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Kings vs. Raptors: Open Game Thread II

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We got this

Its the freaking Raptors

They're probably saying the same thing about us.
Jimmer needs to shoot those open 3 looks
He is

and he’s missing them

I noticed he passed one up

trying to multi task playing two poker tables

Well, he's winning both games.
Cousins is playing great D and covering for a lot of mistakes by others
This.

He’s actually been REALLY good on defense this year, when he plays the man straight up and keeps his hands up.

Too many Hickson isos. Don't like it. Need more Reke/Cousins
too many iso's period.
Its fine if you have the right guys in iso
We don't have any of the right guys. Only a handful in the league fall into that category.

Reke and cousins play well maybe trying to get Hickson out of his funk. Maybe just guessing

Hickson

Back to back positive plays on offense?

Didn't he just brick a midrange J?

Why does jimmer suck? He is looking like salmons out there…….

frustrating i know. jimmer cant even make threes
he's too close to the rim.
at least he passes
give cousins the goddamn ball on O
How was that foul on Reke
he wanted the foul on him to save cousins
He put his hand up before Cuz
Foul called and both Reke and Cuz just put their hands up

but in the “it was on me” type of way. Progress!

Hickson shouldn't take on anyone off the dribble.
As bad as we are we are still winning
Good foul Jimmer, and he didn't score, that must be a flagrant 2.
idk what rapts fans see in Derozan

nothing special

He has his moments.
Well, considering the JT/David West comparisons and exited about Casspi for awhile there

hey just sayin

Well, JT is a poor man's David West. But he's a better rebounder.
and not as good everyone else (pre West injury though, no clue now)
wow I REALLY can't type today

*everywhere

Well, yeah, but I don't know what West gives you that JT wouldn't in the same minutes.

A few more points a game, but, not much else.

see more of a rich man's Ed Davis personally
guh league pass just crapped out
more JT less Hickson please
Hickson

cost us a shot there

Good design to get the ball to Cuz and he passed out of the deep, that was positive even though it ended in a TO
What gets me angry...

Is this team isn’t a great passing team obviously…but not only is our spacing bad, but if your going to HAVE good spacing, you don’t just space out and then its good…you need to move even when you dont have the damn ball… Im sick of watching all these games and I continue to keep seeing them space, but nobody is moving, and the person with the ball looks a bit puzzled.. There is no point in spacing if you aren’t going to move without the ball. Thats another reason why kings struggle with assists, if you could move without the ball, things open up, and maybe we wouldn’t be last place

last place in assists*
i dont see all the hype regarding hickson either

give me JT in the starting lineup

Hickson

Is there any way we could package JJ And Salmons?

for Granger...yummmmmmmmmm
Cousins is beasting on the boards.
7 assists, 8 turnovers
Jimmer - more please.
JIMMAH!!!!

Fuck yea

Anyone else notice that our guards look at the open man and just drive it in after deciding that they won't give the ball up?
If you saw our shooting percentages, wouldn't you do the same?
Hickson with a horrible game thus far.
Uh come on JJ

Give him one hard fake and go straight up.

It’s funny that as soon as Jimmer hits a 3 everyone forgets all the ones he misses

Wow hickson wtf!!!!!!!

wtf Hickson

4 turnovers. All of them stupid

Is there such a thing as a smart turnover?

aside from our coaching change that is.

Well, a well-intentioned TO isn't necessarily a result of a stupid decision

Which is what he was getting at.

they were unforced

I guess that’s what I was trying to say

Is it just me or does Jimmer look more comfortable on the floor?
He is making decisions faster, adjusting to the game.
Well he definitely doesn't look scared to shoot this game. But yea!
it's all that weed in toronto

(crossing fingers hoping someone gets the reference)

Canadian weed. Learn something new everyday.
He's going to be really good if he ever really settles in.

I think he will. May not be this season though.

Uhhhh

Why did Salmons just run AWAY from the guy shooting a 3?

I know, what the hell. He just watched him
He'd rather deny his man the ball and leave someone else's man wide open.
hickson is shit

wth is he doing… stupid turnovers

Keep taking them Jimmer.
Salmons

Don’t assume that it’s your possession before running back

Salmons runs away from the player with the ball again.

Something I’ve noticed every game.

Mmmmmm 36 beers on tap...I'm moving
I could use 36 beers right now
River Rock in Midtown? Or Alley Katz?
Maybe he's playing defense with his eyes

just stare em down and they’ll miss

For all the negativity on JJ, his athletic defense has been good on Bargs. 2-13
tru. maybe thats why he's in

but then he shouldnt be eating up touches with isos

At least when jimmer shoots the 3 I dont cringe……but when anyone else does I do.

just 7 team assists
if we lose this,

I think we r in for another season with the worst or second worst record in the league. Face it, we got lucky againsst the (expletive)s and bucks. We beat the hornets tho.

Mhmm. Sure. Make that decision 4 games after a major coaching change and a huge team philosophy shift.
Man we should not be struggeling so much against this team
Monday at Minnesota?? Maaaan.. I miss Adolf.
Cousins is so lazy, @3%K

Dammit we need more assists! I hate basketball without assists.

Amen to that, hard to watch!!
Cuz was demanding a double team down low, when he can get those passes out to open 3 shooters he will go to the next level, he is almost there. Loving it cousins.
Huh, are you watching the freaking game, your hero is so lazy
For the love of god

Why is Salmons still in the game?!

for the hate of god?
10 games, you'll see!! You'll all see!!
Its only up from here
I kind of hope he doesn't just so youll complain more
I actually hope you are right.

I am a big Kings fan, ya know?

His vet leadership is too valuable to leave on the bench.
Will he stop driving baseline and passing it right to the defender after 10 games?
Turnover turnover, turnover.....
Defense please.....too many easy scores!

Someone hit barbosa hard please!

If we are going to play one on one, at least sign Iverson

Maybe he can teach us how to ball hog and win

Honestly, no one can blame the coaching anymore. It IS the product.
i swear nobody hits open j's on this team
John Salmons 7.8 PER this season
Anyone else watching the Canadian feed?

“Linus Kleiza with the rebound, and the repaired right knee.”

Classic

Missed shot, but nice ball movement
DeMarcus Needs to go to the other side of the court

Somehow he ends up on the same side as John Salmons every time. That guy can’t make a post entry pass to save his life

The Kings sucks the kings suck
Donte at the 4 never works
I dont understand

What JT needs to do to get more minutes?

IT nice drive and kick
Thank you Dontre
It took Seattle/OKC 3 years to rebuild. We've been rebuilding for what 5 years now?

WE SHOULD BE BETTER THAN OKC!

We would if we had Durant.
B.s.
How so?

How so?

If we spent money on productive players. Didn't have cheap ass owners, I think we'd be contending.
Yeah but we couldn't get anyone on the open market 1/4 as good as Durant.

They really lucked into him. That’s the way it goes for small market teams you suck until you get a superstar in the draft. Welcome to the NBA.

Look at Dallas. A real team with a bunch of vets. No one superstar otherbthan a great leader in Dirk
You mean other former MVP Dirk Nowitzki?

Touche sir, you should really be a lawyer.

Not really

Have to win the lottery when you suck

And yeah we do..
LOUD NOISES

I’M ANGRY AND I WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT

COUSINS!!!!!!!!
Well he ran down hard, just needs to cut the crap after. Sweet Moves..
It was worth the T
Impressive put back. Bad tech for hanging
Unless we lose by one

I’m ok with it. These guys need some life breathed into them right now.

It was for yelling and taunting

DAAAAMMMMNNN!!!
HOLY *******************
If were gonna lose, i want it to be a blowout, this team sucks
IT is playing out of his mind

OMFG COUSINS!!!

Cousins with technical?
tech?? this aint NCAAB !!
Oh Shit!

Cousins just shat on Johnson!!

That badass scream was worth the tech
That was his play of the year
HOLY SHITAKE MUSHROOMS

Most athletic play I have ever seen out of him. That was crazy. Can’t believe they called the T

That wasn't awful, you just can't stare at the guy.
next game starters

IT, Reke, Salmons, JT, Cousins

respectfully disagree
You still want to start Salmons?

facepalm

If your gonna get a technical

At least point at the guy like Shawn Kemp

Lol

One of the funniest plays I have ever seen still to this day

Definitely worth the tech
The Canadian feed did not seem to be fans if Cousins dunk
Enforcers should now be fighting because of that dunk and yell
What the hell was that Tyreke?
wow... damn man that was selfish
DeMarcus Got frustrated

with Tyreke on that last play because he wants the ball!

Tyreke will loose playing time if he doesn't listen to our coach Cousins, look what happened to PW. The sad thing is Cuz, is 100% right, he should be first option all the time.
Dunno why that is sad.

He’s getting to the point where he does good things every time the ball is in his hands.

I´d pay that silly-bs-call-T if I could. Such nonsense
Jason Jones

Gotta love Cisco

Nice dunk by DMC. He picks up a tech for taunting. Cisco yells “Hey Cuz, I’ll pay for that one.”

I watched the replay. What was the big deal?
Bargnani is playing crap. Same with derozan.

And we losing?… aayyyy ay ay…

tied
lol

I posted it when they were losing, are you going to come back 24 hours from now and correct me if we end up winning?

They aren't playing like crap

We are just playing stellar defense…Small victories..don’t ruin my high

Cousins is a monster.
Cousins has gotten so cool!
Seriously that whole controversy seems to have helped Cuz keep his cool more. I like the player I am seeing. Awesome.
Well, Smart told him he had no pressure.

Look at the results.

Luther Head would own in this game.
Luther Head, Quincy Douby, John Salmons, Kenny Thomas, Mikki Moore

Would make a hell of a team

Don't forget Jermaine Taylor and Pooh Jeter.
I actually like what JT2 and Pooh brought to the team
Desmond Mason

Tracy McGrady, Sam Cassell, and Drew Gooden.

Don’t forget Ike Diagou

63-63 after 3? Ugh.

Then end score will be like 87-82 Kings win..Book it..Unless JT plays then it will be 92-81 Kings win

DMC is playing so well early in the season. Holy crap.
Cousins really likes Smart.
No...

He’s not playing well, Smart needs to bring him off the bench like Westphal did…

Chasm'd

At least I hope so

We need more of Cousins' passion out there

The team seems so dead otherwise. He’s the perfect counterweight to Evans’ cool, softspoken style

that was a really bad play by Evans when he went in got swatted

but then again, he shouldnt have been in for the whole goddamn 3rd quarter!

Wow stupid fkn refs. Cousins did not derseve a technical, it wasnt taunting, it was self inspiring motivation.

Some of it is the reputation that Cousins has, not fair, but a reputation needs to be earned. If he keeps his cool more often his rep will change.
Favorite stat of the night

Outlaw’s minutes: 0:00

Ok, not my favorite, but happy about this none the less
Stat of the year would be

Salmons & Outlaw – DNP – CD

That and only two personal fouls for Demarcus
We need to feed DMC.

He’s lost the weight, and he’s hungry!

Man I love tyreke but some games he just misses way too many layups :( makes me facepalm

cousins T seemed iffy to me

All he did was yell and look at the dude he dunked on, doesn’t that happen in every game?

He hung a bit on the rim but basically this is what happens when you have a rep in the league.

Fair or not.

It was for Taunting..yelling after the putback

I think Demarcus got like 2 feet of air on that put back

I wish Tyreke shot that
Donte should have made the extra pass to Cuz.

he had good position.

No u dont

I realy wish we picked up Anthony Carter. He's just the type of veteran PG we need
petrie needs to get some high iq basketball players
And a coach just for the 3rd quarter.
Cousins will be in the rest of the game, this is where all that rest comes into place. We need to see how he does, if he can beast the final 12 minutes. I like the call, good offense all the time.
Cuz was looking a little out of shape there.
8 assists after 3 quarters

fantastic.

goddamnit

this is the quarter where we supposed to win

z

IT-33333333333333333

And that's not a foul? Come the fuck on, refs.
an assist sighting!!!!
Salmons is out. Rejoice!

So the world is really ending this year…

lol

tyrekes best lebron impersonation

Keith's tie looks exotic. Pause
kleiza better not koufus us
I like IT's decision making
Smart is coaching his ass off

He looks like he is holding tyreke accountable

oh my

cousins is a foul receiving machine

Good kickout, Tyreke needs to do that too, I like how IT is playing.
IT reminds us of how assists are supposed to look lke
I don't understand why we're shooting so badly.

Are the plays being drawn up making it hard to get clean looks, or is it just the players flat out being cold from the field?

Your 2011-2012 Sacramento Kings
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Bargnani out for rest of game with strained calf…Good

Bad, he was playing terrible. 2/13 shooting

not like their bench is lighting us up..Bargnani likes to come on string at the end of games

Dammit best big man out

Here is where the Raptors go on there run!

Linus Kleiza

with a 17 point 4th quarter

THE WHOLE TEAM RAN OVER TO PICK HIM UP!!!

I haven’t seen that since Adelman left.

Looked like they were scared he was going to react.

15-15 now for him.

No, it looked like they were supporting their teammate.

Don’t try to turn it into something it wasn’t.

I'm not.

Can I not believe he wasn’t going to react but still think they might’ve thought he would?

They ran over to help him up and give him support.

That’s it.

Chuck looks like a boss
start IT
Still disagree, especially now, I like the tempo this game.
Hope everyone is voting for Cousins for the All-Star Game

Vote for Cousins for All Star Game

I did. And it's justified.

Not many centers in the West playing better. Not many centers in the West playing at all, actually.

It would be awesome if he made it this year.
He may not, if the teams record isn't at least middling.

But I can’t name a center playing better in the West. Give me Cuz over Bynum any day, every day.

Anyone else happy Salmons is NOT in the game right now

You can get an AMEN!

IT is the closest thing this team has to a point guard.

10 assists to 11 turnovers. 4 of those assists from IT, who has played 15 minutes.

if only he were a few inches taller...

he’d get the nod over marcus thorton in the starting lineup.

I think Beno would start if he wasn't traded.

MT would be the perfect sixth man IMO

WHY

are we not going to big cuz on O right now

This team is so much more fun to watch when Hickson and Salmons are on the bench
The Kings may pull this out the thing that worries is me is

The Kings against the NYK – no Amar’e = loss
Denver no Nene = loss
Milwaukee no Bogut -= win
Orlando with essentially no DHoward = loss
Philly with Hawes = loss
Now Raptors with non factor Bargnini = scary

Bargnani is not going to return
and non factor when in

Hawes left early from the game

Well. I throw out everything under PW. That team quit.

If AB is bad, give the D some credit.

Also, how about Kings with no Thornton & Hayes – 2 starters.

Not making an excuse, but let’s not give other teams one either.

it is almost eerie string of coincidences
You forgot.

The Kings against NYK – no effort = loss
against Denver – no effort = loss.

Cousins is too physical

Only conclusion I can draw

whooooo

maybe isiah really is a point guard

z

Now thats an assist isaiah..Beautiful!

Cousins is BALLING
Thomas playing like a champ.
IT has SWAG
having a beast of a game
z

Cousins with a possible 20-20 game..Isaiah looking like he will get more assists then all the rest of the kings all year in this game

Nice pass from Thomas, if IT keeps playing like this, they won't pull him.
maybe our PG of the future
OMG - I cannot believe IT
IT is a beast. And he is showing he deserves minutes.
IT playing his best game this year
Hate to say it

But IT is going to take Jimmer’s minutes at this rate

I think we could trade jimmer, not that we are going to or should, for a good veteran.
I  IT now
I might block him a few times too over the course of 100 games. He is kinda short.
How tall is he?
Ah

Now I get the Grave Digger jokes! Always good to be reminded that there are rednecks in Canada, too.

no outlaw tonight? nice move smart
Evans still manages 20 points
I think he's played okay all things considered.

At least his coach is actually teaching him now.

good game by reke for sure
It's IT running the Kings to a victory his "twin" Nate Robinson leads the Dubs past the Heat last night
Good call, they have at least been consistent with that
kleiza

has been known to be the kings killer

+barbosa

Everyone kills us

Bargnani hung a 30 on the Kings last season didn't he? And Reggie Evans had 18-19 rebs
ahem, it's "King Killer"

This message brought to you by the Sacramento Grammar Police.

Kleiza went Hedo on us

Good thing it was a shot-clock violation

The Kings playing D?
I am not watching other than ESPN game tracker

Is there a reason JT has only played seven minutes? Did PW slip back on the bench?

Dunno, JJ has been playing good defense.

Right…ridiculous..JT should be getting some more burn out there

jj was rebounding like a beast for a while too
JT sat on Smart's I pohone and broke it?

I really don’t want to know what Smart’s ‘I pohone’ is.

Its the new I phome 5..

I know.

How ‘un-PC’ of me.

Why do we give DMC the ball so far from teh hoop? Post him up! He's so good with his back to the basket
Regress to PW 'offense' for a minute. Smart will get that fixed in this timeout.
Smart uses his timeouts really well
Too much ISO & P&R with people standing around.

Garcia rolled around one screen. But pretty easy O to defend. Fortunatley Raps are pretty bad at D.

Cousins is smiling. I love it!
it was a Boogie pouty smile

split Isaiah and Jimmer minutes at the 1 for now

we want jimmer!
wow. u know 0

I love cousins smile, its fucking sweet :)

Let's call it a grin
Reke can never be considered an elite player

As long as he wraps the ball around his back on FT’s… What is this the ABA?

He need to towel himself off like Ewing
The hell does that have to do with anything?
atleast he doesn't salute the rim

Like Nate Robinson.

Smile cuz! you’ve had a great game buddy.

Raptors do have cheerleaders
yes but do you think they speak English?

or only Canadian and French? eh?

IT

Is a boss kid is putting in so serious work tonight love what I’m seeing

Smart has some interesting rotations though not gonna lie.

i dont think Tyreke has come out the whole second half. and JT with only 7 minutes

Thinking that the match ups are dictating his substitutions

the Raptors don’t seem to have a true center so that takes minutes away from JT. Plus DeMarcus is playing grown man basketball

Donte gettin some burn tonight
Remember when Cousins was intimidated by the game at the beginning of last season?

Remember when Cousins was frustrated by the refs with all the the foul calls?

That is all history now. He comes out like he has that all behind him.

Just give JF and IT a year.... Exciting
Is JT hurt or where the hell is he?
Small ball
JJ played 24mins and I´m not impressed
Its crazy thinking how young we are.
tyreke should have cut through there. when dmc is in the post, people need to cut.
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That little DMC wink there after the foul off rebound was great

Thank you, Raptors, for being just a little more sucky than us.

Wow cousins career high 18 rebounds! go for 20 !

Cousins is just too big. He is too strong. Can't wait til 2 years from now.

I get goosebumps.

He is a big mofo!
Cuz with the great hustle!
Look a Cuz hustling
Who is your favorite Kings player?
always has been reke. I believe in him
MT though kinda
John Salmons
Where's the luz for cuz?
Look realllllllll decisive running that play
Lol. What play?
We pick teams and roll the ball out. Could do shirts and skins soon.
Damn Cuz getting on the floor
This is Cousin's team
Love That

DMC hit the floor like a champ

Good Jump ball correct call

Just a little bruise.
Donte crashin the boards
0-29 on jump balls

Cuz altered that shot from Derozan

IT 33333333333333333333333333333!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1st to 80

Should win

85

And you have a deal.

Dunno about that. It is the NBA

85 should do it.

bignerd's rule?
Kings vs Raptors Rule
Actually, an Adjusted Lawler's Law

Might have some legs…center it at 100 for average offense/defense and adjust accordingly.

You mean Jerry “The King” Lawler?

Only one I know
16 for IT. Man oh man.
Would you say this is IT's breakout game?
oh man

that would have been big to get that posession

Thank u for an Outlaw free night

IT is like the last guy picked in a pickup game who schools everyone…Straight Baller with 16 pts..

We all knew that was going to happen, though.

If you have seen the dude play in college, you knew he could play in the NBA and do well.

Granted, he’s been going at Jose Calderon most of the night, but he’s also an NBA player, sooo

Thats what i have been saying since draft

IT is mighty mite out there

The no surprise guys from the kings- Salmons and Outlaw…They always suck this year

I hope IT's play motivates Jimmer to be more aggressive
I'm officially a membr of the Kings IT Department. GO IT!!!
Lol. I think I like that

This is COUSINS TEAM! I love the sound of that.

IT is better than Jimmer
"Playing" better than Jimmer
They're winning but

the offense is still moribund.

Hire Sloan now.

anyone else feel bad for the raptors not locking up this game already?

18rebounds for cuz

Cousins at his career high!!!!!!!!
donte wantin the dagger
rubber dagger

looks real – but it aint’

I bet Cuz finished with 20+

Bet Isaiah finishes with 20+

run a PLAY
We just ran a nice one
Shitty D by Evans there
Yeah. Get a hand up.
Pleeeeeze oh pleeeeze win this game.
smart coaching evans up during the free throws
Dunno how Smart fixed our FT shooting

but he did.

the FT shooting has improved the last 5-6 games

I think that just improved overtime..

My favorite IT number tonight

5 assists, even with all of his offensive takes.

Tyreke just told Cousins to hurry up and get over the line
goddamnit.....

…….ok DEFENSE TIME

Should of called 1-4 Reke to the hoop
Eh, Isaiah, jump into that fool.
uhhhh shot clock violation is an ugly thing with two minutesleft
Lol. We put IT in the Evans position

4 second on clock. No O. No movement. Good luck.

come on Donte
at least he's gettin the crunch time minutes
I want to see him at the three though. I'd like to see JT in at the 4
Donte shoots it at every opportunity
Donte has been well tutored by Salmons Outlaw and Garcia

can’t hit an open 3 pointer

I'd rather him play than Salmons or Trout.

Can i get some Tuna?

CAN WE PLEASE

get a better SF?!?!?!?!?

Nobody can handle Cuz on the Raptors. Nobody.
And he tripped over that Raptor sign on the baseline
that is a thing of beauty
Great work putting Cuz in the high post PW
It's safe to say that IT is the point guard we were looking for
word!!
Lol. 1 game against the Raps, let's not sucking our lolipops just yet
yeah, this.

Though it’s STR. You knew it was gonna happen.

cmon Cousins 20 and 20
IT to Cousins!!!!!

Great pass that may have sealed the deal!

Anyone else having visions of Brad Miller?

Remember his 20/20 run?

LOL I remember that
Yeah, at the time I thought it was just stupid that it was happening.

Still do.

1st to 80

I called that

Can we please get IT starting now!!!!!!!!!!!

Thomas is looking very much in control
THATS GAMETIME !!! WIN WIN WIN
IT has played really well. Hopefully he's settled in and can duplicate this effort.
/in his worst Dandy Don voice (you younguns don't know this)

“turn out the lights, the party’s over..”

1 more rebound for cuz for 20/20 and 2 for IT for 20 point games

i am running around in my house screaming at that play!!!!! I love u IT!!! u r the pg!!!
We have two heros tonight - Cousins and IT

Interview them both JR.

IT can sit on cuzs shoulders

Okay - I'm good with that.
A lot of people don't know this

but Shawn Bradley was actually three guys stacked on top of each other.

oh please don't foul

move that clock

Isaiah for ROY!!!!
Wow, that was quite the generous continuation there....
One thing Evans can learn from IT

Every time Evans goes to the hole, he looks to pass or shoot. Other PGs will dribble out or back up if no great option when they are moving forward.

Evans needs to learn this. Nice way to get extra assists when the D get out of position.

reke to line

we got this!!

Evans bailed out there
yes and no

he was fouled hard but he should have passed

that said - who is the open shooter who can make an open shot with MT not in?

maybe It’s IT

chalk up the W
DMC tip slam for the 20/20
Can someone please photoshop a pic of Isiah Cousins?

It goes over my bed.

Thats a Fathead and a small head all in one

Sounds like an Aykis mashup

I called 87-82 win..I am damn close

Be patient - Our O has the ability to go backwards
woweowwowoowwo. I can't wait till Friday. beat Atlanta.
Can't wait for the "Running Simpsons" on the GIF thread
Great Game

IT stepped it up and played like a real pg. They need somebody to do that every night

DMC a beast, It's IT the catalyst
Just 1 more rebound for Cuz.
Cousins needs to get 20 boards to fulfill my OCD
right, 19 just doesn't sound as good as 20
Kings just got lucky coz Bargnani went out

but a win is a win i guess

He was 2-13 before then!
Give credit where credit is due.
He played like crap

did you watch the first half?

LOLOLOLOL you mean the guy who did squat the whole game

He was shooting like Outlaw
And unlucky that Thornton and Hayes are out
Bargnani played and was horrible before he left
Raptors got lucky because Thornton is out.
This year's Kings means

no bigs (see upper post re: Amare, Nene, Bogut, Howard, Hawes, etc)

The Raptors were better without him. They still weren’t very good.

missed shot and Cousins rebound rite here 20/20 vision
Smart played a good closing roation tonight..

Putting Donte in at PF to space the floor more. Amir Johnson can’t guard anyone anyway.

Are we a Family yet..Salmons and Outlaw can be our black sheep (No racism meant)

one question:

Where will MT fit into all this!!

At the 2

With IT at the point and Reke at the 3

Start Thomas Evans Donte JT Cousins

Permanently

that SF position needs help.
Not concerned about the SF

as much as I am with the PG.

Tyreke has one TO in 45 mins. Way to go!!
outstanding, especially for him
Congratulations!

I’ve won xblinkxblinkxblinkxblinkxblinkxblinkxblink!
aieeeeee!

Tyreke got his FT's back 9 of 9

Cuz out and all he needed was 1 of his own putback rebound for 20/20

Kings are classier than to play for stats.

Always have been. New Orleans Saints, on the other hand…. and don’t get me started on the Lakers.

Although, we did focus on Reke and his 20-5-5 a bit much, but he got that within the flow of a normal game.

Holding to 80

on the road. That’s a hat hanger.

Great game

i repeat Great Game

big game by cuz

big game by reke

very short stint of confidence by salmons

a jimmer range 3

isiah thomas playing well

no outlaw

hickson rebounding big

Huge game by cuz
isiah thomas playing BEAST LIKE

Evans 9/9 fromt FT

So glad he got the stroke back at the line after listening to fans boo him in the CHI and NY game

Nice, a win.

A much needed road win.

We're back to .500 with Smart

Nice recovery game. 76ers are great team. We just got beat, but these are the games that improving teams win.

If Evans committed to be all league 1st team defensive player...

And average 15 pts… This team couldmake plyoffs…… And he could then make all star team….. Just don’t think he is smart enough to realize it

The Kings would score 65 points per game!
What does he average now?
A win

24-25 points

Overall big nerdy
They still no offense

Only reason they won tonight is cause the Raptors are starved worse for talent than the Kings.

The Kings are short on points now. No one can make up those 10 points.

I don't think u understand how good u need to be to make 1st team all def team

he has more potential to do that than be an elite offensive player

I actually agree with you here. While Evans is a beast of a slasher, and has a semi-miraculous finishing talent, he’s not a shooter, and unless he somehow gains a consistent jumper, he’ll never be an elite offensive player.

On the other hand, literally every time he actually attempts to lock down his opponent, he does. Just think back, even in this young season, to the 4th quarters of winnable games, and the defensive impact Reke has had. He even locked down Rose to the point that the Bull’s star player couldn’t even touch the ball.

I seriously believe that Reke could be the Howard of the 1-2, but he would have to focus in order to do that. Of course, if he could focus that hard, he’d have a jumper, and know how to run a real play, and then I’d be saying something more along the lines of the Lebron of the 1-2.

You know, I agree with this.
Cousins back in. Good. Game is not over.
Why is Jimmer playing so terribly?

I’ve watched him play for the last three years and never seen him miss so many shots. Most of them don’t even seem to be heavily contested. I don’t understand how he could make shots over triple teams in college, even against NBA-caliber players, and can’t make an open shot in the NBA.

He's playing 5 nights a week

I’m sure it has a bit to do with leg shock.

Evans recovered some efficiency...

Back in the “plus” in points:shots ratio. Still not great with 24 points to 22 shots.

not his best night
padding the points for reke
u mean derozan

Keith Smart coaching well tonight with every oppurtunity

I like that Smart is talking to JImmer
This is why you foul.

They cut it to 5.

Keep making the FTs' Reke 10-10
SMH nothing easy
and Leandro with the Richmond 3
Sh*t this is getting too close for comfort.
Lol this is stupid.

But, this is why you foul.

Bet the raptors with their offense was this good the rest of the game?

that is what 14 points in like 30 seconds?

nooo dont take away the dancing gifs!
hahaha the kings suck so much they want 2 give this win away lol
DMC won't pass to Donte

he remembers

Good job being patient with inbounds cuz

We really don't deserve a dance thread for this game.
Why not?
It's a win against the Raptors.
Okay... we haven't won in Toronto since 2004.

So your point is?

Dance threads should be like rushing the court after a big college win

if you have them after games like this they lose their meaning.

Not really.

Wins aren’t all that frequent, so dance threads are very appropriate.

I've never seen you around STR before.

Don’t tell us what our dance threads should and shouldn’t be. We dance after every win. That’s it.

Sorry for having an opinion

my bad.

Wins don't come often.

Don’t blame us for savoring them.

Green threads are the equivalent of rushing the court here.

This is one of those things where things are a certain way

and that’s the way they are. People don’t care about what you think they ‘should’ be. It’s already established.

I get the same way when people who don't know shit tell me what I should and shouldn't do in a film that I made.

IE: “You should have made that explode.”
“It would have been cooler if there was more blood.”
“She should have had blonde hair.”

They just piss me off and aren’t worth my conversational energy.

Sorry

I didn’t know my comment was so ground shaking that it could challenge the very foundation of STR. I just don’t think it’s cool to have a dance thread after every win, excuse the fuck outta me.

No dance thread after a win seems a bit ground shaking to me.

We love our dance threads.

lol. Fair enough.
Now I will certainly agree that Van Damme dancing in every dance thread is too much.

We save him for the big wins.

It's cool, ResetSmith

It’s just that there are quite a few ass shakers around here—that’s all.

Huh?

Road win. .500 with Smart. Cousins big game. What are you saying?

Sure we do.

Take what you can get.

We'll take any win we can get, a dance thread is order for all them.
Well designed inbounds there.
Smart pull out by Evans
I'm impressed as hell with Smart.
Decent game from the few minutes I was able to watch.

Venomy, I couldn’t respond earlier since I was helping a coworker, and I don’ t want to push the page back up, but I wasn’t trying to read anything into the team reacting to help Cousins up. I just thought the instant reaction from everyone looked funny (funny as in humorous, not suspicious). If anything I’ll be one of the first to say that Cousins has been exceptionally professional when faced with any remotely confrontational situation, so the last thing I wanted to do was to paint him in any negative light.

For sure.

I just liked the sense of camaraderie they seemed to have there.

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Thomas gonna get his 20 it appears

Why is it so hard for Cousins to get one rebound?!
I'm pushing for 20/20 cause he's on my fantasy team.
Raptors aren't missing.
this is practically the longest

ive seen this foul game bullshit go on, longest minute ever

I agree. Though the Lakers did this to us one time, and they ended up winning that game.

I was livid.

tyreke got like 10 points from that minute
We are making free throws!
Clutch free throw shooting from the Kings tonight...
What an ending this game has been.

IT clutch at FT line.

This game is not ending
This certainly makes the Kings' offensive output look more reasonable.
Isaiah with one hell of a game.

I like dat little guy.

We are just lucky we arent shooting FTs like we were a few games ago
last foul not even necessary

Almost got that 1 last rebound for Cuz..Kleiza why couldnt you shoot faster

Fantastic win! Well earned.

Career highs for Cousins and IT.

Late game fundamentals.

We’re seeing them, though not exactly in the context that may have complained about and envisioned before. But at least I get the impression that everyone at least knows what they should be doing.

Good enough for Raptors. Which is a positive step. Doing this against a playoff team will be different.

KINGS WIN BITCHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NO OUTLAW = WIN

Tyreke 14/14 FT line. Halleluyah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yup. Lots of good things all around.

IT is well spoken..I could see him be a leader

maybe even a PG
wahooooo!

that is all

Kings doesnt deserve to win

hahahaha

Baloney!
hahahaha kings sucks
Why Troll?
Patience

He has tourette syndrome.

I knew there had to be some problem.
I thought he had Fredettes Syndrome?
Hey I'm just disappointed, i'll say whatever i want
Disappointed in a Kings win?

Why you mad bro..You a Derozan fan?.

im a f*cking kings fan

and i am disappointed by the way they play

Tonight was a large improvement over last night.

At least there’s progress.

Kenji I have it on good authority

that 91.4% of King’s fans fuck so that is not a distinguishing characteristic.

The kid is a charmer isn't he?

Thomas

Who expects a team that shoots 37% for the game to win ?

no one. very nice gritty win

and still with that ugly A/T ratio

13 assists/16 TO

Yep, the Kings showed some character tonight.
The two things that overcome those ugly stats

The rebounding (48-44) and of course the 91% at the charity stripe

Cousins is certainly in a nice stretch.

And, for once, it helped get a ‘W’.

And I did not mean that as a slide on Cousins.
Good win. IT had an amazing game and Tyreke/Cousins.

Despite the misses, I loved to see Jimmer shooting the hell out of it. It’s a way more comfortable feeling than seeing Salmon’s do the same. And Jimmer’s D was not as atrocious tonight.

Now, let’s beat a good team…

I'm also okay with Jimmer taking a lot of shots.

His shot will come back and those will start going down. He only took 10 anyways. This isn’t 20+ Webber jumpshots from the top of the key.

or Thornton's 20+ per game.

“Your whole life, you always have been short” Jerry Reynolds with IT2

Can't wait to hear Smart's words.

Think he might be just a little bit excited?

IT and DMC

Love it. Take notes Jimmer… IT took you to school on how to be a PG. Learn from it!

They r on same team. JF and IT

Don’t be salty…. JF will figure it out

Fair, and I did

Prefer to see him shooting more. Like it.

Oh, Cousins got a technical for his scream? How lame.
Well,

they felt bad for Amir.

ughh i can't wait to see the highlights..
I know many want Isaiah Thomas to be the answer after this game

but you should probably take this game with a grain of salt. The teams probably have not game planned for him much yet or taken him into account as much with his low minutes going into the game. Also, I don’t know if his legs will stay as fresh and he will continue to play at this high of a level when given consistent minutes.

It would be a good story, but I’m not sure if it can go on like this forever.

Same style of play he had in college ..

Where is everyone? Dancing already?

Hell yeah fool…Get yuor dance on!

Officially changing I.T.'s name to T.I., cause he's Big Shit Poppin'

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