The Raptors have become a pretty great team. They respond well to an attempted run by their opponents.
The Kings played hard. Their defense has improved a lot. They have turned made baskets into a fast break opportunities. There is a lot to like. Against Toronto we got out rebounded 53-31. That is the game right there. If everything else is even, then the team with 22 more opportunities is going to win. The fast pace makes the Kings seem flat footed at times. The 3 ball creates some long rebounds that are hard to capture sometimes. The glaring weakness by the Kings last night was defensive rebounds. They need to get better at putting a body on someone and boxing out better. It is fundamental basketball. It has to be obvious to Joerger.
The Raptors had guys that secured 14, 11, 10 and 7 rebounds. Willie had the most for the Kings with 8. No one else got more than 4. Unacceptable, poor, crappy play. If I am coaching this team we working on rebounding and making foul shots. The Kings offense is running on 8 cylinders. There was some great ball movement to go with the pace. The Kings have some athletic big men, that need to get serious about rebounding. It will translate to wins because most of the other pieces are already in place.
The Kings played hard. Their defense has improved a lot. They have turned made baskets into a fast break opportunities. There is a lot to like. Against Toronto we got out rebounded 53-31. That is the game right there. If everything else is even, then the team with 22 more opportunities is going to win. The fast pace makes the Kings seem flat footed at times. The 3 ball creates some long rebounds that are hard to capture sometimes. The glaring weakness by the Kings last night was defensive rebounds. They need to get better at putting a body on someone and boxing out better. It is fundamental basketball. It has to be obvious to Joerger.
The Raptors had guys that secured 14, 11, 10 and 7 rebounds. Willie had the most for the Kings with 8. No one else got more than 4. Unacceptable, poor, crappy play. If I am coaching this team we working on rebounding and making foul shots. The Kings offense is running on 8 cylinders. There was some great ball movement to go with the pace. The Kings have some athletic big men, that need to get serious about rebounding. It will translate to wins because most of the other pieces are already in place.