[Game] Trailblazers @ Kings - 12/23/12

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

This team is seriously making me think of the '99-00 Magic.

I mean, we don't have a chance against anybody good, but they can definitely continue to build chemistry against bad and borderline teams. Shame we only have one more game against Portland, though.

 

[Glenn]

This might be our most well-played offensive game all year. Everyone is sharing the ball, there's off-ball movement, there's very little 1on1 iso crap, and everyone is giving 100% hustle and effort.

We had another game like this recently. I don't know what turns the switch on and off.

 

[The_Jamal]

29 assists-12 turnovers. Favorite statline of the year

 

[63royals]

Does not compute. Have the Kings been playing team ball lately or is this just because Cuz was suspended?

I think the absence of Cuz has improved morale, which has made it easier for them to play unselfishly.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Insidious strategy by Keith Smart: take out our two best players, and opposing teams don't know who to guard.

 

[cuad]

Jimmer's gonna get some Christmas lovin' tonight.

 

[LWP777]

I told you guys they would play harder after the DMC suspension! They played hard in the 2nd half against the Clippers and have played hard tonight. The respect level went way up for Coach Smart.

 

[Chicken Chaser]

I think the absence of Cuz has improved morale, which has made it easier for them to play unselfishly.

So is Cuz just poison in the locker room? Did he even show up to the game?

This game looks great though--wish i had seen the first three quarters :O

 

[VF21]

Love the play we've seen tonight. Incredibly unselfish play from everyone and love the hustle on the defensive end.

Amazing what can happen when there's not a subtext of drama overwhelming everything else...

 

[63royals]

A Honeycutt sighting !

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

So is Cuz just poison in the locker room? Did he even show up to the game?

If you're suspended, you're not allowed to go to the game.

 

[Glenn]

29 assists-12 turnovers. Favorite statline of the year

That's the one. Now, they have this capability so why not do it. Maybe team chemistry has been disrupted in the past which frankly is too bad. We'll see if they can maintain this level for a few weeks. That boost of togetherness occurs frequently after a negative event.

 

[VF21]

So is Cuz just poison in the locker room? Did he even show up to the game?

This game looks great though--wish i had seen the first three quarters :O

Cousins has been suspended. He's not allowed to be in the arena.

 

[VF21]

ISAIAH THOMAS rocks!!!

 

[63royals]

So is Cuz just poison in the locker room? Did he even show up to the game?

This game looks great though--wish i had seen the first three quarters :O

Rather than calling him poison in the locker room, I would say that Cuz (obviously) has some unresolved issues that Coach Smart has finally done something about. An emotional drain on the team was removed, plus there's the motivation for all the players to show that the team is more than Evans and Cuz, and the way to do that is to play smart basketball.

 

[VF21]

And to top it off, Scott goes "FREE TACOS!"... I feel good (as long as I don't think about football).

 

[VF21]

This team is seriously making me think of the '99-00 Magic.

I mean, we don't have a chance against anybody good, but they can definitely continue to build chemistry against bad and borderline teams. Shame we only have one more game against Portland, though.

I didn't realize it was our next game. Is it too late to write in Travis Outlaw for the all-star game?

 

[Fear the Putin]

well at least I get to wear my Kings tie to work tomorrow

 

[ElRey]

wow, was't expending this result with our two best players out. Maybe Cousins is that bad of a teammate...who knows.

 

[Rockmeister]

Nice win by the Kings!

 

[Bricklayer]

wow, was't expending this result with our two best players out. Maybe Cousins is that bad of a teammate...who knows.

you never know how we are going to respond of course but Portland is 4-9 on the road, their recent 5 game winning streak was all at home, and the last team they lost to was, you guessed it, us. So its not entirely surprising. Everybody suddenly deciding to pass was however.

 

[GameBall]

Bye bye Cousins and Evans. We don't need you here. Cousins take your attitude with you and go be a seven-foot-tall toddler somewhere else. Evans take your knee "injury" and magically get healed somewhere else. This was TEAM basketball tonight and it was fun to watch. TEAM basketball with CHARACTER guys who play PROFESSIONAL basketball.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Bye bye Cousins and Evans. We don't need you here. Cousins take your attitude with you and go be a seven-foot-tall toddler somewhere else. Evans take your knee "injury" and magically get healed somewhere else. This was TEAM basketball tonight and it was fun to watch. TEAM basketball with CHARACTER guys who play PROFESSIONAL basketball.

1. Are you accusing Evans of deliberately holding himself out?
2. Let's wait to see how this "team basketball" looks against a team that can actually play.

 

[KingMilz]

Bye bye Cousins and Evans. We don't need you here. Cousins take your attitude with you and go be a seven-foot-tall toddler somewhere else. Evans take your knee "injury" and magically get healed somewhere else. This was TEAM basketball tonight and it was fun to watch. TEAM basketball with CHARACTER guys who play PROFESSIONAL basketball.

lol yeah and the first 3 games without Cousins two 20 point blow outs and easily being beaten by the Bucks show we are far better without him right, imagine if Thornton, Outlaw and all these other guys who played this hard and well did it with Cousins, hes not stopping them from trying hard or playing well.

 

[Spike]

Bye bye Cousins and Evans. We don't need you here. Cousins take your attitude with you and go be a seven-foot-tall toddler somewhere else. Evans take your knee "injury" and magically get healed somewhere else. This was TEAM basketball tonight and it was fun to watch. TEAM basketball with CHARACTER guys who play PROFESSIONAL basketball.

Wow.

 

[The_Jamal]

1. Are you accusing Evans of deliberately holding himself out?
2. Let's wait to see how this "team basketball" looks against a team that can actually play.

Blazers aren't some scrub team though. They're right in the thick of things for the last few playoff spots and coming off a 5-game winning streak. We need to see more, but a convincing win over a potential playoff team shouldn't be taken lightly

 

[GameBall]

1. Are you accusing Evans of deliberately holding himself out?
2. Let's wait to see how this "team basketball" looks against a team that can actually play.

Honestly? Yeah I am accusing Evans of exaggerating his injury to force a trade. He doesn't want to be here and it's apparent. It's Kevin Martin all over again.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Blazers aren't some scrub team though...

They are on the road...

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Honestly? Yeah I am accusing Evans of exaggerating his injury to force a trade. He doesn't want to be here and it's apparent...

How does one go about proving something like that?

 

[Bricklayer]

Blazers aren't some scrub team though. They're right in the thick of things for the last few playoff spots and coming off a 5-game winning streak. We need to see more, but a convincing win over a potential playoff team shouldn't be taken lightly

That's a bit like saying if we won 4 more game sin a row, all at home, that suddenly we wouldn't be scrubby.