Trying to avoid 3-21: Wolves at Kings tonight

A loss tonight would match the 3-21 start the 2007-2008 team had in the first post-KG season

December 13, 2009 at 3:10AM

The Wolves and Kings are about to tip off at Arco Arena on a rainy, blustery night in Sacramento.

Kurt Rambis is staying with the same starting lineup he debuted last night: Kevin Love at power forward with Ryan Gomes and Al Jefferson in the frontcourt, Corey Brewer and Jonny Flynn in the backcourt.

Brewer's youtube-worthy dunk over Derek Fisher last night still was a topic of conversation with the Wolves pre-game tonight.

Never mind that assistant coach Reggie Theus said there's no doubt it was a charge.

"It still was phenonemal," Theus said.

Brewer called it easily the best dunk he's had in the NBA, but wouldn't call it an all-time.

He only put it in his top three.

"I had a couple of pretty good ones back in the high school, in the state semifinals," he said.

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Of course, that wasn't at Staples Center with the beautiful Lakers crowd looking on.

"This was a lot different setting," Brewer said.

During a break in action a few minutes later, Kobe Bryant approached Brewer and said something.

What was it?

"He said, `Nice dunk,' " Brewer said with a grin.

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