[Game] Game 8: Sacramento Kings @ Dallas Mavericks, 11/11/14 5:30 PST 8:30 EST

[Tetsujin]

Okay, now that Dirk has his stupid record can we go back to playing a good game?

 

[Hoovtrain]

What is this crap?! I can see if a team is locking down defensively but this is is just sloppy, dumb basketball!

 

[Larry89]

Rudys turnovers and lack of basketball IQ and Jason Thompsons lack of anything were instrumental in the Dallas Comeback.

 

[miltonap]

So disappointing. Gay is so selfish. Garbage

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

Awful stuff. Bad road trip from Cuz overall so far.

 

[nebs]

It's really hard not to be negative right now. I feel jipped because I didn't even get a post in when we were killing them early.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Dallas is a veteran team - they didn't fold.

There's a big-assed difference between "not folding" and "winning a game you were trailing by twenty-six."

"Not folding" is getting back to within single digits, maybe even tying the game. Coming all the way back to take a double-digit lead goes way beyond "not folding." There's some choking involved in that exchange.

 

[LakersStink]

Kings playing like the Oakland Raiders right now, no other way to put it...

 

[Tetsujin]

Demarcus and Rudy combining for ten turnovers.

 

[SLAB]

This is just comically bad. How a team goes from the first quarter to this is absurd. Makes no sense.

Awful.

 

[VF21]

Dallas has totally gotten into the Kings heads right now. Veteran teams can do that. It's not any one person's fault. It's the team collective IQ that has taken a sudden and dramatic dump.

 

[Hadlowe]

I have to think that the Rudy/Cuz iso plays are the offensive gameplan. There is no backup plan in place to get looks for third options and low-usage guys like JT.

 

[VF21]

From Twitter:

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

This is just comically bad. How a team goes from the first quarter to this is absurd. Makes no sense.

Awful.

It's all mental. They're not a playoff contender yet, mentally

 

[Showtime]

I'm still trying to figure out the coaching decisions with the rotation, lineup, and matchups.

 

[HereWeBoogie]

Could have made it a 4 pt game and we turn it over twice. Game over

 

[Hoovtrain]

There's a big-assed difference between "not folding" and "winning a game you were trailing by twenty-six."

"Not folding" is getting back to within single digits, maybe even tying the game. Coming all the way back to take a double-digit lead goes way beyond "not folding." There's some choking involved in that exchange.

I am so on the same page as you tonight

 

[Showtime]

It's all mental. They're not a playoff contender yet, mentally

Mentally? They aren't a playoff team in any sense of the word. They don't have the talent, depth, or coaching to be a playoff team in the west.

 

[mac]

Any chance we can trade Derrick Williams for Devin Harris?

 

[hrdboild]

I don't think our players are selfish, I think they're trying too hard to make something happen. Dallas took over this game and it's deflating. Especially with the crowd going crazy. But you know what? I still think we can win this if we keep attacking the paint. Cousins is unstoppable when he's clicking and I think he's got enough bottled up frustration tonight to tear Dallas apart if we give him a chance.

 

[Chubbs]

No one breathe on Dirk!

 

[kingjatt]

cant even look at dirk the wrong way.

 

[VF21]

Kings playing like the Oakland Raiders right now, no other way to put it...

You do realize you made almost the exact same post two years ago, right?

 

[captain bill]

Cousins has played 22 minutes so far. That call in the 1st was beyond bad (JT fouled and Boogie was two feet from the nearest Mav). There is definitely a pattern of him getting bad foul calls- maybe refs are testing him? It's bad

 

[HereWeBoogie]

So much for defense.

It all starts with the PG.......

 

[sdballer]

Carl has 3 boards in 27 minutes. Sessions 0 assists in 30.

 

[VF21]

I'm still trying to figure out the coaching decisions with the rotation, lineup, and matchups.

So are the Kings.

 

[Spike]

Soo...who's guarding Barea?

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Mentally? They aren't a playoff team in any sense of the word. They don't have the talent, depth, or coaching to be a playoff team in the west.

I disagree with the talent part. We do have enough to "contend" for playoffs....but the mental fortitude and composure needs to solidify

 

[Hoovtrain]

What a disgusting performance