we lose this one due to poor game management and poor game planning..... or in other words the reasons why we have lost 95% of our games this year.
I'd like to see if in the first five minutes of play we see a team that gives a damn; not lackluster D and idiotic forcing of plays on offense like against the T-Wolves. If they don't start the game with some urgency, this team is DONE.
Pick Cousins spots. He's not quite where he needs to be as of this moment. He shall get there. Hopefully the finesse aspect of his inside game starts to return.
because he is more dominant there, creates easier shots converts at higher %, offers greater strength as an offensive rebounder and is a greater risk of getting the opposition in foul trouble.
I don't care where Cuz plays, please just score more points than the other team. Cuz, make your shots, play tough defense and odds are we have a good chance of winning. Go
Cuz and Kings!
Well if the Kings reach a crunch time it would be nice to have a normal lineup instead of two small guards, two small forwards and one bad ass center who we leave on the perimeter part of the time because who needs rebounds
McLemore should be playing close to 30 minutes this game since we need to stop Lowry and DeRozan. When we played them at home, Anderson started and made Lowry work his ass off doing a respectable job. Now Anderson has barely played and we will rely on the 2 PGs and Bellinelli to stop those 2 guys. After seeing Karl put Rondo on Shabazz, who knows what will happen.
After the horrendous disappointment in Minnesota, I see ZERO reason to believe this Kings team will get their heads out of their asses and play like their season is riding on it.
I just got a good feeling regarding this one.
DMC should bring us this W. he is the key for this one. I just hope he wont go for 10 3pt attempts .
DMC and good defense and we'll get our 11th W.
Vegas odds: Favor Toronto -5 1/2 & 207 o/u Hopefully Rudy goes off, Cuz dominates, Rondo is Rondo and Lowry, DeRozan, the other Lizards mess up - instead of Kings for a change!