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Kings vs. Thunder: Open Game Thread II




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I have a feeling Cousins is gonna go off in the second half
That's what it will take to win this game
CWebb is Sign Lady's homie
Did Cheryl get coached up to tell the truth during halftime?
Me so Thorny
Why have I not heard this before?

It’s brilliant!

Reke defending Durant
We need a good start for this half.
LETS FINISH THIS!!!!
dont lose this for us, Salmons.
DMC with the basket
Cuzz heard that above the rim comment.
Thats a finish Cuz
Atta boy Reke. No easy points.
LOL

I loved Reke shoving Westbrook than not even looking at him.

WHy cant Cuzz do that all the time?
We don't have reliable shooters to space the floor?
Cousins was awesome at New Orleans

28 and 19!

Yup. Make them fear going to the basket.
We have to be like brothers - keith smart
C'mon Kings...get going here.
The difference when Cuzz shoots a fading layup at the rim.
You guys might not want to attack Ibaka.
attack Ibaka then a shovel pass to JT for an easy dunk
not easy
What do you mean? It only takes like seven words to describe

It’s a simple concept. Just pass the ball through mega-athletic wings and beast bigs in high traffic while running max speed.

See. Easy.

Not a good start

proving shaq right

Need to get Cousins with the ball out on the elbow

Draw out the defense then attack.

Gotta find JT when Ibaka comes over to block.
Good timeout. Westbrook could singlehandely murder us.
exactly

got to find a way to stop Westbrook

I think he's too athletic for that
Other fans say this about Reke

But than again their team is usually leading by 14 points

There was a Journey 1?
Was called "Journey to the Center of the Earth" I believe
They couldn't call it Journey to the Center of the Earth 2

It’d just seem silly.

Cause they are going to an Island not the center of the Earth
I think I have seen it
Will Ferrel
No different movie
That was land of the lost

Similar principle.

Land Before Time was the best land of them all
Lol

Sorry guys.

There was a Journey to the Center of the Earth?

You mean that movie Tremors? They didn’t live in the center of the Earth, that was just in the desert.

No it was called "Journey to the Center of the Earth"

With Dwayne Johnson, same way as this one

(just messing with yeah)

and Bacon was the bomb in Tremors!

I don't recall The Rock being in the 1st one

Yes to the supporting cast. I think they fell down a cave in the 1st movie. Brendan Fraiser was the star.

No wait you're definitely right
lol

they do look awful similar ;)

1st Movie wasn't awful

Kinda of family version B Movie. Come on only going to get better with the Rock, have you seen Tooth Fairy?

Tooth Fairy was not good

but “The Gameplan” was a solid family outing.

/loves the rock

Journey to the center of the earth

was the one with Brenden Fraser

Ibaka is ridiculously good at weakside blocks.

But we have Whiteside…

he's a legit one on one defender too it seems

I dunno what Brooks is doing with that guy

Feeding him the souls of grizzled veterans.
Think we could get him for JJ?

/plzsayyes

do we have any compromising pictures of Clay Bennett?
We have a a picture Greg Ostertag.

That should put it over the top, IMO.

What we really have is a Darkside.
Ibaka is also

ridiculously aggressive on those plays as well… it can be taken advantage of. Cuz could have laid the ball off to Thompson and it would have been a lay in. Assuming he caught it that is…

I want cousins to go into insane rebounding mode.

We have been a bit stagnant and we need to start playing with some energy. Slowing getting outworked and now down by 4. cannot let them extend the lead.

It would be awesome if CWebb could work with Cousins. I’m sure this has been discussed, but perhaps he could be brought in as a consultant.

Could that have happened during the lockout??

Media figures/players interacting??

"knocked away"

Pretty sure that’s how our possessions have ended five times in a row now.

thornton is forcing up too much in the paint
Screw the Thinder

*Thunder

Nice job Thompson!

Follow through on the fastbreak.

What a wookie!
That was a goaltend.
that was pretty close to goaltending, probly clean though
I am going to punch out Walton. So fucking annoying.
Then stop listening
Eh, only live, legal, up-to-date stream I have unfortunately.
Either find another stream or stop complaining.
Alright, alright, sorry. Relax.
Walton is awesome.
I love it when NBA players say they have to sign the right contract

so their families are taken care of. Nice, Web. Just like your buddy, Latrel Sprew-well.

The Serge Protector. Nice
Notice...

JT was open for all those blocks.

Ibaka rocking the 6 6 and 6
fucking thornton... really?
goddamn ibaka is fucking up our penatration bad
Great transition
charge, there ya go!

lets get some energy back come on

Ibaka is killing the Kings
LOL Cousins!

Nice mechanics.

Dmc!
That was def a great charge.
JT is so much better than JJ
this.

JT should play the whole 2nd half.

Cousins.

There’s a new GIF for ya.

Hah, Cuz with the Charge call motion!

Gif Material.

Why are they talking about being thirsty?
Westbrook was thirsty

Its a streetball term. Its basically greedy.

Thompson again!

Can we please just take Omri back?

lol! thompson gettin a little pissed there
JT really deserved an extension..
Two dunks from JT!!! Word.
JT MUTHA FAWKERS
Westbrook can't defend a pick to save his life

I’m sticking up for Reke more often onw

I like that the Kings are still attacking

As long as guys keep following for the board Ibaka can block what he wants.

SUCKKKKK ITTTTT BLOOOOOOOB
:)

It’s all love though

I think we can agree that we re-sign JT
Jason Thompson is a great follow on Twitter!
JT playing like that

Is why he’s gonna get extended.

Can't anymore

Deadline for extensions has passed

I know that I meant re signed.
Ok then, confused me for a sec
My fault

Should have used the correct term.

Goddamn Thompson is so much better than hickson isnt he
More JT pls!!!
Why doesn't he play like that more often?
First game you've seen this year?
He averages 8 pts

That means he score 3 or 4 basket per games. That is not enough for a starting PF

He hasn't started most of the season.

C’mon dude.

Excuse my typing

i have carpal tunnel syndrome from too much typing at work

Have you met Serge Ibaka?
I didn't realize PF was such an important scoring position

And JT has been one of the most consistent (and best) players on the team this season.

those 8 pts he averages

was playing “like that” so I dunno how this refutes Otis.

He has played great most of this season
Up 1!
Nice move fish
Let's hear some arco thunder!
Arco thunder!
Thunder couldn't capitalize on a one point/three minute outing by us.

Now its time to make ’em pay for it.

If JT and DMC can stay out of foul trouble.

We can win this game.

It can help if we get Ibaka and Perk in foul trouble

Ibaka has 3 and Perk has 4

goin out on limb

But Cuz/JT is one of the “better” big men pairings in the whole nba these days

dunno bout that
i parentheses'd "better" for a reason though

i mean alot of big men these days cant score at all, make JT look skilled

Ally oops off the back board!!

Then I’llblockya is outta the game

I was just listening in the car,

Bill Walton is so much more entertaining than Fat Lever…. can we get him to do radio commentary for every game?

Walton is extremely entertaining

He isn’t very informative … like maybe a basketball is being played and he can tell us about it.

Fat Lever adds nothing to the broadcast.

At least Walton makes me laugh.

otis29 declares

That poop is better than vomit!

Seriously, they should both go away. Gary doesn’t need any help.

Imagine a JT with Webber or DMC's hands.
Imagine a JT with Ibaka athletecism

Go down the list

JT with MJ's dunking abilities!
Tyreke with court vision + perimeter shot

Makes my knees buckle just thinking about it

our guys came to play tonight
I dunno

I’m shocked OKC is best in the West.

The west is pretty weak this year when it comes to title contenders.

It’s a helluva fight to get into the playoffs, but only the Thunder and the Nuggets seem like they could endure the season. I’m still skeptical of both of those teams too.

You know, I'm definitely not a Jimmer jocker

But when Marcus can go out and shoot 20% and stay out there when Jimmer gets yanked at the first chance, it’s a little bit saddening. Smart is a much better coach than Westphal, but he needs to let Jimmer have a bit of leeway like Cousins has.

You're not a Me So Thorny
Well I think defense has something to do with that.

Though Jimmer’s getting a little better on that end of the floor too.

Thornton isn't a great defender himself
When your volume shooter can't get a shot to go down, you don't let him shoot you out of the game.
Not saying he's done that, but I'm sure those misses could've found better spots.
thats right foul cousins you fuck!
can you make a single comment without swearing?

not offended, just annoyed

sometimes

i dunno go check

I did

you’re at about 90%

good shit
makes you sound like you're about 16 years old

and not a happy teenager either

lol, i dont give a fuck what you think dude, i'm not insulting anybody

now im only pissed because you even care, you only have 2 other comments in this whole thread that arent about me swearing, what the “fuck” or any other more pleasant word" does it matter?

It matters

because your inane comments bring down the level of the discussion. You might try quality instead of quantity maybe. Read and participate, don’t just be a hater.

im using the game thread to basically yell at and make one liners

as if i was watching TV by myself, i’ll respond to people that make points i agree with or make a random observation myself, but i’m sorry if i’m not trying to enhance any discussions or bring anything of intellectual quality

its just the internet

more touches for cuz
Collison just can't stop DMC

Keep feeding the big man!

Feed the big man.
Atta boy Cuz. Making both FTs.
Fish building his house
Would really like to see Jimmer/Thornton/Evnans/JT/Cousins here
was just thinking that
Westbrook would have his way with Jimmer pretty bad.

But yes, I’d like Jimmer to see more PT.

Could have put Jimmer on Cook
Imagine is Tyreke had Westbrook's midrange game...
id take just a midrange game
Got to keep the crowd in it---6 man.
oh boy!

that wasn’t pretty.

evans having a rough night
Tyreke and his usual air ball
trying to remember if Ive seen Thornton pass on the break.
One time.

I’ve seen it one time.

Get Thorton out
Evan Reggie thought that was a bad call.
Nick "Flop" Collison
He was still moving. Ref missed that call.
Fuck man he's going for 10
Nvmnd going for 11
Charges are the downfall of humanity
Ibaka

Wouldn’t he be awesome next to Cousins?

can we get ibaka off the court?
How hard is it to guess right when he never passes?
Westbrook just walked in there.

Come on Tyreke.

thats how to go against ibaka salmons!
Well I will give the Kings credit, they keep attacking the basket
Salmons pretty damn good attacking baseline still
Fish with the fake out!
The Sacramento Kings should play like this every night.

I really, really hope he means we’d shoot better too.

come on man!
Webber?

do the Kings even practice in this truncated season? #justsaying

Tyreke has to be able to just put that up.

That is sad.

Jesus Christ. Think maybe its a bad idea giving Westbrook an open 15 footer?
Danger time, Danger time.
Can't defend that.

Salmons didn’t stand a chance.

That was good D Salmons

but fuck, Durant is good.

Collison the charge machine
im gonna charge that guy if i ever see him too
oh how I loathe Collison

drives me bonkers

I hate you Collison.

Charges are the ruiner of offense.

Seriously, this lineup is stagnant as hell.
getting out of hand
Shooting 39% and down 5? We're still in this. But we need to move.
Stop complaining about Collison

You’re all happy when Cousins does it. Sheeesh.

No charge there.
11 points this quarter.
Cousins with the GTFO to Collinson
Lol DMC was looking for Ibaka on that.
We're still not doing that poorly.
Get Ibaka out of there.

No mercy.

Why do big men think its a good idea to dribble in traffic?

Ibaka about to tie his career high (10) for blocks.

LOL

Now I am going to try to figure out how Ibaka is under the hoop on every shot.

Jesus. Ibaka just keeps blocking the shit out of us.
the man is 4 points 2 boards and 1 block from a triple double
We need more bran!
Jesus Ibaka
wow do these guys not know how to bloody pumpfake?

Holy shit we ALWAYS GET BLOCKED. Whether its camby, ibaka, hell even mcroberts always blocking us this is ridiculous.

again...

we are down 7 to the best in the west…we can still win this. Once our bench gets in…just saying…

they can't

do anything about it becaue they aren’t willing to shoot when open from outside. Because they can’t shoot from outside.

I hope Ibaka's arm separates from his shoulder... and he gets called for a T
I 'm drinking it makes sense to me
I see how it could happen.

He yells out a profanity in the direction of a ref when it happens. Technical foul and taken out of the game.

It's OK

We have Hassan Whiteside

Salmons. Really?
kick his ass cousins!
Dammit Cousins

Keep playing!

Reke just pick pocketed Westbrook
Need that Reke!
this just in...

Tyreke is good

Evans

love when he makes those athletic layups. That’s always going to be his best weapon in my mind.

EVANS>>>>>>>WESTBROKEN
Picked his pocket!
Looked like that steal against Arenas
THAT was a thing of beauty.
Reke knew Westbrook could swat him, nice finish.
Interesting lineup
I don't like this lineup
well hey, what do I know?
That beard needs to stop

What. The. Fuck.

I think I have bigger forearms than The Rock

/tangent

Lots of forearm workouts, huh Otis?

See now why you like the nudey gif threads so much.

Negative

For such a buff guy, he just has little tiny forearms.

He has nice elbows, though.
Pretty sure they're huge

but just comparatively they look small.

Need to hit some 3s

Take Ibaka out of the game

Ineresting lineup

Four guards.

That steal started with IT!!!
Started with Jimmer actually
Jimmer stripped that one
But if you watch it, IT got his hand in early.
At least it looked that way on TNT. Harden started to bobble, then Jimmer stole.
okie dokie

you could very well be right

Jimmer almost hesitated.

I’m glad he didn’t.

Fantastic strip Jimmer
That was all Evans closing the 3rd
Great ending to the quarter
Down two going into the final period

Against the best team in the west? We should get on national TV more often.

tyreke is a really good player

even when he’s having an off night

Yes Reggie Jackson...

you can go ahead and Lebron it all you want…

ITs defense was awesome.
JIMMER OMG
I'm lagging again

Great

We're still in this thing. KEEP THE CROWD ALIVE!

Westbrook likely to drop 40. But who will step up for Kings and make some 3s?

Great D to finish the 3rd
Difference in the game is Serge Ibaka right now

Hopefully Whiteside is watching and getting inspired

Tyreke showing why he is BETTER THAN WESTBROOK.
In all of our dreams
i had a dream like that last night actually
What makes westbrook better?

Other than his jumpshot….which isn’t even that much better.

You're joking right?
Hell no I'm not joking.
Well it's coming off that way, sorry.
Then you're drunk right?

Westbrook: 27/5/3
Tyreke: 18/4/4

Tyreke isn't selfish

He’s not trying to take 50 jumpshots.
Look at tyrekes playstyle, hes trying to be a great teammate. Westbrook is begging for the ball to feed him.

Westbrook has more assists and is shooting a higher percentage

Just… no.

Oops Tyreke has more assists

But still

Reke also has a better assist to turnover rate
I think they are similar players

Difference is Westbrook is slightly better and on a much better team.

I think there's a pretty substantial gap
Question:

Would you trade Reke for Westbrook straight up?

Anyone that says no has fan goggles on.

11 days a week and 50 times on Sundays.
it is a zero sum trade for both teams

wouldn’t make a difference on either roster

hahahahahahaha

bro.

they do the same exact thing

Sacramento would still = NaPG
OKC = one on one PG who runs the floor to finish when Ibaka makes a defensive play

heh
I'm done with this string Otis

lol maybe nbrans should come in next

no no Kings went on a run while you guys were doing this

you are required to continue somehow and someway. It’s the code!

that's it

I’m done, I don’t follow no code!

I will

No but really Westbrook is better.

Thornton for 3!

I said Westbrook was slightly better

Still switch the players and both teams are in the same exact place.

Don't agree with that at all
Dude.

Come on now. You make all Kings homers look bad when you say things like that.

Dude tyreke has better decision making skills

He has more upside and is more skilled offensively. Again the reason tyreke doesn’t get the recognition is because his jumpshot is extremely inconsistent. He misses way too much thus making him not seem that great. I’m not blinded by the misses though as I see his potential and I see his true skill. He has talents westbrook doesn’t have. Of course on the other hand westbrook likewise is better at certain things as well but overall I can’t say westbrook is better.

not more skilled

i dunno where you get that from

His jumper isnt inconsistent... it sucks.

Its all either 3’s or layups for Tyreke at this point.

More efficient scorer at a higher volume

Better defender
More gifted athlete

I think the athleticism difference is rather large
it's unreal is what it is

Westbrook could win olympic gold in many many different olympic events if he trained for them. He’s that much of a freak.

Yeah Reke is a better 3 than Westbrook.
if only the kings played like on all nights
can't believe

Jimmer hit that high off the glass. I think he’s shown enough for me to believe he really is as good a scorer as advertised. Just needs to adjust to the NBA.

He needs to cut more and not just stand arround!
that's rookie

stuff. I think his shot will come around and he will be Peja with handles.

His teammates need to get him the ball more.

But in order for that to happen he needs to start moving off the ball more. I desperately hope the Kings grab Ray Allen to teach these guys how to move around without the ball.

Exactly this.

You can tell he’s never had to learn how to move without the ball.

I'm hoping they do that exercise from Air Bud.

Where the coach just passes them air until they can coordinate without a ball. It’d be cheesy and would sure elicit some odd reactions, but anything to make them stop standing around.

It feels like Durant never goes off when we play them.

It’s always between Harden and Westbrook. And yet the three is our weakest spot supposedly? Weird.

Tyreke was defending durant

That’s why he cooled off. Tyrekes quickness didn’t allow durant any penetration.

tyreke aint better than westbrook

cmon now people r u watching the game?

I'd take CP3 and DRose over Westbrook

and that’s it.

Good call sitting Cousins.

Probably saved him from himself. Let him cool off for thirty seconds, get pumped about his teammates, and come back to help in the fourth.

nice steal jimmer
mmmm, i love jason thompson
Beautiful pass, Reke
this is BOLLUCKS
tyreke again!!!!
it's your game Kings, take it over!

Tyreke is off to a nice start!

Oh my god Reke.

Complete that play and that’s a top ten highlight.

Who is this team!?
win one for ol' shaq! make him happy
Reke looked like Magic on that finish. Vintage.
Jimmer... No.

Just no.

That's why Tyreke is my Fav Playet
lol

is that essentially a Reke heat check?

most guys it's shots 2 feet outside the 3 point line

Reke it’s trying to break down 8 players for a layup

Hah! Perfect.
wow Durants shot is smooooth
Don't let Durant get hot.

Fuck Durant is fucking good.

Reke's defense on the other hand

Yikes.

Jason Thompson

is infinitely better than JJ Hickson

Wide open look IT ><. Gotta make that!

Good movement though.

aggh!

collison cant guard thompson, he can only take charges

ball movement?!
Yeah, we gotta practice that more
Maybe JT needs contact lenses? I cant understand why he's so good

but he has missed more 2 foot shots than any NBA player I know over the years.

Indeed.

Drives me nuts (short drive).

Petrie looks stern.
They called him the Architect

This season he has been a Fishermen.

amongst the tall timbers!
Not so irrelevant now.
Donte contributes a tooth to the effort.
isaiah

is the man!

Didn't see what happened to Greene

anyone else?

Durant went all McDouche on him
Elbowed by Durant
i didnt see it, but durant must have stabbed him or something to get called for a foul....
Musta pulled a shiv out of his shoe and went after him.
a shiv! nice!

prison brawl at PBP!

it's a shank

you get shived (verb) with a shank (n)

Durant

pushed him on his face. Great play for an Offensive Tackle. Not so kosher for a Small Forward.

i didnt even see that he had entered the game.

i would assume durant elbowed him in the face though.

Durant hit him with a bat
Isaiah is playing like a late lotto pick, Jimmer an early 2nd rounder and Honeycutt looks like #60.

All in all a very solid draft by Petrie

I see what you did there.
Jimmer

has been 1st round material same as Isaiah.

Jimmer's D worries me at times in the game like this.
The Kings D worries me at times in the game like this

FTFY

EVERYONE'S d worries me at times in a game like this
I think Jimmer

is going to wind up like SpeedRacer. On offensive stud you have to hide. Hope he’s cool with coming off the bench….

Dammit Durant
Durant's trying to take over the game
I like Jimmers shot.

Just not where it goes…

Its never good when Donte is taking the shot
wtf why do they keep switching on kd?
Bench needs to keep this close
Its like Durant just turned his "on" switch and said, time to end this.
Cmon Kings. Now is the time to push for it!!
Why is this lineup still in?
The announcers just touched on the biggest problem this team might have.

Our complete and utter lack of ball-movement. How can we see it, they see it, and nobody has done anything about it?

Thunder clearly better

but they actually suffer with that same problem

Really like the team effort

everybody who’s played has scored 4 or more points.

Thank goodness for demarcus cousins.

We DESPERATELY need his offensive boards to win.

Hustle plays, D, energy--we need Arco Thunder.
Good sub putting in DMC now rather than with 4 minutes left.
Is it just me

or does it seem like CWebb wants to be involved in teaching this team what it takes to become contenders?

He needs to be
sounds like that's the case
Donte good put back
time for cuz

not pretty

Kevin "I get every call and he my points are from the line" Durant

Imagine if the Blazers Drafted him

Damn auto correct

Thornton is struggling.
THeir defense is phenomenal.
Cousins save us!
yep! time for Tyreke Coach Smart
And only 6 turnovers, too.

It’s like when one problem goes away, another comes up.

This is how teams become the best in the west.

Crunch time and they’re pulling away.

Well their starters against the Kings bench …

IMO, if it was a regular season, they’d be 3rd in west

Cousins need to "put da team on his back"
goddamn dequan cook

what a pos

Why can't our crappy shots with no time on the shot clock go in and there's always do?!
their's*

I’m that depressed.

they have shooters?
He was wide open
Shaq was right
Great D Jimmer!

Oh, wait.

if he didt come help, durant would have scored
Jimmer did what he was supposed to
Lazy post
It was what's commonly referred to as a "joke"

And I’m in no mood to argue, but aren’t you kind of known for really only having bad shit to say?

Did they just call that loose ball foul on Cousins?
yeah

it’s a foul to let yourself be tackled by Collison

I'm pretty sure the foul is on Collison
thats actually in the nba rule book
looked like it was on OKC for holding DMC's arm
Damn this is sad

Quite depressing….we aren’t playing team basketball. Also not playing INTENSE D. Come on learn from Kevin garnette..learn how to play some damn lockdown defense. Smh.

And there went the game...

Marcus Thornton has to step up in these types of games, 7 points is unacceptable.

Thornton has been disappointing to me so far this year.
but..... but......

he’s the bayou bomber

cajun clanker*
7 pts on 14 shots?
Yes,

not sure why. Hoping it’s the injury, hoping it’s the lockout. Hoping he starts getting better.

Completely agree

I am sick of thornton shooting terrible every single night. Jeez I’m tired of the excuses..guy just keep chucking and missing come on man.

Only reason some think he's a scorer

He’s a volume shooter

Smart with a dumbass lineup on the court
Watching a team that knows how to execute down the stretch.

They are making this look way too easy. Why are we packing the middle
and leaving their shooters open?

Gotta remember who we are playing though

This team gives most teams in the league fits on defense so it isn’t like we are in the minority in that regard. Winning is a process. I see much better play from the Kings and that is encouraging even though it may not show up in the win column.

Exactly

Even if we get blown out in the last few minutes, this has been a quality effort by our young Kings.

What a quiet 25 and 6 from Durant. Man.
8 in the final quarter.
how can Thornton be so brilliant one night

and then completely irrelevant the next?

volume scorers man
Finally they correct it
that was hardly a correction...
CWebb is just being stupid
for mentioning he made a mistake?

or for having an opinion that doesn’t bode with yours?

Saying Kings are gone
He said he is worried they are gone and thinks they need a miracle

If you think it’s predetermined that they are staying long term I dunno what to say

good work donte
Good hustle Donte!
I'll keep my stand that Michigan is a terrible school
now play some fucking defense for a change
Yep Thornton is pretty much one-dimensional

He needs to score to be effective.

Love how Donte has played tonight

Think he needs to be the backup SF for real.

I swear I've heard this one somewhere before
Backup SF Groundog Day
nice

commented just so you know who rec’d this

There we go, fight for it.
Great sequence by Sac
We're still in this
those cameramen are going to kill somebody some day
GTFO Ibaka. Goaltend.
Reputations are everything in the NBA.
See at least we are still fighting

Couldn’t say that 3 weeks ago.

Absolutely

Proud of the fight they show

Weve had people open for 3s the last few times

we dont have to take it everytime inside—with Ibaka blocking

cousins, like a collison with talent
DMC leading the league in charges!
Yeah Iblaka as C-Webb called him LOL
NO player in the league

has improved so much in one area this year as DMC has in drawing charges.

Especially with a coaching change and a short season.

His growth rate everywhere has been amazing.

That's an odd accolade.
ive noticed it since the first week of the season.

seriously, he has drawn SO MANY charges this year. its just silly.

C'mon Kings

you can beat this team

Get mad DMC, cmon
ahh cmon thornton..
at least the play by play crew shows us some respect

and as i’m typing this….. COME ON THORNTON!!!!

MT got to make that
Wtf Thorton
SALMONS DID SOMETHING!!
he just ripped that shit

and THERE YA GO MARCUS

Reggie says go to Reke or DMC, always.
DMC killing it

Amazing quarter

BBBBIIIIIBBBB 333333
Thornton you're forgiven!
Redeemed just like that LOL
MT for the REDEMPTION!!
COLD BLOODED BABY!
From WTF Thorton to FTW Thorton ha
turnin our frowns upside down haha
The Bayou Bricker with nothin but net
Thornton...

you so crazy

hi thornton im sorry please baby forgive I LOVE U LONG TIME

YOU NO WANT BWEAKFAST?

YEA!!!!!!!!!
MT23!

If only he can get hot right now!!

Thornton's M.O.

shoots horrible all night then heats up with 2 min left in the game.

C'mon Kings. This could be our highlight win of the year.
Cold blooded killer!
ONE POINT GAME!

Here we go, Sac-ra-men-to!

Thornton makes no sense whatsoever

just baffling.

It's like a monkey with a typewriter

but he always somehow someway ends up writing a word at the end of the page. Only one word but right at the end.

Our D the last few minutes has been killer.
Solid, Kings not fading tonight
Really impressive.

Active, aggressive, but not out of control.

that was a good move to slow it down and run a play
Jimmer with the game winning 3 PLEASE?

Or cousins with 10 offensive boards in the last 2 minutes?

Thornton can shoot, problem is he forces up way too many well guarded shots.
If he had better shot selection he could be quite efficient.
This is exactly why I believe in Keith Smart

This team would’ve given up after being down by 8 under Westphal.

The arena and the fans are looking great!
All I want for Christmas...

…is Shaq to have to talk about a Kings win tonight!

Yes LOL
"Well, when you play down, sometimes you never get up"
if we win he'll trash talk us even more

“oh the thunder didnt care” “oh they didnt even try untill too late” “kevin durant doesnt care”
“demarcus should be 20 10 guy”

Shocker, This is exactly what happened.

“But, but can they do it every night” “Oh, it was on National Television”

He’s dragging that show down more with every mumble and random comment.

but disagree on our defense.

Thunder just arent getting the calls IMO. a lot of fouls on durant

After an entire game where all the calls went the Thunder's way

I agree, all of a sudden Kings are getting the calls/no calls. Terribly officiated game all around.

so.I'm confused

are we good? or decent? or bad?

Who the f are we?!?!?!?!?

Decent I'd say. Better than our record but still young and inexperienced.
We have more rebounds, assists and steals--its just our shooting percentages.
We gotta play defense and rebound if we do that we win
D UP now Kings, D UP!!!!!
Right in this one

The Thunders offense reminds me a lot of the Kings offense, not in a good way

We've taken 97 shots.

Wow

3 yessssssssssssss
maaaarcus THOORNTON!
Thorton Thorton Thorton
THORNTON makes me love him no matter what

he’s tricky like that

COLD BLOODED BABY!
I repeat.. Cold blooded killer!
Lol Marcus

I take back everything bad I’ve ever said about you

Durant made a mistake???? OMG
And Durant with the screwup!
time to get this game

right now

OHMYGHAWWWWWDDDDDDDDD
solid effort in the paint for Cousins!
DeMarcus can't get enough praise from these announcers.
DMC won't be denied!
Make your FTs
Yeah Boy! Get that Offensive board. DMC
Go Kings!

BTW – I just tuned in, what is the deal with all the black? It looks like an NBA funeral, is that the intent?

Yes. it's a Blackout
Meaning what exactly?
It's similar to a whiteout for Miami.

But black.

Ok cool, thought it was something about the team being moved.

This is more fun.

Kings heyday the black road jersey was very popular. They brought it back this season. Since it’s so popular, they made it the home jersey for the Kings today, then all the fans decide to go black to show support.

Cool.

Now let’s see a win.

Hell yeah XIane

Also solid win for the rockets… but CHanning Frye?

Rockets are simply bizarre right now.

Only the bench is any good.

How's my boy been doing?

I haven’t been keeping up.

Martin?

Slumping, can’t buy a shot. Rockets starters go for 37, bench goes for 57.

Rockets are getting absolutely zero calls right now.

Not kidding, went into late 3rd before first FT of the game.

how was Lowry tonight

saw the stats but didn’t watch

Doing well = a bit hurt -

14pts, 1 rb, 1 ast, 1 stl – 23 minutes

Dragic – 11pts, 11ast, 4 rb, 2 stl in 29 minutes

Rockets are playing 10 guys and just wearing teams out. Starters look gassed anyway.

Ay caramba

Good luck to you boys.

We're winning.

Starters play the opponent even in the 1st
Bench crushes opposing bench in 2nd
Starters lose big lead in 3rd
Bench regains lead and wins in 4th

It’s simply strange.

New alternate jerseys
Yes.

Kings are back in black.

promotional thing

back in black (wore black a lot as an alternative jersey back in the glory days)

i love you reggie miller
I'm shocked he got the 5th call
That was a really good catch of a really bad pass.

#dmc

My blood pressure is officially up.
5 on Ibaka

YES

dang westbrook.. killing
Lol, DMC has been Sub-perb

I guess Salmons has been Perb.

IBAKA GONE!
20 minutes to late
Bye Bye Ibaka!!!!
IBAKA IS GONE!!!
Knew he'd screw up, he's on my fantasy team :P
whoa.... honestly

i barely saw that foul on donte?

another questionable call

I’LL TAKE IT!! HIT THESE 2 DONTE

Vaya con Dios Ibaka

now get the protection of Lawler’s Law!

Ibake is gone! Take your 10 blocks and go home
These hotels walls are way too thin...

Think everyone can hear me

Give it to Cuz!!
LMAO ibaka goes "shut the fuck up"
Once again Donte is in in crunch time? Not sure I get that logic.
Best D against Durant
Clutch free throws - take that up your APOSTROPHEEEEEEE
That should be a T!!! Call it ref, you would if it was DMC
you know it, itd be a T AND be all over espn for his imamturity
More layups Kings
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Man I've never been happier to see a man foul out
+1

Minus a certain TNT studio analyst in 2001

Lawyers law
First to 100!!
wondering if IT should be in about now.
The Law is the Law!
"I AM THE LAW!"
either way, the Kings got to 100 first!
WE NEED A STOP !!!!!!!!!
Wow this is as good as it gets
Donte! Clutch!
No but really maybe Donte is the backup SF now
Let's get a starter before worrying about a backup
Reminds me of the old days...
Get out of our house thunder
wow. donte redeemed him missed 3 from the Timberwolves game.
DEFENSE DEFENSE

Reke or DOnte stick to westbrook, durant, harden like glue!

YES!!!
Arco make some NOIIIIIZE. Im not calling it Powerbalance.
Only 12 turnovers. Good job taking care of the ball tonight.
the only reason we're not winning by quite a decent amount is our shooting.

We’ve played a great game tonight sans our FG%.

Can attack the basket now with Ibaka gone
Oh how I wish I was there!!

I’m watching this home alone yelling jumping and fist pumping and jimmering

Here We Win! Here We Win!
Let's go. I wanna dance tonight.

Stop the wondertwins on this play. Then let Reke score or get fouled inside.

Donte getting major burn!
oh he stepped out of bounds

what a fool!

OUT OF BOUNDS!

WOOOOO

Can someone do play by play in the last minute?

my tracker just froze

reke at the line
LUCK always helps, baby.
OH BABY! Defense!!!
Kings get a call!!!
he did step

planted it right on the line

WESTBOOOOOOUUUNNNNDSSSS
wow

that was a Kings move

THERE YOU GO--to the line, Reke
fouled again! oh man thunder fans must be hating this
Exactly what Evans needed to do with Ibaka out

make free throws!!!

Awe free throw time ....

be nice please!

we're 4-0 when we score 100+?
Both FTs reke..
we need both!
We want this more. Gotta have it.
Offense, Defense substitution game with Jimmer and Donte.
No, just Donte please.
goddamn free throws again
y u no make freethrows?
NOOOOOOOO NO NO NO NO NO NOOOOOO
evans y u no make both!
Make #2 Reke...c'mon...
Need both of them Reke!
steal that shit!
GET THAT OUT OF THE AIR DMC.
MAKE BOTH CUZ!!
LOL westbrooks HATIN
Durant with that chicken shit 26 footer
OH BOY BOY OH!!!
come on big cuz
ICE RIGHT HERE DMC
love taht play they're running

whichever one was run the last four times. SOmehting good came out of it each time

What a fucking game.
Oh shit

DMC was about to have some words.

He thought about it

MAKE FREE THROWS
did you see Reke get in CUz face to calm him down.

Very nice.

Definitely noticed that.
Durant fails!!
I like that

That interaction between Reke and Cousins.

Cousins and Tyreke!

Love that!

That was beautiful.

Hope someone got a picture of that.

Yessssss!!!!!
This game is cray cray!
Kings fandom at its cray-crayest!!!
Cousins is a turning into a stud rebounder
keep it up, keep it up!
Did you see that where Evans ran over to DMC

THAT is your Sacramento kings.

Make this 2nd one, COMMMMME ON
PLEASE WINNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!11
Love you Cousins!!
WE CAN DO IT LETS GO KINGS!!!
this is better than the lakers game!!!
wow... can the script be written any better?
Clutch free throws!
we are so close. do not blow this
GOT MY DANCE GIF LOCKED AND LOADED
Silly foul from Westbrook.

He needs to be aware of the clock.

Is this a fake video?!
If we win, its all on DMC. His effort bringing us through.
Not sure DMC is human

Demigod at least.

Herculean

Zeus would be proud.

Wolves fans would rather have Pek...
Hold em here, no easy 3s
Shaq is currently talking so much shit in the studio
SAC-RA-MEN-TO clapclapCLAPCLAPCLAP

Please chant those chants!!!

I'm using all caps...

YEAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

please hold on Kings!
DON"T FOUL ON A THREE
Anyome else have that

“I’m about to lose my virginty” feeling?

I like this comparison.
25 seconds seems about right.
omg tiny handcheck foul
I guess ... but that wasn't a foul
Shaq guaranteed a Kings loss.

Why couldn’t we prove him wrong LAST TIME?

kak kak

is the dumbest catch phrase I have ever heard.

This game is dominating trending topics on Twitter nationwide.

If publicity was the goal, we definitely achieved that tonight. Well done, Sacramento.

oh man thats awesome
Here we rise.

On Twitter.

This game is insane.
their mistake ... put IT in the game
DMC has got to realize not to get in Refs faces.
Sacramento ball!
wow Westbrook another TO
lol

IT spit out his gum he was so excited.

IT is much quicker, that is Kings ball, goddammit.
SHAQ! You are wrong!
might not feel great

watching a replay over and over where you fall on your ass like an idiot

Scott Broos is getting fat.
Cushy job coaching Durant

SOFT!

He coached here, right?

He can drink tonight, he is due for his DUI.

oh man its a turnover!
That is KINGS BALL baby.
Kings ball,make the FTs
wow Westbrook 6 TOs, 3 assists
Oh ya

He so much freaking better ….

Yep, this game alone proves your point

Science!

Sometimes your neighbors grass is as green as your own grass. Just saying, got some grass on the other side envy around here.

That's one way to look at it

You know the other I’m sure.

You sure you're not smoking your neighbors' grass?
wow 31 points on 14-25 shootin

Are you people serious?

You people don't understand

Westbrook is like nbrans wet dream of a point guard. I mean the man loved Jeff Teague even when Teague was garbage, and Westbrook is leaps and bounds above him.

True

And guess who’s not garbage anymore?

"was garbage"
Oh I know

Just for emphasis. ;-)

:)

You have your fun brans, that was even better than pook’s call on Conley

I don't think Reggie

needs to talk about someone else’s disabilities…

Ref took a spill!
IT forced a turnover and took an official to the ground in one play

can we retire his jersey?

did you guys see Tyreke singing along? haha
I gotta feeling that IT is gonna put this one away here.

Cold-blooded baby. Sacto pride. All right here. Leave it on the court.

now we can listen to kenny shag and baldy talk about how...

the thunder lost the game, and that the Kings didnt win it.

I hope Kenny slaps Shaq
Give it to JIMMER dang
Gotta make these, Mr. Evans.
Why didn't Jimmer get that pass?

Tyreke just went 1/2

GET THEM OUT HERE EVANS.... GIVE ME 2!!!!!
we never give it to jimmer
Whoever the can get the ball to.

Have you seen their inbound passing? Atrocious. At least it got to us.

Like the black jerseys, I remember them.

Nice move to bring them back.

This can be a huge win for the Kings – excellent news.

Stop the chants here, crowd. Silence.
Why?

We’re gonna win!

Way to clean it up, Reke
just keep making the Fts please
just hit one.....
Hit last one Reke.
oh man this is a good win

now if only we hadnt screwed ourselves agains the timberwolves too

Go KINGS!!!!!!!!!
Unless Reggie Miller suits up

The Thunder Aint Winning.

They do got this guy named Durant

And we are the youngest team in the league other than that I think we win

yes! what was it like 7 points in 5 secs?
I won't believe it until I read it in the papers tomorrow.

The UK Press, not the Sacramento Bee.

well-played game Kings!
KINGS WIN, KINGS WIN!!!!!!!---- Let loose the Kracken!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We beat the NBA’s best team!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! &%^$&#^&^@%#&(@(&#)(@^#&*%$%%%%!! on TNT night!!!!!!!!

WE WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Time to dance!!
We got this!!!!!
THERE IT GOES

I LOVE YOU ALL

That just happened!

Go Kings!!!

dfasjfkladsj;fkljadskl;fjdkls;aj

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS DANCE

Is this the time in the show when we dance??
TIME TO DANCE BITCHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
double digit wins!!!!
man reggie is making me like him again with kings praise
So proud of this team :') sniff sniff
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!

DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION IN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE!!

Congrats guys, thanks for having me!

good night!

Yes, yes, yes
And Free Tacos!!!!
WHEN CAN WE DANCE?
lets gett it ggooinnng!!
Tyreke with 22-5-5-5 steals
WOOOHOOO!

Kings WIn Baby!!

Great effing win

Fought hard, hung tough and played as a team.

Great win Kings!

Glad to see you get it on national TV over the best team in the West!

Helps your standings a bit too ;)
Can't hurt.

Now make sure you beat SAS and DAL!

Hahaha

if we do that then you’ll have to start worrying about the Kings!

That'd be fine.
Dem's fighting words ;)
No seriously, knock Dallas out of the playoffs, you'd make my season.
TAKE THAT SHAQ! TAKE IT LIKE A MAN!
Not his strength
We need less Shaq on TV.

He’d be amusing every 5th game.

He always fun when talking about another team cause he never says much nice.

A little Shaq goes a long way, though.

Every 4th game?

God,

Could it have been any better!

Big Big Win Kings!

Eat your words Shaq!!

lets hear what they have to say now
so GLAD i COULD SEE THE 2ND HALF
Wow Kings took 99 shots
i saw that!

kinda makes you go WOW!

Here we stay defeats Here we went!!!!!
Chuck must've lost a bet
I really can't recall being THIS excited about watching Inside the NBA.
Exactly what I was thinking

“WHAT’S SHAQ GOING TO SAY?” something I have never said before tonight.

^This is what I was just thinking
Biggest win of the season

Glad to see our two young studs interviewed on national tv

Time to Dance Baby!

Quality Win over a quality team. Survived 33 from Westbrook and 27 from Durant. I’ll take it!!!!

amazing win. Worse FG%, 3PT FG% & FT%, and we still won that!

We took better care of the ball and clutch D down the stretch.
Kings took 22 more shots then the thunder....

If this was Hockey then our offense would be top notch.

The thunder had 22 turnovers soooooo

Whatever

They shot almost 50 percent--it was the 23 turnovers that hurt them.

Their big 2 got their points. Not like the Thunder played that bad.

100+ points was impressive

This team has gotten better offensively the last week and half. Not sure how but they are at least 10 points better.

OUR SACRAMENTO KINGS!!!!!!!!!!!I

I LOVE THIS TEAM AND I LOVE YOU GUYS

Lets talk about the all starts you shitheads
they do this stuff most games

don’t take it personally.

THAT WAS AWESOME!!!

4 out of the last 5. Not bad at all.

GREEEEAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!
This game... THIS GAME is what makes being a Kings fan the best thing ever

Black out, bitches. GET USED TO IT!

2-0 in black?
At Arco. I think they're 2-1 in black overall or something.

Idk. I know they’ve lost a game in black.

The massacre at the AA Center

Horrible game.

We also lost to Portland using them too
tell 'um how it is Mike!
Thank you chuck.
"It would be a tragedy to move that team"

Chuck gets it.

I wonder what he'd say if Fargo was mayor...
Probably the same thing

Because it would be true with or without KJ.

Wow, what a game!

Our team showed a lot of heart tonight and beat a better team on a national stage.
That takes guts; a packed house sure helps too.
Go Kings! Here We Stay!

Shaq.

lolwat? What kind of comment was that??

Well maybe they make the playoffs?

10-16 with an easy 2nd half schedule and the sinking West

eh, no.

I’m shocked they are in striking distance.

Also OKC proves clownball can work. Probably why the Kings match up so well, they have a PH.D in the same offense.

Tonight really made me hate TNT

wtf

Why? I thought they did a semi-decent job.

Very bland and generic analysis from Reggie, but better than 80% of the local feeds on NBA LP.

Nice to have Webb too
Lets throw a wet towel on the win Shaq
You think he was going to lay on the praise?

I don’t need praise from that clown.

If you can't enjoy Shaq being an idiot you can't enjoy Shaq.
OH YEAH!!!

No gifs or pics in game threads plz kthx
I dont get it, they sound like we lose every other game outside of nat'l games...
I'm pretty sure this is the first time Chuck and Reggie saw DMC play this season
exactly.

Youngest team in the NBA, and we’r 10-16. I think DMC is clearly growing up. They dont know what the fuck they are talking about.

They're just looking at our record

Which is unfortunate, but it makes sense. I mean, if you could only watch limited games, the Kings probably wouldn’t be that high on your priority list.

But in the losses the Kings have had

A majority of them they have looked pretty bad. Things are looking better as of late however

Respect takes time, and a body of significant work

which is why the Celtics and [Redacted] continue to be overrated. We haven’t got that yet, but we will. Our time is gonna come…

They played well cause they are on TV?

what about the previous 4 games?

Those don't count.

Because Shaq is right.

Always.

exactly my point. they even said we won 3 of our last 4, so youd think

they would say things according to that but no they go with the typical “templates” for the Kings. Young immature need a veteran, only play good when people see em. how about they played like a good team when they needed to…

Let TNT talk shit

We won the game FAIR and SQUARE. Lets prove them wrong

The game is in the books, nothing TNT says is going to change that.

Good win Kings! Liked seeing the black jerseys again.

Also, it’s fun to watch OKC lose. They’re so good now they’re tough to beat even when they’re getting outplayed.

I honestly don't know what was so offensive about what they said
Doctor J taught Chuck how to handle his money, huh?
Unfortunately Chuck has no rings to sell...
Just got home!

We won? We won! KINGS WIN! Sweet. Judging by the box scores, a pretty good game all around. Didn’t have the best shooting game but solid victory overall. Yipper

If you factor our Ibaka’s 50 blocks they shot a decent percentage.

47 or 48 blocks

2 or 3 of those were goaltending

I will agree with Kenny--the Kings need to play with this energy every night.

even in Cleveland.

Listen, we know what we have in this team.

Fuck the national media, they just want story lines for ratings. They could care less about the Kings and Sacramento and it shows.

I’m proud of this team and I don’t need outside approval to feel good about them.

We beat the best team in the league tonight.

Honestly that speaks for itself.

OKC should probably have lost 3 straight

if not for luck and/or bad calls

oh my god my ears are ringing

We couldn’t really get a chant going because IT WAS TOO GODDAMN LOUD IN ARCO! God I love you sactown royalty and kings fans! Top 3 game I’ve been too. Wow!

ya my friend at the game didnt hear one chant at all
Lol I was like dammit please chant sac-ra-men-to
was hoping to hear the chants on TV but, the announcers did a good job of supporting the kings staying
I heard it

During one of the last two of Tyreke’s trips to the free throw line. I was jumping up and down and shouting with them.

No chants was fine.

The noise was definitely enough. This game was all over Twitter and I was in the game thread on Reddit and there was nothing but praise for the fans. One guy even complained that the crowd noise was messing up his speakers.

Reddit does game threads too?

Holy shit, how did I miss that?

r/nba and r/kings

Not close to the activity of StR, and r/nba is a bit circlejerky, but still a good diverse experience.

Ah. Thanks for the heads up.
A fellow R/nba man!
Seeing the significance of this game I was worried but...

the egg was definitely NOT laid.

I really wish I could've been at this game.

It sounded and looked amazing in there. Plus, I wouldn’t have to hear TNT talk like they’ve never seen us play.

I want us to make the playoffs to prove shaq wrong

That idiot talking so much bs against us…pretty much saying this was a fluke and we aren’t serious. I want cousins and tyreke to show the world why we are championship worthy.

people forget our 2 best players are 20 and 21
i just hope they are still playing for the Kings when they hit their prime
Tyreke definitely seems like the type of guy to stay and DeMarcus has spoken out against people leaving their team. Sounds good so far.
You dont mean championship worthy this year right?
I knew we would win

We always play with great passion at home against good teams. especially on black-outs. I could sense this would be a great game and a great win from the start.

We knew you knew because we know you know, you know?
did you say this before the game started?
Yes.

I had a gut feeling we’d win this game, I also think we will beat the suns.

Okay, answer my question about championship worthy. I'm really worried.
Do we get to have a dance thread?
The admins are all still out running around screaming

Give it a minute ;)

In that case, I shall stockpile GIFS!
yes yes yes

i will spam gifs today… what a victory and its friday…

blackout
Blacked out? :P
I am ready

I judge the gifs … right now you are in my top 3

its not showing up. we have been dancing for a while!

http://www.sactownroyalty.com/2012/2/9/2788836/kings-106-thunder-101-post-game-thread#comments

ridiculous

didn’t get my pass … I’m going home!

psh

I ran a few of mine through just now.

I loved the images of Reke/DMC during the game hugging and high fiving and i loved after the game with each other
I shit my pants 3 times

In the 4th quarter I was so nervous

All i can say is WOW!!!!

We Beat the Thunder!!!

Now lets win at least 3 on the road and the next 3 home games.

That gives us 16-19

Im feeling good... but it STILL hasn't sunk in yet..

WE FUCKING BEAT THE THUNDER! BEST TEAM IN NBA IN MY OPINION!

Great effing way to end my birthday.

Thank you Sacramento Kings.

You chose a good day to be born.
Hahaha, thank you I guess.
Where are the post game thread? We want to DANCE!!!!!!
Not to rain on any parades, but a question (Most likely for Heuristic Lineup)

Was the 6th Man banner back up??

ha .... probably not

Maloofs are dicks

No, It was not

I was right below the banners and I thnk the 6th man was the only one missing

why are they missing!?!?!?
Maloofs hate us

I saw the old school ones and the Webber/Divac/Richmond, but no 6th man

there HAS to be a reason though...

they didnt just walk in and go.. “hey..lets take it down”

huh?

Wow.
Wait...but why were they taken down in the FIRST place?
Great boost towards Arena efforts tonight IMO
im happy for jimmer. he had another decent game.

i dont hate him anymore

So many positives from that game.

Donte, Hayes , IT and Jimmer all played well. Fans were loud, despite the fact that TNT thought the arena plan was voted down. Jason Thompson played well too, he plays well just about every night but sometimes due to the flow of the game he can’t get in during the 4th quarter.

huh what did TNT say??

I just got home from the game. It was incredibly loud and awesome.

TNT was being real downers saying...

how sorry they felt and wondering where Sacramento was going to go after the latest poll was “rejected”…

they didnt know the full details… the main part being, the poll getting “rejected” was a good thing.

Cherryl Miller even asked Kevin Johnson, “After getting the recent poll rejected, where do you go from here?”
KJ kind of paused…lol…and then said “No, No, it didnt get rejected, were very close, we WILL get this done.”

So basically, nothing to worry about, TNT misinformed.

wow that's kinda sad

they obviously haven’t done their research. watch the seattle media run with that.

just that the arena proposal was shot down

they all took it as a negative, as would any rational person from the outside.

they didn’t quite understand what the proposal meant. kj talked to webber at halftime, saying that was a good thing, but he wasn’t buying it

All the TNT announcers

including Webber, Reggie Miller, his sister, and the 4 knuckleheads back at the TNT headquarters at halftime kept confusing the Sac ESC plan being voted down as a bad thing.

Yeah

Can someone please explain this? Didn’t the vote pass 5-4?

No, the vote was to put the arena on the June ballot

So the 5-4 was against it, therefore that plan failed, but it was victorious in our part

I loved the C Webb tribute on TNT

Webber is God among Kings. I like he got a new jersey for the game.

Cousins on Kings' growth : "We went from a team that couldn't get into an offense to beating championship contenders."
Cousins on Kings’ growth : “We went from a team that couldn’t get into an offense to beating championship contenders.”
must've been brutal at the end of the game

when he was told that webber and miller wanted him to bring that intensity every game (i don’t think that’s a problem he’s been having). and he replied that he would “from now on.”

I still like Donte as defensive stopper

6’11’ with quickness to stay 2-3. He should have all of Garcia and Outlaw’s minutes and some of Thorntons.

What else do you pay and play Thornton for? Pesky defender and can score...Donte cant score enough.
Thornton isn't really in for his defense. His D is average. I LOVE Donte on Durant.
Yes, his D is average, hes a pesky Defender at best.

My point is, we NEED his offense. We can’t win without it 8 times out of 10 if he doesn’t bring it…so we cant afford to give him a portion of thorntons minutes…

Outlaw + Garcia.. okay…but Thornton needs his minutes because WE need him.

I agree to some extent

but I think if MT23 was eventually replaced with IT… IT has proved he can make open shots, play D against any guard, and not force too many shots when compared to Marcus. I think it is still too early to yank MT23’s spot but he really needs to find his shot here soon.

Donte is closer to 6'9.5 but I agree

He belongs on the court more. Ahead of Cisco, Outlaw obviously, and more of Salmons minutes. I am not so sure Donte shouldn’t be starting. Salmons was ineffective, again. He made one nice pass going out of bounds to Marcus for the ‘3’, but Salmons was pretty sorry most of the night.

When Salmons gets the ball, he cannot create for himself or anyone else 8 out of 10 times. (Scientific fact.)

The only criticism I have of Coach Smart is he has stayed way too long with Salmons and buried Donte. Only lately is he seeing the light. Donte has the most raw talent of our wing players. He seems like he can turn a corner and become an NBA player if he got steady PT. I ’d like to see Donte get 20 to 25 minute a game.

Donte had more production in 16 minutes than Salmons did in 36. One last point to be fair to Salmons: He did a good job on Harden in the 4th quarter, which is where he belongs, defending 2s, not 3s.

We need to be like brothers- Keith Smart

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