[Game] Game 9: Sacramento Kings @ Memphis Grizzlies, 11/13/14

[Sac.Kings]

Hey PDA, still want to leave the roster alone? How about getting a guy with a brain at the starting 4 spot?

 

[wazzups]

if the ball is tipped the clock starts....and the time is gone...and it was.... so the rules again do not apply to us

 

[xrzn]

Has the NBA ever changed the result of a game? If they haven't and are able to, this is the perfect time to exercise that right.

 

[fansinceday1]

I hate ranting and raving about the refs but they turned the momentum in the early 4th with their bull $( technical on cousins. Then another lane violation.
How does a guy walking away from the refs not saying anything get a technical foul!?!? Then the last call with the balls trajectory obviously changing and the refs focus in on the worst angle. All that I'm thinking about right now is donagheys book focusing on how the refs would gather and speak to how they were going to change any games momentum.

 

[AaronPDX]

I'm clearly not the only one here that hates Jason Thompson. I can't even look at him on the court without sheer disgust. Over $6 million per for that guy. Worthless. And hey Ben, how about you sink ONE free throw. Sick to my stomach.

 

[Kingster]

That's forever been his MO - mental midget and worse in a crisis.

Absolutely, that solidifies Thompson's reputation forever.

 

[New Era]

Well, the ball was tipped and most of all you can't win on that kind of shot in under four tenths of a second IIRC.

Well, they must have changed that rule because it was pretty clear he "caught" the ball....I'm pretty sure the referees could see that and wouldn't have counted it if that was the rule.

 

[wazzups]

if the coach wants to win he has to play Cousins if he played Cousins the whole time until he fouled out..I think we could have remained composed

 

[gunks]

Checked the box score midway through the 2nd quarter (I didnt watch the game, thankfully)....Thought to myself "how are we losing this one?"

Sometimes you have to laugh keep from crying!


For real though... This team will figure out how to win eventually. We have the talent to kick butt, we just need to get over that psychological hump that all young up and coming teams have to go through.

I think we're really going to start taking names once we get to play a few home games....Build that confidence.

 

[jdbraver]

How do you blow two 20+ games in a row?

 

[VF21]

I'm glad we lost until Cousins learns to play without fouling out every other game we are going to keep losing every game

Horse manure.

 

[kennadog]

We've blown gigantic leads on the road in two straight games. This is not on the refs or even one player or play.

 

[Tetsujin]

To put things in perspective, the Donte to JT out of bounds lob to end the 3rd quarter against the Knicks five or so years ago took .6 seconds.

 

[flamecrow]

That was a garbage perspective the NBA replay team sent to Memphis.

they are also picking their wins !

 

[PurpleHaze]

Absolutely, that solidifies Thompson's reputation forever.

May he RIP

 

[Siranthony]

Young team. Showing signs of life. Growing pains will be there. This ends well.

I agree! This is a character builder. We are an up and comming team against a playoff vetran team. We will start to roll in the next few games. Playoffs... watch out for the Kings!

 

[Chubbs]

Blown lead, everything else aside, I don't think that shot is possible in 0.3 seconds.

 

[peacelate]

I beg your pardon? "Forget the blown 26 point lead"? Like hell. To want to act like a blown twenty-six point lead amounts to one play is incredibly facile.

It's not uncommon for home teams to come back from 20+ points especially when that lead was in the 1st quarter. For not one defender to be in the vicinity in the rim with 0.3 s left is unforgivable.

 

[Tetsujin]

Haralabos Voulgaris ‏@haralabob 6m6 minutes ago
If It only takes .6 secs to rebound a missed ft, call a timeout, and inbound to an alleyoop. How can I not get more crap done in a day?

 

[wazzups]

but the composure was gone from the team at the end of the game regardless of whether they won the game or not

 

[KingMilz]

Horse manure.

The exact same thing has occured two games in a row, we dominate when he's not in foul trouble and than he commit silly fouls and we lose, how is that "horse manure". Him and JT just can't not foul in critical times of the game, I have never seen anything like it.

 

[NewArena]

ughhh i hate sports, i think.

 

[kingsnation]

Learn from your mistakes...maybe put JT on the ball next time, and Hollins guarding the basket...or just go 4 on 5, leaving JT on the bench, and nobody guarding the ball.

JT on the bench = JT guarding the ball.

 

[Glenn]

You can't get a shot off in .3, only a tip. Not a single freakin Kings player guarding the rim....


SO ****ING STUPID

That's what I thought. It makes no difference when the time keeper starts the clock.

 

[Tetsujin]

I agree! This is a character builder. We are an up and comming team against a playoff vetran team. We will start to roll in the next few games. Playoffs... watch out for the Kings!

If we get through November at around .500 winning percentage, things could get a lot easier.

 

[wazzups]

DOH!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[HereWeBoogie]

To put things in perspective, the Donte to JT out of bounds lob to end the 3rd quarter against the Knicks five or so years ago took .6 seconds.

In Memphis you can catch a rebound/call a TO/catch a lob/lay it in, all in that .6

 

[Sac.Kings]

The exact same thing has occured two games in a row, we dominate when he's not in foul trouble and than he commit silly fouls and we lose, how is that "horse manure". Him and JT just can't not foul in critical times of the game, I have never seen anything like it.

Some of the calls on Cousins are complete bullcrap. See the technical for an example. He gets treated unlike any other player in the league

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

It's not uncommon for home teams to come back from 20+ points especially when that lead was in the 1st quarter. For not one defender to be in the vicinity in the rim with 0.3 s left is unforgivable.

We had a twenty-plus point lead in the third quarter. That is decidedly less common, and carries no greater level of 'forgivability'.

What Thompson did was galactically stupid, but to act like that's the reason we lost is just making excuses.

 

[flamecrow]

(a) I know it doesn't feel like it right now, but this is one game out of 82. (b) The ball was tipped, the clock started late. We won the game even if the record won't reflect it. I think that matters a little bit. It does to me anyway. (c) Letting Memphis score 109 points on us is an embarrassment. This is a team that averages 95 points per game. You give up 109 points to Memphis, you deserve to lose. I hope these guys take this in the gut because they earned it. Yes we should have won, but this isn't about the refs screwing us over it's about our complete collapse on defense after the first quarter for the second game in a row.

It could be a win to you but if it is not reflected, it ****s up our team chemistry and morale for the rest of the season

 

[PurpleHaze]

Wow, Malone is pissed and totally under control. He said "pissed" twice but not at who you think - not the refs.

 

[kingsnation]

Has the NBA ever changed the result of a game? If they haven't and are able to, this is the perfect time to exercise that right.

I disagree. The players need to taste the bitterness of this loss.