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Sacramento Kings: Thoughts from Loss to the Orlando Magic

By Tyler Watts

Nov 3, 2016; Orlando, FL, USA; Orlando Magic center Bismack Biyombo (11) goes up for a shot in the second half as Sacramento Kings center Willie Cauley-Stein (00) and guard Ben McLemore (23) defend at Amway Center. Orlando Magic won 102-94. Mandatory Credit: Logan Bowles-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 3, 2016; Orlando, FL, USA; Orlando Magic center Bismack Biyombo (11) goes up for a shot in the second half as Sacramento Kings center Willie Cauley-Stein (00) and guard Ben McLemore (23) defend at Amway Center. Orlando Magic won 102-94. Mandatory Credit: Logan Bowles-USA TODAY Sports /
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Things are Changing

Omri Casspi returned from his two-game absence against the Magic.  He played 23 minutes and lead the bench in scoring.  That and probably the match-up lead to Matt Barnes only seeing 9 minutes last night.  I am not sure if that is a one game thing or something we should expect going forward.  That is worth watching this weekend as the Kings play a back-to-back Saturday and Sunday.

The second big change was Arron Afflalo being limited to 18 minutes and Ben McLemore grabbing 28 minutes.  McLemore had a very efficient and productive game against Orlando scoring the ball.  In September, I wrote a long piece about McLemore and if the Kings should still value him here.  I still believe in McLemore and would not be surprised to see this happening more often going forward.  I will be monitoring who is getting the shooting guard minutes this weekend for Sacramento.

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