{"id":825738,"date":"2013-10-30T07:00:16","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T14:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cowbellkingdom.com\/?p=24469"},"modified":"2013-10-30T07:00:16","modified_gmt":"2013-10-30T14:00:16","slug":"game-1-preview-sacramento-kings-vs-denver-nuggets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/game-1-preview-sacramento-kings-vs-denver-nuggets\/","title":{"rendered":"Game 1 Preview: Sacramento Kings vs. Denver Nuggets"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sacramento<\/a><\/p>\n

Gametime:<\/strong> 7:00 pm PST<\/p>\n

Where:<\/strong> Sleep Train Arena, Sacramento, CA.<\/p>\n

Broadcast Information:<\/strong> KHTK Sports 1140 (Radio), News10 (Television)<\/p>\n

Sacramento Kings Projected Starters (0-0)<\/h3>\n

PG: Greivis Vasquez
\nSG: Marcus Thornton
\nSF: John Salmons
\nPF: Patrick Patterson<\/b>
\nC: DeMarcus Cousins<\/p>\n

Denver Nuggets Projected Starters (0-0)<\/h3>\n

PG: Ty Lawson<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/b>
\nSG:\u00a0Randy Foye<\/strong>
\nSF: Wilson Chandler<\/strong>
\nPF:\u00a0Kenneth Faried<\/strong>
\nC: JaVale McGee<\/a><\/strong><\/strong>
\n<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

What to watch<\/h3>\n

1. The fans<\/strong>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

The scene inside and outside Sleep Train Arena may end up being more memorable than the game itself. \u00a0Tonight is a night of celebration and triumph for the people of Sacramento. \u00a0The NBA is still a part of the capital city’s fabric and it’s because of them.<\/p>\n

2. The minute\u00a0distribution\u00a0for the Kings’ rotation<\/strong><\/p>\n

There’s been plenty of speculation about who starts for the Kings. \u00a0But what’s more important is which nine or 10 guys will play big minutes this season. \u00a0There are six players (Greivis Vasquez, Isaiah Thomas, DeMarcus Cousins, Patrick Patterson, Jason Thompson and Ben McLemore) who figure to be regulars in Malone’s rotation this year. \u00a0But tonight will be an opportunity to see who wins out the rest of the minutes between Marcus Thornton and Jimmer Fredette and their small forwards.<\/p>\n

3.<\/b>\u00a0Defense, defense, defense
\n<\/b><\/p>\n

The Kings have talked about committing to defense before. \u00a0But now there’s more credibility coming along with the coach who’s preaching it. \u00a0Pay particularly close attention to the Kings’ effort on transition defense. \u00a0The Nuggets have been a thorn in the Kings’ side these past few seasons when it comes to outplaying them on the fastbreak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Looking ahead to tonight’s game against the Nuggets.<\/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":[610259418,5204276,76537,790026,5350813,610259423,610259643,4764763,5944924,1032221,1208032,76563,757267,1395742],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nGame 1 Preview: Sacramento Kings vs. Denver Nuggets - The Sports Daily<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/game-1-preview-sacramento-kings-vs-denver-nuggets\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Game 1 Preview: Sacramento Kings vs. Denver Nuggets\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/game-1-preview-sacramento-kings-vs-denver-nuggets\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Sports Daily\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-10-30T14:00:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/cowbellkingdom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_1451.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alan Draper\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@sportsdailytsd\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@sportsdailytsd\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alan Draper\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/game-1-preview-sacramento-kings-vs-denver-nuggets\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/game-1-preview-sacramento-kings-vs-denver-nuggets\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Alan Draper\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2c8aadde2571800d0de74323730df7b5\"},\"headline\":\"Game 1 Preview: Sacramento Kings vs. Denver Nuggets\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-10-30T14:00:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-10-30T14:00:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/game-1-preview-sacramento-kings-vs-denver-nuggets\/\"},\"wordCount\":267,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/game-1-preview-sacramento-kings-vs-denver-nuggets\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/cowbellkingdom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_1451.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Brian Shaw\",\"DeMarcus Cousins\",\"Denver Nuggets\",\"Greivis Vasquez\",\"javale mcgee\",\"John Salmons\",\"Kenneth Faried\",\"marcus thornton\",\"Michael Malone\",\"Patrick Patterson\",\"Randy Foye\",\"sacramento kings\",\"ty lawson\",\"Wilson Chandler\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Cowbell Kingdom\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2013\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/game-1-preview-sacramento-kings-vs-denver-nuggets\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/game-1-preview-sacramento-kings-vs-denver-nuggets\/\",\"name\":\"Game 1 Preview: Sacramento Kings vs. Denver Nuggets - 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