Sacramento Kings Hope For Home Win Over Sixers Before Road Trip

by Tom Ziller on Mar 18, 2011 12:00 PM PDT in Commentary

The Sacramento Kings hope to wash the taste from a bad loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers out of their mouths as the Philadelphia 76ers visit Friday. The Kings dropped Wednesday's game to the worst team in the league after acing the Warriors at PBP on Monday. Friday is the last chance for a home win for a while; beginning Sunday, the Kings play five straight on the road.

This game marks Spencer Hawes' return to Sacramento; this will be Shawes only visit of the season since being traded with Andres Nocioni for Samuel Dalembert in June. Hawes has been the starting center for a playoff team, despite bad production. So it's hard to exactly offer up a laugh and a "Told ya so, Philly!" considering that the Kings remain completely awful at 16-50. Cheers to Hawes, who will experience playoff basketball for the first time as a pro, as the Sixers will play Boston, Miami or Chicago in the first round.

The Sixers have a solid defense led by point guard Jrue Holiday and wing Andre Iguodala. Check out HighTops' scouting report for more. Game at 7, threads at 7 and 8:30. Come on, Kings!

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Shawes

Say what you want about the kid… I prefer to remember him like this…

by OrangeLazarus on Mar 18, 2011 2:31 PM PDT reply actions

Or

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by section214 on Mar 18, 2011 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions

The Sixers are headed to the playoffs, which means they got the better of the Hawes-Noc-Dalembert trade.

/casm

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by Holmdel on Mar 18, 2011 2:35 PM PDT reply actions

I think the Sixers might if we can't resign Dalembert

And, obviously Hawes made out alright. No more jumping around in the rotations. He’s been able to start in every game he’s played and only missed one game. His numbers aren’t great but I think the consistency will help him in the long run.

But, it will be interesting to see who between Hawes and Dalembert has the better game. I expect Collins to rotate Hawes in and out to match him up against Dalembert.

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by HighTops on Mar 18, 2011 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions