{"id":826913,"date":"2015-02-27T18:36:20","date_gmt":"2015-02-28T02:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cowbellkingdom.com\/?p=37316"},"modified":"2015-02-27T18:36:20","modified_gmt":"2015-02-28T02:36:20","slug":"live-from-the-locker-room-kings-vs-spurs-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/live-from-the-locker-room-kings-vs-spurs-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Live from the locker room: Kings vs. Spurs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37322\" src=\"http:\/\/cowbellkingdom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Pollard_Jackson_Christie.jpg\" alt=\"Pollard_Jackson_Christie\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here is the latest news live from Sleep Train Arena:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Sacramento Kings (20-35) try to to make it two in a row tonight when they take on the San Antonio Spurs (34-23) at Sleep Train Arena. \u00a0Unfortunately, they will have to go into battle without 40 percent of their starting lineup. \u00a0Darren Collison is likely lost for the season with a core muscle injury and DeMarcus Cousins will miss tonight&#8217;s contest with a left ankle sprain and hip contusion.\u00a0\u201cI think there\u2019s more hope for Sunday,&#8221; coach George Karl said during pregame. \u00a0&#8220;He\u2019s in a boot today, so he was still wobbling.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>With Cousins ailing, Karl will turn to veteran Carl Landry to play alongside Jason Thompson. \u00a0&#8220;I&#8217;m probably going to start Carl,&#8221; Karl said during pregame. \u00a0&#8220;Just more of a veteran presence against a veteran team, a championship team. \u00a0Rotate the game quickly and probably more often.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Karl and Gregg Popovich are very close off the court. \u00a0The two worked together on the 2002 Olympic Team and have a great respect for each other. &#8220;I love coaching against Pop,&#8221; Karl said of his long-time friend. \u00a0&#8220;I think he&#8217;s the best in the NBA. \u00a0I know everybody&#8217;s going to put Phil (Jackson) above Pop, (but) I think Pop is the toughest guy I&#8217;ve ever coached against.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Popovich had similar things to say about Karl. \u00a0&#8220;George who?&#8221; Popovich said with a smile. \u00a0&#8220;He&#8217;s a pain in the ass. \u00a0He&#8217;s a special guy. \u00a0He&#8217;s a character. \u00a0First of all, he&#8217;s one heck of a coach, but he&#8217;s a character, he loves the game, he&#8217;s a lifer, he lives and breathes it and I&#8217;m sure he feels whole again now he&#8217;s back in.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Tonight is another &#8220;Legends Night&#8221; in Sacramento. \u00a0Doug Christie, Scot Pollard and Bobby Jackson are all in attendance as part of the Kings&#8217; 30th year in Sacramento celebration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest from Sleep Train Arena. <\/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":[610259533,994249,5204276,610259524,610259428,76563,610259692],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v22.2) - 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