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Things have not been going well for me of late in the NBA. Win one. Lose one. Win two lose one. Win one lose two. Not good. Having said that, I absolutely love both these games tomorrow.
The Warriors have beaten the kings 6 straight times and look to make it 7 tomorrow night. But it's not going to happen because:
1) The Kings are much better than the Warriors this year. This is a team that recently beat the Mavs and Rockets on the road. Not an easy feat. Meanwhile, the Warriors are just messing around. They really are. Watch them on any given night, and you have no idea what the plan is, and neither does Draymond Green, which is why he keeps taking so many nights off. Kerr claims the team is improving but I don't see it. Even though it took overtime for the knicks to beat the Warriors they were head and shoulders above them. They were just complacent at times, which is why it took overtime to get the win. At no point were the Warriors a real threat despite being five point favorites and the knicks being on a back to back.
2) The Kings are now coached by Luke Walton. The same guy who took the Lakers to GS and gave the Warriors a beatdown last year even after LBJ got hurt. He will not want to be shown up by Kerr, his mentor, and a depleted Warriors team. Especially not as the Warriors have dominated this northern california rivalry for several years now. Walton, having been on the Warriors coaching staff when the Warriors were smoking the Kings, will remind them of that and the fact that the Warriors did not feel sorry for them all those years they were bad.
3) The Kings are coming off an embarrassing loss at home where they lost to the lowly knicks despite leading for most of the game. Walton blamed the team's letdown on their recent success:
"We've had some nice emotional wins lately, and in the past that has caused us to have a letdown," Walton said afterward. "We built up a nice lead and we didn't maintain it. We fell off. The Knicks imposed their will on us."
Now the Kings play the team the knicks recently beat at Chase Center. So to lose to the Warriors would be doubly embarrassing. They will have their guard up for this one and will not allow another letdown against a rival that has beaten them 6 straight.
4) The Kings are starting a 4 game road trip and they will want to get off to a good start especially as it's only a bus ride to San Francisco and travel will not be an issue. In essence, geographically at least, this is another home game for the Kings.
The Play: kings -3
I will have the writeup for the second game tomorrow morning.
The Warriors have beaten the kings 6 straight times and look to make it 7 tomorrow night. But it's not going to happen because:
1) The Kings are much better than the Warriors this year. This is a team that recently beat the Mavs and Rockets on the road. Not an easy feat. Meanwhile, the Warriors are just messing around. They really are. Watch them on any given night, and you have no idea what the plan is, and neither does Draymond Green, which is why he keeps taking so many nights off. Kerr claims the team is improving but I don't see it. Even though it took overtime for the knicks to beat the Warriors they were head and shoulders above them. They were just complacent at times, which is why it took overtime to get the win. At no point were the Warriors a real threat despite being five point favorites and the knicks being on a back to back.
2) The Kings are now coached by Luke Walton. The same guy who took the Lakers to GS and gave the Warriors a beatdown last year even after LBJ got hurt. He will not want to be shown up by Kerr, his mentor, and a depleted Warriors team. Especially not as the Warriors have dominated this northern california rivalry for several years now. Walton, having been on the Warriors coaching staff when the Warriors were smoking the Kings, will remind them of that and the fact that the Warriors did not feel sorry for them all those years they were bad.
3) The Kings are coming off an embarrassing loss at home where they lost to the lowly knicks despite leading for most of the game. Walton blamed the team's letdown on their recent success:
"We've had some nice emotional wins lately, and in the past that has caused us to have a letdown," Walton said afterward. "We built up a nice lead and we didn't maintain it. We fell off. The Knicks imposed their will on us."
Now the Kings play the team the knicks recently beat at Chase Center. So to lose to the Warriors would be doubly embarrassing. They will have their guard up for this one and will not allow another letdown against a rival that has beaten them 6 straight.
4) The Kings are starting a 4 game road trip and they will want to get off to a good start especially as it's only a bus ride to San Francisco and travel will not be an issue. In essence, geographically at least, this is another home game for the Kings.
The Play: kings -3
I will have the writeup for the second game tomorrow morning.
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