{"id":825909,"date":"2014-01-12T03:00:32","date_gmt":"2014-01-12T11:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cowbellkingdom.com\/?p=26189"},"modified":"2014-01-12T03:00:32","modified_gmt":"2014-01-12T11:00:32","slug":"game-35-preview-sacramento-kings-vs-cleveland-cavaliers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/game-35-preview-sacramento-kings-vs-cleveland-cavaliers\/","title":{"rendered":"Game 35 Preview: Sacramento Kings vs. Cleveland Cavaliers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Gametime:<\/strong>\u00a03:00 pm PT<\/p>\n

Where:<\/strong>\u00a0Sleep Train Arena, Sacramento, CA<\/p>\n

Broadcast Information:<\/strong>\u00a0KHTK Sports 1140 (Radio), Comcast SportsNet California (Television)<\/p>\n

Sacramento Kings Projected Starters (12-22)<\/h3>\n

PG:\u00a0Isaiah Thomas
\nSG: Marcus Thornton
\nSF: Rudy Gay
\nPF: Jason Thompson
\nC: DeMarcus Cousins<\/p>\n

Cleveland Cavaliers Projected Starters (13-23)<\/h3>\n

PG: Kyrie Irving<\/a><\/strong><\/strong>
\nSG: C.J. Miles<\/a><\/strong><\/strong>
\nSF: Luol Deng<\/a><\/strong><\/strong>
\nPF: Tristan Thompson<\/a><\/strong>
\nC: Anderson Varejao<\/a><\/strong>
\n<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

What to watch<\/h3>\n

1. Luol Deng vs. Rudy Gay
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When the season started, the Cavs and Kings both had glaring weaknesses at the wing. \u00a0That’s no longer the case as these two teams square off today. \u00a0The Cavs and Kings addressed their neesd for stability at small forward by making major trades. \u00a0The Kings acquired Rudy Gay last month and the early returns have been positive thus far. \u00a0In 14 games with the Kings, Gay is shooting a career high 51.4 percent from the field while scoring 20.4 points per contest. \u00a0The Cavs are still getting a feel for Deng, who is set to play just his second game with his new team. In a win over the Utah Jazz, he scored 10 points on 8-of-10 shooting in 21 minutes.<\/p>\n

2. Kyrie Irving vs. Isaiah Thomas<\/strong>
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There’s more than one match-up to watch today. \u00a0The point guard battle should be a fun one as Thomas and Irving, the bookend picks of the 2011 NBA draft, go to head-to-head this afternoon. \u00a0With the exception of a few missed games due to injury, Irving has continued to play at a high level for the Cavaliers. \u00a0The third-year point guard is averaging 22.1 points and 6.2 assists per game this season. \u00a0Meanwhile, Thomas has increased his production since becoming the Kings’ starting point guard. \u00a0Coming into today’s game, Thomas is averaging 20.6 points and 7.8 assists in 16 games in Sacramento’s starting lineup.<\/p>\n

3. Will the Kings get anything out of their shooting guards?<\/b>
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Last week, Michael Malone made the call to shift rookie Ben McLemore to the bench and veteran Marcus Thornton to the starting unit. \u00a0The switch has not yielded much results. \u00a0In their last two games, the Kings’ shooting guards have combined just score six points on 2-of-15 from the field. \u00a0The Kings have won two in a row without much help from their two off guards, but it wouldn’t hurt to get a lift from Thornton and McLemore in today’s game against the Cavs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Looking ahead to today’s match-up between the Kings and Cavs.<\/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":[610260018,34017575,22515072,76535,5204276,522941,610259429,10110318,755583,4764763,5944924,610259008,1419906,76563,5203352],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nGame 35 Preview: Sacramento Kings vs. Cleveland Cavaliers - 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-35-preview-sacramento-kings-vs-cleveland-cavaliers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Game 35 Preview: Sacramento Kings vs. Cleveland Cavaliers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/game-35-preview-sacramento-kings-vs-cleveland-cavaliers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Sports Daily\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-01-12T11:00:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/cowbellkingdom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Blazers-vs-Kings-1_7_14-27-of-52.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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/game-35-preview-sacramento-kings-vs-cleveland-cavaliers\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/game-35-preview-sacramento-kings-vs-cleveland-cavaliers\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Alan Draper\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2c8aadde2571800d0de74323730df7b5\"},\"headline\":\"Game 35 Preview: Sacramento Kings vs. Cleveland Cavaliers\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-01-12T11:00:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-01-12T11:00:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/game-35-preview-sacramento-kings-vs-cleveland-cavaliers\/\"},\"wordCount\":393,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/game-35-preview-sacramento-kings-vs-cleveland-cavaliers\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/cowbellkingdom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Blazers-vs-Kings-1_7_14-27-of-52.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Anderson Varejao\",\"Ben McLemore\",\"C.J. 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