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Kings Dismantle Timberwolves, Win By 19

November 27th, 2015

Back at home after a five-game road trip has never felt so good, and for the Kings you could sense that on the court. The fans were back on their side, the purple shone throughout the arena matched their colors, everything felt good. And with that leverage, a win against Minnesota, and new head coach and former Kings coach George Karl, was a sweet, sweet victory. You could see it on his face, and truth be told there may have been some sneering side glances between Brickashaw Moss and George Karl, one smiling through the game a bit more than the other.

111-92 was the final score, as a strong second quarter from the Kings put them up five going into the half, where they never looked back. And I hate to sound redundant but with these guys the games seem to be won and lost beyond the arc. Minnesota, maybe by Karl's doing, only took five three's all game, resorting to a more aggressive playstyle where Andrew Wiggins drove and Karl-Anthony Towns posted up. A third of their points came from in the paint, another third from the free throw line. The Kings however, at least from deep, were unstoppable, shooting 11-19, shooting enough for 58%.

Easily the most shocking of which was Rajon Rondo, who made all four of his three-point attempts. Hopefully Karl wasn't going off his previous experiences with Rondo, cause let it be known, his numbers from beyond the arc this season are better than they have ever been in his career. More expected, but still impressive, Omri Casspi came off the bench to land every three he took, while his partner Darren Collison didn't make one, but managed to tally up a solid 16 and 7 line. Rudy Gay, who's now turning into Mr. Consistency, put down 26 points off 10-19 shooting.

That was needed, after yet another game where at least one big fouls out. This time it was two, both starters, Cousins after 30 minutes, finishing with 15 and 11, Cauley-Stein after just 16, finishing with 1 and 1. Changes may need to take place trying to keep the opponent out of the paint and restrict their free throw attempts cause it seems to be getting out of hand. At least this time the Kings were able to compete at the line, missing just three of their 23 attempts. Solid numbers all around leads to a complete game going into Golden State tomorrow.

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