Kings Enter All-Star Weekend With Second Straight Blow-Out Loss

by Tom Ziller on Feb 17, 2011 8:29 AM PST in Recaps

The Kings competed against the Dallas Mavericks, a massive improvement over Tuesday's no-show in Oklahoma City. Unfortunately, without Tyreke Evans for a second consecutive game, the Kings couldn't match up and lost 116-100. Sacramento showed some pluck in turning a double-digit halftime deficit into a tie at 68-68. But Jason Kidd soon went on a killing spree, hitting six three-pointers (!) in the third quarter as Dallas ran away. (The Kings, by the way, hit four threes all game, and only took eight. Kidd took seven in the third.)

Jermaine Taylor was a revelation early, with 12 points in the first quarter. He started in place of Evans and shot well, hitting two early threes and five of his first seven shots. But he slowed to a crawl in the second half, scoring just two points as the Kings fell behind. DeMarcus Cousins had another double-double, his fifth straight, but shot just 6-19 from the floor against Tyson Chandler and Brendan Haywood (two great defenders) and coughed up seven turnovers.

Turnovers just killed the Kings. They had 26 in the game, a season-high, including eight in the second and nine in the fourth. Sacramento was two away from the league's season-high (Minnesota and Phoenix have each had 28 against the Grizzlies this year). Dallas is No. 20 in the NBA in turnover creation. That's not a good result!

The Kings are 13-40 on the season, with a tough schedule remaining. Enjoy the break. Sacramento can't lose for the next five days.

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I’m starting to think we might not reach .500 this year.

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by Aykis16 on Feb 17, 2011 8:36 AM PST reply actions 1 recs

But we're still making the playoffs, right?

by clicc916 on Feb 17, 2011 8:45 AM PST up reply actions

This isn't the NFC West

Keep Jason Thompson out of the damn fruit salad!

by prowseinthehouse on Feb 17, 2011 9:05 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs

or the Eastern Conference

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by Viliphied on Feb 17, 2011 9:08 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs

By StR standards...

When can we start looking at the NBA Draft Prospects? I personally am not concerned with Losses. ( increases draft position )

However, with a young team… they need to Win to actually grow in a positive way.

Curious how other Kings Fans are … watching the games, from here on out.

Statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything.

by Shadrack on Feb 17, 2011 8:48 AM PST reply actions

Probably going to start doing my weekly draft prospects list on GBU

starting this week.

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by Aykis16 on Feb 17, 2011 8:49 AM PST up reply actions

Sweet!

Its like an injection of Hope… last I looked, HOPE was not on list of banned substances.

Statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything.

by Shadrack on Feb 17, 2011 9:05 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs

StR has standards?

I’m doomed.

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by section214 on Feb 17, 2011 8:50 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs

I think every site has standards

Ours are pretty damn low, so you’re probably safe.

I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints...

by otis29 on Feb 17, 2011 8:52 AM PST up reply actions

lol... our standards are an unwritten code.

much like baseball has a code, we have one…

Statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything.

by Shadrack on Feb 17, 2011 9:04 AM PST up reply actions

I'd prefer wins to odds, personally

by lead_pipe on Feb 17, 2011 9:15 AM PST via mobile up reply actions

But I thought you had to have the odds to win.

I didn't major in Common F-cking Sense, but ...

by MustangMBS on Feb 17, 2011 9:31 AM PST up reply actions

Uhh... I'm a real fan.... so I will be watching the games from here on out

Why would I stop just because they are losing? I never thought they were making the playoffs this year to begin with

by HeuristicLineup on Feb 17, 2011 10:30 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs

Well said sir

and much agreed. A real fan doesn’t need wins to enjoy their team per se. Certainly helps though….

...Watching DeMarcus Cousins’ transformation from large human to immortal kill beast...

by Sacto_J on Feb 17, 2011 11:34 AM PST up reply actions

So, was last night Taylor's Ike Diogu moment?

or should he have seen more freakin’ floor time?

"But screw your courage to the stiking place - and we'll not fail"
Macbeth Act I, Sc VII

by lietothegirls on Feb 17, 2011 8:53 AM PST reply actions

Million(s) dollar question...

I didn't major in Common F-cking Sense, but ...

by MustangMBS on Feb 17, 2011 9:06 AM PST up reply actions

I wasn't able to watch the game...

So I am left to wonder: Why did Cousins get 19 shots if he was shooting so terribly? Was he pulling down rebounds to create opportunities, or did the team keep running plays for him?

"The Kings have nothing to lose but their games."

by SactoRyan on Feb 17, 2011 9:02 AM PST reply actions

I saw at least some of his points came off of his own rebounds

Kinda Jason Thompson like, just keep throwing it off the glass till you make it, but I’m sure they ran plenty of plays for him as well (assuming that they actually ran plays)

Keep Jason Thompson out of the damn fruit salad!

by prowseinthehouse on Feb 17, 2011 9:04 AM PST up reply actions

I think 4 were on O rebounds

and Carl just wasn’t shooting. If you want to try to beat Dallas you need to beat them down low.

It didn’t seem like a ton of shots watching . . .

"But screw your courage to the stiking place - and we'll not fail"
Macbeth Act I, Sc VII

by lietothegirls on Feb 17, 2011 9:05 AM PST up reply actions

They weren't all necessarily bad shots

His last one was a point blank shot that he shot off the glass, and it rimmed out after a second of bouncing around. He just couldn’t buy a hoop last night.

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by Aykis16 on Feb 17, 2011 9:14 AM PST up reply actions

Bummer.

"The Kings have nothing to lose but their games."

by SactoRyan on Feb 17, 2011 9:31 AM PST up reply actions

I disagree

Sacramento can’t lose for the next five days.

If Tyreke plays in the Rookie/Sophomore game and re-aggravates his foot. I would consider that a loss

Keep Jason Thompson out of the damn fruit salad!

by prowseinthehouse on Feb 17, 2011 9:03 AM PST reply actions

Werd...

Yes, things can get worse. ( glass half empty guy)

Statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything.

by Shadrack on Feb 17, 2011 9:04 AM PST up reply actions

Glass half-empty guy

would be the one saying things can’t get worse

Keep Jason Thompson out of the damn fruit salad!

by prowseinthehouse on Feb 17, 2011 9:07 AM PST up reply actions

That would be the glass is half full guy

I didn't major in Common F-cking Sense, but ...

by MustangMBS on Feb 17, 2011 9:07 AM PST up reply actions

I don't see how saying that we are at rock-bottom would be considered glass half full

Keep Jason Thompson out of the damn fruit salad!

by prowseinthehouse on Feb 17, 2011 9:08 AM PST up reply actions

It is all up from there

Guess it is all in the interpretation. A really negative perspective is that it can always get worse.

I didn't major in Common F-cking Sense, but ...

by MustangMBS on Feb 17, 2011 9:09 AM PST up reply actions

Makes sense

not what I was getting at at all with the original post though

Keep Jason Thompson out of the damn fruit salad!

by prowseinthehouse on Feb 17, 2011 9:11 AM PST up reply actions

Shadrack's tangential comment. Just trying to cause a Shadrack cranial explosion...

Things can’t get much worse because they suck so bad already. Glass is half….?

The existentialities of life are so just practical.

I didn't major in Common F-cking Sense, but ...

by MustangMBS on Feb 17, 2011 9:30 AM PST up reply actions

To me that is half-empty

Of course I think things can get worse right now, but that is because I think we are doing well, sorry for giving the team some credit

Keep Jason Thompson out of the damn fruit salad!

by prowseinthehouse on Feb 17, 2011 9:35 AM PST up reply actions

Like a Fembot..

I head is about to explode

Statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything.

by Shadrack on Feb 17, 2011 9:09 AM PST up reply actions

A fembot has a head?

I didn't major in Common F-cking Sense, but ...

by MustangMBS on Feb 17, 2011 9:10 AM PST up reply actions

Cant Get any Worse Versus...

Things can get worse? Either way…

Statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything.

by Shadrack on Feb 17, 2011 9:08 AM PST up reply actions

We dont have a 24 game losing streak!

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by Widowwolf on Feb 17, 2011 11:02 AM PST up reply actions

i really hope Reke doesn't participate in anything this weekend...

by shlyank on Feb 17, 2011 9:05 AM PST reply actions

I doubt he's going to

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by wallywagon11 on Feb 17, 2011 9:07 AM PST up reply actions

wow I just realized I didn't know it was in LA

Live every week like it's Shark Week.

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by wallywagon11 on Feb 17, 2011 9:08 AM PST up reply actions

Don't feel bad

Alot of people like to pretend Los Angeles isn’t there altogether.

by athletics68 on Feb 17, 2011 9:09 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs

Yep

where he’ll be to visit his doctor. I doubt he’ll play but will probably show up to rep the Kings and have some fun though

Keep Jason Thompson out of the damn fruit salad!

by prowseinthehouse on Feb 17, 2011 9:09 AM PST up reply actions

to be honest though

even if he does play I have my doubts as to how much he would push it anyway. Either way he probably shouldnt’ be just sitting on the couch the whole time and he could just yank himself from the rest of the game if it starts acting up.

Live every week like it's Shark Week.

Words of wisdom from the great Billy Dee Williams

by wallywagon11 on Feb 17, 2011 9:14 AM PST up reply actions

Even if he doesn't play he wouldn't necessarily just be sitting on the couch

he can still go to the event, and there are plenty of things to do, watching the halftime show on last season’s all-star week it looked like they were always doing something. I agree though, either way I doubt he pushes it, but I would still prefer not to chance it, especially when he couldn’t play these last 2 games.

Keep Jason Thompson out of the damn fruit salad!

by prowseinthehouse on Feb 17, 2011 9:19 AM PST up reply actions

when I said the couch thing I actually talking about the fact that he should get some work in, as in cardio or playing a few games, during the time off either way

Live every week like it's Shark Week.

Words of wisdom from the great Billy Dee Williams

by wallywagon11 on Feb 17, 2011 9:21 AM PST up reply actions

speaking of

got the day off today so I think I am going to take care of the cardio right now

Live every week like it's Shark Week.

Words of wisdom from the great Billy Dee Williams

by wallywagon11 on Feb 17, 2011 9:22 AM PST up reply actions

Lucky

I’’m about to go to class, where I’ll be until 5:30 tonight

Keep Jason Thompson out of the damn fruit salad!

by prowseinthehouse on Feb 17, 2011 9:23 AM PST up reply actions

Got Home Last Night...

… was halftime, cooked dinner for my son and I and we sat down to watch and eat. Started out great, that furious run, steals right and left, tied it up and then… go down 20+ in less than 5 minutes. At least dinner was tasty.

by AoxomoxoA on Feb 17, 2011 9:28 AM PST reply actions