Haha they'll infract just because you're posting that way..seems a little extreme. I'm having my own problems, my posts are taking about 4 hours to show up so it's a little frustrating to be honest.
I'm new to sbr but not new to sportsbetting, 4-4-2 so far since joining. Lakers keep trolling me so i'm on them one last time today then i'm off them until they show some form.
By Jason Jones jejones@sacbee.com
Published: Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010 - 12:00 am | Page 1C
Last Modified: Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010 - 5:52 pm
LOS ANGELES – The Kings play the Dallas Mavericks tonight, so there's no reason to dwell on what happened to them Friday night at Staples Center.
And they'll certainly want to do all they can to forget their night.
The Kings were dominated in just about every way possible as the Los Angeles Lakers cruised to a 113-80 win over Sacramento.
Offense has been the Kings' biggest problem of late and it wasn't stellar again. But neither was the defense as the Lakers met little resistance much of the night.
It was the largest margin of defeat for the Kings this season.
The losses have piled up a lot lately. The Kings have lost 12 of 13 since starting the season 3-1.
The Kings trailed by as many as 35 points.
The Lakers had lost four in a row for the first time since 2007. Midway through the second quarter it became apparent the streak would not reach five.
"It got out of hand pretty quickly early into the second quarter," said Kings coach Paul Westphal. "There was no coming back for us (Friday)."
The Kings trailed 21-16 after the first quarter. The Lakers took a 10-point lead, 31-21, with 9:16 left in the second and the Kings were within single digits only once the rest of the game.
The Lakers outscored the Kings 68-30 in the paint and held a 50-10 advantage in the second half before reserves finished the game.
"They came in and had easy buckets and got to the line," said Kings guard Tyreke Evans. "They ran their triangle offense and we let them run it. We've got to pressure the ball. They pressured us."
The Lakers figured to come out with increased focus after their recent struggles, which are out of character for the back-to-back NBA champions.
The Kings proved to be the perfect opponent to fix what ailed the Lakers.
"It was a terrible time for us to catch them and we didn't respond the way we needed to respond to keep the game close," Westphal said. "Certainly we weren't favored going into this game but it doesn't mean we weren't hoping that we could play better than that and give ourselves a chance to win."
Westphal started rookie center DeMarcus Cousins and guard Beno Udrih in the second half in place of Samuel Dalembert and Luther Head.
Westphal said he made the move to try to find some offense, which has been lacking lately.
The defense improved with Dalembert and Head starting, but the Kings haven't been good on offense.
Since their 3-1 start, the Kings have scored 100 points or more only twice. They scored 100 or more in each of their first four games.
Westphal has used six different starting lineups this season and indicated change is coming again. The look he started with in the second half might be the lineup he uses when the Kings host the Mavericks.
"We'll probably look at something different for (tonight)," Westphal said. "I think we've gone quite a bit down this road the way we've been going lately.
"I think we need to try something else. You can't trying something for the sake of consistency and having it not work."
Cousins started the first five games of the season. Udrih started 41 games last season and began the season as a starter.
Head replaced Udrih after nine games when Westphal wanted more defense to start games.
Jason Thompson led the Kings with 19 points. Evans had 15 points.
Kobe Bryant led the Lakers with 22 points.
Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom each scored 16 for the Lakers. The Lakers have now beaten the Kings eight in a row. They've won the last six at Staples.