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DeMarcus Cousins, Kevin Love battle each other in Sacramento Kings win
Image courtesy of RMTip21/Flickr . Others scored and there were 10 on the floor at all times, but aside from two players the rest were just supporting actors. DeMarcus Cousins and Kevin Love were the...
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Los Angeles Clippers hold off struggling Sacramento Kings
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . The Sacramento Kings have an unfortunate tendency of losing focus in close game situations and dropping their effectiveness in all aspects of basketball. In another closely contested match-up with...
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Dallas Mavericks sleepwalk over the Sacramento Kings
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . With the playoffs on the line, the Dallas Mavericks (47-31) have a great deal of explaining to do. During the last minutes of the game, Dallas fans held their...
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Sacramento Kings: There's a new point guard in town
Image courtesy of Ray McCallum/Facebook . There comes a period in every NBA rookie's young career that presents the player with the opportunity of extensive playing time, a gift which allows him to exhibit his...
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NBA Expectations: Players making the leap to elite
The way to self-improvement is to always have goals that are unreachable, and that applies to life as well as basketball, especially if basketball is a big part of your life. If you’re close to...
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Oklahoma City Thunder halt DeMarcus Cousins, Sacramento Kings
Image courtesy of RMTip21 | Flickr . In one of the team's most lackluster and ill-fated performances of the season, the Sacramento Kings entered Chesapeake Energy Arena on Friday night to face an Oklahoma City...
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Insurmountable lead offsets Sacramento Kings' late complacency
Image courtesy of RMTip21/Flickr . Larry Drew insists the Milwaukee Bucks haven’t become cynical due to the down year they're having. Games like Sunday’s, though, make it hard to imagine how. Against the Sacramento Kings,...
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San Antonio Spurs outwit, outlast, outplay Sacramento Kings
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr. Tuesday, the Sacramento Kings were willed to victory by potent outings from their top three players – DeMarcus Cousins, Rudy Gay and Isaiah Thomas. Friday, though, the trio was much...
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Isaiah Thomas' role in the Sacramento Kings offense
Image courtesy of HeelSports/Flickr . Beholden by his ball handling, awe-struck at his impeccable scoring ability and supportive of the intensity that is Isaiah Thomas, Sacramento Kings fans adore the 5"9' explosion of energy. The...
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Mistakes, Joakim Noah sink Sacramento Kings in loss to Chicago Bulls
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr. Rudy Gay inbounded the ball from the sideline to an off-balance Isaiah Thomas, who nearly turned it over by launching it up court in an effort to save the possession....
