Blazers versus Sacramento Kings

The Sacramento Kings are 15-19 at home. The Blazers are 7-15 on the road. The Blazers are without 3 starters (Randolph, Miles, Rahim). The Kings now have Mobley. There is no obvious reason to say that the Blazers will win this game tonight. However, the guys have continued to play hard and stay in games. That has been amazing in and of itself. A win against all odds is one of the great moments that basketball can offer. If the Blazers manage to snag some rebounds, make their free throws, and score like they did in New Orleans, they could have a chance. The Kings do their thing away from the basket for the most part so perimeter defense is key. Please keep an eye on Peja for that little backdoor sneak he likes to pull! Ruben-you can do that.

Mercifully this is the last game of a 6 game road trip that has pretty much covered the globe. The guys had a chance to go home before heading to Sac so maybe that will help them be more rested. Scratch that: They just reported that the Blazers ended up going straight from Minnesota to Sac. Well, they still had time off, maybe it is good that they didn't go home. If they were on a wining streak I wouldn't want them to go home!
Game Preview

UPDATE: Just heard they are going to change the line up again. James Thomas will not start and Cheeks will start Theo and Pryzbilla (Godzilla) together. Cheeks is going big. I think it may be a good idea. Adelman only has Miller and Ostertag...He won't counter punch with them together.

UPDATE: WOW. I thought they were going to get it done. All I can say is that this doesn't speak well for the Kings. They struggled against the Blazer's skeleton crew. That really isn't saying much. But hey, they got the win, we didn't. The Blazers are coming home. A great effort.

The big story of the night is the emergence of a new monster, GODZYLLA has been born! 22 REBOUNDS! Great game Pryz! Keep up the great work!
Box Score
Blazers get effort, not results.

Godzylla!

Hang in there guys. Keep fighting. GO BLAZERS!