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New Focus For Kings Bring 3rd Straight Win

Posted on June 3, 2011 at 02:18 PM.

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December 14, 2010
Sacramento Kings (8-8) @ Milwaukee Bucks (7-5)

- 68

- 63

Box Score

Dec 14, 2010 - SAC at MIL
TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Sacramento Kings (8-8)	23	14	18	13	68
Milwaukee Bucks (7-5)	13	21	12	17	63

Sacramento Kings
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jameer Nelson	17	3-8	2-5	0-0	0	7	0	1	3	8
Omri Casspi (POTG)	20	8-12	4-4	0-0	4	1	0	1	1	20
Tyreke Evans	21	4-7	2-3	2-2	6	0	1	0	2	12
Jason Thompson	19	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	3	0	0	3	2
DeMarcus Cousins	19	3-6	0-0	1-3	3	1	1	2	1	7
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jermaine Taylor	9	5-9	0-2	0-2	2	3	0	0	1	10
James Harden	8	3-4	1-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	7
Eugene Jeter	4	1-3	0-1	0-0	1	1	2	0	1	2
Marquis Daniels	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Donte Greene	10	0-0	0-0	0-0	6	0	0	0	0	0
Julian Wright	8	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	2	0
Samuel Dalembert	10	0-3	0-0	0-0	5	0	1	3	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		28/56	9/18	3/7	29	17	6	7	14	68

Milwaukee Bucks
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Brandon Jennings	22	4-13	1-2	1-2	5	5	3	1	4	10
John Salmons	20	4-17	1-8	2-2	3	2	1	0	0	11
Corey Maggette	22	1-2	0-0	4-4	8	2	2	0	1	6
Ersan Ilyasova	15	3-7	0-1	0-0	5	0	0	0	0	6
Chris Hunter	15	2-3	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	0	2	4
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Michael Redd	13	7-13	2-4	0-0	1	0	2	0	0	16
Chris Douglas-Roberts	11	2-4	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	4
Carlos Delfino	4	2-4	0-2	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	4
Luc Richard Mbah A Moute	16	1-3	0-0	0-0	7	1	0	0	0	2
Earl Boykins	7	0-3	0-1	0-0	0	3	1	0	0	0
Keyon Doolin	DNP	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thabo Sefolosha	DNP	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		26/69	4/18	7/8	34	14	10	1	7	63

Post-Game Interviews

Alex Best (King's Head Coach): "I absolutely think the focus of our team has switched. We are shooting almost everything from three now, and we're making over half our shots. I expect most teams to be spread out trying to defend the parmeter against us. We'll be a hard team to stop."

Omri Casspi (Player Of The Game): "I'm not only thrilled to get the starting spot, but to also get Player of the Game. It means a lot to me that I could produce when my team needed me to. It just felt great."

Samuel Dalembert (King's Bench Center: 3 blocks, 5 rebounds, and 1 steal): "I was really aware this game. I knew when they were shooting, and just jumped at them. If I got the block, that was a bonus. Fun game."

Shepard's Review
New Focus For Kings Bring 3rd Straight Win

The Kings started off as a run and gun offense, weighing heavily on Evans driving to the hoop and Cousins getting open down low for the easy dunk. However, with the hiring of Alex Best and trade acquisition of James Harden and Jameer Nelson, and the continual development of Tyreke Evans as a perimeter shooter, and the blossoming of Omri Casspi and Jermaine Taylor as fantastic guards, this team as now shifted to a deep mid/three point shooting team. And they are winning games because of it. Watch:

Better shot selection from the Kings. Shooting 50% compared to the Bucks 37%.
9/18 from the Kings, 50% compared to the Bucks 22% from beyond the arc.
14 turnovers for the Kings. Another struggle on that side of the ball.
10 steals for the Bucks, and more rebounds as well.
Another superior blocking show from the Kings. 7 to 1.
Jameer Nelson (PG) - Shot well from the field, 3-8 with 7 assists, a block, and 8 points.
Omri Casspi (SG) - For his first player of the game award, he shot 8-12, a perfect 4-4 from three, and 20 points with a block and 4 rebounds.
Tyreke Evans (SF) - First game in a while where Tyreke got under 20 points. Only 12 with 6 rebounds and a steal.
Jason Thompson (PF) - Not a great offensive nor defensive game. 2 points, 3 assists, and a rebound. He was silent all game.
DeMarcus Cousins (C) - Good show on defense. 2 blocks and a steal, with 3 rebounds and 7 points.
Jermaine Taylor (Bench PG/SG) - Great game from the bench. 5-9 with 10 points and 3 assists, even 2 rebounds.
Michael Red should be starting for the Buchs. 7-13 with 2-4 from deep. 16 points, 2 steals.
John Salmons and Brandon Jennings had horrible shooting. Salmons was 4-17, and Jennings was 4-13.