Some notes from last night’s game…
– The Kings got two even-strength goals, two shorthanded goals and one power-play goal and beat the Anaheim Ducks 5-3 on Thursday night at Honda Center.
– The Kings tied their season high with five goals scored, following a 5-0 victory on Oct. 18 against St. Louis and a 5-2 victory over Minnesota on Saturday. The Kings have a 7-0-0 record this season when they score at least three goals.
– The Kings got shorthanded goals from Simon Gagne and Mike Richards (into an empty net), their first shorthanded goals of the season. It was the first time the Kings had scored two shorthanded goals in a game since Nov. 13, 2005, when Craig Conroy and Alexander Frolov scored in an 8-2 victory over Columbus.
– The Kings improved to 4-2-2 on the road, 8-1-2 when scoring the first goal, 7-0-0 when leading after the second period and 6-3-2 when being outshot by their opponent.
– The Ducks outshot the Kings 38-36, including 14-9 in the third period. The Kings have recorded at least 36 shots on goal in three consecutive games.
– The Kings went 1-for-4 on the power play and 3-for-4 on the penalty kill. The Kings have scored at least one power-play goal in seven consecutive games.
– Jonathan Quick stopped 35 of 38 shots for the win.
– Mike Richards scored two goals, including one shorthanded goal. It was the 24th shorthanded goal of Richards’ career, among his 140 NHL goals. Richards has five goals in his last five games and is tied for second on the team in goals (seven) and points (15). It was his first two-goal game of the season and his third multi-point game of the season.
– Anze Kopitar had one goal (the game-winner) and one assist (on Richards’ shorthanded goal). Kopitar leads the Kings in goals (nine), assists (14) and points (23). It was his ninth multi-point game of the season.
– Simon Gagne had one goal (shorthanded) and one assist (on the power play). Gagne is tied for second on the team with seven goals. It was his fourth multi-point game of the season. It was the 12th shorthanded goal of Gagne’s career, among his 283 NHL goals.
– Slava Voynov had one goal, on the power play, and one assist. Voynov has three goals and two assists in seven games this season, and in his career. It was his second multi-point game of the season. Both of Voynov’s goals this season have come on the power play.
– Andrei Loktionov had one assist, his first point of the season in his second game.
– Justin Williams had one assist, and is second on the team with 12 assists.
– Dustin Brown had one assist, on the power play. Brown has one goal and two assists in his last three games. Four of Brown’s nine assists this season have come on the power play.
– Rob Scuderi had one assist, for his second assist and point of the season. Scuderi has 67 points (including 62 assists) in 474 career NHL games.
– Simon Gagne recorded a team-high five shots on goal. Drew Doughty was credited with a game-high four hits and Willie Mitchell was credited with a game-high five blocked shots.
– Drew Doughty led the Kings in ice time, at 24 minutes, 41 seconds. followed by Willie Mitchell, at 22:20. Anze Kopitar led all Kings forwards in ice time, at 22:13, followed by Simon Gagne, at 18:54.
– The Kings won 38 of 68 faceoffs (56 percent). Mike Richards won 11 of 20 draws (55 percent). Jarret Stoll won 11 of 19 draws (58 percent). Anze Kopitar won 12 of 17 draws (71 percent).
Bring on the Blackhawks!
Oh yeah, beat the Red Wings, first… !
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After seven games played, Voynov is second in scoring among NHL rookie defensemen…
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kingszzz Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 10:29 am
@Mel Powell, send the bastard down!
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Duckbasher Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 12:46 pm
@kingszzz, ‘yer crakin me up dude!
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Hutch Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 10:42 am
@Mel Powell, Kings are more likely to win when Voynov plays! What their record with him in the lineup vs not in the lineup?
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kingszzz Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 10:43 am
@Hutch, that was “tongue and cheek”
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regulate Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 12:19 pm
@Hutch,
Kings are 6-1-0 and have outscored their opponents 20-10 with Slava. They are 4-5-3 and have been outscored 34-28 without him. While there are many possible factors here, the reality is he makes a big difference in our team.
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SpencerMaze Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 11:24 am
@Mel Powell, Yea he better not get sent down. He is such a breath of fresh air
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Gagne just moves under the radar, whether he is on the ice or on the stat sheet. Gotta love it!
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Like those stats
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[+]CORRECTION[+]
Voynov has 3 GOALS on the season and 2 ASSISTS
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Voynov has 3 goals Rich! The faceoff wins are getting better too. Can someone compare the stats of these young kids to who they are replacing?
Penner – 2 assists/no goals in 15 games? – 4.25 million
Loki – 1 assist/no goals in 2 games. – $800k
Come on management… make a move.
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ike Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 10:46 am
@RobSD, Who would take Penner at this point? Best to keep him and hope he can turn it around. His trade value is terrible.
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bringbackbutchgoring Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 11:07 am
@ike, Only team I can think of that might want him would be Ducks, since he did have success with them and they sure are in a scoring slump. Doubt we would trade him to Ducks in any circumstances, however.
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Deke'r Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 1:36 pm
@bringbackbutchgoring, LOL….who do you think they would trade for him….Cogliano?
RLane420 Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 10:50 am
@RobSD, I am sure there is a huge line waiting to pick up Penner. Should be an easy move to make…..not
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King-C Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 11:03 am
@RobSD, Trade him to the Schmuks….lol it’s like sending a smart bomb….
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DesertKing Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 11:27 am
@King-C,
LOL
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outsider Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 11:10 am
@RobSD, right now his market value is close to zero, so I would give him another (last) chance… Put him on the 3rd (Stoll) line for a couple of games and see what happens…
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RobSD Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 11:56 am
@outsider,
I can’t be the only one that sees this team play better without him. I understand he has no value but they have to do something. It cant be easy to sit a guy with his salary but what else can you do? Even if he nets a couple goals, he is still a weight around the rest of his lines neck.
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bmova Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 1:32 pm
@outsider, The third has actually been alright, the lack of goals notwithstanding. Penner would just slow them down.
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Fun Game! I can’t wait (and I think we’re close) where this team keeps the gas pedal down and shows some cockyness and some swagger. When it’s 2-0, go for 3-0 then 4-0 them….you get the picture. Don’t stop until the buzzer sounds. Not that would be fun.
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Lake Forest Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 11:54 am
@kingszzz, It seems when we’re up they back off pretty quickly. We need to fix that.
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A LOT of bloggers are very happy that Voynov is putting up these numbers. He is justifying everything they are saying.
Personally I Love it too! He has held so much promise for years now and all those years in the AHL seem to have prepared him perfectly! He is SO talented offensively it is scary how good he could be for us on the power play. Anyone remember Lubo Visnovsky!
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prlandra Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 10:20 am
@VanKingsFan, And, if he continues to play this well, can any other team in the NHL claim 3 offensive defenseman as talented as Drew, Jack, and Slava?
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Kingsfanone Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 10:42 am
@prlandra,
Don’t forget the talents of Mitchell & Scuderi. They get the job done always without the spotlight, but they are money!
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DesertKing Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 11:29 am
@Kingsfanone,
It is a great mix of stay-at-home and puck moving – scoring DMen. Great job by DL and management toput this unit together.
ziggyfan Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 12:42 pm
@Kingsfanone, and don’t forget Green. Green has been a hitting machine this season and a very good penalty killer.
RLane420 Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 10:55 am
@VanKingsFan, Yes Lubo was a very good skater and good offensive d man for us, but too damb soft. He wouldnt even hit a guy for talking about his mama.
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“The Kings have recorded at least 36 shots on goal in three consecutive games.”
Keep shooting the puck..
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Dominick Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 10:26 am
@blackthrone, Nice thing is that the shots are being generated from the crease area more the past 3 games. I like the cycle from behind the net out front better then the dot to boards play before.
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blackthrone Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 10:33 am
@Dominick, The cycle game has looked a lot better recently. The first line has had a pretty good concept of it throughout the year IMO and it’s not surprising that te Richards line is getting it better now…hmm wonder if it has anything to do with a Lokti instead of a Penner?
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Dominick Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 10:44 am
@blackthrone, Yea, Kopi’s line has had free rein all season long. TM just recently opened up the other lines. I think he started implementing it after the Edmonton game, but it took a while to see results.
On Penner: I think the changes came before Penner got injured, and he took them right away. He only had a couple of games before we saw a change in his game, but it improved, then he got injured. The injury wasn’t his fault (just unfortunate timing), and don’t be surprised when he comes back and is a different player.
Of course I’m always the optimist, but don’t be surprised.
KingsGuy Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 11:45 am
@blackthrone, I dunno, Lotki gets pushed off the puck too easily. Kid needs to build his legs.
Doesn’t the media pick the 3 stars of the game? Did anyone see the 3 stars last night? A little bias? Wow.
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BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 10:52 am
@RobSD,
The LOCAL media…
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Niko Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 11:02 am
@RobSD, Even in anaslime, should have been
1. Kopi
2. Cogliano
3. Richards
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VanKingsFan Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 11:55 am
@RobSD, “Sorry Mike Richards, we are too pissed off at you right to give you a star”
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A lot more stops and starts this game than last game. The 1rst game against the Ducks there was 56 total draws. Last night there was 68. Ducks did a better job of trying to disrupt flow, but an overall better game since the Ducks had last change, and were in their building.
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“I’m sorry for being so swollen Alec. I hope you don’t lose your spot because of me.” -Martinez’s Shoulder
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Dominick Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 10:29 am
@wavesinair, “I won’t. I’m taking some Hydrocodone, so shut up and get better” -Martinez to his shoulder.
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BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 10:53 am
@Dominick,
FYI–Steroid shots need 5 days to get better, at minimum…
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Dominick Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 11:03 am
@BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy, Hope it doesn’t effect his power play time. I heard steroids make your PP smaller.
BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 11:08 am
@D,
Not this kind of steroids…
That would be the anabolic kind.
Dominick Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 11:10 am
@BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy, Just kidding.
Stuart Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 11:13 am
@Dom, hilarious all the same LMAO
DesertKing Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 11:31 am
@Dominick and Stuart
And I thought some of my stuff was bad
Stuart Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 11:34 am
@Desert, for some reason whenever I think the “shrinking” effects of steriods I get a sad mental picture of Lyle Alzado of his beastly days and then his last days..jokes aside, I really felt bad for his life decisions with regards to the steriod use…
370455vinSD Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 12:50 pm
@BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy, Take my wife, please.
DL thank you for the moves you made this past summer!!!!
Great job!
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kennynakamoto Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 11:03 am
@Lake Forest,
By far one of the best kings trade since Gretzky!
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Doing work. I like.
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Anze – 23 pts in 19 games.
Richards – 15 pts in 19 games.
Williams – 15 pts in 19 games.
Simon Gagne – sooo glad he’s on our team now.
Like the sound of “first place in the Pacific”.
Now, if the team could just avoid those proverbial swoons….
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BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 10:55 am
@vplaza,
Where previously one would see the calendar & predict a Kings’ swoon, now place a picture of Mike Richards’ mug & know that he will NOT let that happen, this time…
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RobSD Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 11:59 am
@BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy,
It happened two weeks ago. Teams have ups and downs, let’s just hope we don’t keep repeating the long stretches of downs like last year and two weeks ago. Richards is a stud. The stuff he does that doesn’t make it onto the score sheet is enormous.
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vplaza Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 12:09 pm
@BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy,
True dat. Though thankfully, they got out of their “mini-swoon” soon enough.
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Voynov needs to never go back to Manchester again. EVER.
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RLane420 Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 11:03 am
@colo king fan, Problem is any other d man we send down is subject to clearing waivers. I dont think we have a single d man that would clear. Any of our d men would get snatched up real quick. We have a problem there, but is is a pretty good problem to have. Being too deep on d is good.
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BrokeKingsFan Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 11:33 am
@RLane420, I would risk Drewiske. I realize he is a regular scratch but if VV keeps playing the way he has been then i wouldnt mind Amart riding pine as a regular scratch and swapping out with slava if needed. I think this kid needs to be in the NHL and has been stellar for us so far.
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colo king fan Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 11:57 am
@RLane420, he needs to be up. plain and simple. trade a d-man, do something… hes too good to not play at this point.
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A bit off-topic but when reading interviews with newly-named Cy Young winner Clayton Kershaw I’m always struck by how much he reminds me of our own Jon Quick – both very ‘aw shucks’, very humble and team-first kind of guys. It’s so refreshing to see in any sports superstar and we have two of them in our town to enjoy! BIG fan of both because of how they handle themselves.
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Lake Forest Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 11:58 am
@bbb7, +1
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was funny last night to hear the ducks arena announcer call Gagne Sih-mon instead of See-mohn
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Mel Powell Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 11:04 am
@Sebastian, The Ducks TV guys are PA guy are lucky they pronounce their own names correctly. They never figured out how to pronounce Dan Byslma’s name.
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RLane420 Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 11:06 am
@Sebastian, well even there announcer doesnt know hockey very well. Matches most of there hand full of fans.
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Dominick Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 11:06 am
@Sebastian, Or see-moan
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Anyone – how did we get so lukcy to have Bob and Jim call the last game? was it because there wasn’t any basketball games to air on foxsportswest?
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RobSD Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 12:03 pm
@Stuart,
I love Bob and hope he is around for as long as he can be but he sounds like he is starting to slip a little in the booth.
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Stuart Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 2:47 pm
@RobSD, he was really bad last night but I chalked it up to those terrible number fonts the ducks use on their jerseys… also first time I heard him correcting himself whenever he gaffed… I’ll take 10 more years of Bob stumbling any day of the week. I would never find a flaw in Bob Miller calling a Kings game…EVER.
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Great game. I love how we took over the arena. “Let’s go Kings” and “Go Kings Go!!”. Ducks fans just sit there.. Clifford, watch yourself. Don’t get hurt….
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KingsGuy Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 11:47 am
@SpunkyTheBeagle, He ate some major boards there.
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KingsGuy Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 11:47 am
@SpunkyTheBeagle, He ate some major boards there.
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Duckbasher Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 12:59 pm
@KingsGuy, I agree… I worry about that kid. Love him… but do worry that he’s headed for head injury issues if he doesn’t quit getting pounded on so much. You have to give him credit, he drops the gloves when there’s a reason to. Last night the whacks to the back of his legs deserved having him drop his gloves. Not like the way Westy does it… those silly staged fights after face-off. Don’t get me wrong, I really like Westy. But I wish he’d hit more and fight when there’s a reason to fight (like Clifford does).
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RobSD Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 12:05 pm
@SpunkyTheBeagle,
That was scary. It looked like he could have snapped his neck. Glad he is OK. I really wish he could have gotten free in that fight. He took some abuse before turning around and dropping the gloves. Could have easily been a penalty. SLASH, SLASH, SLASH!
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ziggyfan Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 12:49 pm
@SpunkyTheBeagle, I worry about Clifford. The kid can’t fight. I think he needs to go to Manchester as someone else mentioned once before and get better all around and don’t be a fighter or, get some pointers from McSorley.
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Some things to build upon over the last couple games:
-SOG are great, keep on shooting the puck
-Cycle and forecheck looking much better than earlier on in the season
-Voynov is playing far too well to be sent down – I think you need to take a chance on Drewiske on waivers, let Martinez sub for injuries
-I really like the reads on pinching in the offensive zone by the defensemen right now
-Better breakout and neutral zone play
-Richards and Kopi are playing well
Things to improve:
-Still very little offensive production from the 3rd and 4th lines, but Stoll’s line was looking a little better in some stretches
-The 1-4 neutral zone trap that Murray opted for was played horribly bad – very porous, way too much speed entering the zone
-Defensemen are allowing too much space at the blueline – I’d like to see them make a conscious effort to stand some guys up at the blue line
-Quick is taking a lot of contact – need some more scrums after the whistle to send a message
-Still some dumb penalties here and there
-Loktionov looking a little lost out there on wing, but I like the upside on that line
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Stuart Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 11:30 am
@He Shoots, He Scores,
“Quick is taking a lot of contact – need some more scrums after the whistle to send a message” I’ve been watching this closely lately and he HAS been taking a lot of abuse and complaining to the refs a lot more than I’ve seen him do, not to mention taking extra jabs at the opposition too… I worry that if something were to really go down would the rest of the boys pull a Buffalo or actually get in there and get dirty? A nice sticking-up session would go a long way in forging a strong team unity.
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Ashykon Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 11:46 am
@Stuart, Quick does take abuse but personally I think the team really takes care of him compared to other teams. For example when doughty took the penalty when hornqvist was talking to quick. Sometimes it’s tough to just start scrums
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g smith86 Reply:
November 19th, 2011 at 12:49 am
@He Shoots, He Scores, yea I agree with your D assessment….tighten that gap…dont give up that Blueline
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Kopi is great in faceoffs this year with 56.2%. He is 10th in the league.
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Interesting stat (uh to me anyway) is that Richards is now in 4th place among current players in short-handed career goals with 24 and the Kings also have the player in 12th place among current players with 17 short-handed goals. I’m sure we all know who that would be. That’s right; Ethan Moreau
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SpunkyTheBeagle Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 11:23 am
@bringbackbutchgoring, moreau takes way too many penalties. last night almost cost us.
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bringbackbutchgoring Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 11:28 am
@SpunkyTheBeagle, That’s not really my point but if we want to have physical players that bang, then they are going to get more penalties than the Kopi’s and Gagne’s. That’s just the way it is.
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Stuart Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 11:31 am
@SpunkyTheBeagle, and that was a terrible call… the league should look back on that and levy a fine on Sbisa… he made the refs look really bad. Had I not been so fired up, I should’ve turned over to Hazy and listen to how that call was justified…
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Deke'r Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 1:49 pm
@Stuart, Actually Haywire acknowledged the fact that Sbisa got away with the stick hold……..blew me away.
RobSD Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 12:10 pm
@bringbackbutchgoring,
How does Moreau score short handed from the box? That’s where he kills penalties.
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I hate to say it but we’ve got to trade green or drewiske for a draft pick so Slava can play every night. I like green, but he is no Slava…
Mitchell/Voynov
Scuderi/Martinez
Doughty/Johnson
Are you kidding me???
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bringbackbutchgoring Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 11:23 am
@Dcaps55, You have to remember that Mitchell may not be here next year, depending on his market value. I doubt you want to trade Green, Martinez or DD2 until that is resolved
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DesertKing Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 11:34 am
@bringbackbutchgoring,
Really need to keep Mitchell if at all possible. Great Dman who is also a team player with incredible hockey smarts.
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bringbackbutchgoring Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 11:38 am
@DesertKing, Agree but we sort of got him undermarket due to the concussions. I’m not sure the Kings would be willing to pay 5 million or so per year next contract when that could solve the problem with VV and save us 4 plus million. Realize they are not similar players in what they bring to the defense but still don’t think Kings are going to offer him 5 million plus.
TransAm Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 11:38 am
@Dcaps55, Was thinking the same about Greene. I love the toughness he brings, but with a d corps like this he seems the most expendable.
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ziggyfan Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 12:53 pm
@Dcaps55, Green is a defensive defenseman and SV is a offensive defenseman. No comparison. We need a balance of the two.
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one spot to look… Kopitar have only one (1) shot on goal.. and he score it
100%
kopitar faceoff % is high too..
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Never noticed last night, but did 1 of the Ducks have a number change? Who is #24? In the picture up top, it looks like Kopi made him spit out his gum.
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Stuart Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 11:57 am
@Dominick, I think it’s a patch, they all had it. IDK for who though… Maybe Salei? Didn’t he go down in the Russian plane crash?
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Lake Forest Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 11:59 am
@Dominick, Yeah its the Patch. Not his #. It looks like Fowler to me. (young defensmen anyway)
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Dominick Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 12:05 pm
@Lake Forest, I know. I’ve been kidding around a little today, but no one is catching on.
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Lake Forest Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 12:10 pm
@Dominick, funny i responded, then I saw that it was you asking. After that I was like Dominic has to know
DesertKing Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 12:13 pm
@Dominick,
You know what, I think that goal by Kopi hurt them so bad that Getslaugh had a serious meltdown and reverted/de-aged back to whining teen status, including the chewing gum. On a side note, I still remember that fight where Simmonds punched that guy so hard his gum flew outof his mouth and got stuck on the glass. That was a beautiful thing!
If there is such a thing as reincarnation, does that mean I will have to watch the Jack & Jill trailer again on King’s Vision?
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DesertKing Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 12:09 pm
@jess,
Wasn’t a real big fan of Adam Sandler before and definitely not a fan of Adaline Sandler now.
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colo king fan Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 12:28 pm
@jess,
thats not reincarnation – its hell.
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Glad to see we finally have some short handed goals!
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nice win again by the Kings!it is always nice too sweep back to back games against ur rivals down I-5 freeway in the ducks!and Mike richards and Simon Gagne have been awesome pickups for the Kings especially Richards who has been hot lately and so has kopitar.and Drew Dpughty is starting too come together.Kings lookin good!lets go beat the Redwings on saturday!go Kings!
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@He Shoots, He Scores,
I have been noticing the blue line thing a lot the past few weeks. The forwards just come flying right in and the D back into Quick.
Loki didn’t look great but he will improve. That line was cycling much better without Penner. Penner can not cycle, he is too big and slow. The speed Loki brings will start to lead to more opportunities.
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What a great problem to have on defense.
Greene – has been playing well going back to the end of last season. I think he is a leader in the locker room and we don’t want to disturb that. You need this guy on the PK. His 15 minutes a game are well worth what he is getting paid.
Scuds and Mitchell you need to win a cup…so don’t even think about moving any one of these guys.
It really comes down to who is most productive and who you can afford to trade or lose on waivers.
VV – Just keeps getting better and better…every GM in the league would love to have this guy.
Martinez – Pretty damn good player…would hate to lose him
DD2 – He’s played one game? You need a guy like this to ride the pine and break him out only in case of emergency.
I think you wind up packaging Martinez and Penner if VV continues to improve and Penner doesn’t, for a solid LW to play with Richards and Brown. Lokti is good but he is definitely playing out of position…I hope the kid proves me wrong becasue there are no center spots open and Stoll isn’t going anywhere!
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outsider Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 12:10 pm
@Barry’s Mullet, agree 100%!
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ziggyfan Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 12:55 pm
@outsider, +1
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i would trade Penner too if u can but dont think there is any takers.just got too hope he turns it around.maybe send him down the freeway back too the ducks.
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I really like what I’m seeing right now, would love to see a little more 5-5 scoring. Please don’t change anything yet and lets continue to see where this takes us. Playing the guys who make the most money isn’t always the best decision. GKG
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Great home-and-home series for the Kings, 4 greatly needed points!!!
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Keep the defensive pairings as is! Loving JJ and Dewey on top pairing as it should be. Does Lombardi now try to move DD2? I can’t see VV going back down again. How could he? As Dick Vitale would say “He’s a PTPer baby!”
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