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Golden State Warriors Monday game wrap up: The Warriors struggle with the T-Wolves, find a way to win.

Published on March 21, 2016March 22, 2016 by rxsluggerLeave a comment

By Jerry Feitelberg

UPI photo: Golden State’s Draymond Green goes for a bucket as the Warriors just get by the Minnesota Wild on Monday night

The Warriors had their hands full with the young and tall Minnesota TimberWolves Monday night at the Target Center in Minneapolis. Steph Curry and Klay Thompson did not shoot well for the second game in a row, but Draymond Green and the bench picked up the slack as the Warriors won a thriller 109-104. The Warriors were looking to rebound from the loss in San Antonio Saturday night. The Spurs had crept to trail the Dubs by just three games in the race for home-court advantage in the Western Conference. Minnesota entered the game with a record of 22-47. The Dubs have on the T-Wolves the last couple of seasons and most people would think that this game would be a breeze for Golden State. Those people would be wrong as the Wolves played the Dubs tough. The T-Wolves big four, Ricky Rubio, Karl-Anthony Towns. Andrew Wiggins and Zach LaVine accounted for eighty-eight points. The Warriors bench, on the other hand, outscored the Minnesota bench 36-8. Andrew Bogut missed his third straight game with an injured toe. Andre Iguodala did not play as he is recovering from an ankle sprain. Festus Ezeli is still not ready to return from knee surgery, but reports indicate that he will be returning to practice next week.

The Warriors and the Wolves played a very tight first period. Neither team could get a big lead and the Warriors trailed by two 29-27 after the first twelve minutes of play. It was the sam story in the second period. Neither team could get much going but the Dubs were able to lead by three 61-58 at the half. Golden State had seventeen assists and just three turnovers in the half. They were able to score fourteen points due to several Minnesota turnovers. Steph and Draymond led the Dubs in scoring with ten apiece. Mo Speights had eight of the bench and James Michael McAdoo, who started the game, contributed seven. LaVine, Towns, Rubio and Wiggins did most of the scoring for Minnesota.

In the third period, Minnesota was able to take an 89-83 lead but the Dubs came back and tied it at 89 at the finish of the third period. In the fourth period, the dubs defense put the clamps on the Minnesota offense and limited them to just fifteen points. The Warriors offense wasn’t much better as they scored twenty points but it was enough to secure the win. Draymond Green made two clutch layups in the final stanza. Klay and Steph also made four key free throws to help the Dubs win. Final score 109-104.

Game Notes- Steph finished the game with a double-double. He had nineteen points, eleven assists, and seven rebounds. Draymond had twenty-four points, nine rebounds and six assists. Klay Thompson scored seventeen. He made five three-point shots and two free throws. However, he was 0-for-9 from the floor.

Minnesota’s Big Four had Rubio with twenty, Towns with twenty-four, Wiggins twenty-five and LaVine nineteen. The Dubs bench received contributions from Mo Speights, Shaun Livingstone, Leandro Barbosa, Brandon Rush and Anderson Varejao. The bench contributions were the difference in the game.

The Warriors improve their season record to 63-7 with twelve games left to play. They play nine games at Oracle and just three on the road. The Dubs won for the thirty-first time on the road. They became the eleventh team in NBA history to achieve the feat. The Charlotte Hornets beat the San Antonio Spurs 91-88 to help the Dubs increase their lead to four games in the race for home-court advantage.

Next up for Golden State will be the Los Angeles Clippers Wednesday night at Oracle Arena.

Kings play “D” in NYC; beat Knicks 88-80

Published on March 20, 2016 by Charlie O. MalloneeLeave a comment

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by Charlie O. Mallonee

“It (the game) had a lot of ugly to it, but it’s a win,” said Kings head coach George Karl after his team beat the New York Knicks 88-80 in Madison Square Garden on Sunday night.

In full disclosure, the Knicks played without Carmelo Anthony who was sidelined with a migraine that he experienced during the game in Washington on Saturday. The Knicks are 0-8 this season when “Melo” is not in the line up. Much like the Kings without Cousins, NYK is not the same team when their All-Star player is not on the floor.

The Kings used defense to win this game. This may have the best defensive effort by Sacramento all season. The Kings held the Knicks under 20 points in first, third and fourth quarters. Sacramento did have a major defensive lapse in the second quarter when New York scored 35 points, but unlike other games this season, the Kings were able to regain their defensive footing.

The 88 point effort was the Kings lowest scoring total of the season.

Sacramento did an excellent job defending the 3-point arc allowing NYK to hit on just 4-of-19 3-point attempts. The Kings also limited their own turnovers to just 12 that resulted in just nine points for the Knicks.

The stars on offense were the two starting centers. DeMarcus Cousins and Robin Lopez had 20/20, double-double games. Cousins scored 24 points and grabbed 20 rebounds to go with four assists and two blocked shots. Robin Lopez put up 23 points and hauled in 20 rebounds for New York.

For Cousins, this was his 10th 20/20 game of his career.

The Kings are now 27-42 on the season. The loss drops the Knicks record to 28-43.

Kings

Rudy Gay turned in a 17-point performance versus the Knicks. Gay did not have a spectacular night shooting going 8-for-21 from the floor and just 1-for-6 from 3-point land.

Darren Collison had an interesting game. Collison scored 13 points. All of those points came in the first half. He played a game-high 40 minutes and dished out six assists.

Rajon Rondo had a very quiet game scoring just two points and distributing six assists. Rondo did not play with his signature headband on in this game.

Omri Casspi led the scoring off the bench for Sacramento. Casspi scored 15 points hitting on 5-of-9 shots from the field.

As a team, the Kings shot just 39.8-percent (35-for-88) for the game. They converted 7-of-25 3-point attempts. Sacramento was out-rebounded 55-49. The Kings allowed New York to grab 19 offensive rebounds.

Knicks

Kristaps Porzingis – the Knicks rookie sensation – scored 13 points but struggled shooting from the floor. Porzingis hit on just 6-of-17 shooting and was 0-for-4 from beyond the 3-point arc.

The Knicks had two strong performances off their bench as Jerian Grant scored 14 points and former King Derrick Williams added 11 points. The New York bench outscored the Kings second unit 35-29.

NYK shot just 35.2-percent (32-for-91) from the field. The Knicks turned the ball over 15 times resulting in 22 points for the Kings.

Up next

The Chicago Bulls will play a major role for both teams this week.

The Kings traveled to Chicago after the game and will play the Bulls on Monday night.

The Knicks are off until Wednesday when they will play the Bulls in the Windy City.

Spurs down Warriors to move to 35-0 at home

Published on March 20, 2016March 20, 2016 by jhawkes51Leave a comment

By Joe Hawkes-Beamon

SAN ANTONIO — In what many believed to be the biggest game on the NBA calendar this year, the San Antonio Spurs held court, dispatching the NBA World Champions Golden State Warriors 87-79 Saturday night to improve to an NBA-best 35-0 at home in front another sellout crowd at the AT&T Center.

The Spurs were fueled by power forward LaMarcus Aldridge, who appeared unstoppable finishing with 26 points and 13 rebounds against a Warriors team that were held to a season-low in total points and beaten their California rivals 33-straight games in the Alamo City dating back to 1997.

“They’re a great team, they’re the bar in the NBA and it felt good to get a win tonight,” Aldridge said after the Spurs (59-10), moved within three games of Golden State (62-7) for the best record in the NBA with two more meetings in April.

Kawhi Leonard added 18 points and 14 rebounds, and Boris Diaw added 14 points and eight rebounds to help San Antonio win their 44th-straight home game in the regular season, tying the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls for second all-time in NBA history.

San Antonio handcuffed and harassed league MVP Stephen Curry the entire night, limiting the Warriors’ most lethal weapon to just 14 points on 4-of-18 shooting (1-of-12 from 3-point range) and six assists. Spurs’ shooting guard Danny Green made life difficult for Curry, blocking two of Curry’s shots.

“Tonight we executed well on the defensive end, but offensively I didn’t allow us to get comfortable offensively,” the reining league MVP said after the game.

Klay Thompson scored 15 points, and Draymond Green finished with 11 points, nine rebounds, and eight assists.

San Antonio decided to started Boris Diaw at center, opting to bring Tim Duncan off the bench and proved to be one of the difference makers as Golden State were forced to start Brandon Rush in the frontcourt with Green and Harrison Barnes.

Green started at center in place for the injured Andrew Bogut, who injured his toe in Golden State’s 130-112 victory over the Mavericks in Dallas Friday night.

Golden State travels to Minnesota to take on the Timberwolves Monday at the Target Center before returning home to face to Los Angeles Clippers Wednesday back at Oracle Arena.

Sacramento Kings Friday game wrap up: Pistons Caldwell-Pope’s three pointers sink Kings 115-108

Published on March 19, 2016 by Sports Radio ServiceLeave a comment

by Charlie O Mallonee

photo credit: sportal.co.nz–Detroit Pistons Kentavious Caldwell-Pope’s two three pointers in the fourth quarter put the Pistons ahead of the Sacramento Kings on Friday night

The Sacramento Kings held the lead in much of the game in Auburn Hills Michigan on Friday night but when the ball got into the hands of the Detroit Pistons Kentavious Caldwell-Pope it was curtains for the visiting Kings as Caldwell-Pope hit two big three pointers in the fourth quarter to make hay on the Kings to get the Pistons ahead and the win 115-108.

Caldwell-Pope had extra help with Marcus Morris scoring 20-24 in the first half for Detroit. The Pistons had an 18 point lead fade away and the Pistons had to get to work and ended up tying up the ball game in the fourth quarter to the relief of Pistons head coach Stan Van Gundy, “It was a good win it doesn’t matter how the game goes. In this league a lot of times the team who loses and comes back from like 21 gets praised more than the team who wins. I’ll keep taking 21 point leads. That would be good.” said Van Gundy.

The win breaths some life back into the Pistons post season hopes as the Pistons (35-34) are knotted up with the Chicago Bulls (34-33) for the last playoff spot in the Eastern Conference The Kings leading scorer on Friday night DeMarcus Cousins had 31 points and 10 rebounds the Kings have now lost 11 of their last 13 games. “Slow start, slow end, we’ve got to put together a whole game of good basketball.” said the Kings Rudy Gay.

The Kings are back in action against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden a 4:30 tip PDT on Sunday night

Charlie O is a Sacramento Kings beat writer each weekend at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Golden State Warriors podcast with David Zizmor: The Warriors played solid hoop against the Knicks different from last meeting

Published on March 17, 2016March 17, 2016 by Sports Radio ServiceLeave a comment

by David Zizmor

OAKLAND–The Warriors in their game against the New York Knicks on Wednesday night they started out pretty slow for the first five minutes of the game. The Warriors Stephen Curry as soon as he dropped his first of eight three pointers everybody just followed with their shots and the Warriors became unstoppable. They were just hitting everything, the Warriors defense was really, really, strong,

The W’s were playing a mediocre bad New York Kincks team Wednesday night. One of the things about the Warriors there in a lot of these games and that’s something you can do with a great team because it’s tough to be up for every single game. The Warriors in a game they played at Madison Square Garden about a month ago they didn’t play a very good game. It was not a good game for Curry, the Warriors were kind of discombobulated.

This was not a good game they won but they didn’t look good in it they let the Knicks think they had a chance long before the Warriors pulled out the win. The Warriors remember that game and there was a chance that the two teams were talking trash and they would remember that.

Listen to the podcast below with David on Warriors basketball and every week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Pelicans sweep season series vs Kings

Published on March 16, 2016March 17, 2016 by Michael MartinezLeave a comment

by Michael Martinez

picture credit Jacob Gonzalez

SACRAMENTO- The Kings had a great win last night in Los Angeles and things were looking up, but then the team came home. Recently, the Kings have struggled mightily at home and tonight was no different. The defense was flat out bad tonight especially in the first half.

The difference tonight was El Dorado Hills native, Ryan Anderson. Anderson’s huge second quarter change the game completely and the Kings really never had a chance thereafter.

The Oak Ridge high grad put up 21 points in the second quarter on 8-11 shooting, 3-4 from the field. The forward’s huge second quarter put the Kings down 74-53 as he made the defense look silly. Some of his shots were incredible, but nonetheless giving up 74 points was inexcusable. As a team, the Pelicans shot 83.3% in the quarter. The Kings offense slowed down in the second quarter, scoring 22 points to New Orleans’ 41. The Pelicans’ had their largest lead of the half in the second when they were up by 24 points.

Fans booed the Kings towards the end of the quarter as the Kings gave up the most points in a half all season. Maybe that sparked some fire under Sacramento’s belt out of the locker room.

Out of the break, the Kings scored 10 straight points and cut the deficit down to 11, looking for some hope. But New Orleans never let the Kings get any closer, going up by 21 points at one point in the third quarter.

The Kings continued to struggle while New Orleans kept pouring it on. The Pelicans’ largest lead of the game came in the fourth as they went up by 27 points at one point. New Orleans absolutely dominated the Kings tonight and there was really no question about if they would get the win. Although the Kings only lost the game by 15, 123-108, the Pelicans out played the Kings in every aspect.

The loss is not all that surprising with the Kings recent struggles, plus they have not been able to defeat New Orleans. This is their sixth straight loss to the Pelicans who won all four games this season. And as the Sleep Train Arena starts to see its last games, the Kings have dropped seven consecutive games on their home floor and the games really haven’t been all that close.

The Pelicans shot 54.4% from the field and an astounding 57.1% from behind the arc, knocking down 12 three-pointers.

Anthony Davis finished with 27 points and 14 rebounds, while Anderson totaled 29 points. New comer Tim Frazier scored 14 points for New Orleans and added nine assists.

Darren Collison was the Kings’ leading scorer with 23 points. DeMarcus Cousins finished with 20 points, 12 rebounds and five assists for another double double. Cousins now has 26 double doubles in his last 32 games he’s played in.

The Kings once again showed struggles in playing back to back games. Heading into the contest, the team was 3-12 when playing consecutive games and now that makes it 3-13. It is difficult to play without three of the team’s guards, including Rajon Rondo, but there’s no excuse for the team’s poor effort tonight.

Sacramento is now 26-41 and will head to Detroit to take on the Pistons on Friday. With the season coming to an end, maybe it’s best for the Kings to hope for the best possible draft pick and regroup next season.

Sacramento Kings Tuesday post game wrap: Kings force turnovers 17 times by stealing the ball to beat Lakers 106-98

Published on March 15, 2016March 16, 2016 by Sports Radio ServiceLeave a comment

by Jessica Kwong

Photo credit: thefakebasketball.com– Sacramento Kings Darren Collison

LOS ANGELES–The Sacramento Kings snapped their five-game losing streak on Tuesday night with a 106-98 victory over the struggling, but improving Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center. Sacramento took command of the game early and maintained the lead, and fended off a late effort by Los Angeles in the fourth quarter. When the Lakers got within 6 points of the Kings twice, forward Rudy Gay hit jump shots, putting a stop to their momentum. “The Lakers have been playing at a good level. It is good to get our funk out after a losing streak and get some joy back into the locker room and go home tomorrow,” Kings head coach George Karl said. “And hopefully make another step in a good direction.” The Kings scored the win mostly because of steals – 17 – and creating a lot of deflections and easy fast break points off of the Lakers’ 22 turnovers. It seemed the Kings played with the most energy since before the All-Star break. Karl said it might have been a result of playing forward Willie Cauley-Stein, who scored 8 points. “You establish the run, then you open up a lot more, because now they’re trying to run with me, and then it opens up for the shot because I’m cutting through the lane. I’m running, I’m the first one down there,” Cauley-Stein said. Controlling the game early was a big difference from Sunday, when the Kings got off to a bad start against the Utah Jazz and lost 108-99. Kings guard Darren Collison said it’s a “make or miss league,” and the shots just fell on Tuesday. “You can’t have a great stretch throughout the whole 82-game season. I wish I can, but it’s not going to be like that,” Collison said. “You’re going to have your moments, but the biggest thing that you have to take away from it is that you still have to stay aggressive. I thought I did that tonight.” Collison and DeMarcus Cousins finished with 22 points a piece, and Gay contributed 20 points. The Lakers’ retiring star Kobe Bryant did not play. Karl said he remembered Bryant played one game against Sacramento this season, and that the past few weeks have been his best. “It might have been nice to give him a hug at the end of the game … There is a little disappointment,” Karl said. Tuesday’s win brings Sacramento’s record to 26-40. The results of the season have been “frustrating,” Cousins said. “We’re trying to figure it out, still trying to figure it out,” he said. “One thing that is good is the locker room is still good. We believe in one another and keep that support, try to finish the season out strong and keep that support.” The Kings return to Sleep Train Arena on Wednesday to face the New Orleans Pelicans. Tip-off is at 7 p.m. Actions Mark as Unread Mark as Read Mark as Spam Star Clear Star Previous Next

Sacramento Kings podcast and commentary with Charlie O: Kings are counting the days

Published on March 15, 2016March 15, 2016 by Sports Radio ServiceLeave a comment

by Charlie O Mallanee

photo by: bigstory.ap.org–Sacramento Kings DeMarcus Cousins the expression says it all

SACRAMENTO–The players had emptied out of the dressing room at a recent home game at Sleep Train Arena and sitting alone in the Sacramento Kings locker room was their star player DeMarcus Cousins. This was not normal usually you would see three or four players in the dressing room after the game but when the media arrived everyone made a B-line for the team bus waiting outside of the arena.

Cousins was hospitable and answered reporters questions in a cordial fashion. The Kings who are snake bit and Cousins who came off a one game suspension for cussing out his head coach George Karl on the team bench which took a coach and a player to step in Cousin’s view of Karl. Karl ceremoniously suspended Cousins after the game for behavior unbecoming. The idea that Cousins was left by himself at that recent game is symbolic and that the team is in dysfunction and have lost respect for Cousins after his mid game rift with Karl.

Charlie O does the Kings podcast each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

The Dubs Celebrate Steph’s Birthday with a win.

Published on March 15, 2016 by rxsluggerLeave a comment

by Jerry Feitelberg

The Golden State Warriors won their sixtieth game of the season downing the New Orleans Pelicans 125-107 Monday night at Oracle Arena. The Warriors won their forty-ninth consecutive home game in a row and now have a record of 60-6, something that had never been done before in NBA history.

The Pelicans came to play. The played the Dubs even for the first eighteen minutes of the game. They took a 42-40 lead with 6:38 left in the first half. The Dubs took control of the contest at that point.They went on a 19-8 run to end the first half with a nine-point lead, 59-50. Steph Curry scored twelve points and had four rebounds and four assists to lead the Warriors in scoring. James Michael McAdoo played well coming off the bench. McAdoo, who missed a lot of games due to an injury, looked like he was back in game shape as he played well on both ends of the court.

The third period was all Warriors. Golden State’s defense completely shut down the Pelicans and stopped their big man, Anthony Davis. The Dubs led 65-50 with *:36 left in the third period. They increased the lead to 80-55 as Andrew Bogut got the crowd buzzing with a three-point shot. Klay Thompson followed with a three. Curry made a two-pointer. Draymond Greem made a three-pointer much to the delight of the sold-out stadium. Steph made a three-pointer just before the end of the third period as the Dubs led 94-69 and the game was well in hand.

Coach Steve Kerr rested most of his regulars in the fourth period, and the bench players were able to get some playing time. Mo Speights, James Michael McAdoo, Ian Clark, Shaun Livingston all were active in the fourth period. The Dubs win by a score of 125-107.

Warrior Notes- Steph Curry led the Dubs with twenty-seven points. He made three three-point shots and had five rebounds and five assists. Klay Thompson had eighteen. Draymond Green had a double-double with fourteen points and twelve rebounds. McAdoo pitched in with eleven and Mo “Buckets” Speights added fourteen. The bench contributed over fifty points in the win.Steph and Klay set a new record for three-point shots made by two teammates. They set the old mark of 525 last year and the new mark is now 531.

Pelican Briefs- The Pelicans were led by Anthony Davis and Tony Douglas. They each scored twenty-two. Other Pelicans in double figures were Jrue Holiday with thirteen, Alonzo Gee with ten while Ryan Anderson and Luke Babbitt scored nineteen and twelve, respectively, off the bench.

The Warriors square off against the New York Knicks Wednesday night March 16th at the Oracle Arena. Game time will be at 7:30 pm PT.

Kings lose strange game to Jazz 108-99

Published on March 13, 2016 by Charlie O. MalloneeLeave a comment

NBA: Utah Jazz at Sacramento Kings — Photo Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

By Charlie O. Mallonee

Sacramento – The Sacramento Kings fell into one of the dreaded “black holes” that George Karl has talked about all season on Sunday. The problem for the Kings was the “black hole” did not last for five to eight possessions as usual. This “black hole” lasted for 24 minutes or the entire first half of the game.

The Kings – who never had a lead in the game – fell behind by 23 points in the opening half. Sacramento lacked energy and defensive effort and Utah took advantage of the situation. The Jazz shot 59.0-percent from the floor in the first half and went 8-for-14 (57.1-percent) from beyond the 3-point line. Sacramento appeared to be victims of the change to Daylight Savings Time, but the situation was not that simplistic.

Karl even went to a different rotation of Gay, Cauley-Stein, Cousins, Curry and Rondo in order find some defense to start the third quarter, and it worked. In fact, Karl stated it may have been the best second half defensive performance of the season from his team.

The Kings held the Jazz to 47 points in the second half. Sacramento outscored Utah 54-47 for the half, but Kings had dug a hole for themselves in the first half that was ultimately too deep to climb out of in the final 24.

Sacramento cut the Utah lead to just five points with 23.1 seconds left in the game. They just ran out of time to get enough possessions to overcome the Utah lead and the Kings lost the game 108-99.

It was the second consecutive win for the Jazz (31-35) who beat Washington at home on Friday night. Utah came into the game in ninth place in the Western Conference two games behind Houston and Dallas for the eighth and final playoff slot. The victory on Sunday really helped the Jazz to keep their playoff dreams alive.

The Kings (25-40) have lost five games in a row and have lost six straight at home. Mathematically, the Kings still have a chance at the playoffs. Realistically, the Kings have no shot at the playoffs.

Kings

The Kings were led by DeMarcus Cousins who scored a game-high 31 points in return from his one-game suspension. It was a double-double game for Cousins who recorded 10 rebounds and five assists. He converted 8-of-11 free throw opportunities.

Omri Casspi provided some real punch off the bench scoring 20 points in just 26 minutes of playing time. Casspi shot 8-for-12 from the floor and went 4-for-4 from beyond the 3-point line.

Darren Collison scored 14 points in a starting role while Cauley-Stein scored 10, Rondo 7, Gay 6, Curry 5, Koufos 4 and Acy 2. Marco Belinelli had a five-game streak of scoring in double figures broken as he scored no points in 11 minutes on floor.

As a team, the Kings shot 46.9-percent from the floor and were a respectable 9-for-21 (42.9-percent) from 3-point land. The team struggled at the free throw line hitting on just 14-of-21 attempts (66.7-percent). Sacramento turned the ball over 12 times giving up 22 points on those miscues.

The Kings were outrebounded 47-36.

Jazz

Derrick Favors (28) and Gordon Hayward (27) led the Jazz scoring effort. Favors shot 10-for-16 from the floor to go with 14 rebounds. Hayward shot 9-for-19 from the field including four 3-point baskets.

Shelvin Mack had a strong game at point guard scoring 14 points and dishing out eight assists. Mack shot 5-for-11 overall and 4-for-6 from 3-point range.

The Jazz shot 47.6-percent from the floor and hit on 12-of-28 3-point opportunities. Utah really helped themselves at the free throw line going 18-for-22 (81.8-percent). The Jazz turned the ball over 16 times giving up a total of 16 points due to those mistakes.

What they said after the game

DeMarcus Cousins spoke the press after the game and allowed his teammates the opportunity to quietly slip out of the locker room. It was also the first time Cousins faced the press since serving his one-game suspension.

When asked to describe the game, Cousins replied, “Terrible first half and better second half.”

Cousins was asked where he is mentally after the suspension and he said, “I’m here.”

The Kings center responded to being asked to evaluate the last seven weeks for the team by saying, “It is the level of fight. There’s a lot of frustration in this locker room. I believe everyone believes that we should be a lot better than we are. We’re just frustrated that we’re not. We haven’t performed to the level of expectations so it’s a lot of frustration with that.”

Cousins also talked about his suspension. He feels that it was a coach’s suspension not a suspension generated by the organization. Cousins feels there is a big difference between the two.

Up next

The Kings will travel to Los Angeles to face the Lakers on Tuesday night. It will be the last time they face Kobe Bryant as an active player. The Lakers game is the front end of a back-to-back that will be completed on Wednesday night in Sacramento when the New Orleans Pelicans visit Sleep Train Arena.

Utah returned home after the game and will host King James and the Cavaliers on Monday night in Salt Lake City.