Kings vs. Raptors Preview: BANANA PEELS EVERYWHERE

But this [Raptors] squad is rather bad….. At the very least, it presents the Kings’ best opportunity to not lose by 20.

Guessing they aren’t printing this in the team’s media guide.

With that Picture, Holliday almost looks like he is eating an invisible banana with how his hand is

Let’s go Kings!

Pretty please.

Oh please.

Let us win.

If you start the Jimmer, stick with him and let him get some sort of rythm. Don’t pull him half way through the first and sit him the rest of the half. The kid needs confidence and making him sit the bench and watch Outlaw and Salmons compete for the worst shooters of all-time title won’t help.

Toronto has a 4-6 record but 2 wins came against Cleveland and one each against NY and Minnie. Toronto is one of those backwards teams with a Center, Bargnani, playing away from the basket and a PF, Amir Johnson, playing at the basket. They really only have 3 players to worry about. Calderon gives them 12 pts and 8 assts, with a very good outside shot. He seldom takes shots inside 15 ft, so if you can play him close outside you’ll cut down on his scoring and his assists. DeRozen is just the opposite in that he shoots poorly on the long ball and likes to get to the paint to score. You need to play off of him to slow down penetration, and make him shoot the long ball.
Bargnani is a SG in a 7 ft body. He’s a 50%+ shooter at the rim and beyond the arc and 45% everywhere in-between. None of our bigs are good enough to defend him, and he’s too dangerous to double away from the rim. I almost think that Outlaw or Donte may be our best chance to defend him which doesn’t mean he still won’t go for 20pts.
We offensive rebound better and should have fewer turnovers than the Raptors, which means we’ll probably have more FGA’s. We also commit fewer fouls so if we can make our FT’s we could pick up some points there also. But, with our poor shooting we’ll need that advantage. This is a team that plays at the 2nd slowest pace in the league so don’t take their average points per game as meaning they can’t score. They’re better shooters than us from the Field and beyond the Arc.
This is their 3 game of a back to back to back, so that means we need to take them out of their comfort zone and run the ball up the court on offense. Not rush the shot, but get into the offense quickly so they have to run to get back. Then move the ball and make them run some more chasing the ball and their man. Look for the open shot and don’t rush. Then press them and make them work on offense.
I’m looking for a good game from Jimmer, and I’d like to see about 20 passes into the paint to our bigs.

But I do like our chances to win. I might spontaneously combust if we get blown out again.

I won’t be able to start watching it until about 5:00PM or so, to which I will start watching it from the beginning. If one of you notice at around 5:00PM the Kings play goes to all hell. It is likely that I have started watching and I will apologize in advance, for by the time I figure out that it has gone to hell and could turn it back off, the game will likely already be over

book it.

Kings 94 Raptors 99 this is getting sickening hope I’m wrong.

Wizards cast a spell.
Jimmer hammered again?
Fish starting to smell.

Never thought i would say it. Garcia was tenacious on D, john has the edge… but he needs to stop just throwing up fade away three balls.

Think Jimmer has a better game tonight

Jose Calderon breaks the single game assist record… in the first half.

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We could at least look forward to that!