Game 43 | Kings @ Cavaliers | Tuesday, Jan. 27th, 7:00PM EST

[Warren G.]

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Cleveland Cavaliers (34-8) vs Sacramento Kings (10-35)
January 27, 2009
7:00pm EST - 4:00pm PST

Deepak

In The Q

Broadcast Info

Coaches
Mike Brown ------- Kenny Natt
REGULAR SEASON -------------------- REGULAR SEASON
W 179 L 109 (.622) ------------------- 4 and 17 (.190)
POST SEASON ------------------------ POST SEASON

W 26 L 20 (.565) --------------------- :weirdo::weirdo::weirdo:​

Probable Starters
Cleveland
Mo Williams - Sasha Pavlovic - LeBron James - Ben Wallace - Anderson Varejao

Beno Udrih - Kevin Martin - John Salmons - Jason Thompson - Lee's Old Pal
Sack of Mentos

Bench
Cavaliers
Daniel Gibson - Tarence Kinsey -Wally Szczerbiak - J.J. Hickson - Lorenzen Wright - Darnell Jackson - Jawad Williams

Bobby Jackson - Francisco Garcia - Donte Green - Mikki Moore - Spencer Hawes - Bobby Brown - Quincy Douby - Kenny Thomas - Shelden Williams
Kings

Injury Report
Us
Delonte West : Fractured Right Wrist
Zydrunas Ilgauskas : Fractured Left Ankle (Practicing, May Return)
Eric Snow : Retirement

Them
Clean bill o' health

Sorry for the late thread, fellas, work has me twisting. I'll spice it up a bit next go-round.
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[Adam]

i expect a cavs win. It would be nice if we can get back to more ball movement and let lebron run the offence from the post, save some of his energy.

Will wally continue his hot shooting from downtown. will JJ play extended minutes?

 

[Karma]

Plenty of talent on the Kings roster, just zero defense and zero cohesion. Just a bad mix. Plenty of tradable pieces to fix their mess.

But for now, Cavs win!

 

[King of the Cavs 23]

Plenty of tradable pieces to fix their mess.

Yea just let us take B.Miller and J.Salmons from ya and you will be fine.

On the game side of things, should be an easy win. They have no defence at all.

Hopefully some good court time for JJ, D-Jack and TK.

 

[Rick Astley]

A sad game. But I'm happy to see Hawes. Who ever wins, I win!

 

[bucksprime99]

I can predict this one thing.

By the end of the game, I probably will want to kill Mikki Moore...

 

[Walter White]

Good time to scout Salmons and Miller

 

[wuck]

Kenny Natt should have said "I'll sign that team option for next year if you give me $500k guaranteed"....

I hope the Cavs make him 4-18. Sorry about that, Kenny.

The Kings already have taken a significant precautionary measure in regards to their head-coaching situation. The Kings already have secured a team option to sign coach Kenny Natt to a one-year contract for next season worth approximately $2 million.

While Natt, who was the lead assistant under former coach Reggie Theus before he was fired Dec. 15, has already had a salary bump with his new position, the Kings now control the situation going forward. If they want him to return, they must pick up his option by May 1. If not, the team will conduct its third coaching search in the past four summers.

Petrie confirmed that the deal is in place. And despite the team's 4-17 record under Natt, he said he has been generally pleased with Natt's work.

"It's been very good," he said. "The record is what it is, but I think he's very professional in the way he approaches his job. He's very interactive with myself and other people on staff and with the players on an individual basis when he needs to do it.

"Hopefully there will be some additional fruits of his labor here as we go forward. But the person is solid, and he's certainly trying to go about it in the right way."

Natt's status was a timely revelation considering tonight's opponent, as he was an assistant for three seasons with the Cavaliers. After spending nine years under head coach Jerry Sloan in Utah, he joined the staff of then-Cleveland coach Paul Silas before spending his final two seasons under Mike Brown. And while Natt has had more high-profile experiences as an assistant – including an NBA Finals appearance in 2007 – he said he has enjoyed being a head coach and hopes he is around beyond this season.

"You say what you want, you do what you want, but you take all those years of experience as an assistant and apply that over to the head job," Natt said before the Kings faced Toronto on Sunday. "That's who I am. I'm able to do the things I want to do out there on the floor. It's just a matter of continuing to have a chance to do that, and to grow and get better and become better as a coach and better as a team."

http://www.sacbee.com/sports/story/1575640.html

 

[Green Lantern]

The Cavs should give the Kings a early exit..POUND THEM into submission..make Petrie wish he'd never tried to screw us..

 

[chiefwahoo]

Bobby Brown

I would have added his picture :chuckles:

Maybe we can get him to do "Roni" and "Rock Wit'cha" at halftime?

 

[Chris]

Well just remember, no game is an auto win. Golden State? Washington? Two games we almost lost, against two of the worst teams in the NBA (oh, and we did lose to Washington later on in the season).

 

[-KingofKings23-]

Any word on Z playing a few minutes tonight? Not that we need him or anything, Im just really excited for his return!

 

[Sasha03]

21 - 0

 

[Chris]

21 - 0

Welcome to RCF, not sure how the Sasha fanboyism will go over :chuckles:

 

[PIP]

You know what they say; the first game home from a west coast trip is a very difficult game to win...However, they also say when you play a team as piss poor as the Kings when you get home, you should be able to curb stomp them....

I enjoy watching Kevin Martin though, so this should be entertaining...