[Game] Kings @ Nuggets - Wednesday, Feb. 13 - 6PT/9ET
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Joerger has done a great job this season. But these are the type of games where decisions on the margin make the difference between a win or a loss. He should have sat Bogey once he got in that whole Beasley altercation and then he tried dunking on everyone. He should have rested Barnes when he started short arming everything. He should have brought in bagley when we needed a low post presence.
This game shows the tremendous progress we’ve made but we should have won it.
This game shows the tremendous progress we’ve made but we should have won it.
Playing a good Denver team on their home floor is almost always a guaranteed loss. Credit these guys for giving themselves a real shot at a win. Rebounding is the reason this team is fighting LA for the 8 seed right now instead of fighting Portland for the 4 seed. Joerger could have put Bagley out there instead but Jokic probably goes right through him and makes the shot anyway. We're a very good team with one killer flaw. That is still miles ahead of where we thought we were.
Jokic makes our bigs look like absolute fools under the basket. I also didn’t get the final play call. Why have Buddy turn back towards the basket like that with .08 of a second left? Ugh. I’m pissed, we should have won this game. Would have been a huge win to start the most crucial stretch of basketball all season.
Some of the hardest losses to take are the ones where you are beating one of the best teams in the league for most of the game and then you narrowly lose it in the end. You had it. It was there. It was within grasp....sigh. Oh well. Its not a big deal to lose this game, we'll be fine, but it still sucks.
I’ve laid out why I’m pissed. The inability to secure rebounds is unacceptable and just cost them a huge game. They are in the last 26 games of an incredibly tight playoff race. The time for moral victory’s is over. They need to pull these games out. That said it’s been a super fun year and a pleasant surprise.
Willie Cauley-Stein...tall and sometimes useless. His second jump is terribly slow. The Kings coach should have put Bagley in....how can you not? Denver had 2 big men and they're good rebounding team. It is the difference in the game. Bagley would have swatted that 2nd jump by Jorkic because Bagley second jump is better than anybody in the game. Sometimes, it is the coach substitution that cost the Kings the game and I feel he did just that in this game. Explain this...you're going to use Gile against Jorkic out there? Really? I can't believe what i see out there. Why didn't you put Cauley-Stein as soon as Jorkic is in the game. I can't remember how many games this coach have lost the game due to suspect substitution. The smart coach would go toe-to-toe with whoever the opponent have out there. Jeff Van Gundy is an example of smart coach. He would never going have Gile guarding Jorkic out there. Not only he have Giles out there guarding Jorkic...he had Barnes guarding Milsap...what? Where is Bagley when you need him!! He ain't foul out. The quickest and fastest jumper in the game and you sit him? lol. No wonder the Kings lose.