Sacramento Kings Thread

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Sacramento King DeMarcus Cousins talks about rough season

It has been an up and down season for Cousins as he is experiencing challenges that tests his maturity. The good thing now is that he listens and is more open to teammates and the coaching staff.

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Head coach Keith Smart has a different opinion towards Jason Thompson. Smart said that Thompson is getting the hang of the system. Maybe the Kings front office will change their mind and offer a contract extension sheet.

JT Stepping Up on the Block

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IND 88 SAC 92

The Kings were trailing by as much as 16 points, but a 26-8 scoring against the Indiana Pacers allowed the Kings to grab the win. Marcus Thornton scored a team high 17 points. Demarcus Cousins added 13 points and hauled down 19 rebounds.

Tyreke Evans had a quiet game of 8 points, 7 assists and 6 rebounds. Francisco Garcia fired 16 points off the bench.

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SAC-IND highlights.

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I'm so happy happy with this big comeback, especially because it was against a hot team in the Indiana Pacers. All we need to do now is not trail by so much all the time, and we should compete in most of our games and potentially win most of our games, as well. By the way, I really like all the updates you post CKR13, keep them coming (if you can)!

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You are most welcome. I update this thread regularly than other threads. I am glad to have you onboard as well.

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Also, I like the motion offense of the Sacramento Kings under Keith Smart. Evans has increased his assists by +3.1 in the past four games on his regular season average. Evans is more of a distributor under Smart and the other members are responding as well.

I do hope that Fredette will eventually latch on to this offense. He will thrive with this setup.

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Thank you. And I do agree, Tyreke has been more of a true point guard under Keith Smart. As for Jimmer, I believe it's just the schedule that's leading to his poor showings recently, nothing more than that. Once he gets accomodated to the NBA schedule (which is much tougher this year than usual with the lockout), he should become a nice piece for our team. Also, Demarcus Cousnins has been much more productive with Smart taking over recently, he's gotten a scurry of double-doubles. I really think Smart is what we needed, some new blood and a coach who can get a good offense running.

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A nice feature on NBA's Hang Time Blog about the Sacramento Kings:

THE KINGS DID THE RIGHT THING

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Up next are the San Antonio Spurs who will be hosting the Sacramento Kings. The Spurs are 1-1 in their Florida road trip against the Miami HEAT (Lost) and (Won) the Orlando Magic.

While the Kings are coming off from a win against the Indiana Pacers. This is a game where the Kings cannot afford a bad start and will have to play their best to even compete and make a game out of it.

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An update on Kings players Hassan Whiteside and Tyler Honeycutt. Both are currently seeing action the NBA D-League on the roster of the Reno BigHorns.

Whiteside and Honeycutt D-League Update

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NBA.com has a nice read for Chuck Hayes, who is currently out with a dislocated shoulder.

Hayes has a heart that's big in more ways than one

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SAC 50 SA 47

Thornton and Evans leads the team with 11 points each.

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SAC 88 SA 86

The Kings managing to reclaim the lead within the crucial moments of the final minutes. Prior to that, the Kings lead for much of the game except when the Spurs re-took the lead 82-78 with seven minutes remaining.

Down the stretch, the Kings made key plays resulting in clutch baskets. With 47.2 seconds remaining, Tyreke Evans hits a pull-up jumper to give the Kings the lead 88-86. Evans finished with 23 points on 7-17 shooting. Evans also added 11 rebounds and 7 assists.

Marcus Thornton and Demarcus Cousins each had 17 points. Cousins also had 13 rebounds to go along for the night.

Jason Thompson with 10 points and 10 rebounds. JJ Hickson off the bench with 6 points and 6 rebounds.

The Kings handed the San Antonio Spurs their first home defeat for the season.

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Thank goodness for John Salmons, he might've saved the game for us in the last couple of possesion. Tyreke Evans and Demarcus Cousins were ver ygood in this game, and our team as a whole deserved this voctory. Btw, this is our first win in San Antonio since 2006. Our record is now 6-10.