Sacramento's downturn came primarily when the bench unit came to play. Sacramento's bench was awful for the second game in a row. By the time the half ended, they had scored just two points. It didn't get much better in the second half either, as the bench took some good momentum from the Kings starters and killed that as well. Both Isaiah Thomas and Jimmer Fredette got a chance to play tonight, and both were pretty lousy for the most part. Jimmer was part of the debacle of the first half, and Isaiah came in and couldn't make a shot. In one sequence in the third quarter with the Kings down 15, Isaiah took it inside to have his shot blocked by Vince Carter, and O.J. Mayo nailed a triple to give Dallas a pretty much insurmountable lead going into the fourth quarter. It was only a minute earlier that the Kings were down just 13, a manageable number.

The fourth quarter might as well not have been played. Dallas' bench, led by Jae Crowder and Elton Brand, took their opportunity to step on the neck of the Kings, hitting jumper after jumper. Marcus Thornton hit a couple of shots to get out of his funk but the game was essentially already decided. Sacramento's bench finished with 21 points on 8 of 31 from the field (25.8%), with 6 assists to 8 turnovers.

John Salmons did a good job distributing once again, finishing with a game-high 7 assists. When Tyreke Evans comes back, I'd like to see both him and Salmons share the ball-handling duties over Aaron Brooks. Brooks did manage to have 5 assists, but I really dislike the way he runs the offense. One possession just featured him holding the ball for ten seconds before bricking a three.

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