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IT just did a highlight 3 point shot on his own.
Back to back from IT
Bosh is getting to Cuz a little, but that's okay
LOL 3 point shooting I love you
3s are saving us lmao
I've never seen anyone shoot FTs as slow as Bosh
malone?

dude broke the time limit every time

I don't mean the time he takes

just his overall movement. it’s like watching someone shoot at half speed or something.

I saw him once take a first quarter FT

in the 3rd quarter

Hitting outside shots

Love that! Getting us back in it!

Funny

I just can’t see Jim Fredette doing this

Have the Kings finally found their shooting touch?
That was awesome Cousins. Through the legs
That was some awesome stuff from a 6'11" center!
Came here to say just this.

Our 6’11’’ center nutmegged their PG in the open court, ran the floor, and finished on an alley-oop. Rigoddamndiculous!

through the damn legs of anthony hahaha
Ahhhhhhhhmaaaaazinggggggggg

oh my goodness!!!!!!!!! thank heavans for demarcus cousins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

COUSINS!!!

Between the legs!! To Tyreke Back to Cousins!!

It wasn’t pretty, but it was awesome!

Cuz with the nutmeg
4 point game if you can believe!!!!!!

What a game.

The dipsy doodle
Wow

That was one of the nicest fast break sequences I have seen the Kings run this year.

I like that DMC ran to the hoop after his pass...good hustle
and were back in it!
WOW,

play of the year

Our point guard center got away with a little traveling.
i didnt see it

when?

Right before he passed to Tyreke
just saw
we'll take it, nba owes us

for the next 10 years more at least

They only call 4 steps...see LBJ play
tyreke on his way for a triple double
Where

Is they guys who said Game Over is he still around???

Go Kings!

Exciting stuff right here. Reke, MT23, IT and Cuz lighting it up!

Kings on the break have been absolutely on point
trade dmc tyreke and mt23
Reke does layups like Wade
12-2 run miami? meet our 13-3 run!
I love the way Tyreke handles the rock

His best asset IMO

2 point game

This is an amazing game.

How about some freakin' runs of our own. Go Kings!
Chalmers 3

Dagger

Miami is so quiet...
maybe we should stop letting Chalmers shoot 3's? There's an idea
Chalmers can't be left open
Woowwwww

Tyreke Evans!!!

holy shit tyreke
That was spectacular!
Can we not leave Lebron open?
They all shoot pretty darn well.
better him shooting the 3 than chalmers

lebron is only like 33% from the 3-point line

Receding dagger
Hey

I don’t appreciate those receding hairline jokes

Ok now they're just raining 3s over the zone
Stop leaving Chalmers and James alone on the 3-point line!
Kings on the break have been absolutely on point
Free daggers for Wade
What foul?
The foul was on Cousins

Because Wade missed. You aren’t allowed to make him miss

thomas baby please make more 3s

y we no make moar 3s !??!?!

DMC got to 4 pF quick
And back to 10...

good T cousins…

Dumb technical by CUZ
well there is never a smart one
I think Coaches are the only ones that can get "smart T's"

Most of the time it doesn’t work, but sometimes it can spark the team

LOL!!!!

Well drawn up play IT

Hey it's their arena, can't blame us
IT is putting on a show
!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh boy

Long range bomb from IT!!
Wow soft ass foul on Hayes
53% on 3 point. O_o

I dont wannna jynx it..

Foul on Hayes with Bosh at about 4:49 mark
Im getting goosebumps!

FUCK!

Man Isaiah really was a great draft pick at 10
Shooting gallery!

Isaiah is awesome.

IT got another one?

He is making his case to go to the All Star game.

Back to 4.

WHAT A GAME!!

Tyreke!!!

Having a beautiful game

Heat can't get any separation
Reke with the drive to the hole!!
Kings! It's the 3rd quarter! not the 4th! we can't leave James open!
They keep leaving open the shooter...
but at least we are guarding the paint well, so, pick your poison
SAC-RA-MEN-TO clapclapCLAPCLAPCLAP
We don't look like a losing team tonight.
JT was going up should be shooting ft's
The Profit!!!
Finally!!!!

THAT IS HIS NEW NICKNAME!!!!

But let's spell it right....prophet
IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OOOMMMGGG

THOMAS!!!!!

OHHH MYYYYY GOOODDDNESSS!!!!
WHAT IS GOING ON
Fuck YEAH

And I got him on my fantasy team

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
OMG IT is unreal
Where the hell is Jimmer?
Who?

Do you not see WTF Isaiah is doing?

He's wearing number 22
we dont need Jimmer tonight

IT shows hot hand

A joke?
Me? Joke?

You’re funny.

That block was nasty
JT gets blocked so damn much on those dunks
Ha ha IT defending Lebron
JT

y u no haz dunk!!!!!!

Good god it
Aaaaaah!

Momentum is there! IT is a beast!

IT almost snagged that
they keep making shots everytime we get close
That is what good teams do.
Oh no. Garcia back in.
It almost had the steal..
Bench...cross fingers
IT with the heat check
LOLOL!!!

He missed… must be a foul!

IT going to the line
LOL they do not want IT shooting the three

can’t blame them

Miami can't miss
You put IT on the knicks and we'd be seeing him all over SportsCenter
o of course, but somehow people will still deny it
Cole fouls IT beautiful
IT is trolling Mario Chalmers so hard right now
I think he might have trolled the entire NBA draft
If Kings win this game he will get a SC shout out definitely
18 points this quarter for IT. WOW!
I just want to punch Lebron in the face
IT is my boy !!
You sure have a lot of boys.
IT is my #2 boy at the moment and moving up!
Salmons is my 1,000,003 boy at the moment...
IT is the ROY

anyone who denies it is a homer

It's not going to be IT

Irving has it.

Put down the juice box
wow swoosh why are you so mean

whats your problem gosh…

Great game. We are playing hard.
both teams played hard

good night and God bless

I think Smart learned from the Lin thing, and that is contributing to IT starting
As good a three quarters as they have played all year. Thanks to IT.
I think we did pretty well getting IT.

We needed a PG and we got one.

Going to the 4th

And this game is still winnable way more than what i was asking for let see if they can shock the world on Natl Tv

the team looks so much more focused tonight

I was a little offended during the OKC game when the 3 bald stooges back at TNT headquarters made a comment about the Kings just played well because they were on national TV and that effort should be brought every night. Well I am starting to think they may have been right. Kings play so much better against the big shot teams.

Amazing quarter

We are running with them. If this was any other good (not great) team, we would be in the lead now. Or if Miami had missed a couple of those threes.

Just checked in

Are we in this game? We’re in this game. We’re definitely in this game and, damnit, I want to watch them steal this one.

Thanks to IT, they're in IT
IT is the best PG the Kings have had since Bibby

this guy looks like the real deal. He’s a game changer.

If he's doing this against Miami, he'll do this against the rest of the NBA as well.
That's what I'm thinking

If you don’t back down to Wade and James you won’t back down to anyone.

Tyreke has 8 assists

Just saying… this game was over I thought

ISAIAHER!!!
Just tuned in

Sounds like IT is having a huge game

Foul trouble in the first half.

He had a huge third quarter. 20 points. A lot from three.

I need an IT jersey!
I'm ordering one asap
Double dribble on Bosh
Double-dribble on Bosh
Double dribble on Bosh!
Let Hayes guard Bosh 1 on 1, no need to double
great defense chuck
Play SMART Basketball

and we win

if your guna foul, hit em hard!
Chuck giveth, and Chuck taketh away

Is Salmons a DNP so far?

He hurt his hip...

damn old people

Salmons is out with back spasms or something.
hip injury i thought
That sounds about right now that I think about it.
spawning season
Garcia has no business on the floor

He makes Salmons look good

dmc please

chucks hands are tired, we need cuz in!!

Hayes with the post move??
Where the hell did that come from, Chuckles? Damn.
Hayes actually made a basket.
Boo all you want
hippity hop
And no barbershop in sight
Thomas is a little ball of fire, even when he screws up it's exciting.
No time to get sloppy gang.
I hope the starters are back in after the TO for the rest of the game
I cannot believe how much energy IT has exerted in this game!

He is in fantastic shape!

It would surprise me if he isn't in the best shape on the team

The only reports I’ve seen is this kid runs and runs and runs and runs. When he’s away, he runs the stairs.

He obviously didn't get into this shape by minutes in the game...

cause he didn’t get the start until recently. He has been working hard for this opportunity. Very impressive.

it feels like IT has been playing the whole time
The Heat are shooting over 57%

and we’re only down five.

Cut down on the TOs this half
Grant and Jerry are the

worst actors on the planet.

I think it has to be on purpose
Nope I don't buy it.

I’s not satire.
Just awfulness.

I sense this game is about to run away :-/

Gotta get the starters back in for sure.

I think so too. Do it quick before this gets nasty.
They seriously cannot miss
Poor Jimmer looking glum
Totally forgot he existed.
Dumb move Tyreke.
oh noes

whats happening X.X

Sometimes Reke is just plain stupid.
And it almost always happens in crunch time

He doesn’t handle pressure well at all.

If this is chasm, no thank you

If not please see the games against the game winners against the wizards and the nuggets

two years ago?
Get Donte out of there
Why would you challenge Battier
time out time out
And that might be the knockout punch
Two Reke wiffs at the rim = 4 Miami fast break points.
Well, we played them close for most of the game. When we miss, they don't.
The don't miss at all.
It looks like shooting practice.
Seriously I don't understand why Tyreke has to go so far deep into the defense and have to throw up such crap

He needs a short range floater more than even a midrange J right now

really wish he had a Rondo floater
Typical tyreke, reverting to hero ball in the fourth
yep

the ball movement completely stopped. Went back to the 1v5 Isolation Paul Westphal play.

And he was being guarding by Shane Battier

Who has been known to shut down Reke in the past.

The Heat crowd seems a lot louder than last year
Tyreke hero ball works what, 10% of the time?

This crap is the reason people want to trade him.

It's like I'm a prophet...
No JJ tonight, it seems
Thank fuckin' god!
What fucking garbage
Cisco with the band aid
We are in trouble now.
Come the fuck on...
woah miller shuffled there
El Flaco with back to back 3's
There ya go Cisco
Cisco with ANOTHER!
The Heat crowd seems a lot louder than last year
Cisco trying to keep the Kings in the game.
Wow what a flop by Bosh
No boxing out will do that every time.
Uh oh. Wade back in
There is still time.
6 players with no minutes. No wonder we look pooped. Wish we had the depth to rotate our bench
This will be JJ's first DNP of the year
What spastic play
Now isn't the time to turn the ball over
surprised we arent seeing more Cousins
IT out offense go stagnant
Put in JIMMER
No
Dont Need

A rook trying to guard Veteran All Stars

We need someone to make 3's.
He's number 22
keep him in too!

take out reke.

WTF?
WTF was reke losing the game for us in Cleveland...
Haglemoron fits you better
Nice!

Since we taking out our angst by reverting to playground name calling, here’s one: heuristiclinefuck.

Could you at least make one that makes more sense than your posts?
Damn.. meant to say: heuristiclinefuckUP.

Playground tactic FAIL.

Friends?

Cousins taking some punishment with those charges.
I think we are running out of steam

But we need a spark for one last run

Unless someone gets hot I dont ' see it
We need a raging inferno
I don't see how Smart thinks he can sneak by a win by gassing out 7 players. I know our bench has struggled, but this will be a blowout in no time.
Geez

They’re called Free throws for a reason

The Kings need a run that gets

Lebron off the bench

Nevermind

He’s off

Nice layup by Tyreke
Damn, needed a timoutr there.
Here comes Lebron
tyreke 10 assists? nice
And he's not our point guard!
LOL jump off with IT?

meeeeeh

40" vertical!!!

damn he lost

Yeah he got up there tho
I really wish we could win.
I hope you have a lot of patience.
gosh darn it so many tough loss

TOUGH LOSSES Y U BE SO TOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!

Tough losses are the blowouts.. These show promise at least
It's all I've been hoping for all year. Can leave this one without my head down...Finally
I blame you

You said we were going to win. You and your “feelings”.

It Seems that we just don't know how to finish a game. I think youth has a lot to do with it

. Plus fatigue because of our weak bench.

6 players with no minutes. That's the most this season (I think). At this point I think it's more about not having any energy than closing out a game. Although I guess you could say the two are related.
Wade isn't bigger than IT?
Thornton....

6-4 vs 6-4

Wow, MT does seem smaller to me.
Lebron's headband is growing in size to compensate for his hair line

in 3 years it will just be a ski cap

Why isn't IT running point?
Nice sell job by Buckets.
Wow..This team needs to practice freethrows
In for another loss..
That should do it
This game was winnable

How the hell did we screw this up?

we lost because cousins didn't show up

its always someone not showing up. ussually its thornton.tyreke. today its the opposite though.

They are tired imo.

Bench minutes are nonexistent.

two players with 15 minutes. and then only 6 other players carrying the rest of the load.

I am not a fan of our bench either, but that kind of endurance is not realistic

Take out Thornton!

Jimmer can make free throws AND 3’s…

yeah but he gives up like 100 points, haha
Nice foul by Reke.
Yeah screw getting dunked on
Plus he might miss one.
wtf?

he wouldn’t get dunked on. tyreke knows how to block. lebron would get owned by tyreke.

lulz. Y u so fun e?
It was fun to watch. Finally I got to watch the Kings on TV, it was a nice change.
A 0-6 road trip is becoming a reality
I's going to happen.

I have no doubts now. The Kings can’t win on the road, they suck at it.

we can still beat the wizards!
I think we'll lose to them.

It’ll suck, but the Kings on the road suck even more.

We're suppose to beat the Cavs and Pistons

This team needs help big time

Fuck it.... I'm still gonna blame the defense on Jimmer
screw that

salmons made us lose.
that idiot mustve have given these guys bad tips during practice.

It was a well played game from the Kings

Perhaps a little more competitive throughout than many of you here would have thought against the defending East Coast Champs.

I sure didn't expect them to be in it

In fact, turning the game on mid way through the first my exactly thought was, they are probably already down 10

This was a blowout. In the 4th quarter, sure, but still a blowout. It's deceiving because we only played about 6 players.

there was absolutely no way we’d be able to sustain and endure in that last quarter. I don’t know what Smart was thinking. There’s a reason NBA teams put 14 players on the roster

Well

It was still great game just got out executed by a veteran team in the 4th

We needed to be near perfect to beat this team

We are getting there. It was a good effort from the team. The Heat are just too good. i enjoyed the game especially the third quarter

LOL Grant making fun of LeBron's not 2 not 3 not 4 bit
wtf

lady in the front row wearing sun glasses

Give it to IT

he hasn’t shot this quarter

Kings have no bench.

The fact that Isaiah is the one true PG on this team is huge. Jimmer not even seeing the floor this game is a testament to that.

Kings did not get embarrassed tonight

They played well.

Now lets hope for the crazy miracle

Back to back to back Reke half court buzzer beaters?
Good game even tho its a loss

Just wanted to see good execution. A win against the best team in the league would just be a bonus

I think you can say this one was closer than the final score indicates
Absolutely and great to see from our boys!
Wow IT actually missed a 3
Why are the big 3 still in game?
Not sure whats up with Cousins

He couldn’t back down Bosh?

LOL Wade. Instead of trying to make the layup

he flopped as Thomas moved out the way.

lol thats what wade does

First he flops then he tried to score a crazy basket.

If the Heat shot like that more frequently, no team would ever beat them consistently.
And if the Kings played like this more often

They would be a playoff team.

Lack of defense might have helped their shooting.
Still bro, they couldn't mis at certain points, it was like a video game
Bosh is automatic with that midrange jumpshot
Whiteside in with a block
Yep... Fredette is on Smart's shitlist.
Nah, he just saved him from embarrassment
I suspect he may have felt he would have been overwhelmed in this game.

Jimmer doesn’t need that.

I seriously think it's time to either give him Cisco or Salmons minutes....

or trade him. :’(

Why would you trade him?

Because he didn’t play in a game during his rookie season? That isn’t good logic. Jimmer is a Kings.

Can't help but feel bad for him.

Heck even Whiteside got PT.

Jimmer Jimmer Jimmer

Really that’s what would have won us this game get over it

If the Kings play like this tomorrow, they'd blow out the wizards
Do you think they actually will though? I have my doubts.
If**

Who knows if they will..

It seems like they get up for these bigger matchups and then fall flat against far lesser comp.

It happens far to frequently.

They definitely get pumped up for big games

But they have to be frustrated about falling short. Hopefully they take those frustrations out on the Wizards.

I so, so wish they do.

I want a god damn win, it’s been almost a month it seems like. This shit is frustrating the poo out of me!! :(

I asked yo a question byh the way*********
that I answered?
that was a good answer.
How do you fedel about it? " who knows"
Exactly....? Have you not seen this Kings team?

I’m not Donte Greene, I can’t predict when things are going to go our way

rec'd for the Greene joke.
But they never play good against bad teams
Jim Gray interviewing the opposing team's player again...
Good game

Bad 4th quarter.

Really happy with the Kings.

Reke looked Reke-like tonight.
Great game Kings!

Actually much more competitive than many would have thought. Great display for national television, and hopefully IT gets the media coverage we all know he deserves!!

Good effort tonight. We lost but like how we played.
What is up with Isaiah Thomas though?

Incredible. He’s for real.

Cant believe he didnt make the All-Star rookie game
He's a keepe,r I'm thinking...
Fuckin' A right

When the Kings are the Carpenters, he’s the Black Keys (or at least the dancing guy in the commercial)

2 career days in two games

He hasn’t hit his ceiling yet for sure

Are we all in agreement that IT is a keeper?
The Kings have sort of a "big 3" but now they sort of have a big 4

Nice !

Reke, DMC, IT... who else?
I'm not trying to be an ass

But everyone is so happy with the kings this game. I guarantee we could keep up with ANY team through 3 quarters when we only play 6 of our hottest players. But does no one on here realize there was no way in hell we were going to endure that 4th quarter. 6 players with no minutes. I’m not a fan of our bench either, but holy shit, that approach will work maybe 1 out of 30 times. I don’t know what Smart thought was going to happen…especially at the tail end of a long road-trip.

Good point

anyone who thinks your being an ass just has their head up their own ass.

Kings played more then 6 players.

Donte Cisco Hayes came off the bench.

I know. two other players for like 15 minutes. The bulk of the time was split between 6. That's what I meant. Sorry. I was being broad.
I would agree it would not be a smart move on Smart's part to make a habit out of that.

But usually he is the exact opposite, goes way to deep into the bench. And in the playoffs most teams go down to about 9 players. Problem is our bench is terrible. JJ and Outlaw have been awful. Salmons is injured. Whiteside and Honeycutt are not NBA ready.

and combined for 4 points...
The Kings current rate of success would be 10 out of 30 times
Dude we just hung tough with the

Miami Heat. I don’t think a team full of Greek Gods could beat them tonight. That Cole Kid is pretty legit.

We wouldn't have been in that game if we went deeper into our bench.
Yeah, that's the problem
Agree. Smart knew that and just rolled the dice.
Agree. Totally agree.

As long as we’re calling it what it is: a roll of the dice. I just wanted to make sure people realized some of the reality behind what just happened. If we had gone deep into the bench we’d probably still lose by a similar margin, but have been down most of the game. I guess this way at least we had “hope” going into the 4th quarter. But I wasn’t surprised at all to see what happened in the 4th.

You realize that the heat only played 9 right?

It’s not like they were reaching deep into the bench the whole game

Kings better BLOWOUT Washington tomorrow.
Something tells me the Wiz are going to win
We are gonna be tired tomorrow

Playing the back end of a doubled header, having only played 6 guys tonight, and being more emotional tonight due to it being a big game.

I am going to buy an Isaiah thomas jersey authentic..

I hope kings dont trade him in the near year or two though. Anytime I buy a kings jersey it seems they end up trading the guy haha

tried

it didn’t even fit on 1 arm

I just wish this team would take every game as if it were against big name opponents
Cousins, JT, and IT do

Thornton and Tyreke in particular seem to play to the level of the opponent.

Cousins had a rough game

but Miami has some good bigs

oh Hickson was a DNP

Totally forgot he existed.

Maybe a trade?

Hickson/Jimmer/Salmons for Marvin Williams? Maybe?

That's quite a bit for Marvin Williams

If Jimmer is involved.

Well I would hope ATL would add a bit from their end

Maybe Hinrich

Jimmer for Lebron James seems more likely
I'd want a pick back

He’s likely to bolt for Cleveland

Too early to be talking about trading Jimmer.
"Brought to you by the European Wax Center

The ultimate wax experience"
What does that even mean? lol

Dat Euro wax is the bomb I've heard.
Can't wait to hear what Smart has to say.

Overall, I bet it will be positive.

If IT can keep the production

We will have better offense. 4 players averaging double figures not counting JT. And our assists/ball movement are way better. If we use these losses as feeling out games then I would be fine given that they will have much better games in the future.

IT not making the All-Star rookie game should be a crime!
happens if the big games come after selection date

if someone can’t play he’ll have a shot

It'll be exciting to see him play
If IT started from game one I bet this team has 3 or 4 more wins right now
Not sure

this was a really rough time for a rookie. Lock-out, then head coach getting canned.

If Salmons never played, we'd have infinity plus one wins
We'd have the best record in the league.
how do you figure

we lost to detroit and cleveland

Because the team looks better when he's on the floor

If he’d been starting all year i think they’d be a better team right now. Not that i;m saying they should have know that at the time, I don’t think anyone knew how good he would be.

Good news....only 12 more road games

which also means more rest and practice between games

Can we get Ramon Sessions?

I know the Fakers are interested in him. But then again we now have IT so would that mean we don’t need a PG anymore?

Still need a solid back-up PG
Another PG is about the last thing we need
Reke is not a PG, hopefully Jimmer is coming along in practices
It's definitely a need

Thomas can’t play all 48 minutes and Reke can’t back him up because they’re on the court at the same time already. Another pg is a serious need unless your content with Jimmer backing him up.

I think the point (hehe) is that we don't need another PG

We might need to replace a PG, but we don’t need an additional one.

I think Small Forward is our biggest concern.
Is Beasley a SF or a PF?
SF
I like his game too

Not sure what kind of role model he would be for the Kings youngsters (the whole team) but he can score and play some D.

But Im not so sure the T-wolves are willing to part with him either.
Hybrid

He can play both depending on match ups

agree ..he's a 3.5
Should we make a play to get him?

I know he’s another headcase but hey it will be exciting to see him together with Cousins

I'd rather find a way to snag Pekovic vs. Beasley

Pek and DMC inside would be lethal.

I think we need defense from the three

He’s kind of a chucker. Think he’d slow down our offense. I’d rather get a veteran role player there. We need a poor man’s Shane Battier.

should have made a play to get him when the Heat gave him away

probably too late now.

Smart pretty positive with the game.
Yeah everybody should be. Just ran out of gas i.e. no bench
Yep. We have a lot of dead wood on the team.
Why no Hickson tonight? besides the obvious "he sucks"
I think you answered your own question
He could have been told to just come in, give some energy, rebound, defend and never shoot.

Why can’t he just follow simple instructions like those? We could have used that scenario tonight.

May have had to do with some of his comments about rather being in Cleveland.
Yeah I was thinking the same thing actually.

Glad you mentioned it. That might not have gone over well at all with Petrie and staff.

Yep. They are paying all this money for him to play and he is saying this stuff to the media.
Plus he's been awful
I wonder how this is all playing out in the locker room?
Hot in Cleveland

Next seasons cast featuring Betty White and new beau JJ Hickson.

Will someone please Photoshop? I have no skills in this department.

Too busy dreaming about Cleveland.
are we trading

salmoms, hickson and jimmer for nicolas batum or gerald wallace or luol deng or danilo galinarri?

Who could know these things...

Take a guess…

We couldn't trade them to get anything of value back unless we took on a boatload of money

which, well…. you know

Anyone have any new on city council

tonight im reading things on twitter about olympic commetii pushing for new arena for olympic bid in 2022

I think that the Olympic bid is going to be a stretch

But if it has any legs, it will need to include a modern multi-purpose arena like the one being proposed in Sac. I can’t see the Reno area being able to build anything like it.

We are 10-22, people, TEN AND TWENTY TWO!

Really, we might have a “couple” of more wins if IT started all year? What are we playing for? There are no moral victories in sports. What? We want to be able to say, " well, we aren’t the worst team in basketball!" Shoot me; I want to see Jimmer play. And for all those that say he sucks at defense, look at the scoreboard whenever he doesn’t play – the team sucks at defense. We give up 100 points anyway. Let’s at least see what he can do offensively with the ball in his hands for 30 mins.

What are we playing for?

To win. Each win means something to the team. It is important because each game has four chapters. It is important for a team to learn how to play the game from beginning to end to learn how to open and to close games.

I see your point that there are no moral victories and we are probably out of the playoffs, but there is something going on with each game. They all have to learn how to play together.

If Smart just decides to use games as practice, putting guys into the game with no set plan, then he and the team won’t get as much out of the time as they would if they go into win the game.

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