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| 701 | SACRAMENTO | 207.5 | 207.5 | | 702 | LA CLIPPERS | -11 | -10.5 |
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| All Games | 4-7 | -2.4 | 2-8 | 4-7 | 96.1 | 46.1 | 42.6% | 48.9 | 99.2 | 51.0 | 46.6% | 51.6 | | Road Games | 1-2 | -0.2 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 97.0 | 46.7 | 40.7% | 49.7 | 102.7 | 53.3 | 48.1% | 49.7 | | Last 5 Games | 3-2 | +2.1 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 100.6 | 49.2 | 43.4% | 52.6 | 98.0 | 50.6 | 45.7% | 51.8 | | Division Games | 2-2 | +0.8 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 102.0 | 47.5 | 43.2% | 52.7 | 104.5 | 55.5 | 48.1% | 46.5 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 96.1 | 46.1 | 35-83 | 42.6% | 7-22 | 32.9% | 18-23 | 78.6% | 49 | 11 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 12 | 3 | | vs opponents surrendering | 99.5 | 49.3 | 37-83 | 44.7% | 7-19 | 34.7% | 18-24 | 75.2% | 51 | 11 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 15 | 4 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 97.0 | 46.7 | 34-84 | 40.7% | 6-22 | 29.2% | 22-26 | 85.7% | 50 | 11 | 18 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 1 | | Stats Against (All Games) | 99.2 | 51.0 | 37-79 | 46.6% | 8-22 | 38.4% | 17-23 | 75.0% | 52 | 10 | 23 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 6 | | vs opponents averaging | 100.7 | 50.1 | 38-83 | 45.7% | 8-22 | 37.2% | 17-23 | 73.1% | 52 | 11 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 15 | 5 | | Stats Against (Road Games) | 102.7 | 53.3 | 39-80 | 48.1% | 12-28 | 43.4% | 13-17 | 76.9% | 50 | 10 | 23 | 22 | 6 | 17 | 6 |
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| All Games | 8-5 | -6.8 | 7-6 | 8-5 | 107.3 | 54.4 | 47.3% | 52.9 | 105.1 | 54.5 | 46.6% | 51.5 | | Home Games | 5-1 | +0.4 | 3-3 | 6-0 | 115.8 | 60.5 | 48.8% | 55.3 | 108.7 | 58.0 | 46.7% | 49.3 | | Last 5 Games | 3-2 | -2.6 | 2-3 | 3-2 | 103.2 | 49.4 | 45.3% | 54.6 | 103.0 | 53.2 | 45.1% | 51.8 | | Division Games | 2-1 | -3.5 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 113.0 | 59.7 | 49.6% | 52.7 | 110.7 | 51.7 | 47.6% | 51.3 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 107.3 | 54.4 | 40-84 | 47.3% | 9-25 | 34.7% | 19-27 | 71.0% | 53 | 12 | 26 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 4 | | vs opponents surrendering | 100.6 | 49.8 | 38-85 | 44.2% | 8-22 | 36.5% | 17-23 | 74.2% | 52 | 12 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 15 | 5 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 115.8 | 60.5 | 41-85 | 48.8% | 8-26 | 32.7% | 25-34 | 73.3% | 55 | 13 | 27 | 24 | 10 | 15 | 5 | | Stats Against (All Games) | 105.1 | 54.5 | 38-82 | 46.6% | 7-21 | 35.4% | 21-30 | 71.3% | 52 | 11 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 15 | 4 | | vs opponents averaging | 102.7 | 51.6 | 37-82 | 45.5% | 8-22 | 36.1% | 20-27 | 75.7% | 53 | 11 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 16 | 5 | | Stats Against (Home Games) | 108.7 | 58.0 | 38-82 | 46.7% | 8-21 | 39.7% | 23-32 | 73.7% | 49 | 12 | 25 | 27 | 8 | 15 | 3 |
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| 10/30/2013 | DENVER | 90-88 | W | -2.5 | L | 203.5 | U | 33-81 | 40.7% | 49 | 14 | 34-79 | 43.0% | 53 | 18 | | 11/1/2013 | LA CLIPPERS | 101-110 | L | 3.5 | L | 203 | O | 36-79 | 45.6% | 44 | 9 | 35-70 | 50.0% | 49 | 15 | | 11/2/2013 | @ GOLDEN STATE | 87-98 | L | 11 | T | 208 | U | 30-87 | 34.5% | 53 | 14 | 39-76 | 51.3% | 47 | 18 | | 11/5/2013 | ATLANTA | 100-105 | L | -2 | L | 200.5 | O | 35-80 | 43.7% | 48 | 18 | 39-81 | 48.1% | 47 | 14 | | 11/8/2013 | @ PORTLAND | 91-104 | L | 7.5 | L | 200 | U | 36-86 | 41.9% | 41 | 11 | 39-80 | 48.7% | 54 | 17 | | 11/9/2013 | PORTLAND | 85-96 | L | -2 | L | 198.5 | U | 36-78 | 46.2% | 40 | 10 | 36-82 | 43.9% | 59 | 12 | | 11/13/2013 | BROOKLYN | 107-86 | W | 4 | W | 194 | U | 41-94 | 43.6% | 56 | 6 | 31-82 | 37.8% | 60 | 15 | | 11/15/2013 | DETROIT | 90-97 | L | -2 | L | 198.5 | U | 34-80 | 42.5% | 53 | 17 | 38-85 | 44.7% | 54 | 12 | | 11/17/2013 | MEMPHIS | 86-97 | L | 2.5 | L | 187 | U | 33-87 | 37.9% | 40 | 8 | 40-72 | 55.6% | 55 | 16 | | 11/19/2013 | PHOENIX | 107-104 | W | -3.5 | L | 194 | O | 39-83 | 47.0% | 59 | 20 | 37-79 | 46.8% | 42 | 16 | | 11/20/2013 | @ PHOENIX | 113-106 | W | 5.5 | W | 195.5 | O | 37-80 | 46.2% | 55 | 10 | 38-85 | 44.7% | 48 | 17 | | 11/23/2013 | @ LA CLIPPERS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11/24/2013 | @ LA LAKERS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11/29/2013 | LA CLIPPERS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12/1/2013 | GOLDEN STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12/3/2013 | OKLAHOMA CITY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12/6/2013 | LA LAKERS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12/7/2013 | @ UTAH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12/9/2013 | DALLAS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 10/29/2013 | @ LA LAKERS | 103-116 | L | -10 | L | 202.5 | O | 41-83 | 49.4% | 49 | 16 | 42-93 | 45.2% | 64 | 19 | | 10/31/2013 | GOLDEN STATE | 126-115 | W | -6 | W | 205.5 | O | 42-85 | 49.4% | 60 | 18 | 40-76 | 52.6% | 46 | 24 | | 11/1/2013 | @ SACRAMENTO | 110-101 | W | -3.5 | W | 203 | O | 35-70 | 50.0% | 49 | 15 | 36-79 | 45.6% | 44 | 9 | | 11/4/2013 | HOUSTON | 137-118 | W | -5.5 | W | 211.5 | O | 49-94 | 52.1% | 49 | 10 | 41-82 | 50.0% | 55 | 15 | | 11/6/2013 | @ ORLANDO | 90-98 | L | -7 | L | 208 | U | 36-95 | 37.9% | 57 | 13 | 40-82 | 48.8% | 54 | 15 | | 11/7/2013 | @ MIAMI | 97-102 | L | 6 | W | 207 | U | 36-73 | 49.3% | 43 | 17 | 38-71 | 53.5% | 43 | 16 | | 11/9/2013 | @ HOUSTON | 107-94 | W | 2.5 | W | 215 | U | 42-88 | 47.7% | 57 | 13 | 35-78 | 44.9% | 51 | 18 | | 11/11/2013 | MINNESOTA | 109-107 | W | -6.5 | L | 210.5 | O | 44-80 | 55.0% | 51 | 14 | 40-96 | 41.7% | 54 | 12 | | 11/13/2013 | OKLAHOMA CITY | 111-103 | W | -4.5 | W | 209.5 | O | 39-86 | 45.3% | 61 | 22 | 35-75 | 46.7% | 39 | 22 | | 11/16/2013 | BROOKLYN | 110-103 | W | -14 | L | 202.5 | O | 40-77 | 51.9% | 60 | 17 | 36-85 | 42.4% | 47 | 11 | | 11/18/2013 | MEMPHIS | 102-106 | L | -8 | L | 196.5 | O | 34-86 | 39.5% | 51 | 11 | 39-81 | 48.1% | 55 | 9 | | 11/20/2013 | @ MINNESOTA | 102-98 | W | 2 | W | 213 | U | 40-81 | 49.4% | 50 | 19 | 34-90 | 37.8% | 59 | 14 | | 11/21/2013 | @ OKLAHOMA CITY | 91-105 | L | 5.5 | L | 212.5 | U | 38-92 | 41.3% | 51 | 10 | 41-79 | 51.9% | 59 | 17 | | 11/23/2013 | SACRAMENTO | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11/24/2013 | CHICAGO | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11/27/2013 | NEW YORK | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11/29/2013 | @ SACRAMENTO | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12/1/2013 | INDIANA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12/4/2013 | @ ATLANTA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12/5/2013 | @ MEMPHIS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12/7/2013 | @ CLEVELAND | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12/9/2013 | @ PHILADELPHIA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| |  | SACRAMENTO: GUARDS: GREIVIS VASQUEZ seems to have the edge in the point guard battle. He's a pass-first floor general who fits better in a lineup full of chuckers . . . ISAIAH THOMAS will have a major role whether he starts or not. He can score, and while his lack of size is a defensive liability, he makes up for it with harassing on-ball pressure . . . MARCUS THORNTON will eventually be relegated to a smaller role, but the gunning combo guard will get his minutes until Ben McLemore is ready . . . BEN MCLEMORE takes a lot of heat for his lack of assertiveness, but he can knock down corner threes and is an outstanding athlete, which is enough to make him a fine role player . . . JIMMER FREDETTE is kicking around as trade bait . . . Second-rounder RAY MCCALLUM should earn a bench role.FORWARDS: With his potential to be a solid defender, JASON THOMPSON is likely to retain his starting job. He's an afterthought on offense, though . . . LUC RICHARD MBAH A MOUTE seems like a natural to slide into the starting lineup. He can defend multiple spots and doesn't need touches on a team of players who do . . . CARL LANDRY could unseat Thompson. We see him in the same kind of bench role he had in Golden State. He's very good offensively and a relentless rebounder, but will struggle defensively against top-line forwards . . . JOHN SALMONS avoided the amnesty axe, though his role will likely be reduced again . . . Stretch four PATRICK PATTERSON is on the fringe of this rotation . . . Streaky shooting should have TRAVIS OUTLAW in and out of the rotation. CENTERS: The new regime of head coach Michael Malone will try again with DEMARCUS COUSINS, who continues to show flashes of dominance but too often plays and acts like a head case. He's playing for a contract, which would presumably have him on his best behavior . . . CHUCK HAYES will continue to be a second-unit glue guy at the four and five. | | LA CLIPPERS: GUARDS: CHRIS PAUL is back with the Clippers, and this time with his handpicked head coach. Not that Doc Rivers will make a big difference though, as he's just as uncreative an offensive tactician as Vinny Del Negro was . . . J.J. REDICK will do less ball-handling than he did in Orlando the first half of last season, but he should feast on the wide-open looks Paul creates for him . . . JAMAL CRAWFORD will once again be a Sixth Man of the Year candidate. He's a pure gunner with some creativity to his game . . . DARREN COLLISON is strictly a back-up after a dreadful one-year stint in Dallas . . . WILLIE GREEN, a starter in name-only last year, may be squeezed out of the rotation. FORWARDS: BLAKE GRIFFIN deferred more often last season, especially as he continues to see more double teams. But he did show improvement as a passer . . . JARED DUDLEY steps into Caron Butler's old role. He'll set up for a lot of wide-open corner threes. His reputation as a quality defender is downright wrong . . . MATT BARNES will often close games due to his defense, and he's coming off one of his best offensive seasons . . . Rookie REGGIE BULLOCK is the kind of spot-up shooter the Clips want to surround Paul with. If Bullock's defense matches up with his athleticism, he could break this rotation . . . It's tough to see how BYRON MULLENS fits on a team with postseason aspirations. CENTERS: Though he's the team's only real rim protector, DEANDRE JORDAN will likely be in a part-time role again. He still can't defend the pick-and-roll, and Rivers got by just fine without a shot-blocker in Boston . . . RYAN HOLLINS is little more than a big body with six fouls to give. Blake Griffin will often slide to the five on this team. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER PRO BASKETBALL PREVIEW (SACRAMENTO-LA CLIPPERS) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Kings-Clippers Preview* ========================
By JUSTIN EINHORN STATS Senior Editor
Sacramento (4-7) at Los Angeles (8-5), 3:30 p.m. EDT
Even if he doesn't let the bad blood from a testy affair last month spill into this matchup, DeMarcus Cousins should have plenty of motivation facing the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday night.
Besides his Sacramento Kings wanting to beat a title contender and post a rare three-game win streak, Cousins could help halt the double-double runs of Blake Griffin and Chris Paul along with claiming his first road win over the Clippers.
These teams met in Sacramento on Nov. 1, and Los Angeles overcame a 15-point deficit in the second half to win 110-101 for its 10th victory in 12 meetings since Cousins and Griffin were rookies.
"They didn't beat us. We beat ourselves," Cousins said after having 24 points and 10 rebounds.
The volatile center exchanged words with Paul in the first quarter, and the two had to be separated after it appeared Paul tried to push Cousins in the face while on the ground. Cousins would later get a technical foul after blocking a shot by Paul when he appeared to taunt the star point guard, and Los Angeles reserve Matt Barnes was called for a flagrant foul on Jason Thompson.
"It was a track meet and it was physical, too," Clippers coach Doc Rivers said.
Cousins has averaged 25.7 points and 14.3 boards in three meetings with Los Angeles over the past nine-plus months, but those games were all in northern California. The Kings' five-game road losing streak in this Pacific Division rivalry coincides with Cousins' arrival in the NBA, as he's averaged just 10.8 points on 35.0 percent shooting with 8.8 boards.
He's been badly outplayed in those games by Griffin, who averaged 20.0 points and 12.4 rebounds while shooting 59.4 percent. Griffin, the Rookie of the Year in 2010-11 when Cousins finished third, enters this matchup with six consecutive double-doubles - his longest run since January 2012 - and has scored at least 20 in nine straight.
Paul is riding an NBA-record streak, opening a season with 13 consecutive games of at least 10 points and 10 assists to break Magic Johnson's mark of 11. Paul had 26 and 10, respectively, in the win over Sacramento (4-7).
That game is part of the Kings' 0-5 record against teams which currently have winning records. They're coming off a home-and-home sweep of Phoenix as Cousins totaled 46 points and 24 rebounds.
"It's going to take a group effort every night on both ends," first-year coach Mike Malone said. "Guys are playing for each other on both ends of the floor, which I think is the beginning of us truly changing the culture here in Sacramento."
The Kings have only four win streaks of three games or more since December 2009 and haven't been to the playoffs since 2006.
Los Angeles (8-5) has championship aspirations following the first division title in franchise history and the addition of Rivers, though he's still trying to get his new team to play better defense.
The Clippers are surrendering 105.1 points per game and let Oklahoma City shoot 51.9 percent in a 105-91 loss Thursday.
"I'm hoping for six or eight weeks from now our defense will allow us to stay in the game," Rivers said.
It was Los Angeles' most lopsided defeat of the season and the first time in seven games it failed to score 100 points.
"We're still building," said Paul, averaging a league-high 12.5 assists.
The Clippers are 5-0 when Paul has at least 20 points.
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