Preview: Kings vs. Lakers
by Tom Ziller on Dec 3, 2010 12:14 PM PST
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STARTING LINEUPS & INJURIES
The Kings will start Tyreke Evans, Luther Head, Donte Greene and Jason Thompson. Samuel Dalembert is questionable; if he doesn't play, I would expect DeMarcus Cousins, who had 20/8 against Indiana Tuesday, to start. Carl Landry will be the first big man off the bench, and Beno Udrih, Francisco Garcia and Omri Casspi should receive backcourt minutes.
The Lakers have had a consistent starting five all season: Derek Fisher and Kobe Bryant in the backcourt, Ron Artest at small forward, Lamar Odom and Pau Gasol up front. Gasol is, however, questionable for tonight's game. Shannon Brown, Matt Barnes and Steve Blake play quite a bit off the bench; Derrick Caracter typically gets a few minutes a game. Andrew Bynum remains out.
LAST TIME
The Lakers beat the Kings 112-100 on ESPN on Nov. 4. Kobe had a pretty danged masterful triple-double. Dalembert and Thompson played well on defense against the L.A. bigs, and Landry's offense was good, but Sacramento just couldn't get enough going to keep up.
SCOUTING REPORT
Check out HighTops' scouting report. Mine follows.
The Lakers are reeling, having lost four straight games, including two to teams with losing records. Those teams, however, were the Grizzlies and Rockets, teams far better than the Kings. They were also both road losses for the Lakers. L.A. is at home tonight, where the team is 8-2.
In other words, there is no Lakers crisis a win over the Kings won't solve. But if the Lakers lose to the Kings? That's a crisis.
Where the Lakers aren't as good as they should be is on the defensive glass (curse of Pau at center) and in creating turnovers (curse of Fisher). The Lakers are so good in the halfcourt that they certainly don't need to rely on transition buckets. But the lack of turnover creation gives opponents more shots at the rim than usual, and the Lakers' shot defense is just good, not great. The Lakers are fairly fallible inside of 10 feet.
On the other end? If Gasol is out, that's a huge help for the Kings, because it means the offense primarily falls on Kobe and Artest, either of whom can shoot their team right out of a lead. Head actually defended Bryant really well in the first match-up, but I wouldn't expect Lu's defense to hold the former MVP all game long.
MATCHUP OF THE GAME
Kobe vs. Head. Again, with Gasol either ailing or out, Kobe's offense will be without filter. It's up to Head primarily to make it suck.
PLAYER TO WATCH
Cousins drifted away from the lane in the first Lakers game, and simply can't do that tonight. PUNISH THEM BIG BOOGIE.
GIVEAWAY GAME
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DETAILS
7:30 PM start. Comcast SportsNet and KHTK 1140 AM have the coverage; we apologize to and sacrifice goats on behalf of Dish Network subscribers. Game threads at 7:30 and 9. Go Kings.
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Keep Jason Thompson out of the damn fruit salad!
by prowseinthehouse on Dec 3, 2010 12:30 PM PST reply actions
This has to be a Bill Walton game too right?
Being in LA against the Lakers.
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Thats what I was wondering.
Are we going to get more than just a quarter though?
Keep Jason Thompson out of the damn fruit salad!
by prowseinthehouse on Dec 3, 2010 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
Alas, Tom, Dish Hates Everyone.
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by Aykis16 on Dec 3, 2010 12:43 PM PST reply actions 6 recs
Man, two hours in and nobody has gotten this yet?
Perhaps I was too subtle.
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I have DirecTV, so I ignored it
OOOOHHH BURN!
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~ Rogers Hornsby
Definitely...
Would not have gotten this if you hadn’t posted “No one has gotten this yet??” lol…
pretty good tho… ZE LINKS!!!
The NBA: "Where 27 free throws happens"
Final Score: LA 145 Kings 69
Kings are in freefall. Our starters are JT, Green, head, Dalembert, none of these guys are considered offensive threats.
I think its safe to say that if Tyreke Evans dont take over like Lebron james did during his cleveland days, WE ARE IN DEEP TROUBLE.
Mayday, Mayday. SIR, PETRIE, SIR,"we need capable shooters at 23ft 9inches, the enemy is approaching, SIR". Radio goes silence......... "Sir, DO YOU COPY".
Oh man thank you for letting me know
Now I don’t have to watch tonight. Aren’t time machines super?
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LOLZ
Mayday, Mayday. SIR, PETRIE, SIR,"we need capable shooters at 23ft 9inches, the enemy is approaching, SIR". Radio goes silence......... "Sir, DO YOU COPY".
...uh...
"We're not talking about me and Darko in the same sentence." - Chris Webber vs KAHN!
by caseycheesecake on Dec 3, 2010 1:20 PM PST up reply actions
Ah but it wasn't a foul as he wasn't touching Barnes
As atoms are made of protons and electrons, and as electrons reside in the outer area of atoms, and electrons repel from other electrons, do we truly ever touch anything?
Joey Crawford wasn’t buying it though.
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by Aykis16 on Dec 3, 2010 12:56 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
JT, the electron.
How did joey crawford saw the electron. In all honesty electrons travel at insane rate in zig zag pattern inside the outside of an atom. So if an Electron did commit a foul, how did the refree estimated electrons movement, foul and exact location.
Mayday, Mayday. SIR, PETRIE, SIR,"we need capable shooters at 23ft 9inches, the enemy is approaching, SIR". Radio goes silence......... "Sir, DO YOU COPY".
Brownian motion is always in play
and not of the Shannon variety.
by betweentheeyes on Dec 3, 2010 1:22 PM PST up reply actions
Brownian motion?
Is that motion involving Pooh?
"Cousins is the Blaster to Evans’ Master, the Hammer to Evans’ Sickle"- HP
by tomroadrunner on Dec 3, 2010 1:25 PM PST up reply actions
credit Aykis with the "message within a message" idea
I'm feeling like I want to rage...right now.
-#38
Funniest part is
You’re not hidden one was even better too.
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I feel the need to add that JT's argument was not heard by Joey Crawford
Rather, the billions of atoms that were displaced by the exertion of JT’s vocal folds vibrating 125 cycles per second eventually reached the external auditory meatus of Crawford, where those molecules caused the vibration of the tympanic membrane, which set into motion the ossicles in the middle ear. The stapes then transmitted the mechanical energy into the cochlea of the inner ear where the energy was perceived and then transmitted to Heschl’s gyrus in the left temporal lobe of the brain via Cranial Nerve VIII.
"Well, he's got all the money in the world, but there's one thing he can't buy!"
"What's that?"
"....................a dinosaur!"
by Christina_J on Dec 3, 2010 5:50 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
nice
So imitate the action of the tiger!.
Lend the eye a terrible aspect
- and teach them how to war!
Henry V iii
by lietothegirls on Dec 3, 2010 6:02 PM PST up reply actions
:-P
If I had bothered to look at notes from various classes it would’ve been better, but laziness prevailed. Such is life.
"Well, he's got all the money in the world, but there's one thing he can't buy!"
"What's that?"
"....................a dinosaur!"
All I really want out of this game
is for JT or Cousins or Landry to knock Barnes into the third row at some point
"Good Luck"
by TheFifthMookie on Dec 3, 2010 1:09 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Hells YES!
Keep Jason Thompson out of the damn fruit salad!
by prowseinthehouse on Dec 3, 2010 1:18 PM PST up reply actions
I'd want to see him fight Omri.
Krav-maga!
"We're not talking about me and Darko in the same sentence." - Chris Webber vs KAHN!
by caseycheesecake on Dec 3, 2010 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
The Zohan would easily win
"Good Luck"
by TheFifthMookie on Dec 3, 2010 1:31 PM PST up reply actions
There's lots of reasons Omri would have the upper hand
But the top one would be that Matt Barnes is used to only beating up on smaller women.
by J Ryan on Dec 3, 2010 6:51 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Didn't he say she was beating him up though
Self Defense! What a classy guy…
Keep Jason Thompson out of the damn fruit salad!
by prowseinthehouse on Dec 4, 2010 12:11 AM PST up reply actions
That would be awesome
Bring on the boxing ring. Hey we should bring Christie back to give him a Rick Fox jab.
Never Turn Back - Crush 40
theres reports online now
that say tyreke may miss games to rest his foot and ankles, they should of thought about this earlier
Needs to happen
let him heal and let other youngsters get more touches. Would benefit us in the long run. Heck, even the very short term, long run.
Where are you seeing these reports?
"You can have the knowledge that a tomato is a fruit, but it takes wisdom not to put it in a fruit salad." Jerry Reynolds
My fantasy team homepage.
"We're not talking about me and Darko in the same sentence." - Chris Webber vs KAHN!
by caseycheesecake on Dec 3, 2010 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
one was on the espn rumor page, then i searched his name in Google and this one was on there to
http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/31493135/ns/sports-player_news/
Rotoworld
Is linking to this as well.
http://www.rotoworld.com/content/HeadLines.aspx?sport=NBA&hl=145392
by BobTheAutomator on Dec 3, 2010 2:21 PM PST up reply actions
In the near future isn't this game, and Kings game notes only lists Sammy as questionable
"If you don't have anything good to say, LIE" - Mom
The greatest impact player in NBA History - Tim Donaghy
Portrait of the Kings as a fat chick....
Slump buster forthcoming.
Sound the trumpets, Raise the drawbridge, and drop the Oldsmobile
/Obligatory
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~ Rogers Hornsby
by otis29 on Dec 3, 2010 1:38 PM PST reply actions 30 recs
I have to rec this.
No matter how many times I see it…
"Rarely is the questioned asked: Is our children learning?"
Has this ever NOT gone green?
Not complaining, just curious
Keep Jason Thompson out of the damn fruit salad!
by prowseinthehouse on Dec 3, 2010 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
it will always go at least %20 green everytime I see it
"Good Luck"
by TheFifthMookie on Dec 3, 2010 2:27 PM PST up reply actions
he always was in my opinion
"Good Luck"
by TheFifthMookie on Dec 3, 2010 4:28 PM PST up reply actions
In relation to his talent, yes
But overall, Kobe, Shaq and Phil all had moments of extraordinary douchebaggery.
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Agreed
The team (and staff) was comprised primarily of douchebags but Fox was an average player who thought he was the shit. He was not.
"Well, he's got all the money in the world, but there's one thing he can't buy!"
"What's that?"
"....................a dinosaur!"
who thought he was the shit
when he was actually just ‘shit’.
"Good Luck"
by TheFifthMookie on Dec 3, 2010 6:42 PM PST up reply actions
i can watch this ALL DAY LONG.
F#ck Kobe Bryant.
F#ck Shaquille O’Neal
F#ck Phil Jackson
F#ck Rick Fox (twice)
F#ck Sasha Vujacic
F#ck Robert Horry
F#ck Derek Fisher
F#ck Dick Bavetta, Bob Delaney and Ted Bernhardt – I’m still waiting for them to have their jerseys retired at Staples.
F#ck Every Laker fan who comes to Arco Arena, wears his hat sideways and stands up and cheers with his arms out and his back to the floor whenever Kobe scores a basket.
Oh, and F#ck Jack Nicholson, Dyan Cannon, and that silver haired douchebag wearing the snakeskin boots.
Who’d I miss?
Kings with a 5-game losing streak, Lakers with a 4-game slide...
I predict one of these streaks coming to an end. And annoying Laker fans.
All I can REALLY hope for is a close game in the 4th. Please.
If it's actually close in the 4th
PLEASE run the offense through DeMarcus Cousins*
*good DeMarcus (Indiana game), not garbage DeMarcus against Chicago
The Sacramento Kings will win an NBA championship in my lifetime...it's going to happen.
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by longlivethekings916 on Dec 3, 2010 2:52 PM PST reply actions
How can Dali jump like that
to make a swat but he can’t finish an ally oop to save his life?
I've happened to notice that the Kings always seem to matchup with the Lakers fairly well
Its been awhile since the Lakers have blown the Kings out and each game the Kings seem to have an extra competitiveness to them. Thats why I’m not too worried about this game.
Let’s see how this plays out. I’m looking for a surprise today. Who’s with me?
Never Turn Back - Crush 40
I'll be at the game!
And by some miracle of networking sluttery I came up on courtside seats…my sole focus is to talk as much shit as possible to the L*kers and LA fans…and make sure the boys know they got love in the stands. A bro huge from Reke and perhaps a chest bump from DMC would also be great…LET’S DO THIS!
LONG LIVE THE KINGS!
by WhentheKingswinyouwin! on Dec 3, 2010 3:28 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
I'll be there as well
F—- THE FAKESHOW
The Sacramento Kings will win an NBA championship in my lifetime...it's going to happen.
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by longlivethekings916 on Dec 3, 2010 3:55 PM PST up reply actions
Go get 'em!
So imitate the action of the tiger!.
Lend the eye a terrible aspect
- and teach them how to war!
Henry V iii
by lietothegirls on Dec 3, 2010 5:17 PM PST up reply actions
Rec'd
For the term “networking sluttery” as well as the admirable goal of talking shit all night.
"Well, he's got all the money in the world, but there's one thing he can't buy!"
"What's that?"
"....................a dinosaur!"
Its simple
Kings can’t score 90, and Lakers can’t score under 90 mathematiclly making this game unwinable. Unless by some miracle Pau doesn’t play (hamstring).
sucman!
only gotta change one letter
"Good Luck"
by TheFifthMookie on Dec 3, 2010 4:29 PM PST up reply actions
On another note,
I got two tixs for sale for tomorrow nights game. They are my season seats, sec 205 row j, on the aisle, pretty good seats(2 of them). Both for 25$
Jason Jones just tweeted that Dalmebert has been upgraded to probable.
Not a shocker here. That dude is tough as nails.
The world is not your Trade Machine.
-Ziller
kings could win tonight!
They won’t though.i wish we did beat the fakers that would be so cool……forget about it!
by cowboyron96@yahoo.com on Dec 3, 2010 3:57 PM PST reply actions
Glad to see you are remembering to respirate cowboyron!
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~ Rogers Hornsby
the space bar is overrated
"Good Luck"
by TheFifthMookie on Dec 3, 2010 4:30 PM PST up reply actions
I just know it’s against the law to have more than three periods in an ellipsis. What’s the penalty? Death?
Today I learned...
that those three dots are called an ‘ellipsis’
"Good Luck"
by TheFifthMookie on Dec 3, 2010 5:03 PM PST up reply actions
"You're crossing the line there, Otis"
"Children want what they want when they want it." ... Andy Sims
I'll be there... Sec. 106... Go Kings
I love it. It’s a rare Friday game in LA LA land. This is gonna be fun taking an executive who is lakers crazy. Go Kings!
by str8up on Dec 3, 2010 4:18 PM PST via mobile reply actions
I have been crystal-gazing, and my inner eye has spoken to me.
The fates have informed me that the final score tonight will be…
Lakers 0 – Kings 3000.
*brownie points for anyone who knows who I’m channeling.
In these times, you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you awake in the morning.
~Carl Sandburg
I think you're channeling crystal meth
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by section214 on Dec 3, 2010 4:45 PM PST up reply actions 5 recs
Won't be watching tonight.
I won’t be able to watch tonight (it hurts…), going to a concert w/ the GF. Maybe if I don’t watch, the Kings pull one off just to make me regret choosing Paramore and Katy Perry over them.
Probably not though. Ah well… GO KINGS!
My wife's X-mas work event is tonight
So it’s tape delay for me.
So imitate the action of the tiger!.
Lend the eye a terrible aspect
- and teach them how to war!
Henry V iii
by lietothegirls on Dec 3, 2010 5:19 PM PST up reply actions
We're going to win!
I can feel it deep down in my bones, er wait, I think its just my arthritis kicking in again. Its this damn cold weather. Lets go Kings!
My shot in the dark for this game is: Reke goes off for 35 points and 11 assists in a losing effort, Fakers-113 Kings-109
Brennan Huff: I have a belly full of white dog crap in me, and now you lay this shit on me?
I would hate to see what they do now that they share a locker room
I didn't major in Common F-cking Sense, but ...
by MustangMBS on Dec 3, 2010 6:19 PM PST reply actions 3 recs
grabs, kisses.....
I didn't major in Common F-cking Sense, but ...
by MustangMBS on Dec 3, 2010 6:25 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
It just explains so much....
I didn't major in Common F-cking Sense, but ...
by MustangMBS on Dec 3, 2010 6:27 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I have a good feeling about tonight
Then again, it could just be that it’s Friday night
"Children want what they want when they want it." ... Andy Sims
Random Ron Ron moment
<img src="http://origin.www.helpinganimals.com/photos/ron_artest_large.jpg"/>
I'm feeling like I want to rage...right now.
-#38
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