Let's never do that again shall we?  Earlier today I was extremely thankful to clicc916 for hooking me up with free tickets to the game, as I didn't put a request in for a media pass in time, but now I feel that he should have paid me to take those tickets off of him.  This is one of those games where you should be happy it wasn't televised, or Sactown Royalty would turn into a blog version of Apocalypse Now.  Just … ugh.  

There were sooo many fouls too, which made an already ugly game so much more depressing, as time just dragged on.  It didn't help that the Kings COULD NOT MAKE A DAMN FREE THROW TO SAVE THEIR LIVES.  When you shoot 43 free throws in a game, you should make more than 60.5% of them.  

The offense and effort did get a little better as time went on but that's not saying much.  The Clippers still managed to outscore the Kings in every single quarter, and the Kings could get absolutely nothing going from outside.  They also managed to beat the Kings on the boards, mainly by staying with the ball and also because the Kings didn't box some people out, especially Griffin, who flies out of nowhere for offensive rebounds (he had a pretty sick offensive board putback jam.  He's the only reason I didn't just go home and fall asleep instead of this recap).

Enough about the game though. Now for player evaluations as well as video from Kingsflix.  Also, I'll be doing a Clipper-centric recap on my NBA blog for the Clipper fans who weren't able to see the game (almost all of them), so if you want to check that out for more thoughts on Griffin and the Clips, it's up here.

Pooh Jeter: Relatively unimpressive to me at running the floor today, but his jumper looked smooth.  On defense, he really has trouble with taller players, because although he's quick enough to stay in front of them, he's too small to contest their shots, and not strong enough to keep them out of the lane.  But he's got really quick hands, and if you have a loose dribble around him, its very likely he'll either poke it away or simply steal it.  He's going to have a very nice steal rate in this league.

Marcus Landry: He wasn't nearly as effective as last game.  He got beat quite a bit on the perimeter, and this led to a few fouls that kept him from playing too much.

Donté Greene: The clear winner of the Small Forward battle for tonight at least, Donté started off slow, with a couple turnovers based off miscommunications with his teammates, just like in the last game.  It seems he wants to be more of a distributor, but his teammates simply aren't ready when he throws them the pass, and often he's in better position to just shoot it himself than to pass it off.  His outside shot wasn't falling, but nobody's was.  Still, he took it inside and was successful, smartly posting up Aminu when he had 4 fouls and scoring on him.  He also had two nice blocks and played some alright defense (probably the best D of any King last night, which again, isn't saying much).  

Kingsflix Video: