This was my first Kings game and I got to watch it at Rupp Arena. Wow. What a dream come true for me. One thing I noticed about watching the game tonight was that Collison was much better than Rondo at getting to the rim and scoring in isolation. Rondo was masterful at coming into the game and moving everyone around in screens, cuts, and curls. When Collison was out there everyone seemed to spread out and stand still.
Alonzo Gee played great defense on Belinelli and made life miserable for Marco. Davis got hot at the start of the game when guarded by Kosta. Davis cooled off when Kosta decided to respect his outside shooting.
Probably the most interesting thing for me in this game was what happened on bench and not the game itself. Every time there was a stoppage of play and the team went to the sidelines, all of the coaches except Nancy huddled together and the players plus Nancy huddle together. Rondo would hold the chalkboard and draw up plays while Nancy looked over his shoulder. Rondo would be pointing at people and then pointing to the chalkboard. Then at some point all the coaches would come over and Karl would sit down, look at the chalkboard, erase nothing and write nothing and say very little until the buzzer sounded off and the team got back on the court. It is apparent to me, that at least for that game, Karl completely put the game in Rondo's hands to sink or swim. To be fair, I was not directly behind the bench and could not hear what was going on.
If Carmichael Dave or someone else was at the game or heard from players, it would be interesting to find out what was going on there.
