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Blazers Escape Kings
108-96
Nick Borges | ESPN.com

It was a very close game all night tonight in Portland. Going into the fourth quarter the Sacramento Kings were leading as they were for the majority of the first three quarters. Then Lillard happened.

Damian went off. He scored 12 straight points for Portland and pushed the lead up to 9 points. Then he connected with Lamarcus Aldridge for an alley-oop dunk.

Lillard finished the game with 25 points, 17 of which were in the fourth quarter. He also had 7 assists and 3 steals. He shot a good 8-13 from the field.

To go along with Lillard, 6 other players had double digit points. They were Batum, Williams, Aldridge, McCollum, Robinson, and Mathews.

As for the Sacramento Kings, they were led well by Greivis Vasquez, Demarcus Cousins and Ben Mclemore. Vasquez had 17 points and 8 assists. DMC had 19 points as well as 9 boards and 2 blocks and 2 steals. Rookie Ben Mclemore was the leading scorer for the Kings finishing with 21 points, while shooting 8-14.

During the game, there was some trashtalk exchanged between Demarcus Cousins and ex-Kings player Thomas Robinson. Nothing major happened during the game but Cousins took to Twitter after the game. Here is what he had to say:

boogiecousins: that lil [expletive] punk. quit trashin u aint nothin

boogiecousins: next time ima whoop ur [expletive]

boogiecousins: lets go #imtheking

The NBA and Sacramento King officials have yet to say anything about the tweets but something is going to happen. We will keep you updated as the situation continues.

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[NewscasterNews4]

I was waiting for the next part lol, but this has been good so far.

[DavidTheGreat20]

Been waiting as well

[SwaaaaaG]

One of my favorite associations I hope you can update it more and not let it die like oh so many.

Keep it up man.

[BlackAndGoldVandal]

It's coming guys. Update most likely tomorrow evening.


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UPDATE:

The Sacramento Kings have just announced that they will be holding Demarcus Cousins out of tonight's game vs the Portland TrailBlazers. The team did not release any information what so ever about if this would be the only game Cousins is suspended for.

Kings coach Mike Malone had this to say at today's press conference:



"We as a team, are all disappointed in Demarcus. He let his temper get to him again. This is a problem we have been avoiding all year. He has played very well for us up until this point. He's a smart boy though, he knows what he did wrong and he promises that we will all see drastic changes in his behavior. Thank you."

With that, Malone left the room.

Nobody has heard from the league office yet which was a very big surprise. It was expected that they would take control of this matter but it looks as if the Kings are going to do it themselves.

We will update you again after tonight's game versus Portland is finished.


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Guards Step Up Big
Lose Nail-biter To Blazers
Nick Borges | ESPN.com

With Demarcus Cousins sitting this game out, due to the fight yesterday's game with Thomas Robinson, coach Mike Malone decided to play small ball and have a starting lineup of:

PG: Vasquez
SG: Thornton
SF: Mclemore
PF: Mbah a Moute
C: Thompson

Everyone stepped up big, but nobody stepped up bigger than the 3 starting guards, Vasquez, Thornton, and rookie Ben Mclemore.

Them 3 alone scored a total of 57 points, grabbed 10 rebounds, dished out 12 assists, had 3 steals, and had an INSANE 8 blocks! Here's their individual stat lines:

Vasquez: 18 pts, 7 ast, 5 reb, 2 blk, 5-9 shooting
Thornton: 17 pts, 5 reb, 3 blk, 3-4 on threes
Mclemore: 22 pts, 3 blk, 9-15 shooting

Rookie Ben Mclemore seems to be easily finding his shot and is playing very well in the Kings system. It will be very entertaining to continue to watch him play and grow on and off the court.

The final score of the game was 119-108. Portland played very well all night but especially in the 4th quarter where the out scored the Kings by 10. They had 3 players who managed to record double-doubles. Damian Lillard with 26 points and 10 assists. Thomas Robinson with a great 18 and 18 and Lamarcus Aldridge with 14 and 14. The big men on the Blazers all thrived in the absence of Demarcus Cousins.

As for the Kings, they are now a poor 1-5. Could there be some changes coming soon to Sac-Town? We will keep you updated if anything happens.

The Kings next game is Wednesday, November 11th.



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