Some recent posts at the fantastic lowpost.net got me thinking: which King has had the best performance of the season so far?
Well, I haven't crunched the numbers for November just yet, but I finished plugging in all the December box scores into The All-Knowing Mathematical Calculation Device. Using John Hollinger's Game Scores method, here are the top 10 single-game performances in December by members of the Sacramento Kings:
Wells 12/10/05 at SEA 23.8
Reef 12/11/05 vs NOH 21.5
Wells 12/11/05 vs NOH 20.2
Miller 12/10/05 at SEA 20.0
Reef 12/17/05 at SAS 19.8
Wells 12/06/05 vs CLE 19.6
Reef 12/06/05 vs CLE 19.2
Reef 12/10/05 at SEA 19.2
Bibby 12/10/05 at SEA 17.6
Miller 12/08/05 vs HOU 17.4
The Wells and Reef show, really. It seems unsurprising that the Seattle game makes up 40 percent of this list. Somewhat surprising, though, is the lack of Peja anywhere on this list. (He does have the 11th best game in December, however).
How about the 10 worst single-game performances for a King this season?
Miller 12/04/05 vs MIN -2.3
Garcia 12/14/05 at DET -2.3
C-Will 12/08/05 vs HOU -1.9
Garcia 12/13/05 at MIN -1.6
Kenny 12/06/05 vs CLE -1.3
Garcia 12/06/05 vs CLE -1.1
Martin 12/04/05 vs MIN -1
Garcia 12/17/05 at SAS -0.8
Garcia 12/11/05 vs NOH -0.8
Garcia 12/08/05 vs HOU -0.5
So um, yeah. Francisco hasn't been too good this month. Miller's performance against Minnesota is also quit bad, and memory backs that up. I'm not sure I know why Garcia is getting so much more burn than KMart after looking at this.
We'll be back later this afternoon with a preview of the exciting end of the road trip. Until then, pray for Nene!