Game Thread: Kings @ Lakers, 01/20/2016

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Players rumored to be on the move include Nick Young, Roy Hibbert, and Brandon Bass before the trade deadline rapidly advancing. We are losing to the Kings and Bass is playing major minutes at the five which still doesn't make any sense. We shall see how they do to tonight already losing. I think I already stated that.

 

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The re-designed, surging Spurs come into town Friday night. Should be interesting.

 

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The Kings have 24 points in the paint to our 10. Wasn't Hibbert supposed to change that? Apparently he has reverted to his old form that got him sent out of Indianapolis.

 

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One rumor has Rudy Gay heading to the Lakers. Don't know if there is any validity to that one.

 

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D. Russell to the dish to Kobe and the score.

 

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Demarcus Cousins is shooting all over the floor and burying most of them. Kobe helps bring us back from 14 down to trail by 6 at the commercial break.

 

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Ball-movement in the second quarter has improved from the first. We are in this one so far.

 

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Hibbert has another steal, Kobe shoots the three and it is GOOD!

 

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Rondo to Rudy Gay for the jam. No D from the Lakers-AGAIN!

 

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Kobe drains another three! Bam and the lead is just four!

 

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Clarkson hits two free throws and the lead is just three.

 

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Kobe got MClemore jumpin and will go to the charity stripe to end the half.

 

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Sweet Lou Williams with the nice little floater. He has been rumored to be traded. That should not be valid.

 

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Hibbert is playing well. Perhaps he doesn't want to be traded.

 

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Haven't seen Heurtas at all. Apparently he is done.

 

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Randle hasn't missed tonight at the free-throw line.

 

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That sequence sucked. Kobe with an airball, Clarkson with the rebound and the dish to a driving lay-up which he missed. No points and we are down by five at the half.

 

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Halftime.

 

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There was a Ryan Kelly sighting in the first half. Perhaps he is on the trading block as well.

 

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Our offense is taking way too long to get a shot off. We just have no offense and we don't play defense apparently either.