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The Sacramento Kings play a very important game tonight at Arco Arena against the Denver Nuggets and the absence of Nuggets starting point guard Chauncey Billups could prove to be the “x-factor” in tonight’s game. Though the Kings play their third game of a four game home stand, it’s important to note that this will mark the third game in a row in which the Kings will battle one of the best team’s in the NBA. After losing two heartbreakers in overtime and double overtime to the Cavaliers and Lakers (respectively) it will be interesting to see if this youthful bunch has any energy left for superstar Carmel0 Anthony and his high flying Nuggets. Tonight’s game will be a true test of their resilience as they try to build on their previous two impressive performances where they unfortunately could not come away with the all important “w” in the win column. This could easily be a let down game for the Kings who lack the experience needed to put the previous two losses behind them, but over the last couple of weeks they have shown the rest of the league that they will never give up, no matter the circumstances, as we saw so beautifully in Chicago when they came back from 35 points down to beat the Bulls. Rookie of the Year candidate Tyreke Evans was the bearer of significant criticism following consecutive games where he tried to demonstrate that there actually is an “I” in “Team,” but failed miserably, and proved to LBJ and Kobe that he still has a lot to learn. A rookie season should indeed be a learning experience and tonight Evans has the opportunity to redeem himself by being just as aggressive against the smaller Ty Lawson, while internalizing the importance of being a distributor, which will only make this budding star and the team that much better. Stay tuned for another exciting matchup in the wild wild west…..
