Tweets For Blazers vs Kings 10-31-14

[Boise Blazer]

Im not the best writer but I am pretty good at getting info so I am going to try something new here. I am following every Blazer's tweet item I can and I am going to start doing so for each NBA team so I can post tweets from the teams that we are playing next just for some extra info for those that are interested. It might turn out to be easier to just put these in the official game thread but I thought I would give this Kings game a shot and see what happens.

I'll start with a tweet from the Kings from last nights game:

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[PtldPlatypus]

Good idea.

 

[BlazerBeav]

Nice, appreciate it!

 

[Boise Blazer]

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By the way this is pretty fucking badass

 

[Boise Blazer]

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What's Next: The Blazers

Michael Malone: "We're going to first worry about us and try to clean up all of our mistakes tonight on both sides of the basketball...They have a tremendous team. Damian Lillard, LaMarcus Aldridge, Wes Matthews, Nicolas Batum, [Brook] Lopez in the middle. We played them very tough last year. We beat them once, we lost to them three times, but all three of our losses went down to the wire. So it's Damian Lillard, it's LaMarcus Aldridge, we'll have our hands full."

Cousins: "Learn what they do, but the biggest thing is us playing the right type of basketball - us coming in and perfecting our own craft. Tonight, we beat ourselves, so it can't be the same thing next game."

Gay: "They are kind of similar. They shoot a lot of threes...I think it's good that we have them next because you kind of have a similar preparation and just clean up our offense and I think we'll be fine."

Collison: "At this point, you have to prepare for yourselves...the Blazers are going to be the Blazers, the Warriors are going to be the Warriors. I think at this point right now we've got to worry about ourselves."

 

[Boise Blazer]

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Notes and Analysis
DeMarcus Cousins couldn’t find his shot early, but that didn’t stop him from scoring 12 points before the intermission on 10-for-14 shooting from the line. With Bogut on the bench with foul trouble, Cousins tried to assert himself in the second half but just ended up picking up fouls. The Kings center finished with 20 points and 11 rebounds, despite shooting just 4-for-14 from the field overall. If he could have stayed on the floor, the Kings would have had a shot in this one.

Rookie Nik Stauskas looked completely comfortable in his first game as a pro. The 21-year-old guard scored nine points on 3-of-5 shooting in 12 first-half minutes. His second-half numbers weren’t great, but the rookie couldn’t buy a call. Welcome to the NBA, kid.

Rudy Gay looked sluggish to start, but like Cousins, he found a way to stuff the stat sheet. Gay finished with 14 points and nine rebounds in 34 minutes of action, but he forced the action, especially in isolation situations against Andre Iguodala.

Darren Collison’s stats don’t jump off the page, but he gave Steph Curry fits tonight. After winning the starting point guard position during training camp, Collison played a big 36 minutes tonight, finishing with 13 points, eight assists and – steals. This is the type of performance the Kings need out Collison on a nightly basis.

Carl Landry was the forgotten man a season ago, but tonight against his former teammates, the 31-year-old power-forward shined. With Cousins and Thompson struggling with foul trouble, Landry dropped in eight points and grabbed seven rebounds in 18 minutes. The Kings could have used a little more Landry tonight.

Ramon Sessions came undone in the third quarter. The veteran point guard turned the ball over four times in a two-minute stretch before getting the hook from Malone. Sessions played a total of 10 minutes on the night, finishing with three points on 1-of-3 shooting.

Ben McLemore, Jason Thompson, Derrick Williams and Ramon Sessions struggled. This team needs to fire on all cylinders to have a chance to knock off a team like Golden State, and tonight, they needed more from these rotational players.

Stat of the Night: Kings turned the ball over 27 times as a team and finished with just 13 assists. They also shot just 30.8 percent from the field in the loss.


- See more at: http://cowbellkingdom.com/ck-press-...-95-sacramento-kings-77/#sthash.9Gtdhvb3.dpuf

 

[Strenuus]

apparently robin lopez is not on the team, we have brook.,(read post 5 quote)

 

[Boise Blazer]

apparently robin lopez is not on the team, we have brook.,(read post 5 quote)

I saw that. I wonder if thats what the coach Malone said or the writer added. I think its from the writer

 

[Strenuus]

I saw that. I wonder if thats what the coach Malone said or the writer added. I think its from the writer

usually its from the writer.

 

[BlazerWookee]

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By the way this is pretty fucking badass

Especially with the inclusion of Rick Fox getting punched in the video montage...

 

[BlazerBeav]

The 3D projection shows are awesome - hope we get one at some point.

 

[Boise Blazer]

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[Boise Blazer]

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But the Kings were just awful, with Sacramento head coach Michael Malone referring to them turning into the "Keystone Cops" during that third-quarter stretch.

 

[Boise Blazer]

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[Boise Blazer]

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Darren Collison hit just 4-of-12 shots and a 3-pointer for 13 points, four rebounds, eight assists, five steals and a block in Wednesday's opening loss to the Warriors.
Throw out the poor shooting and Collison posted quite a line tonight. He's locked and loaded as the starting point guard in Sacramento and won't have Isaiah Thomas to deal with. He should be an effective fantasy point guard all year, barring any trades.

 

[Boise Blazer]

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THE GOOD

Defensively, Sacramento held the Warriors to under 100 points, 44 percent shooting from the floor and 22.2 percent from three-point range.

The Kings almost met their fourth quarter defensive goal of allowing 20 points or less limiting the Warriors to 22 points.

DeMarcus Cousins struggled from the field going four of fourteen but made twelve of eighteen from the line, scoring twenty points.

A small victory was Cousins’ conduct. He contained his frustration in a sign of maturation that Sacramento desperately needs to turn the tide on back-to-back 28 win seasons.

This was the type of game that in the past the Kentucky product would have likely lost his cool and secured a technical foul.

THE BAD

The turnovers have to be cleaned up. Malone has said it many times: “You cannot beat yourself and your opponent on the same night.”

Starters Ben McLemore and Jason Thompson struggled going scoreless and scoring two points, respectively.

Bench production was weak as Derrick Williams scored just two points, Ramon Sessions three points and Omri Casspi with four points.

THE TAKE

The Kings squandered a decent defensive effort and an opportunity to sneak a win against one of the most talented teams in the NBA.

Things need to be cleaned up in a hurry. Portland comes into Sacramento on Friday as the Kings brutal early schedule continues - seven of their first ten opponents were playoff participants last season.

 

[Boise Blazer]

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