Charlotte Bobcats at Sacramento Kings 1/30

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Tonight We have the Sacramento Kings.

In today's Charlotte Observer, Rick Bonnell mentioned that tonight would be a good opportunity to start Nazr and Emeka together since the Kings use two bigs in Mikki Moore and Brad Miller. Hmmm Makes sense to me, Lets see if Ham Biscuit agrees tonight.

[Melanie]

I sure hope he agrees tonight, I'll be so pissed if we lose because of crappy lineups!!!

Go Bobcats!!! Let's take em!!!

[Dead_Real]

Agreed we will get murdered if we play the small line up for long and also it will be great to see Crash go off on his former team tonight.

Also yall think we'll put Crash or J-Rich on Kevin Martin?

[Wallace15]

Agreed we will get murdered if we play the small line up for long and also it will be great to see Crash go off on his former team tonight.

Also yall think we'll put Crash or J-Rich on Kevin Martin?


Probably J-Rich on Kevin Martin and Crash on Artest.

[davcbow]

Yeah we need this game tonight. This game is a had better win it game, I want us to get out of lottery alley. Ham Bisquit better go big tonight...... :g:

[dvdbumpus]

I think Crash will start out on Artest, and guard whoever has the hot hand. With our interior defense being weak, I think he'll spend most of the night guarding Artest in the post.

Please, Please, let us start Nazr. However, if Mcinnis would start over Raymond, I would turn the game off and fine ham biscuit.

[davcbow]

Play ball,,,,, game is on channelsurfing ya'll if anyone needs it....... :g:

[dvdbumpus]

Play ball,,,,, game is on channelsurfing ya'll if anyone needs it....... :g:


Love channelsurfing!

It looks like Mcinnis is starting...GURR! Mikki Moore and Miller will post up all night.

I hope Richardson doesn't throw up those shots being triple defended.....

And it also looks like Richardson is guarding Artest...WTF

[dvdbumpus]

Just keep feeding Okafor...



And Richardson's dunk was nice.

Does anyone else Richardson showed more tenacity on rebounding? There have been a couple loose balls he could have come up with that Sac got and resulted in points.

[davcbow]

Come on Defence guys Defence ::)

[davcbow]

That was a pretty alle oop from (cough) McInnis.... :biggrin:

[TheBeagle]

Come on Defence guys Defence ::)
Yes, defense looks MIA early. If not for a handful of missed layups, it would be worse.

[dvdbumpus]

I love when Felton drives and gets an and 1.

[TheBeagle]

Considering our defense, and losing loose balls, down by 1 isn't all that bad.

[TheBeagle]

holy crap, WTF kinda lineup do we have out there? Get Harrington the hell out and put Jared in you numbnuts Vincent!!!!!! :mad: :mad:

[Melanie]

What do we have like 30 turnovers already.... Surprised we're only down by 5!

[Melanie]

holy crap, WTF kinda lineup do we have out there? Get Harrington the hell out and put Jared in you numbnuts Vincent!!!!!! :mad: :mad:


That's what I was thinking...

[willyfray]

down by 2!

[Melanie]

Go Emeka!!!

[willyfray]

we're winning!!!

[TheBeagle]

Beautiful ball movement tonight! Feed Mek! Feed Mek! GW looks lost tonight, but maybe he'll turn it around in 2nd half. :g:

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GW just nailed his 2nd 3. Oops. Still, his D isn't up to snuff...

[davcbow]

Salmons burnt McInnis' butt on that play.... :g:

[davcbow]

A decent half down 55-52, we really need to play better defence in the 2nd half..... :g:

[TheBeagle]

A decent half down 55-52, we really need to play better defence in the 2nd half..... :g:
Yeah. My vibes aren't all that good, but if we could actually chase down some loose balls and get some stops and make some FTs (come on, Gerald!) we should give ourselves a chance to win. GREAT half, Raymond!!!

[davcbow]

Come on Bobcats, Its there for the taking, lets win this friggen game against this has been team...... :g:

[Muttley]

I like that Mek has really started throwing down some dunks instead of softer shots. He's been doing that tonight. We have to find a way to continue to find that for him. Our outside shooting will help that a lot.

Now, who's got two thumbs and is up for some Defense?

[TheBeagle]

Yeah. My vibes aren't all that good, but if we could actually chase down some loose balls and get some stops and make some FTs (come on, Gerald!) we should give ourselves a chance to win. GREAT half, Raymond!!!
Hmmm. My vibes are being confirmed. 3-9 FTs. No stops. Down by 10. Could get ugly, guys :-\

[Melanie]

OMG, can we hit a freakin shot please!!!

[MattD]

Goddamnit

[TheBeagle]

Shit, stick a fork in us! This one's long gone. Must improve defense. This is the damn Kings for crissake!

[davcbow]

Bricks Bricks and more Bricks, a few more bricks we can build a new club house..... :mad:

[Melanie]

We need a miracle......

[davcbow]

Oh mighty basketball gods, god of all bobcats, god of the NBA we pray for a miracle that we can come back and win this horrible game we are playing tonight..... :whenpigsfly: make Fine Ham Bisquits out of flying pigs.....

[Melanie]

Oh mighty basketball gods, god of all bobcats, god of the NBA we pray for a miracle that we can come back and win this horrible game we are playing tonight..... :whenpigsfly: make Fine Ham Bisquits out of flying pigs.....


Keep praying, it looks like it might be working......

[Melanie]

well, maybe not....

[Muttley]

JRich airball????!???!!?????

Whaaaa?

[davcbow]

We need a rebounding monster on our team...... :g:

[Melanie]

and the Bobcats..... :deadbanana: and I feel like doing this.... :chairshot: to them or Ham bisquit or somebody.

Why do I bother?? :shrug:

[dvdbumpus]

Seriously, 55 rebounds to 39? 55??

[TheBeagle]

Bounce back Friday and this game is forgotten. Some alarming things from this game though:

1. Absolutely no clue on how to double-team. You've got to jump out on the ball hard and fast; none of this tippytoe bullshit; there can't be any hesitation; you either jump out, or you come from weak side when the ballhandler is making a move to the basket and try to block the shot or foul the guy. Ron Artest ate us alive tonight because of our lack of this simple, basic guideline. I'm starting to wonder if our players are not all that smart, as opposed to blaming it all on Vincent.

2. No agression in attacking the defensive boards. How else can such a soft team like Sac get so many offensive boards?

3. When JRich is off, it's like nobody else is willing to step up and fill the void. Mek tries, but he can only do so much with his skill set. Jeff did so-so. Raymond had a great 1st half, but apparently the ankle bothered him in the 2nd because he didn't seem to log many minutes at all. Unfortunately, GW is burdened even more with trying to make things happen, and god bless him, he did make a lot happen during that run in the 4th, but he's prone to being too reckless in the half court set: he blows by his man with ease, but there's 3 more waiting for him at the basket to block his shot or draw a charge. A kick out now and then will keep the D honest.

The good thing is, I think we can improve an all these aspects, but the grand question is, will we?

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I have full confidence we can win Friday, but we need to play like we want the game; play with fire; none of the lethargy that was there tonight (outside of GW, Raymond, and even Jeff to some extent). I expect a better performance, and will surprised if we don't see one...