Grades v. Celtics 12/30/2012

[ppine]

Trouble with Cousins has had a ripple affect on this team. When he is now willing to be the assist man (whatever it takes to win) good things happen. The level of effort is much better. If there is a team in the NBA to run on it is the creaky old Celtics. Defense and rebounding leads to layups. Spread the floor and push the ball. That is the best style of play for the Kings and I think Smart knows it.

With Evans out and Cousins kind of being a decoy, the Kings ran wild. They scored 118 against the Celtics and Kevin Garnett. The Kings should watch the tape of this game 10 times. Just skip the part where Thornton hurt his ankle. That looked bad. The Kings have the talent to win half their games. It is all about the intangibles like coaching, teaching, desire, playing as a team and sharing the ball.

[LWP777]

Trouble with Cousins has had a ripple affect on this team. When he is now willing to be the assist man (whatever it takes to win) good things happen. The level of effort is much better. If there is a team in the NBA to run on it is the creaky old Celtics. Defense and rebounding leads to layups. Spread the floor and push the ball. That is the best style of play for the Kings and I think Smart knows it.

With Evans out and Cousins kind of being a decoy, the Kings ran wild. They scored 118 against the Celtics and Kevin Garnett. The Kings should watch the tape of this game 10 times. Just skip the part where Thornton hurt his ankle. That looked bad. The Kings have the talent to win half their games. It is all about the intangibles like coaching, teaching, desire, playing as a team and sharing the ball.

They had some success last year as a running team as well. I think it's their best strategy and it sure it more fun to watch.

[The_Jamal]

We're now on game 4 of having an incredible Ast/TO ratio and we're 3-1 during that span. Hopefully, these guys get it in their heads that sharing the ball=wins

[The_Jamal]

They had some success last year as a running team as well. I think it's their best strategy and it sure it more fun to watch.

For the first time in forever, we're actually seeing a half-court offense being ran. Jimmer was running all over the court off-screens when he wasn't running PG and we had nice ball movement off of Cousins/IT/Salmons penetration. We just got to keep hoping these guys continue to make that extra pass to get wide open looks

[pshn80]

Grass Valley? It's interesting because I don't give Smart much credit.

Give Smzart some credit.

[pshn80]

Another great win. I didn't vote either. Prime reason for good play and win was team effort. Besides that who would you pick? Thomas, Salmons, Thompson, Cousins, the bench? Like the Arco ad, too much good stuff. About the best way to set off on a road trip. Let's hope they continue this team play. If they do they won't have to worry about getting road wins. Doing that won't be easy.

[Spike]

For the first time in forever, we're actually seeing a half-court offense being ran. Jimmer was running all over the court off-screens when he wasn't running PG and we had nice ball movement off of Cousins/IT/Salmons penetration. We just got to keep hoping these guys continue to make that extra pass to get wide open looks

This team is absolutely built for the halfcourt. Execution and decision making is improving.

[jcunny33]

IT had a great game (I would like for him to look for Jimmer more like Jimmer does him) but I had to go with Salmons as player of the game for his offense when the game was close...creating good shots and assisting well.

[HereWeVivek]

We're now on game 4 of having an incredible Ast/TO ratio and we're 3-1 during that span. Hopefully, these guys get it in their heads that sharing the ball=wins

ya lets hope. DeMarcus looks like he's bought into it. and its sure a lot more fun to watch lately!