by Charlie O

SACRAMENTO–On Monday night the Sacramento Kings fell quickly behind the Golden State Warriors at the Coliseum Arena by 16 points in the first quarter. I think the total was said and done when the Warriors Stephen Curry came down tip it in and tip it back out to him and he then hit a 35 footer for three. At that point your going “there’s not that much chance that the Kings are going to win that game.”

That’s going to happen to a team like the Kings, they are at a echelon right now where their going to come up against a team like Golden State and the Warriors are the best team in the NBA. Their going to have to play and play well but the chances of beating a team like the Warriors right now is meniscal, because the Warriors are just so deep and so talented but it’s good for the Kings to get out there and see what their up against.

In essence Golden State and San Antonio are the models in which the Kings to follow to ultimately become. The Kings had a chance last night to see a team be who they want to be. It’s just a hard lesson when your going to walk away. A 20 point win for the Warriors the fact of the matter is the game wasn’t as close as the score would imply.

In terms of the Kings victory Sunday afternoon against the Lakers the Kings were just a better team. The Lakers are not a good basketball team that’s just the bottom line. The Lakers are not a relevant team in the NBA at this moment. The only person on the team that makes them interesting to most basketball fans is Kobe Bryant. Kobe did score 25 points against the Kings on Sunday in that loss to the Kings with the Kings winning that game 108-101.

Kobe got the 25 points but he shot 8-30 from the field, now your thinking about that 8-30 from the field and the Lakers as a team only shot 87 shots during the entire course of the game. You got one guy whose not hitting and not dominating the shooting. It was a painful thing to see. You look at Kobe and how he’s performed as a player over the course of his career, the fact of the matter is my view point at this time…Kobe should hang em up.

Kobe is just a shell of his former self and he’s the shell of himself on a team that’s not very good, the only player on the Lakers that’s capable coming out kind of dominating the floor right now is Nick Young. Young has come off the bench scoring 26 points and we know that Young has come with a lot of baggage and matter of fact the Lakers weren’t sure if he was going to be suspended for last Sunday’s game for actions taken in an earlier game.

The Kings get ready to face the Phoenix Suns on Friday night in Phoenix and the Kings have some things to look forward to and the fact that they beat the Suns on November 7th in a game that was an offensive fireworks show the Kings beat the Suns 114-112 in Phoenix. It’s very tough to beat the Suns at home and they did that, the Suns have come in and 15-14 for the season they will have played Dallas before coming to Sacramento on Friday.

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