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I'm not a DeMarcus Cousins fan. I do respect the Sacramento Kings fans, and root for them whenever people try to take their team away from them. But I can't be in love with the Kings. Not since how Chris Webber tried to decapitate John Stockton. Or how Cousins tries to beat up all of the Utah Jazz point guards he goes up against (Devin Harris, Mo Williams, Earl Watson, Trey Burke, etc). While I can't respect him, I do have to fear him. After playing against the Jazz 15 times, and against Big Al Jefferson, Paul Millsap, Derrick Favors, Enes Kanter, Rudy Gobert, and others he still has beasted.
| Date | MINS | PTS | M | A | FG% | M | A | FT% | O | D | REB | AST | STL | BLK | |||||||
| 1 | 11 | 22 | 2010 | 39 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 38.46% | 8 | 10 | 80.00% | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | 2 | 7 | 2011 | 30 | 25 | 8 | 16 | 50.00% | 9 | 10 | 90.00% | 3 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 3 | 3 | 5 | 2011 | 44 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 33.33% | 6 | 11 | 54.55% | 6 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 2011 | 38 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 46.15% | 5 | 6 | 83.33% | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | 28 | 2012 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 41.67% | 4 | 4 | 100.00% | 0 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 28 | 2012 | 32 | 22 | 8 | 17 | 47.06% | 6 | 7 | 85.71% | 8 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 7 | 3 | 22 | 2012 | 36 | 22 | 9 | 28 | 32.14% | 4 | 7 | 57.14% | 10 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | 3 | 30 | 2012 | 35 | 27 | 11 | 22 | 50.00% | 5 | 10 | 50.00% | 4 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| 9 | 11 | 23 | 2012 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 45.45% | 4 | 6 | 66.67% | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 10 | 11 | 24 | 2012 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 54.55% | 2 | 4 | 50.00% | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 11 | 2 | 4 | 2013 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 62.50% | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 12 | 2 | 9 | 2013 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 44.44% | 5 | 9 | 55.56% | 2 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | 12 | 7 | 2013 | 27 | 28 | 10 | 15 | 66.67% | 8 | 10 | 80.00% | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 14 | 12 | 11 | 2013 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 50.00% | 7 | 11 | 63.64% | 6 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 15 | 2 | 7 | 2015 | 37 | 27 | 10 | 24 | 41.67% | 7 | 11 | 63.64% | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Totals | 489 | 290 | 105 | 231 | 45.45% | 80 | 116 | 68.97% | 53 | 117 | 170 | 49 | 23 | 16 | |||||||
| Average | 32.60 | 19.33 | 7.00 | 15.40 | 5.33 | 7.73 | 3.53 | 7.80 | 11.33 | 3.27 | 1.53 | 1.07 | |||||||||
You can't dismiss 19.33 ppg, 11.33 rpg, and 3.27 apg that easily. While he may be the only "good guy" we have to fear tonight, the fear should be real. Our defense should be set to take away his pet plays, but Cousins, sadly, has been really good against Utah over the years.
Hopefully this is the Sweet 16th meeting between him and Utah, and we hold him to less than 10 tonight. (Maybe he gets ejected?) You never know.