{"id":825151,"date":"2013-02-01T19:58:25","date_gmt":"2013-02-02T03:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cowbellkingdom.com\/?p=18941"},"modified":"2013-02-01T19:58:25","modified_gmt":"2013-02-02T03:58:25","slug":"road-reaction-philadelphia-76ers-89-sacramento-kings-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/road-reaction-philadelphia-76ers-89-sacramento-kings-80\/","title":{"rendered":"Road Reaction: Philadelphia 76ers 89, Sacramento Kings 80"},"content":{"rendered":"[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_mLrcNqPFxs]\n
For one quarter against the\u00a0Philadelphia\u00a076ers, the Sacramento Kings played the game of basketball to their potential. \u00a0In the third period, the Kings focused on defense and flew up and down the open court, scoring easily in transition. \u00a0For one quarter, the run-and-gun style many have felt this team could play on a nightly basis came to fruition.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately for the Kings, there were three other quarters to play, which led to their downfall. \u00a0They lost 89-80 to the Philadelphia 76ers in a winnable game at the Wells Fargo Center on Friday night.<\/p>\n
Sacramento couldn’t have played any better than they did in the third period. \u00a0Coming out of halftime and trailing by 15 points, the Kings managed to score eight of their 21 fastbreak points in the period. \u00a0They trimmed the Sixers’ lead to four and even got off to a quick 5-0 start in the fourth. \u00a0But the offense stagnated, as has often been the case with this team over the last year, and they scored only seven more points in the period.<\/p>\n
With the loss, the Kings fall to 17-31 overall and 5-19 on the road.<\/p>\n
Notes and Analysis<\/span><\/p>\n 1. \u00a0Will the Kings win the rebounding battle?<\/strong><\/p>\n Once again, the opposition grabbed more rebounds than the Kings. \u00a0The Sixers out-rebounded the Kings 47-35 in their nine-point victory. \u00a0Cousins was the only player to make an impact on the glass, grabbing a team-high 12 boards.<\/p>\n 2. \u00a0Will the Kings have an answer for Jrue Holiday?<\/strong><\/p>\n The Kings starting backcourt managed to play good enough to win tonight’s game, but so did Holiday. \u00a0He overcame a poor-night handling the ball to score 20-plus points in victory. \u00a0The game-changer for Philly was actually Nick Young<\/a><\/strong>. \u00a0The streak scorer out of USC finished with 20 points on 6-of-12 shooting.<\/p>\n 3. \u00a0Which Kings veteran, if any, makes the most significant contribution?<\/strong><\/p>\n Francisco Garcia’s stat-line may not say much. \u00a0He finished with no points, two assists and just three rebounds in 20 minutes of action. \u00a0But, he did play timely defense for the Kings when they mounted their third-quarter comeback. \u00a0Garcia posted some nice defensive numbers in defeat, recording three steals plus a block.<\/p>\n Statistical support provided by NBA.com.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After mounting a third-quarter comeback, the Kings lose momentum in the fourth and fall to the Sixers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[610259261],"tags":[610259684,5204276,610260054,35890,522941,2573066,610259429,15283471,610259423,610259059,4764763,76558,7161141,610259707,2629175],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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