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8:00 PM ET, October 27, 2010
Target Center, Minneapolis, MN
Kings-Timberwolves Preview
Led by the reigning NBA rookie of the year and a promising first-year  center, the Sacramento Kings hope to become a surprise playoff contender  this season.Anything shy of a dramatic improvement from another  disappointing season still might not be enough to satisfy the front  office of the Minnesota Timberwolves.Filled with expected optimism, the  Western Conference's two worst teams from last season begin play  Wednesday night in Minnesota, but the Kings will be without Tyreke Evans  due to a suspension.
Sacramento has not been to the playoffs since 2006 and finished at the  bottom of the Pacific Division the last two seasons.Minnesota has gone  six straight seasons without a playoff appearance after tying a  franchise-low with 15 wins in 2009-10.Both clubs hope some young talent  will lead to improvement and a more competitive effort this  season.Sacramento, which started 13-14 then lost 20 of 23 en route to a  25-57 record, hopes another solid season from Evans will key a potential  turnaround. However, he won't be available for this contest due to a  one-game suspension for pleading no contest to reckless driving  following his May 31 arrest.
That leaves Kings fans having to wait a game to see how Evans fares  alongside DeMarcus Cousins in the regular season.The selection of the  6-foot-11 Cousins with the fifth overall pick could give Sacramento a  strong inside-outside threat. While Cousins averaged 15.1 points and 9.9  rebounds in his only collegiate season at Kentucky, Evans earned rookie  of the year honors as the fourth first-year player in history to  average at least 20 points (20.1), five rebounds (5.3) and five assists  (5.8).
Point guard Beno Udrih (12.9 points, 4.7 assists per game in 2009-10)  and forward Jason Thompson (12.5 ppg, 8.5 rpg) return to complement  Evans. Carl Landry, meanwhile, averaged 18.0 points and 6.5 boards in 28  games after being acquired in the trade that sent star Kevin Martin to  Houston."We have a lot of expectations," Thompson said. "We are  obviously still kind of like the underdog, but we kind of like that. The  high expectations are obvious that we are trying to make the playoffs  and get back to how Sacramento used to be."
For that to happen, Sacramento likely must give up fewer than the 104.4  points per game it allowed and improve on a 7-34 road mark. Only  Minnesota's 5-36 record away from home was worse in the West.  Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor was patient watching the club struggle in  the first season under president David Kahn and coach Kurt Rambis, but  has made it clear he wants immediate progress this time.
"I call it holding people accountable," Taylor said. "Now you can say  that we've brought in a number of players that the coaches have asked  for. So I think you can hold them accountable and say we want to see the  results."Only five players return from last season, when the  Timberwolves allowed the second-most points per game (107.8) in the  league.That group includes three of Minnesota's top four scorers --  Kevin Love (14.0 ppg, 11.0 rpg), Jonny Flynn (13.5 ppg) and Corey Brewer  (13.0 ppg).
"We're loose," said Love, who averaged career highs for points and  rebounds last season despite missing the first 18 games with a broken  hand. "It's almost like the (2004) Boston Red Sox when they had the  idiots. ... That's kind of how we are."Minnesota added talented but  troubled forward Michael Beasley, the second overall pick in 2008 who  averaged 14.3 points in two seasons with Miami. Underachieving former  lottery pick Martell Webster should add depth, but will miss four to six  weeks after undergoing back surgery.
Wes Johnson was selected with the fourth overall pick after averaging  16.5 points and 8.5 rebounds for Big East regular-season champion  Syracuse."As of now, we're still the regular old Timberwolves," Beasley  said. "But we're coming out. We're going to be ready to play every  night."Each team won twice at home to split their four meetings last  season. Minnesota has won six of eight over Sacramento at the Target  Center.
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