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Suck. Suck. Suck. Suck. Suck. Suck. Suck. Suck. Suck.

Sorry, I had to get that off my chest.

Let's use the play-by-play of the game to express to you what the five most infuriating things of the overtime were. Mind you, this was just the overtime - there were 48 minutes of mostly infuriating basketball preceding it.

  1. 2:06 - Gerald Wallace blocks Brad Miller's layup: Yeah. Our 7-foot center probably shouldn't be driving into three defenders and allowing a swingman to block his attempt at a floater.
  2. 0:36 - Sacramento full timeout: I DID like that KMart called the timeout after he came up with the steal. What I didn't like about this play was Rick Adelman and Mike Bibby yelling at Martin for taking the timeout. It was smart, rational thing - a turnover at that point would've essentially ended the game. You have the superior firepower, especially with Rush and Okafor and Knight out. Set up your offense and score (which is what they did).
  3. 2:25 - Primoz Brezec makes layup (Gerald Wallace assists), Brad Miller shooting foul, Primoz Brezec makes free throw 1 of 1: I'm not sure why you foul in this situation. Brad was barely challenging the shot. Maybe it was just to prevent a dunk? Who knows, but that free point seems rather important in the end.
  4. 1:40 - Brad Miller bad pass: I'm not picking on the guy - he's my favorite player. But c'mon, Kyle Orton. Peja is not 7-foot-6.
  5. 0:05 - Mike Bibby defensive rebound, Mike Bibby misses 32-foot three point jumper: (Forgive me in advance if this gets long.) Let's set the scene. You're down three with about 30 seconds left in overtime. Having been down seven just seconds ago, you really are lucky to be in this game in the final moment. Here's what you need: a defensive stop, a rebound, a made three. You know Charlotte is going to run the clock as far as possible, which means they probably won't get a good look. So really, you need to keep your man in front of you and get in position to grab the rebound. It works. Bibby lunges for a rebound, and gets it. You have a 20-second timeout left and somewhere between 2.5 and 5 seconds on the clock. You need a three to tie. You have far superior offensive players on your team. Yet, you don't call a timeout. You let your point guard recover from the tough rebound, make his way across midcourt and fire up a 30-footer for the tie. Shockingly, he misses. That timeout left on the board surprisingly doesn't get you a couple extra points or a pay raise or a ham-on-rye. It just sits there, unused. You won't get an extra one Thursday against Dallas. You've pretty much just wasted it. You could have set up your offense and got, you know, a 23-footer or 24-footer to send it to a second overtime. But you instead let the game continue to flow. And you took a 30-footer. And you missed it. And you lost. To a 6-18 team that had lost nine of the last 10 and was missing three of its top four offensive game for much of the game. In a pretty big game, as far as salvaging road trips and getting back towards .500 go. You were given the benefit of the doubt with losses at Detroit and San Antonio for mostly valiant efforts and sure signs of a turning tide. Then, you lose to a team who was below the Atlanta F. Hawks in the standings. You suck, Sacramento Kings. You suck.
Well, that felt good. (Actually, it didn't. I'm nauseous.) Last night was my realization that this team really is a last-place team.

Bernie Bickerstaff coached his ass off - he beat the hell out of Rick Adelman with guys like Bernard Robinson, Jr., Kevin Burleson, Jumaine Jones, Keith Bogans and Matt Carroll heavily involved. Not one player on the Bobcats is better than his Sacramento counterpart right now - not one. Yet, that team beat this team. And the coaching decisions had a bunch to do with it.

This team needs a major shakeup in a major way. Hopefully it comes sooner rather than later.

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<Throws up again>
My head hurts.  I have spent the last 16 hours or so trying to forget this game.  BLEGH.  

BTW, Adelman was quoted in today's Bee saying:

"We should have been ready to play," Adelman said. "We had two days off before (playing) San Antonio, and a day off yesterday between games. You have to come ready to play in this league. There are no excuses, no matter how long a trip you're on."

And you know what?  Unfortunately, this isn't the first time his team has not been ready to play.  

GO KINGS!!!

by Krazy4Kings on Dec 20, 2005 12:39 PM PST reply actions  

Totally Different Team
The current group of Kings have no cohesion. They are just a group, each going their own way. They make no adjustments based on the style of the opposition. They show no imagination. This is not a group, this is five individuals each doing their own thing. The coaches have done little to instill any kind of team play in any of them. You begin to wonder if they even talk to one another. You use to see Vlade on the sidelines when a time out was called waiting to talk to and encourage each player as he came off the floor. Now they seem to be in a daze. Martin played fairly well but chances are you won't see him again for a while. Shareef did some scoring so chances are no one will pass him the ball next time out. Bibby keeps shooting the long ball and hoping for the best and Peja doesn't seem to know what state he is in. Pete Carill sits on the bench looking kind of embarrassed and probably wishing he was back on the east coast. Don't look for any changes any time soon, Petrie is a stubborn bugger.

by Jubilado1 on Dec 20, 2005 2:06 PM PST reply actions  

On point again, Jubilado
He's stubborn, but not stupid. There has to come a point when he's awoken.

by Tom Ziller on Dec 20, 2005 2:43 PM PST up reply actions  

Wait a Second
They had a time out left and didn't call it?  Ugh.  That's unjustificatable.

I cannot remember the Spurs doing anything quite that annoying, but Tony Parker is a HORRIBLE clock manager.  Every time the Spurs are going for the "last shot" of a quarter he ends up leaving 3-5 seconds on the clock.  It's maddening and nearly cost us a playoff game last year.

by Matthew Powell on Dec 20, 2005 2:12 PM PST reply actions  

Yep
They had a 20-second timeout left. But this team (coach) doesn't call timeouts when the game is on the line. They didn't in close defeats at Seattle and against San Antonio earlier this year, and they didn't last night.

In fact, Kevin Martin got yelled at by the head coach and the team leader last night for calling a timeout after he came up with a steal instead of looking for the outlet guy. It was a really smart move - the opportunity of a fast-break bucket did not outweigh the risk of a game-ending turnover, especially considering the personnel present on both teams. Was KMart applauded for his smart decision? No. He was chided for it.

Complete bullshit.

by Tom Ziller on Dec 20, 2005 2:47 PM PST up reply actions  

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