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Hall of Famer
Time for a winning streak
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Kings rarely played on December 27th mostly because they were good enough to play Christmas games. On the same day of th elast year Kings beat - who else - Clippers 110 - 93 on the road to improve to 11-17 for the season at that point. Kings really struggeld at that time and it took the Clippers to end the losing streak. Mike Bibby had a great game and Brad and Kevin weren't far behind. Mike lead Kings witj 38/4/19, Brad had 23/10/5 and Kevin had 20/8/5/2st. Cisco was also good with 11/6/3/2/3. We didn't have much bench considering that Pedja, Bonzi and SAR didn't play that night.
The Kings beat the Clippers for the 10th straight time and 15th time in 16 meetings without Peja Stojakovic, Shareef Abdur-Rahim and Bonzi Wells,, who are averaging a combined 48.7 points.
"There was nothing we could do about it. The game still goes on, so we still had to play," Bibby said. "The guys stepped up and everybody played good all the way around."We were running a little bit and got easy baskets in transition. We played together on both ends of the court. We passed the ball and made them work on defense. It was a good win for us."
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Kings cashed in on all the breaks that they were given to beat the Nuggets and improve to 11-14 for the season which is barely better than Knicks these days but keep the Kings in the striking distance to the PO spots. It was a quality road victory regardless on the circumstances. Now with Sixers, Clippers and Warriors coming up - Kings should try to get back to .500 because if it doesn't happen now - it might not happen at all this season. On the other hand we are perfectly capable of losing to anyone at any time under any circumstances - hence we will just have to wait this one out.
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So how bad are we really ? Only Clippers have a worse record in our division for now. We have won less games than Knicks, we have worse record than Blazers, worse road record than Hawks etc. Still we aren't in such a bad shape yet and certainly in case of a miracle (trade or resurection of some players) we can make POs, but things have changed and I don't like changes like this. People say that sometimes it takes several steps backwards to go forward or that You have to become really bad so that You can be good again. It makes sense in a way. But - how that works if You are just mediocre and You are not going anywhere. When You are not going backward or forward but just standing in one place. What happenes then ? Do You just suck till the end of time or is there a way out somwhere. Looks like we are up against a Sisyphean challenge these days. -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Well if I was Santa...
Mike would get either a one way ticket out of Sacramento or I would have to inwent a player that is worse than him to make him feel better.
Kevin would get better teamates and Bruce Bowen free pass
Brad would get new feet which are healthy and can "leap" at least 3 inches above the ground
Ron would get a new hamster for his wheel or I would make ot one better and get him a squirrel - it is much more active
SAR - I would get him some duct tape because nothing else would shut him up. Also I would get him a starting job.
KT, Mo, Hart - see Bibby
Price - I would get him more minutes
Corliss - one more PO appearance before the retirement.
Salmons - more games like last night
Cisco - A brand new wheel and the hamster and a remote control for it just in case.
Muss - I would give him a new job coaching Lakers
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At this point of time - I am not sure what to think of Ron's absences but I am not sure that I believe all the "injuries" that we have been give as explanations especially considering the circumstances. I am not buying it. We all know the risks that come with Ron Artest and in the beginning things went well but lately I don't like the direciton in which everything is a geading. Only thing that is pretty much certain - is that Ron will not stay in Sacramento after his contrafct is up. Everything else is optional including the picking and choosing where and when to play. Well, at least we activated Mo Taylor
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And Mo Taylor contributed and sadly enought we needed every single bit of that contribution. How bad do You really have to be if You suck so much that a coach has to say - get up Mo - You are in. now that I am thinking about it - we traded Skinner for nothing - right ? The Phraoh would do much better job than what we have been getting out of our "big" man with exception to SAR who is pretty good for what we are paying him.
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Man, all these breaks we got last night and we almost didn't take advantage of it. Not only did Denver miss 60 pts 20 rb 10 *** 5 st and 5 bl last night but also what they had didn't play well at all. We almost lost to a team with the starters - Boykins/Kleza/Diawara/Najera/Nene. We weren't really good enough, we just sucked less and we didn't have as many excuses. However - win is a win and we need those in a really bad way.
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AWARD TIME
TDM went to Reggie Evans for puting up Shaq like numbers including FT shooting which we needed big time
LW-VC award went to Diawara who made this win possible. Honorable mention in this category are Bibby and Williamson
JHA award went to Kenny Thomas by defoult. Any Kings player who gets outplayed by Mo Taylor is an authoumatic JHA winner. Thanks for nothing again- KT
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Sixers are next and they really suck. They did win their last game beating Boston but they are by far the worst team in the league. We play at home and we have got to come up with a W. With Webber being injured - they are bunch of "no names" and potential and future TDM award winners but with or without Ron we should have enough to win this one.
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Mike - booooooooooooooooooooooo
Kevin - just stay healthy and keep it up
Ron - wuss
Brad - much better
SAR - shut up already
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KT - boooooooooooooooo
Corliss - not to bad overall
Salmons - hell yeah
rest mateen
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Muss - what exactly are You doing man ? Future head director of FEMA.
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There is no scale that could express - how bad a loss against Sixers would be. And of course - we are capable of anything. If Webber doesn't play - they have no players capable of puting up big numbers and yet we all know that couple of the will. I assume that Ashton Kutcher will have a good game. My TDM pick is wille Green or any other guard not named Andre Miller
LW-VC award is a close call. Bibby is a favorite. KT isn't far behind. Webber might be there is he plays. JHA award is reserved for a player who will be outplayed by soon to be starting PF Mo Taylor.. Kings win or else.
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Kings rarely played on December 27th mostly because they were good enough to play Christmas games. On the same day of th elast year Kings beat - who else - Clippers 110 - 93 on the road to improve to 11-17 for the season at that point. Kings really struggeld at that time and it took the Clippers to end the losing streak. Mike Bibby had a great game and Brad and Kevin weren't far behind. Mike lead Kings witj 38/4/19, Brad had 23/10/5 and Kevin had 20/8/5/2st. Cisco was also good with 11/6/3/2/3. We didn't have much bench considering that Pedja, Bonzi and SAR didn't play that night.
The Kings beat the Clippers for the 10th straight time and 15th time in 16 meetings without Peja Stojakovic, Shareef Abdur-Rahim and Bonzi Wells,, who are averaging a combined 48.7 points.
"There was nothing we could do about it. The game still goes on, so we still had to play," Bibby said. "The guys stepped up and everybody played good all the way around."We were running a little bit and got easy baskets in transition. We played together on both ends of the court. We passed the ball and made them work on defense. It was a good win for us."
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Kings cashed in on all the breaks that they were given to beat the Nuggets and improve to 11-14 for the season which is barely better than Knicks these days but keep the Kings in the striking distance to the PO spots. It was a quality road victory regardless on the circumstances. Now with Sixers, Clippers and Warriors coming up - Kings should try to get back to .500 because if it doesn't happen now - it might not happen at all this season. On the other hand we are perfectly capable of losing to anyone at any time under any circumstances - hence we will just have to wait this one out.
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So how bad are we really ? Only Clippers have a worse record in our division for now. We have won less games than Knicks, we have worse record than Blazers, worse road record than Hawks etc. Still we aren't in such a bad shape yet and certainly in case of a miracle (trade or resurection of some players) we can make POs, but things have changed and I don't like changes like this. People say that sometimes it takes several steps backwards to go forward or that You have to become really bad so that You can be good again. It makes sense in a way. But - how that works if You are just mediocre and You are not going anywhere. When You are not going backward or forward but just standing in one place. What happenes then ? Do You just suck till the end of time or is there a way out somwhere. Looks like we are up against a Sisyphean challenge these days. -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Well if I was Santa...
Mike would get either a one way ticket out of Sacramento or I would have to inwent a player that is worse than him to make him feel better.
Kevin would get better teamates and Bruce Bowen free pass
Brad would get new feet which are healthy and can "leap" at least 3 inches above the ground
Ron would get a new hamster for his wheel or I would make ot one better and get him a squirrel - it is much more active
SAR - I would get him some duct tape because nothing else would shut him up. Also I would get him a starting job.
KT, Mo, Hart - see Bibby
Price - I would get him more minutes
Corliss - one more PO appearance before the retirement.
Salmons - more games like last night
Cisco - A brand new wheel and the hamster and a remote control for it just in case.
Muss - I would give him a new job coaching Lakers
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At this point of time - I am not sure what to think of Ron's absences but I am not sure that I believe all the "injuries" that we have been give as explanations especially considering the circumstances. I am not buying it. We all know the risks that come with Ron Artest and in the beginning things went well but lately I don't like the direciton in which everything is a geading. Only thing that is pretty much certain - is that Ron will not stay in Sacramento after his contrafct is up. Everything else is optional including the picking and choosing where and when to play. Well, at least we activated Mo Taylor
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And Mo Taylor contributed and sadly enought we needed every single bit of that contribution. How bad do You really have to be if You suck so much that a coach has to say - get up Mo - You are in. now that I am thinking about it - we traded Skinner for nothing - right ? The Phraoh would do much better job than what we have been getting out of our "big" man with exception to SAR who is pretty good for what we are paying him.
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Man, all these breaks we got last night and we almost didn't take advantage of it. Not only did Denver miss 60 pts 20 rb 10 *** 5 st and 5 bl last night but also what they had didn't play well at all. We almost lost to a team with the starters - Boykins/Kleza/Diawara/Najera/Nene. We weren't really good enough, we just sucked less and we didn't have as many excuses. However - win is a win and we need those in a really bad way.
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AWARD TIME
TDM went to Reggie Evans for puting up Shaq like numbers including FT shooting which we needed big time
LW-VC award went to Diawara who made this win possible. Honorable mention in this category are Bibby and Williamson
JHA award went to Kenny Thomas by defoult. Any Kings player who gets outplayed by Mo Taylor is an authoumatic JHA winner. Thanks for nothing again- KT
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Sixers are next and they really suck. They did win their last game beating Boston but they are by far the worst team in the league. We play at home and we have got to come up with a W. With Webber being injured - they are bunch of "no names" and potential and future TDM award winners but with or without Ron we should have enough to win this one.
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Mike - booooooooooooooooooooooo
Kevin - just stay healthy and keep it up
Ron - wuss
Brad - much better
SAR - shut up already
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KT - boooooooooooooooo
Corliss - not to bad overall
Salmons - hell yeah
rest mateen
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Muss - what exactly are You doing man ? Future head director of FEMA.
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There is no scale that could express - how bad a loss against Sixers would be. And of course - we are capable of anything. If Webber doesn't play - they have no players capable of puting up big numbers and yet we all know that couple of the will. I assume that Ashton Kutcher will have a good game. My TDM pick is wille Green or any other guard not named Andre Miller
LW-VC award is a close call. Bibby is a favorite. KT isn't far behind. Webber might be there is he plays. JHA award is reserved for a player who will be outplayed by soon to be starting PF Mo Taylor.. Kings win or else.
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(ops forgot Slim)
