{"id":826937,"date":"2015-03-09T10:00:55","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T17:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cowbellkingdom.com\/?p=37564"},"modified":"2015-03-09T10:00:55","modified_gmt":"2015-03-09T17:00:55","slug":"game-62-preview-sacramento-kings-at-atlanta-hawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/game-62-preview-sacramento-kings-at-atlanta-hawks\/","title":{"rendered":"Game 62 Preview: Sacramento Kings at Atlanta Hawks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cowbellkingdom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Raptors-25-of-45.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32150\" src=\"http:\/\/cowbellkingdom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Raptors-25-of-45.jpg\" alt=\"Sacramento Kings forward Rudy Gay smiles during a break in action against the Toronto Raptors. (Photo: Tobin Halsey)\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Game time:<\/strong>\u00a04:30 p.m. PDT<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where:<\/strong>\u00a0Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Broadcast Information:<\/strong> KHTK Sports 1140 (Radio), Comcast SportsNet California (Local Television)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Sacramento Kings Probable Starters (21-40)<\/h3>\n<p>PG:\u00a0Ray McCallum<br \/>\nSG:\u00a0Ben McLemore<br \/>\nSF:\u00a0Rudy Gay<br \/>\nPF:\u00a0Carl Landry<br \/>\nC:\u00a0DeMarcus Cousins<\/p>\n<h3>Atlanta Hawks\u00a0Probable Starters (49-13)<\/h3>\n<p>PG:\u00a0Jeff Teague<br \/>\nSG:\u00a0Kyle Korver<br \/>\nSF:\u00a0DeMarre Carroll<br \/>\nPF:\u00a0Paul Millsap<br \/>\nC:\u00a0Al Horford<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Three things to ponder<\/h3>\n<p><strong>1.\u00a0Perimeter defense<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sacramento&#8217;s defense on the perimeter has been abysmal, and\u00a0it&#8217;s no secret around the league. The Kings see the second-most opponent 3-point attempts per game in the league (24.7), and they face a Hawks club that is second in the NBA in 3-point accuracy and fourth in makes. Nearly every player on Atlanta&#8217;s roster is a legitimate downtown threat, so easy looks can&#8217;t be afforded.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.\u00a0Ball movement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Under George Karl, the Kings have made an emphasis to move the ball more, with mixed results. In nine games under Karl, the team has averaged 21.3 assists and 17.8 turnovers, an increase in both categories. To beat Atlanta, Sacramento\u00a0needs fluid ball movement to counter\u00a0their swarming defense, but the Hawks are adept at jumping passing lanes, a large reason why they&#8217;re sixth\u00a0in the NBA in steals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.\u00a0Bench boost<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, the Kings bench was outscored by the short-handed Heat&#8217;s, 59-22. Atlanta&#8217;s second unit is a deep blend of explosive guards and veteran forwards, which could make Carl Landry a useful weapon after logging 12 total minutes and two DNP&#8217;s over the past four games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Points to ponder as the Kings take on the Hawks.<\/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":[765102,34017575,610259419,5204276,610259429,3275788,594611,4957930,1419906,76563],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v22.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Game 62 Preview: Sacramento Kings at Atlanta Hawks - 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-62-preview-sacramento-kings-at-atlanta-hawks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Game 62 Preview: Sacramento Kings at Atlanta Hawks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/game-62-preview-sacramento-kings-at-atlanta-hawks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Sports Daily\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-03-09T17:00:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/cowbellkingdom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Raptors-25-of-45.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-62-preview-sacramento-kings-at-atlanta-hawks\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/game-62-preview-sacramento-kings-at-atlanta-hawks\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Alan Draper\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2c8aadde2571800d0de74323730df7b5\"},\"headline\":\"Game 62 Preview: Sacramento Kings at Atlanta Hawks\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-03-09T17:00:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-03-09T17:00:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/game-62-preview-sacramento-kings-at-atlanta-hawks\/\"},\"wordCount\":261,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/game-62-preview-sacramento-kings-at-atlanta-hawks\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/cowbellkingdom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Raptors-25-of-45.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Al Horford\",\"Ben McLemore\",\"Carl Landry\",\"DeMarcus Cousins\",\"Jason Thompson\",\"Jeff Teague\",\"kyle korver\",\"Ray McCallum\",\"Rudy Gay\",\"sacramento kings\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Cowbell Kingdom\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2015\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/game-62-preview-sacramento-kings-at-atlanta-hawks\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/game-62-preview-sacramento-kings-at-atlanta-hawks\/\",\"name\":\"Game 62 Preview: Sacramento Kings at Atlanta Hawks - 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