The Road to catching the Spurs

[Sac.1989]

Our only hope is to catch the Spurs now. We are 2.5 games back of the Spurs, but only on 2 games in the Loss column. We still play the Spurs once more at home at the end of March.

If we can catch the Spurs, we still need to fend off the Lakers. Losing to the Clippers last night really hurt our chances to make the playoffs.

20 games to go. Realistically, we need to go something like 14-6 or 15-5 to get to a minimum of 44 or 45 Wins to make the playoffs.

We can do it. We just need to get our heads out of our arses. That is at all levels.

Letting this slip would be a travesty. If we have any character we find a way to get this done.

What happened to betting the house hey ? That's all I'd ask the guys.

We have a few days before the Knicks. Time to get in the gym and work this out. We are young coming off the all star break. Time to put in the work and cut out the excuses

 

[sactowndog]

Spurs need to lose this game tonight. Unfortunately Paul George on the bench.

Meanwhile the Spurs likely wins: @ Atl, NY, Cle, Atl, @Was, @Cle, Dal. = 41 wins

Likely losses: @Tor, OKC, Den, POR (SB2B), GSW, @Hou, @Den(SAB2B). 36 losses

That means the Spurs have to win 5 out of: Mil (MilB2B), @Dal, Miami, @Bos (Bosb2b), @Chr, Sac (SacB2B) to get to 46 wins

 

[Sac.1989]

Spurs up by 10

 

[steelevt]

Damn u Paul George. Man up

 

[Section 101]

Lakers losing to Suns.

 

[sactowndog]

Spurs need to lose this game tonight. Unfortunately Paul George on the bench.

Meanwhile the Spurs likely wins: @ Atl, NY, Cle, Atl, @Was, @Cle, Dal. = 41 wins

Likely losses: @Tor, OKC, Den, POR (SB2B), GSW, @Hou, @Den(SAB2B). 36 losses

That means the Spurs have to win 5 out of: Mil (MilB2B), @Dal, Miami, @Bos (Bosb2b), @Chr, Sac (SacB2B) to get to 46 wins

Spurs win. That puts them at likely 42 with the teams they are facing. Our play-off chances hanging by a thread

 

[gunks]

Gosh dang freakin Spurs.

Anyways, go Suns!

Even if we end up 9th, I'll be happy with the season if the Lakers are 10th!

 

[Sac.1989]

Gosh dang freakin Spurs.

Anyways, go Suns!

Even if we end up 9th, I'll be happy with the season if the Lakers are 10th!

**** the Lakers, that team has checked out on lebron. Playoffs or broke for us

 

[gunks]

**** the Lakers, that team has checked out on lebron. Playoffs or broke for us

Even though you're disagreeing with my schadenfreude take, I like the attitude!

Also...if these Suns choke I'm just gonna SCREAM!

 

[steelevt]

Even though you're disagreeing with my schadenfreude take, I like the attitude!

Also...if these Suns choke I'm just gonna SCREAM!

They tried their best to choke it away but a bad call from the ref and LeBron choking at the line saved the day.

 

[Kings_of_California]

**** the Lakers, that team has checked out on lebron. Playoffs or broke for us

Honestly, I've been watching a ton of their games lately, and it actually looks like LeBron has checked out on the Lakers.

And this is coming from a lifelong LeBron fan.

 

[ockingsfan]

Here is a possible scenario that can potentially screw us. If the Kings wind up in a 3 way tie with the Spurs and the Clippers, we would be the odd team out of the playoffs, because we have the weakest conference record.

We actually should root for the Clippers to pull away and the Spurs to start losing more, because there is a very little chance we catch and pass the Clippers now.

I think catching the Spurs are the only chance we have of making the playoffs now.

 

[VF21]

Words cannot describe how I feel when I look at this picture, but elated, ecstatic, giddy all come to mind.

 

[Kings_of_California]

Words cannot describe how I feel when I look at this picture, but elated, ecstatic, giddy all come to mind.

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He got so frustrated and lackadaisical at one point that he...and I'm not kidding... he tried inbounding the ball and threw it off the BACK off the backboard for a turnover.

 

[FoxRocketFan]

Lakers have 2 games left vs the Clippers.

Going to be weird watching Kings fan cheer for the lakers.

 

[VF21]

Lakers have 2 games left vs the Clippers.

Going to be weird watching Kings fan cheer for the lakers.

Yeah? Um, no. I will never root FOR the Lakers.

 

[steelevt]

Lakers have 2 games left vs the Clippers.

Going to be weird watching Kings fan cheer for the lakers.

No kings fan should ever cheer for the Lakers. EVER

 

[ockingsfan]

Lakers have 2 games left vs the Clippers.

Going to be weird watching Kings fan cheer for the lakers.

The Kings probably not catching the Clippers. The Lakers are the bigger threat to the Kings getting the #8 in the playoffs.

No need to root for the Lakers!

 

[NME]

The Kings probably not catching the Clippers. The Lakers are the bigger threat to the Kings getting the #8 in the playoffs.

No need to root for the Lakers!

Yeah, catching the Spurs and keeping the Lakers behind us is the only path now. Barring a late season collapse by the Clippers and they appear to have way too much fight in them for that to happen.

 

[NME]

Words cannot describe how I feel when I look at this picture, but elated, ecstatic, giddy all come to mind.

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Lebron should sit out the rest of the season to nurse his groin. (Take that phrasing however you like)

 

[FoxRocketFan]

No kings fan should ever cheer for the Lakers. EVER

The Kings probably not catching the Clippers. The Lakers are the bigger threat to the Kings getting the #8 in the playoffs.

No need to root for the Lakers!

The Kings probably not catching the Clippers. The Lakers are the bigger threat to the Kings getting the #8 in the playoffs.

No need to root for the Lakers!

Even if the only thing that happens of they win is it ruins their draft odds?

Lakers need to go 14-5(44-38) to have a chance to make the playoffs and probably 15-4 to definitely make it. LeBron doesn't look 100%. They aren't making the playoffs.

 

[FoxRocketFan]

It has also become obvious that teams are lifting to play the lakers too.

 

[NewArena]

The clippers have the most cupcake schedule I’ve ever seen. I literally laughed looking at it

 

[Kings_of_California]

The clippers have the most cupcake schedule I’ve ever seen. I literally laughed looking at it

Yea, pretty much. They play the Knicks tonight, so that's almost an auto win unless NY comes ready to play spoiler.

There's a lot of people on here who are going to root against the Lakers when they face the Clips tomorrow night, but I'm not one of them. We need the Clippers to collapse. The Spurs are facing Denver so hopefully that's an easy L. But they beat OKC last night so who knows.

 

[ockingsfan]

There's a lot of people on here who are going to root against the Lakers when they face the Clips tomorrow night, but I'm not one of them. We need the Clippers to collapse.

The Clippers are locked in. I don’t see them collapsing. The Kings would need to gain 3 games in the loss column on the Clippers in the final 20 games, otherwise the Clippers staying within striking distance may wind us biting us in the end.

A 3 way tie at the end of the season with the Spurs and Clippers and the Kings lose the playoff tie break.

It’s better for Kings to just tie the Spurs and we win that tie break.

A Clippers win and Lakers loss is good for the Kings. The Lakers own the tie break with us.

Any Spurs loss is good for the Kings. I think the Spurs are the only realistic target at this point.

 

[Sac.1989]

Honestly, I've been watching a ton of their games lately, and it actually looks like LeBron has checked out on the Lakers.

And this is coming from a lifelong LeBron fan.

Good, nothing good comes out of playing for the Lakers. Johnson has to be one of the worst GMs in the league

 

[ockingsfan]

Even if the only thing that happens of they win is it ruins their draft odds?

Lakers need to go 14-5(44-38) to have a chance to make the playoffs and probably 15-4 to definitely make it. LeBron doesn't look 100%. They aren't making the playoffs.

Never under estimate the NBA refs in helping LeBron and the Lakers into the playoffs.

Unless, LeBron shuts it down to rest his groin for the rest of the season, LeBron will always be a threat to make the playoffs.

 

[Sac.1989]

The Kings not the Spurs or the Lakers are the biggest threat to not making the playoffs.

Simply put we need to look within and get this done. We have the talent and everyone including management, the coaching staff and the players needs to hold themselves to a higher accord to will us there and to ensure we execute.

There will be no figer pointing if we don't make it, just emptyiness across the board in that we didn't achieve the goal that the team and it's players had itself had set out since day one. Management and the coaching has always tempered their statements RE playoffs but don't get it twisted, that was the goal of the team from day 1 of this season and now with it all on the line, I expect some resolve and gumption to get it done.

If you have any character you simply do not just quit on your goals and if you fail, you fail giving it your all. That is what I expect for the remainder of this season. And yes I am still saving for those playoff tickets

 

[ockingsfan]

Good, nothing good comes out of playing for the Lakers. Johnson has to be one of the worst GMs in the league

It’s their arrogance that they are the Lakers and they don’t need to rebuild like every other franchise.

They think they can take short cuts to being top tier again and now they have 1 superstar at age 35 and a bunch of young role players. They traded away D’Angelo Russell because they drafted Lonzo Ball, LOL.

LeBron is going to age very quickly trying to carry the Lakers in the stacked West. LeBron should had stayed in the East, he’d be top 3 seed right now.

 

[Sac.1989]

It’s their arrogance that they are the Lakers and they don’t need to rebuild like every other franchise.

They think they can take short cuts to being top tier again and now they have 1 superstar at age 35 and a bunch of young role players. They traded away D’Angelo Russell because they drafted Lonzo Ball, LOL.

LeBron is going to age very quickly trying to carry the Lakers in the stacked West. LeBron should had stayed in the East, he’d be top 3 seed right now.

They didn't have the forsight to see D'Angelo blowing up. And to highlight their ineptness then they kicked him on the way out with Johnson leading the low blows.

I'm glad he's doing well and rubbing their noses in it. I hope no one joins them this summer to expedite the demise of the franchise and the James era.