[Game] Kings v. Pacers 1/24/14, 7pm PST, 10pm EST

[HereWeBoogie]

Problem is, when it gets crazy Isaiah becomes a ball hog. Hopefully this will be a teachable moment for him.

Doubt it, he's done it multiple times in the last couple weeks

 

[Tetsujin]

Gotta love all the bashing for the guy who drops 38, despite being the only guy who can create on the floor the entire game, against the best D in the NBA.

Oh btw, everyone else not named IT and MT? 10-43 shooting.

38 points on 31 shots, a superduper awesome assist to turnover ratio of 6 to 5, including one to seal the game for the Pacers. Yep. Baseless bashing.

 

[SacKings2002NBAChampions]

D-Will is the most pathetic poopoo on this roster. Misses huge fts, stupid foul, stupid play, and a horrible game. IT couldn't give us the game winning shot, but he was great tonight. I had doubts about him being our starting pg, but I don't anymore. D-Will is so disappointing. I was such a huge supporter.. you blew it D-Will.

He was 13-31
How do you not have doubts about him LOL

 

[DesertFox]

Has anyone else noticed that Malone has NEVER made a good play down the stretch. Do they not practice these situations during practice? Like damn…not that hard.

Sure. "Cuz and Rudy sit this one out. Its our game closing play"

 

[arwen undomiel]

Well, I wasn't expecting a win, only hoped to be competitive, and they were. The Kings pushed the league's winningest team to OT, and did it without our two best players. These Kings are a work in progress, so as long as they're fighting hard like they did tonight, I'll be okay with this loss.

 

[kingnunz]

Bad foul call but D Will shouldn't even touch him in that spot

 

[Tetsujin]

Thomas finally let someone else touch the ball in OT, too bad it happened to be Paul George

This is my nomination for post of the week.

 

[SacKings2002NBAChampions]

Wow the negative IT comments on here crack me up... glad all you don't make kings basketball decision.

Glad you don't either...

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Has anyone else noticed that Malone has NEVER made a good play down the stretch. Do they not practice these situations during practice? Like damn…not that hard.

I think the same thing that afflicted Vogel in the first half affected Malone down the stretch: all of his go-to plays involve our uncrowned All-Star Center. And, without him being on the floor, he apparently didn't have a Plan B, so he ran the plays with Aaron Gray.

 

[Heuge]

38 points on 31 shots, a superduper awesome assist to turnover ratio of 6 to 5, including one to seal the game for the Pacers. Yep. Baseless bashing.

Played well until crunchtime. Then became one man show. Cost us the game or at least a better chance to win the game. (minus the crap call.)

 

[SacKings2002NBAChampions]

Well, I wasn't expecting a win, only hoped to be competitive, and they were. The Kings pushed the league's winningest team to OT, and did it without our two best players. These Kings are a work in progress, so as long as they're fighting hard like they did tonight, I'll be okay with this loss.

The Pacers barely shot 40% from the field today
It's not like they had an amazing game either.

If it wasn't for Thornton's lucky magical game, it would have been a blowout...

 

[Tetsujin]

Played well until crunchtime. Then became one man show. Cost us the game or at least a better chance to win the game. (minues the poopooty call.)

Yeah. it felt like IT took all the shots from the fourth quarter onwards. I have absolutely no problem with first half IT but I could do without second half/OT IT .

 

[Heuge]

Quick, trade Thorton.

He is averaging 42 ppg at home since January 13th.

 

[DesertFox]

Leaders get their teammates involved and then take over. When your pg doesnt get you the ball you get antsy.
See: jt and dwill whenever they have a chance to shoot.

 

[sdballer]

Like most games, you saw the full IT show on display. Great scoring instincts but poor pg ones. He would be such a huge asset in a super Jamal Crawford type role.

 

[fanop]

Played well until crunchtime. Then became one man show. Cost us the game or at least a better chance to win the game. (minus the crap call.)

I'm sorry but they had Thornton slaughtered on those plays. The rest of the team sucked ass. Who the hell is IT supposed to give the ball to?? DWill would have just turned it over. Gay would have missed the easiest hookshot of his life. Landry would probably just brick it. He tried to get the ball to Thornton, but the Pacer's d had him covered up. When he did give it to Gray he missed an easy hookshot..

 

[KingMilz]

Gray played Hibbert even I thought, it's just one guy plays under a different set on rules when it comes to contact around the paint.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

I'm by no means an IT fan, but who is he going to pass to? Gray? D-will? Only MT and IT had their games going and they are just too thin. Hopefully Gay and DMC are resting for a speedy recovery

Why the hell not? I mean, you don't hand the ball to Williams or Gray and say, "Makes something happen," but is asking your point guard to create shots for his teammates really too much to ask?

 

[fanop]

Played well until crunchtime. Then became one man show. Cost us the game or at least a better chance to win the game. (minus the crap call.)

Who the hell was IT supposed to give it to??? Did you not see how well Thornton was being covered?? I was probably the least supportive of IT, but this game was purely on the other players. Pathetic that no one else other than IT and Thornton contributed.

 

[sdballer]

I'm sorry but they had Thornton slaughtered on those plays. The rest of the team sucked ass. Who the hell is IT supposed to give the ball to?? DWill would have just turned it over. Gay would have missed the easiest hookshot of his life. Landry would probably just brick it. He tried to get the ball to Thornton, but the Pacer's d had him covered up. When he did give it to Gray he missed an easy hookshot..

Missing the point. Literally.

 

[The_Jamal]

38 points on 31 shots, a superduper awesome assist to turnover ratio of 6 to 5, including one to seal the game for the Pacers. Yep. Baseless bashing.

blah blah blah. 10-43 shooting from the role guys. Think that might have had something to do with the assist total? Of course not.

Let's run more plays for D-will. Or let Aaron Gray create in the high post. Those worked so well right? Or somehow get MT out of the clutches of Paul George, who has 7 inches on MT and is a top 3 perimeter defender in the league.

So. yep. Absolutely baseless bashing. Because MT and IT did what we needed them to do tonight to have a chance to win. In a game we had absolutely no business even competing in.

 

[KingMilz]

Let's run more plays for D-will. .

I honestly think we could have posted him up more earlier to get his confidents up when they switched George onto Thornton. He had a massive speed advatnage over Granger and a big size advantage over Lance. Seeing as JT had nothing going in the paint going to D-Will a bit there to provide an option might not have been a bad idea.

 

[fanop]

Why the hell not? I mean, you don't hand the ball to Williams or Gray and say, "Makes something happen," but is asking your point guard to create shots for his teammates really too much to ask?

Why would IT give the ball to Gray?? He missed an easy hookshot and they would have just fouled him anyways. Williams has the one of the most horrible bball iq on this team. He showed it tonight. He couldn't get his game going at all, so let's give him a player who was clearly struggling tonight a big time shot after he just attempted to be the hero with IT wide open. The only person I would have wanted to take that shot outside of IT was Thornton. They had him covered.

 

[OnYouLikeGlue]

Wow. Some of the comments here...just wow.

 

[enigma99a]

IT thinks he is super fast, but always gets stripped.

 

[fanop]

Missing the point. Literally.

what point?? why give Gray, Williams, and Landry a clutch shot when they couldn't make anything tonight? IT and Thornton were our only hope in tonight's win.

 

[randymoss1881]

Why the hell not? I mean, you don't hand the ball to Williams or Gray and say, "Makes something happen," but is asking your point guard to create shots for his teammates really too much to ask?

Exactly when you do a pick and roll how bout you try passing to the open big man rolling or a shooter on the wings instead of shooting every ****ing time.

"Wow that's a good shot by IT; a good shoot for the pacers"

"IT isn't looking to pass just double him"

Pacers announcers said that more than once

 

[Tetsujin]

blah blah blah. 10-43 shooting from the role guys. Think that might have had something to do with the assist total? Of course not.

Let's run more plays for D-will. Or let Aaron Gray create in the high post. Those worked so well right? Or somehow get MT out of the clutches of Paul George, who has 7 inches on MT and is a top 3 perimeter defender in the league.

So. yep. Absolutely baseless bashing. Because MT and IT did what we needed them to do tonight to have a chance to win. In a game we had absolutely no business even competing in.

We aren't attacking his lack of assists or turnover numbers. We're attacking the manner in which he got them.

IT floundering in cruchtime is becoming a common theme for the Kings this season. Sorta like the anti-

 

[HereWeBoogie]

That looked like the easiest strip Paul George has ever made in his life

 

[fanop]

Exactly when you do a pick and roll how bout you try passing to the open big man rolling or a shooter on the wings instead of shooting every ****ing time.

"Wow that's a good shot by IT; a good shoot for the pacers"

"IT isn't looking to pass just double him"

Pacers announcers said that more than once

I'm pretty sure D-Will tried a PnR with Gray who couldn't even catch the ball. Never attack the rim against the Pacers unless your name is DMC on the kings is what we should have learned tonight.

 

[randymoss1881]

blah blah blah. 10-43 shooting from the role guys. Think that might have had something to do with the assist total? Of course not.

Let's run more plays for D-will. Or let Aaron Gray create in the high post. Those worked so well right? Or somehow get MT out of the clutches of Paul George, who has 7 inches on MT and is a top 3 perimeter defender in the league.

So. yep. Absolutely baseless bashing. Because MT and IT did what we needed them to do tonight to have a chance to win. In a game we had absolutely no business even competing in.

Dude, that's why you have teammates. I'm guessing you would take carmelo over lebron cause that's what melo does, shoot no matter what.