{"id":825895,"date":"2014-01-04T23:07:51","date_gmt":"2014-01-05T07:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cowbellkingdom.com\/?p=26015"},"modified":"2014-01-04T23:07:51","modified_gmt":"2014-01-05T07:07:51","slug":"ck-press-box-report-charlotte-bobcats-113-sacramento-kings-103","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/ck-press-box-report-charlotte-bobcats-113-sacramento-kings-103\/","title":{"rendered":"CK Press Box Report: Charlotte Bobcats 113, Sacramento Kings 103"},"content":{"rendered":"

by\u00a0Jonathan Santiago<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&\u00a0James Ham<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n[youtube id=”x2IVzFeI1wk” width=”600″ height=”350″]\n

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Recap<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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\nOffense wasn\u2019t an issue for the Sacramento Kings against the Charlotte Bobcats. Defense, however, was in a 113-103 loss to the Bobcats at Sleep Train Arena on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Coming into tonight\u2019s game, the Bobcats were the second lowest scoring team in the NBA, averaging just 92.6 points per contest. The Kings allowed the Bobcats to buck that trend as Charlotte shot a season-high 54.2 percent from the field and 60 percent from 3-point distance. In the first half alone, the Bobcats shot 64.3 percent and scored 65 points.<\/p>\n

“When we allow teams to get off to a start like that,” Kings head coach Michael Malone said after the game. “Where they don’t feel us and they score at will, then it is too late by the end of the game.<\/p>\n

“The basket turns into the size of a hula-hoop,” he added.<\/p>\n

As they have many times before this season, the Kings made an effort at a comeback in the second half. DeMarcus Cousins scored 16 of his 26 points in the third period, which helped the Kings come within two. However, the Bobcats had an answer on offense every time the Kings cut into their lead.<\/p>\n

“Defensively we have to get better,” Kings starting small forward Rudy Gay said. \u00a0“We’re a better defensive team than the way we we’re playing. \u00a0We just have to learn how to do it consistently.”<\/p>\n

Jason Thompson got off to strong start for the Kings. He scored 14 of his 15 points and grabbed nine of his 14 rebounds in the first half. However, foul trouble once again plagued the sixth-year big man and forced him to spend much of the second half on the bench.<\/p>\n

Kemba Walker<\/a><\/strong> and Al Jefferson<\/a><\/strong> were practically unstoppable for the Bobcats in victory. The Bobcats point guard scored 16 of his 30 points in the quarter after intermission while Jefferson scored 10-straight points late in the fourth quarter to close out the Kings. The Bobcats forward finished the game with a season-high 27 points and nine rebounds.<\/p>\n

“That was one of our best offensive games,” Bobcats head coach Steve Clifford said following his team’s win. \u00a0“We had balance. \u00a0We had a bunch of three’s, but it was good in our post-up game and our pick-and-roll game was good.”<\/p>\n

Saturday\u2019s loss brings the Kings\u2019 record to 10-22 overall, 6-13 at home. They return to action Tuesday night when they the Portland Trail Blazers at Sleep Train Arena.<\/p>\n

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