Comments on: Preview and Chat: The Sacramento Kings

By: dave macias

dave macias — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 05:10:16 +0000

What the hell is wrong with the Kings crowd tonight? Are they just sitting on their hands? They’re winning and the crowd just sits?. This is what happens when you price real fans out with high ticket prices. OOOOOOOOHHHHH THIS CROWD SUCKS
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By: kwame a.

kwame a. — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 20:22:30 +0000

Best part of the win last nite was hearing fans chant “mvp” for kobe at the end of the game…in freaking arco

By: Kurt

Kurt — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 19:42:03 +0000

I’m not getting into this in the Sixer preview, but Smush was -12 in the fourth quarter last night and the Kings run coincided with him coming in.

By: kwame a.

kwame a. — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 18:48:28 +0000

I know zones arent the coolest thing, but i liked when Phil went man to begin the possesion and when the team went into high pick and roll he switched to zone. We should use that more often

By: Rob L.

Rob L. — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 18:36:49 +0000

So we need to put sharks in the paint, thus forcing Kwame and Bynum to rotate out.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 18:27:26 +0000

I really see it as a combo. Smush hasn’t fought through a pick since Fordam. But Kwame and Bynum fear leaving the paint, it seems. The combo is deadly.

By: Rob L.

Rob L. — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 18:21:00 +0000

You’re right, kwame a. There are two sides to every pick and roll story.

By: kwame a.

kwame a. — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:35:22 +0000

It is not Smush’s fault on the pick and roll, it is the helpside defense that is late to rotate and the bigman (bynum and brown) dont force the ballhandler to go laterally, instead allowing them a running start into the lane. There is nothing Smush can do about those things, its ridiculous to use him as a scapegoat. When they played it right last nite in OT with Cook hedging out it lead to a steal and a dunk, pretty good D that time

By: Exick

Exick — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:11:11 +0000

The funny part is, Kobe didn’t get an assist for that last play or else he would have had the triple double.

By: chris henderson

chris henderson — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 16:37:41 +0000

ya gotta give chops to kobe last night. he shot when he had to and made a bunch.
but the real kicker for me was on the last play of regulation, when he had the ball, got double teamed and hit Smush for that lay up forcing OT.
in the past, he would have forced up a wild shot being double or triple covered.
Kobe almost had a triple double, lead the team well, and I think he really deserves some credit for pulling this one out of the trash can.
yeah, it was frustrating at times, and I also agree that the refs seemed to favor the Kings down the stretch, maybe they got caught up in the heat of the moment, the comeback, the fans at Arco have always been boisteruos to say the least, but in the end they came away with a W, and that’s all that matters.
it was good to see the contributions from what would normally be our bench…Vlad hit that 3 that really saved our bacon in that game, Andrew got a double double, even though he was inconsistent, and Cookie, what can ya say, it was great to see him, a streak shooter, get in a “Zone’…