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Sacbee:
PLAYERS:
Andres Nocioni,
Jason Thompson,
Julian Wright,
Kevin Martin,
Chris Paul,
Emeka Okafor
TEAMS: Sacramento Kings, New Orleans Hornets
TEAMS: Sacramento Kings, New Orleans Hornets
NEW ORLEANS Andres Nocioni was happy.
And that, given the current context, was quite a revelation.
The Kings small forward has become the unofficial pulse of his team's competitive heart, though not necessarily in the healthiest way. He fumes in practice if a play doesn't meet his standards, sometimes lamenting his presence on the team because he has no interest in being part of a group that doesn't reflect his relentless personality.
The Kings lost 97-92 to New Orleans on Friday night. And Nocioni was happy.
"If we still play like this, we're going to win games for sure because I think we played really, really hard today, but we just didn't close the game," Nocioni said. "It's a huge difference. I don't like to be on the court or be on a team where they don't want to win games.
"If we play like this every night, we can lose 81 games but I'll be much happier.
It's really fun to be in a game...
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