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King's First Win Comes From A Heart-Racing OT Win.

Posted on May 25, 2011 at 04:24 PM.

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Sacramento's New Starting Lineup

Sacramento Kings Depth Chart - 2010
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
PG	Jameer Nelson	Eugene Jeter	Jermaine Taylor
SG	Tyreke Evans	Marcus Thornton	Marquis Daniels
SF	Francisco Garcia	Omri Casspi
PF	Jason Thompson	Donte Greene
C	Demarcus Cousins	Samuel Dalembert

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November 14, 2010
Denver Nuggest (2-2) @ Sacramento Kings (0-4)

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Box Score

Nov 14, 2010 - DEN at SAC
TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	OT	SCORE
Denver Nuggets (2-2)	12	18	15	17	7	69
Sacramento Kings (0-4)	16	16	12	18	8	70

Denver Nuggets
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Raymond Felton	28	6-12	0-1	2-2	2	8	2	0	2	14
Aaron Afflalo	9	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Wilson Chandler	27	4-10	0-0	3-4	6	3	0	0	2	11
Kenyon Martin	26	3-5	0-0	0-0	5	1	2	2	0	6
Nene	24	3-8	0-0	1-1	6	0	1	3	2	7
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Ty Lawson	20	8-12	0-0	2-3	3	3	1	0	1	18
Danilo Gallinari	5	3-4	1-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	7
Al Harrington	10	2-4	0-1	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	4
Chris Anderson	7	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	1	0	0
Gary Forbes	4	0-3	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Melvin Ely	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Timofey Mozgov	DNP	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		30/61	1/3	8/10	28	15	7	6	9	69

Sacramento Kings
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jameer Nelson	27	4-18	3-8	0-0	4	5	2	0	3	11
Tyreke Evans	31	6-10	1-2	8-9	3	3	2	1	1	21
Francisco Garcia	27	1-4	0-0	2-4	5	2	1	0	1	4
Jason Thompson	26	2-3	0-0	0-0	9	5	0	0	2	4
DeMarcus Cousins	26	10-13	0-0	0-0	6	0	1	0	2	20
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Samuel Dalembert	6	3-4	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	6
Donte Greene	6	2-3	0-0	0-1	1	0	1	0	0	4
Marcus Thornton	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Eugene Jeter	4	0-3	0-0	0-0	0	4	1	0	0	0
Jermaine Taylor	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marquis Daniels	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Omri Casspi	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		28/59	4/10	10/14	29	20	8	1	9	70

Post-Game Interviews

Alex Best (King's Head Coach): "This was the kind of game I saw the King's playing even before I joined the staff. All of the starters were working well together, and we just got a lot of great looks both on offense and defense. Expect more wins just like this in the future."

DeMarcus Cousins (Player Of The Game): "This was a fantastic game. It feels really good to finally get a win under our belt. It was a close one, but we managed to hold out and win. Just a lot of fun out there."

Tyreke Evans (Role Player): "They played a little dirty once they saw they were losing. I mean, my contact with Lawson near the end of the game was no accident. It's just sad when a team does that."

Jon Ratski's Review
It must feel great to finally get a win under their belt. The Nuggets stuck with the Kings for most of the game, actually shooting better then they did. Down by 3 with 20 seconds to go in the fourth, the Kings gave the ball to their new PG Jameer Nelson and he made a clutch three point shot to tie and send it into overtime. Then, in overtime, it was all Cousins and Evans, managing to sneak out the win. Let's see what was good and bad about this game.

A win's a win, even if it's only by one point.
The Nuggets made 2 more shots than the Kings did, shooting 49% to the King's 47%.
The slight foul advantage lead to the win, Kings going 10/14 on the line to the Nugget's 8/10
Nuggets managed to out-block the best blocking team in the league, 6 to 1
Kings finally got it going in the paint, scoring 44 down low.
Tyreke Evans came close to a Player of the Game performance, shooting 60% on the field with 8-9 at the free throw line, landing 21 points.
Cousins could not be stopped, going 10-13 and snagging 6 rebounds.
Although his shooting was rough, Nelson hit three's when it counted, going 4-18 on the floor and 3-8 beyond the arc.
Thompson and Garcia still hiding in the shadows, both only scoring 4 points with less than 4 shots each.
Dalembert had a great day off the bench, shotting 3-4 and adding 6 points to the total.
When two players manage to score over half your teams points, you'll win. Nice play from Evans and Cousins.