Holy Dribbling Right Into Chris Paul's Hands, Batman!
by Tom Ziller on Dec 21, 2008 8:08 AM PST
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PrintI hate pointing out one or two statistics and insisting that is the reason a team won or lost a game, but ...
New Orleans steals: 11.
Sacramento steals: 2.
Off the top o' the old head, I'm not sure how strongly steals correlate with opponent turnover rate, but I imagine it's pretty high. In this, it certainly correlated: N.O. had a shockingly low six turnovers. The Kings had a wondrously high 17 in 87 possessions (20% TOV rate). Rebounding remained even (a minor victory), the Kings shot better and N.O. drew more whistles (not more fouls, just more whistles). If the Kings force Chris Paul into a few bad decisions (difficult) or draw a few David West/James Posey/Tyson Chandler charges (free Mikki!) and on the other end stop handing the ball to Paul, it's a completely different game.
Other notes:
* Bobby Brown struggled to get the team into its offense while on the court, and Bobby Jackson did torch N.O. last time around. But I expected to get some more Brown, let him figure it out. That didn't happen
* I thought Moore played well in his stint (eight minutes, one rebound but strong defense). Overall, you'd have to be Mikki's orthodontist to not like the jib of the big man rotation (33 min for Hawes, 27 for Thompson, 28 for Miller) -- but I really wouldn't be upset if Moore got some more burn. Unlike Kenny Thomas circa 2006-07, Mikki has redeemable value on the court. It just happens to be less than the other three dudes.
* Speaking of which: golf clap for Thompson's eight defensive rebounds. Shock is a wonderful offensive rebounder (one of the best in the league today) and a good defensive boarder for a power forward. To date, his huge rebounding games (and 10 in 27 minutes is huge -- 13.3 per 36 minutes) have come with a grip of offensive boards. But Thompson boxed the hell out of West, Armstrong and Chandler. Well done, sir.
* Salmons finished with seven assists. Anyone remember a single one?
* Hawes will come around.
* Donté Greene three off a screen -- that's why we watch a 7-21 team.
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Z - Riddle me this
Is Shel Williams the 12th man on an 11 man team?
So much talk these days with some apparently impending roster changes; most fans agree that the Kings need added toughness and rebounding yet Mr. C Parker has attained K9 status. I have no particular love for the guy – his footwork makes me crazy(er), but just wondering – why?
There's a reason
Shelden Williams spells his name the way he does.
No “O”.
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by LeaguePassAddict on Dec 21, 2008 8:34 AM PST up reply actions
no W in Kings
Life is every mammal's journey from very very wet to very very dry.
Holy Dribbling Right into Chris Paul's Hands
Here let me try and help but first go to this article (The Best I’ve read on CP3 by created by David Gladow.):
http://blog.nola.com/gladow/2008/12/chris_pauls_defensive_brillian.html
No, let’s figure how many point CP3 cost the KIngs by stealing their balls:
8 steals = 8 fast breaks = 16 points if now 3 points were made by shooters beyond the arc or by made layup + foul shots.
Glad to be of help.
hornetspoets
Make the no a now and the now a no. CP3 is a trickster that could steal Apollo’s oxen and, unlike Hermes’s, CP3 would be on the right hand of Zeus and not running around delivering messages.
CP3 does not deliver messages. He is the message.
hornetspoets
CP3 is no mailman. He is the mail. Have fun all. Thanks for inviting me. Send me a message now and then.
CP3 strikes again
He stole hornetspoets cognitive thought process.
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Ziller
If you liked that one here’s another:
CP3 is part Coyote which means he can actually extract his eyeballs and throw them onto the rim where they guide the ball into the hoop. However, since there is a certain amount of stress that accompanies the act, he uses it very infrequently.
The opponents of the Hornets are unable to project when he will actually use this trick, and so the stress of the possibility of the coyote tricks builds.
After a time, the opponent, totally frustrated, hands CP3 the ball in hopes of finding some relief from the next trick he plans to play on them.
It’s an awful experience…I’ve heard.
Ziller, Coyote is a great cognitator, able to see beyond the act at hand, thereby projecting the act that is about to happen. It’s very scary. I suggest not showing up at all next time.
Looking through the play by play
Chris Paul’s steals were huge. His steals led to 7 made free throws plus a layup for James Posey. Add that all up and we have a grand total of 9 points. The same 9 points the Kings lost by.
In the grand scheme of things, it was a valiant effort. If they didn’t have a superhuman point guard this would’ve been much closer.
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I clearly remember
In the fourth quarter we had 3 TOs within like 5 possesions. All of them were a Kings player trying to drive through the middle of the crowd and once trapped CP3 somehow stole the ball. This happened probably in the span of 3 minutes. There’s no way this should happen. I know we are a young team but players need to be smarter than that. I believe steals were the key to losing this game. Kings had a good game, TOs just killed us which actually says a lot about this team. We could’ve gotten this game against a good team if it wasn’t for the TOs. Ohh and CP3 is crazy good too
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