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Kings vs. Cavaliers: Open Game Thread I

Sacramento Kings at Cleveland Cavaliers, Feb 19, 2012 3:00 PM PST


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Here's to hoping the Kings find a way to win instead of a way to lose.
I'm at my mom's house in Lodi

She has DirectTV. Is the game on on DirectTV?? I can’t find it anywhere!

Hickson "I approach every game the same"

maybe you should rethink that approach…

After that pistons game i dont even know what to expect

we are the weirdest team EVER

If the Kings lose this game I'm gonna shave my head with a butter knife.

soften your head in the microwave first. keeps the blade from dulling.

Starters:

PG Thomas
SG Thornton
SF Evans
PF Thompson
C Big Cuz

we gotta control the inside

Cousins Thompson have a big advantage

It should be interesting to see what Irving has.
Irving is a little beast.

He’ll be a handful.

IT first two points
lets goo kiings!!
Nice job Cuz
What a pass!
Cuz is my boy
Does your wife know?
He's her boy too. :)
omg play some defense
Can we all just give three cheers for IT starting over Salmons again?
IT is a beast
4 point play goddamn
IT. damn that dood

“hustlin husky” lol

argh, the kings love guarding the 3 dont they
seriously

wtf???! most frustrating thing. watching every game and they play off the shooters.

4pt plays make me happy :D
late whislte on thompson

was probly a foul though

eh i want to see the replay.

wow. antawn jamison is 35.

JT getting schooled
reke you had that shot
If he had aleft hand maybe.

IT with two fouls in five minutes.

Evans is so bade

my god isiah

sweet layup + sweet D on Irving + sweet pass up court to Cousins.

Anybody else having trouble posting replies here?

Every time I hit reply I go to the top of the page

No trouble for me.
working for me
No problem here.
That happens sometimes to me too.

I hit refresh and it seems to help.

Thanks. That did the trick
IT doing a great job so far.
Looks like a different (much better) team with him on the floor
Isaiah is really proving himself
Who just got fouled?

DeMarcus Cousins got fouled. He was pushed in the back on a fast break layup attempt.

Much better ball movement with IT instead of Reke bringing up the ball.
So, so much better and they get in to the offense three times as fast

ya and a lot more passes to Cousins too.

come on hickson dont suck!
We've had too many fouls in a short time. Penalty already!
Hopefully JJ will play well with the applause
Jeremy Lin is the one and only story for the rest of my life.

I can’t get enough of this kid, good thing the media knows what I like.

second that. I even watched the Knicks today which I never normally do.
I know, I wish I was Asian.
Holy cow that was a dumb foul
how was jj at cleveland?

cuz i’m yelling at him whenever he’s in for us

Sucky.
He wasnt too bad when he was there.
Not very subtle Cuz
Just shy of a football stiff arm

Come on DeMarcus… we don’t need plays like that from you with Hickson in the game.

and its hayes hickson times

ps… godamnn sweet move by reke

Tyreke Evans!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMFG

I saw that offensive foul from a mile away
Great ball movement. Want more of that!
This, a thousand times THIS!

I’m not gonna lie. I think I saw Hickson make a good pass.

Yep. to MT for the 3
imagine of tyreke could do those same moves right AND left

he’d be best “layuper” in the NBA

The only problem with IT, too easy to shoot over him.
I'll take that with the trade off in the entire team operating better with him on the floor
IT is lighting shit up.
IT in double digits in the first 8 minutes of the game.
IT is a beast!
IT with the crossover!!
IT is feeling it!!
IT trying to keep pace with Irving, ya boy!

LOL Irving and Isaiah are battling…. and Evans kills the momentum with a chuck.

CHUCKWAGON

RAN DOWN A REBOUND

i love 30 point quarters these days

Way to chase down the rebound Chuck!

OMG isiah wtf happened
took a bad step
IT tried to get fancy i think
did he just step on his own crossover?
He faked himself out.
Was IT trying to do a between the legs pass or something?
i think he was going thru the between the legs pass. si.

sucks. guess he should just went for the easy pass. they both actually shouldn’t have been there, should have hustled back to play defense

What happened to IT?
He Slipped

IT is OK… IMO

He seems like he might be ok.

Is Isaiah ok?

Yes, he tried to Zig when he should have Zagged.
Can you believe we are all freaking out about IT?
This offense is so much more fluid with Isaiah at point

I love it

Free Donte

put him in as shooting guard and have him post up. Also have jimmer out there so if greene is doubled he passes for an open 3.

At least he's not hurt

That would be so Kings, if he went down right when he got the starting nod and was playing well

Can someone put a shock bracelet on Reke?

So he can be deterred everytime he tries to take a bullshit fadeaway jumper?

Hahaha

Isiah shtoinked that one. Watch the replay. Everyone else was like, WTF???

Hickson scoreless, Casspi scoreless guess that trade was a wash

Oh wait, Kings gave up a pick too…

Only if they make the playoffs this year

So it should be a wash

eventually they'll give the pick though

i think it goes through 2017 or something. If the Kings don’t make the playoffs by then we have bigger problems, lol.

I'm loving the guard competition between the first and last picks
Ha ha IT showboating

I love IT showing his stuff off to Kyrie

hayes does play good D, hes just gotta pick his game up

Good D by Chucks. Also, Hollins sux

oh jj

missed dunk putback

haha hickson always misses on plays that would've been highlights
man reke bulldozed
31 point 1st quarter!
Let's hope Smart keeps IT in the game so we can keep it going
Great 1st quarter. 30 pts, very unusual.
IT

I will start the chant next time I’m at PBP MVP MVP MVP MVP MVP MVP MVP MVP MVP MVP MVP MVP!!!!

The story here:

Another good first quarter with IT at the point.

Just turned it on

Thomas had another freakish start? Wow.

Good quarter of hoops for the Kings

Can’t emphasize enough how much better this team plays with IT on the floor.

If you had to choose one, would you rather have Reke develop the left hand layup, or get a jumpshot?
Jumpshot.

He’s be unstoppable then.

A good jumpshot.
and we fuck up the fast break again

Evans….. so bade

tyreke with bad timing on that pass
Remember when Omri was our SF of the future

Good times.

i liked omri really.....

he wasnt the answer though

He wanted out

Don’t think he liked Westphal much.

probly, dont think many players on this team did
Jimmer guarding casspi lol
My Thoughts

EXACTLY!!!

Hell yeah Casspi shut down by Jimma

Let 'em play! Jesus.
Jimmer is not Jesus.
Having Jesus guard Omri is too political and not appropriate for this thread

Flagged!!! (notice I used 3 exclamation points, and think four might have been better)

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

ROFL Salmons comes in the game, his man immediately hits a wide open three. BENCH HIM NOW

I was like what.......

What kind of defense is that. Salmons always plays hesitant defense on the wing. He always gives guys a lot of space to shoot 3. That is so frustrating.

I was like who was that? Looks like Salmons.
Salmons in. Watch the score. Predict Kings behind before long
Salmons.... play goooooood basketbaaalllll

doooooooo it

With Jimmer in Reke seems to take the point which is not what we want.

Smart should go with Jimma – Thornton – Donte out of this time out, or at least Jimma – Thornton

salmons gave them 3
hayes thank you

and also is casspi guarding reke?

reke take that shit to the basket

WTF

Was that a set play for HAYES???

Sickening… When Tyreke runs the point, the play is for Chuck.

Salmons got scored on again.

hayes with the heat check
Nobody stopped the ball!
Hayes wasn't paying attention.
There goes our lead.
i think it can be cousins time already right?

bring him in

And JT. Hey! Donte!

You’ve got to be kidding me. With Tyreke running the point, the team runs two straight plays for CHUCK HAYES. Take Evans out. Put Thornton in. Let Jimma play point.

Right, because Jimmer has been doing SO great for us at point...
sessions point guard come to kings
Jimmer...

over dribbles the ball more then Tyreke does.

Wow that was an ugly play.

jimmer needs to man up!
he loses confidence too fast

when he knocks down a 3 he starts playin a little better

Gotta like how jammer asked for a screen from salmons

And didn’t get one

Donte in. I'm okay with that

EFFing Smart, dude. Why is Donte in at PF? Come ON. Take Salmons out.

How in the hell is Salmons in the NBA>?
Better question -Why is he our higest paid player?
whhaat?

wow. i still have faith he’ll turn around his seaon tho

Salmons is completely worthless
He's not that good.
Worst King ever?

At least Mikki Moore was content on the bench.

Why do we foul them every single possesion?

Umm do they not know how to move their feet and take a charge? Dammit we need cousins out there. They are just driving at will, in fact we are inviting them to drive to the hoop.

HAHA

Jimmer’s Defense. Soooooo bad.

i thought hayes was suppose to do something????

Poor Donte… an SF with no PF game being forced to play PF. The CAVS have attacked Donte on like three straight plays. Way to set him up for failure SMART. Take Salmons OUT

oh no i just heard jeremy lin
wow Sessions is a great passer
Always

thought he would look good in purple

31 point quarter, then a 6 point quarter
Cavs color commentator is just awful
People can say what they want about Peaches but

He and Jerry are a pretty kick ass announcing team compared with everyone eles around the league

It's true

They’re the only commentating team I know that actually respects the other teams players and are transparent when it comes to officiating calls

Isaiah is sooo good. But now the Kings are behind because SMART is terrible.

Yeah,,,

,,,with this new lineup, coach decisions and lack of depth are apparent.

He just plays players he knows he shouldn’t be playing, and he plays players he should be playing at the wrong positions. For example: Hickson at center, Donte at PF, Jimma at SG next to Evans. It’s a joke.

IT likes to pass it to Cuz
Fouls

At this raate we wont have any guys left if we keep fouling at this pace

Game's slowed to a crawl with all the fouling.

Please take Salmons out during this time out.

we only scored 6 points so far in 2nd quarter
I think that is normal for this team.
I still don't get why...

Smart rides Reke for 17 minutes straight then takes him out of the game with 7 minutes left? You can see that about 12-13 minutes in Reke gets lazy on D and rebounding and starts jacking up 3’s instead of driving to the hoop. Most likely the result over being overplayed.

IT!!!

DONTE been waiting all season for that connection

ooooo

Isiah makin plays aagain

Donte Greene > Salmons.

Me > Salmons
Bag o' Crap > Salmons

Chair > Salmons

Gold fish >Salmons
Broiled Salmons > John Salmons
donte is better at almost every single facet of the game

probly the ONLY this salmons has him beat on is free throw shooting

i like IT's entry pass skill
Damn, Cuz with his 3rd personal
This is one reason I like Donte in the game. Love the alley-oops
Dear Keith,

You only need nine guys and 6 minutes for a regular, effective rotation.

Love,

Rick Adelman
George Karl
Phil Jackson
Pat Riley
Don Nelson
Lenny Wilkens
Red Holtzman

you actually need nine nab caliber players first
I wana slap these announcers

Fun ball? Wtf are they talking about..cousins will murder their big men. You think thats fun? Kyrie irving is the one playing fun ball you hypocrites.

Cousins got a haircut

lol Casspi bricking a shot in the lane AS USUAL

Big Cuz 3fouls
That was a smart move by Casspi
I wonder if Cassipi is happier on the Cavs than he was here.
he got more minutes in sac

Chance to tie the game. Now if only SMART takes Salmons out of the game.

Tie game with 3 minutes left to go in the half
One silver lining

Donte has really come into his own as a nice, effective bench weapon over the past few weeks.

I'm glad he is playing better.

Last season, it almost looked like his career was over.

i actually feel a little excited about donte AS HE THROWS IT DOWN AGAIN

sorry, but as i was saying, he may be revitalizing his career

Would

Love to know IT Ast rate per minute on the floor

Again...

Why is Salmons out on the floor and Reke on the bench? Don’t get it.

Smart being Unsmart.
I'm sure Smart sees something that I don't

but I don’t get playing Reke for 17 min straight every game.

Hell yeah push that ball, IT!
IT to donte!! again

gotta go back and play d tho

That was a FB for the highlights

Donte Greene >>>>>>>>>>> Salmons.

IT our future PG?
thank you fishy
Old fishface made one???
john salmons sighting

he did good there. lol casspi

lol poor casspi
I really wish IT would have been picked for the All-Star rookie game.
was thinking the same thing

I actually checked to see if he was there

CAVS announcers calling out Salmons. Please bench him SMART.

haha.... there ya go omri

now we can go back to beating your team

agh GUARD THE 3 POINT LINE
IT pulled for last possession defense

oh the irony

there goes our lead again

It’s all SMARTs fault for playing Salmons.

IT may be short

But he rebounds like and defends like he is 6’2

he's consistent and a stat machine.

and while playing with tons of heart

IT 6 assists, Irving 0
No left hand
1 point not like it matters.... but we should have been ahead
And then John Salmons entered the game
Yep. And then we watched as the lead slipped away.
Anybody out there willing to argue that IT was not our MVP during the first half?

no!

Right! Coach Smart, keep that kid on the floor!!
Why even put Reke back in the game with 2 min left?

He comes in cold against a bunch of players who already got into the flow of the game.

Really hope we trade salmons at the trade deadline.

Maybe salmons and hickson for a 2nd round pick to a team desperate for some depth.

i don't understand Smart's rotation system....smh..
I don't either really.

I understand DMC was in foul trouble. But in general, IT MT23 Reke DMC and JT should be finishing the 2 and 4th quarter. JT did not come in til there was 4 minutes left in the game, Reke with 2 minutes left.

JT specifically

has never had consistent minutes under PW or Smart but he should be averaging a double double. JT is 1 of those players that gets better as the game goes on due to being in great shape. Instead his minutes are forked over to JJ? Why?

Though I guess getting 2 early fouls doesn't help.
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nba league pass broadband is consistently dissapointing

just won’t load. So i will try and boxscore and gamethread this for a while

They had 20 free throws in the 1st half. No wonder they are ahead.
Omri with 9 boards

and 1-6 shooting. Cavs with < 35% FG.
IT with 6 assists and 12 points.

All The Salmons Hate

Let me preference this First. I am not a BIG fan of him but everyone barks about every little thing he does, We all need to come to grip if he is not traded he is going to play big minutes why because Defense while his offense has lacked hes known for his defense while everyone is ripping him please remember he usually guards each teams main scorer. I’m not saying you cant hate and be mad at him this is just my personal opinion of him. While i don’t necessarily like him i have come to grips if he is here he is gonna play big minutes it just the way it it. I cringe every time he shoots just like you. Please dont rip me to hard for this post. I have my defense shield up im READY

Consider yourself ripped.
At the start of the season his D was ok.

But it seems it just keeps getting worse as the season goes on.

Seriously, he dives for the ball and NO ONE on here compliments it.

I mean, be critical if you want, but be fair

it was a pretty half ass dive.
lol why do i try
The bad far outweighs the good.
i think he has plenty of time to turn the season around.

he was good on his previous stint with the kings and with the bucks

Famous Reke 15 foot fade away.
Famous miss too
Jesus! Looks like he ended up ten feet back from where he started
Famous Reke Brick layup
Isaiah getting ragdolled. lol
IT

With the longest fall in the NBA

Looked kind of like Rekes jumper
IT making Omri look bad.
Omri makin Omri look bad.
omri can do that all on his own
IT

MVP that is all

One of our better players.
I think I know Tyreke's problem.

He got himself a girlfriend. Lost his edge!

That usually makes your edges sharper.
Coach chewin some ass during the timeout. Love it!
Paul Westphal

would be giving everyone high-fives.

New thread on main page
omfg that was ridiculous
how many rebounds just happened?
casspi the rebounding machine
this is a pretty physical game now
IT just loves to play.

Always smiling. Maybe MT23 should take a lesson or two from him.

Wow that was a turrible shot by Isaiah, but it went in!

omg… Salmons – Hayes – Hickson have brought us back into the game. Cavs must be tanking.

Just checked in

IT has some great stats, but only up by 1?

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