When you're seated courtside at Kings games, you get a great "feel" for the event, the size, quickness, athleticism and physicality of games. But I like to come home afterward and watch the television replays, basically to hear what analyst Jerry Reynolds and/or Bill Walton has to say. But having just watched a replay of the Kings-Warriors .... I can't stand to stick around for a repeat of the overtime. The lack of discipline. The inability to collect rebounds. The stupid shots. The dumb fouls. The one-on-one play. I'll say it again: the one-on-one play. And worst of all, leaving Vlade Radmanovic wide open for the three that forced the extra period. The only good thing about the Kings on Tuesday was their effort -- if they expended this much energy throughout most of the season, they would not be stuck at 5-21. The Warriors, to their credit, and for all their roster flaws, keep fannies in the seats these past few years because they run, they pass, they're damn fun to watch, and their marketing people are wonderfully creative. The Kings were on Tuesday were wonderfully entertaining for a while, or until they resorted to the dreaded isolation game late in the fourth quarter. What is with these guys? They play as if they expect to be fined for every pass they throw!
Kings co-owners Joe and Gavin Maloof looked physically ill when they walked off the court afterward. They have been resistant to making major personnel/coaching moves, but I have to believe that a shakeup is inevitable if the slide continues much longer .....
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