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Kings drop 3 straight with a big loss against the Rockets

Posted on May 25, 2011 at 12:23 AM.

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Pre-Game Interview

Paul Westphal: "Our biggest challenge this game is going to be stopping Yao Ming. We don't have a single player tall enough to defend him. Hopefully our double teams and positioning will keep him out of the paint and out of the game."
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November 6, 2010
Sacramento Kings (0-2) @ Houston Rockets (3-0)

- 64

- 84

Box Score

Nov 6, 2010 - SAC at HOU
TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Sacramento Kings (0-2)	13	12	18	21	64
Houston Rockets (3-0)	18	27	21	18	84

Sacramento Kings
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Marcus Thornton	19	8-15	0-1	0-0	2	2	1	0	0	16
Tyreke Evans	20	6-10	2-2	1-3	3	3	4	2	2	15
Francisco Garcia	19	2-6	0-2	0-2	6	0	2	0	1	4
Jason Thompson	14	2-6	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	4
Demarcus Cousins	19	3-8	0-0	2-3	2	2	0	0	1	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Eugene Jeter	9	3-7	1-2	2-4	0	2	0	0	2	9
Beno Udrih	6	1-4	1-2	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	3
Samuel Dalembert	10	1-6	0-0	1-2	2	1	0	2	0	3
Marquis Daniels	5	1-3	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Jermaine Taylor	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Donte Greene	11	0-3	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Omri Casspi	13	0-1	0-1	0-0	4	2	2	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		27/69	4/11	6/14	26	14	9	4	6	64

Houston Rockets
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Kyle Lowry	13	1-5	1-4	0-0	1	4	0	0	1	3
Kevin Martin	17	9-12	0-2	3-4	2	1	1	1	0	21
Terrence Williams	16	3-4	0-0	3-4	2	0	0	0	1	9
L. Scola	16	3-5	0-0	2-2	9	2	0	0	1	8
Yao Ming	17	5-6	0-0	3-3	7	1	0	5	0	13
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Courtney Lee	13	3-6	0-0	2-2	0	4	0	1	3	8
Patrick Patterson	13	3-4	0-0	1-3	5	1	2	1	1	7
Goran Dragic	13	3-8	1-5	0-0	2	4	0	1	2	7
Chase Budinger	11	2-5	0-3	0-0	1	3	0	0	0	4
Kyle Lowry	13	1-5	1-4	0-0	4	0	0	0	1	3
Brad Miller	5	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Jordan Hill	4	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	1	1	2
Chuck Hayes	8	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	1	1	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		34/59	2/14	14/18	34	21	4	10	10	84

Post-Game Interview

Paul Westphal: "This is not only our 3rd game lost in a row, but the second in a row with a 20+ point loss. I'm not going to say anything specific yet, but things are going to change. We don't have a single player who can shoot the 3, and we can stop the fast break. I don't see us winning a single game at this rate."

Kevin Martin (Player of the Game): "I guess they shouldn't have traded me after all."

Marcus Thornton (King's Player of the Game): "We couldn't stop anyone. We tried to implement our plays on defense, and none of them worked. It was a hard game, and practice for the rest of the week is going to be hard. I'm confident that we'll come back from this."

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Jon Ratski's Review
Kings drop 3 straight with a big loss against the Rockets

Things are not looking good for the Kings. It wasn't the referee's fault, it wasn't the other team making great shots. It was Kings. All Kings. There is no one to blame for this loss but the coach and players themselves. They are making every team look like a championship team at the moment. So let's break down this game and see just where things went wrong.

Rockets outscored the Kings in the paint 44 to 24
Kings couldn't even stop the Bench, letting them score 30 points
Rockets shot 57% where the Kings only shot 39%. Nothing was dropping
All 5 of the Rockets starters got to the foul line and were successful, shooting 77% on the line where the Kings only shot 42%
Marcus Thorton, the Kings top scorer, still only shot 55%. |8-15, 2 reb, 2 ast, 1 stl|
Tyreke Evans shot 6-10 from the field, 2-2 from beyond the arc, and was the only well performing player for the Kings
Eugene Jeter still producing fairly well, 3-7 on the field with 2 assists.
Demarcus Cousins tried to pull his team up with 8 points in a row, yet only 3-8
Dalembert kept beating his head against the wall with a 1-6 performance.
It was "Beat on Kings" day, since all but one player on the Rockets scored at least 2 points,
Yao Ming blocked 5 shots, and was unstoppable down low.