Who knows how this one is gonna go down....the Kings gotta come out hungry, show some energy and they gotta be electric. Somebody gotta pump up the team and be a leader. If we fall behind early in the first half of the game, it's over. You don't wanna play catch up with the T Wolves. I don't think they've ever lost a playoff game when they had the lead in the 4th quarter. With that said, we gotta keep it close. Hopefully we can pull off this win and meet them Fakers in the WCF :mrgreen:
This is also game 7 - not game 1 Yugoslavia. Game 1 is the start of the series and sets the tone, game 7 is all or nothing. Both teams want to win, but being on your homecourt gives you that little extra boost of energy and the T-Wolves shine off of that. I don't expect anything but a good basketball game overall; the difference will be in who's bench will play better because I think all the stars are gonna play well.
Usually, when Yugoslavia said what he said, they lost the series. It seems like a death wish. "We did it once and we can do it again"
Abosulutely The Kings are gonna win it :mrgreen: That's my hunch,and from what i'm seeing,our team is a little bit more hungry than the T-Wolves(no offense to Minnesota's team),and the way we were playing in game 6 was in my mind,no doubt were gonna face the Lakers The Kings by 6-7 points
Hopefully the Kings will be able to pull this one out. It all depends on Spreewell. The Kings need to shut him down. Cassell has been hurt and has not been able to provide much offensively but Spreewell has picked it up and is providing a lot offensively. I'll pick the Kings by 5.
if the kings are gonna win it, c-webb needs to limit his turnovers and stop taking those inside hook imitations, bibby is gonna being smoothered by kg and god knows who else so DC is gonna have to penetrate and get peja some outside shots. if peja can find his shot we taking it.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Rudeezy:</div><div class="quote_post">Hopefully the Kings will be able to pull this one out. It all depends on Spreewell. The Kings need to shut him down. Cassell has been hurt and has not been able to provide much offensively but Spreewell has picked it up and is providing a lot offensively. I'll pick the Kings by 5.</div> If the Kings played the way they did last game...that shouldn't be a problem...I Think it's going to be a very close game this time,but i give the Kings the edge,cause they play hard,and there raw,and quite frankly there a little more agressive team than the T-Wolves(my opinon) Should be a good game for the Kings!
The only downside Sacramento has it's the depth of it's bench in a game like game 7. Guys are tired, especially the guys who play a lot of minutes. Minnesota has more depth off of the bench than Sacramento and with the possible loss of Peeler to suspension for what happened in game 6, that makes matters worse. Sure, Buford came in and did well when called upon, but how consistant will it be offensively from him? He came in to a rowdy home crowd that was 100% behind him, this is different when it's the opponents home court. If the Wolves get going early and we limit our turnovers and win the battles for rebounds and make sure Bibby and Peja have low scoring games; Minnesota wins. However, if we can't do that then we're in big trouble.
You make a good point PLATWolve and that is why it is very important for the Kings to stay out of foul trouble. They won't have much depth on the bench. Should be a great hard fought game.
Without A. Peller, they need someone like R.Bufourd to step up, or else Mike B, will play heavy minutes. They must bring the best of B.miller and Cwebb, to contain KG. Now they know, that Spree is there 6-8 from The Land Of Treys. If Sacto can get Cassel in foul trouble, they have a huge advantage, as seen in game 6. I think Kings are going to win this series, and go against L.A. ( Interesting )
If the Kings win this series I will be very excited not only do I like the Kings but I want to seem some KIngs vs Lakers like in the past years of the playoffs.For the Kings to win this they have to exploit Cassels injury with Bibby being agressive on offense.Another big factor is containg Spree it seems that he has stepped up since Cassel has been hurt so if they stop those two players they should be fine. Also If I were Rick Aldeman I would start Brad Miller over Vlade Divac because they could exploit a missmatch in the paint.Like KG would matchup with C Webb and Ervin Johnson would have to match up with Brad Miller,that would be a missmatch,or it could be the other way around.The reason Divac should come off the bech is because Ervin Johnson is able to matchup with him.
I'm looking forward to see how we can play without Peeler I Don't believe we will be hurt w/o peeler,but the Kings have to be on their Best game,in order to win against the T-Wolves...if we get a good offense and a good defense to back it up,I'll believe we will pull out on top
Kings gonna take this match, I GURANTEE IT! I'm lookin forward to another Kings vs Lakers rematch, this year, I've been so busy I havent caught up with any of the playoff games except for the highlights... and that Game 6 vs Spurs, but there's no way Im gonna miss out on it today. GO KINGS WHAT!!! Henacy, look out for that new Brad Pitt/Timberlake sig...
Man the Kings offense looks sloppy and flat.Peja is 1-6, Bibby has two fouls the Kings havent made a fg in like 4 minutes they usally dont have these kind of droughts, they are gonna have to get into some kind of offensive flow or they will be going home.
Peja is a huge dissapointment I mean playoff games are for the clutch performers.Unless Peja has a comletely different 2nd half I am going to have little respect for him.I mean I know it isnt easy shooting over Trenton Hassel,I think Peja needs to work on creating his shot he would be an a lot better offensive player.But common this guy was third in MVP voting!!!Step up Peja!!!
Chill, only first half... Kings been down by 10 in the series before, as long as they catch up in the 3rd, it's all good.
The Kings have to cut the lead to at least 7 entering the 4th. Hopefully, they would put up a run to end the third and use the momentum to carry them to a lead early in the 4th. Then we have a ball game.
