Game -3/82, vs Portland, Open Game Thread

by Tom Ziller on Oct 21, 2007 2:03 PM PDT in Game Threads

Friday, the Kings were without two stars. Tonight, Portland will be without two stars. Expect a reverse result, I think.

So as ugly Friday's game was for the Kings, tonight should be for the Blazers... which means for how nice Friday's game was for the Blazers, tonight should be for the Kings. I hope.

Portland's defense should still be OK; Jarrett Jack's a good defender at point guard and Joel Pryzbilla is a very good shotblocker. But the offense should struggle -- only Travis Outlaw and Martell Webster are showing to be consistent shot makers.

Francisco Garcia's got to come around one of these days, so I'll be watching him with heightened interest. If both starters are back, the defense can be analyzed a bit; if you can't stop this Portland lineup, good luck stopping anyone. I'd like to see Mike Bibby and Brad Miller hit some jumpers, but Bibby especially isn't a guy who's going to lose his confidence wholesale despite what happens in preseason, and Miller's been getting to the rim frequently enough to eventually open up his high-post game.

Game's at 6 pm Pacific, on Comcast and 1140 AM. Go Kings.

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Re: Game -3/82, vs Portland, Open Game Thread

Wow. Amazingly prescient.

Blazers win by 24, 101-77 a few nights ago.

Kings win by 24, 111-87 tonight.

Call that a tie.

5 in double figures, led by Garcia and Martin.
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by louismg on Oct 21, 2007 8:32 PM PDT reply actions

Re: Game -3/82, vs Portland, Open Game Thread

Finally we see a Mikki game. His shot was falling, he was rebouding, even a couple of assists. Nice to see Garcia taking his shots. Reggie was right on telling Garcia to stop looking pass first. Douby had some nice assists. Martin was solid as always. And, Dang, even Watkins showed his stuff. Yes it was a short-handed Portland, but still it was fun to see everyone on the team laughing instead of Miller telling the refs he should have brought his KY Jelly like Friday.

by SavageBeast on Oct 21, 2007 9:09 PM PDT reply actions