2018 Kings after 1 Game
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Here's what i thought about this game :
1) You can't win a game with 25 turnovers, it's simply impossible and unnacceptable.
2) Nobody showed effort or some heart except Buddy and Cory Joseph (who look liked a solid futur back up for Fox, i liked his energy and his D!)
3) If we forgot the fact that Fox spent the entire 3rd half on the bench, he was also disappointed in his performance he didn't look like his was there.
4) The interiors got dominated by Ayton (shootout to him btw he's gonna be special imo) Bagley didn't seem ready for that game despite his correct stat line (14/10rebs)
5) I'm already perplex about Walton, I didn't like some of his choices like keeping the starters too much time on the bench (yeah Fox had 4 fouls, but he should had let him back way earlier) and I don't know about you guys, but I want to see a coach mad after 25 turnovers and he looked like he didn't give a **** and i really don't like it.
I woke at 4am to watch this mess (I live in France) but we will be fine and it was only one game, this team will wake up but fast i hope, let's beat the Blazers at home!
1) You can't win a game with 25 turnovers, it's simply impossible and unnacceptable.
2) Nobody showed effort or some heart except Buddy and Cory Joseph (who look liked a solid futur back up for Fox, i liked his energy and his D!)
3) If we forgot the fact that Fox spent the entire 3rd half on the bench, he was also disappointed in his performance he didn't look like his was there.
4) The interiors got dominated by Ayton (shootout to him btw he's gonna be special imo) Bagley didn't seem ready for that game despite his correct stat line (14/10rebs)
5) I'm already perplex about Walton, I didn't like some of his choices like keeping the starters too much time on the bench (yeah Fox had 4 fouls, but he should had let him back way earlier) and I don't know about you guys, but I want to see a coach mad after 25 turnovers and he looked like he didn't give a **** and i really don't like it.
I woke at 4am to watch this mess (I live in France) but we will be fine and it was only one game, this team will wake up but fast i hope, let's beat the Blazers at home!
It's one game.
That said:
1. Suns' coaches completely out coached the Kings coaches last night.
2. Suns did to the Kings what the Kings did to the Jazz last year. The Jazz played the Kings in preseason last year and absolutely destroyed them. Then in the first week of the season, the Kings win rather easily. The Kings were holding back then and were scouting. The Suns did the same.
3. Examples of Kings getting out coached: Rubio fakes as though he would follow Fox, Barnes notes this, pivots on the perimeter (he does this often), but Rubio breaks off following Fox and is there to pick Barnes on his pivot. Ayton playing the paint and waiting to disrupt a ton of drives/shots--on one, he's just waiting for Bogi to drive into the paint for a floater and blocks him. The Kings trying to do a pick on the perimeter, but the Suns pushing out a number of Kings on that perimeter and there are three Kings players in the same wing area leading to a complete standstill on offense...
4. Joseph sucked. Ariza sucked. Holmes sucked. Bogi sucked.
5. I thought it would take 5 to 10 games for the offense and defense to click. No judgment until then, but the first game was damn ugly.
That said:
1. Suns' coaches completely out coached the Kings coaches last night.
2. Suns did to the Kings what the Kings did to the Jazz last year. The Jazz played the Kings in preseason last year and absolutely destroyed them. Then in the first week of the season, the Kings win rather easily. The Kings were holding back then and were scouting. The Suns did the same.
3. Examples of Kings getting out coached: Rubio fakes as though he would follow Fox, Barnes notes this, pivots on the perimeter (he does this often), but Rubio breaks off following Fox and is there to pick Barnes on his pivot. Ayton playing the paint and waiting to disrupt a ton of drives/shots--on one, he's just waiting for Bogi to drive into the paint for a floater and blocks him. The Kings trying to do a pick on the perimeter, but the Suns pushing out a number of Kings on that perimeter and there are three Kings players in the same wing area leading to a complete standstill on offense...
4. Joseph sucked. Ariza sucked. Holmes sucked. Bogi sucked.
5. I thought it would take 5 to 10 games for the offense and defense to click. No judgment until then, but the first game was damn ugly.
I think it could be argued that both teams spent the entire 3rd half on the bench... in the locker room. Almost like there isn't a 3rd half or something. 
In all seriousness though, I agree with all of your comments. You pretty much nailed it. It was an embarrassing effort from us but mostly it just seemed like we weren't comfortable running this offense and things sortof snowballed once Fox had to leave early in the 3rd quarter. I do think the players on this team are capable of being a playoff team but this was not a good start. We need to go back to the drawing board and come out there in Game 2 with some plays that involve more than just a single pass.
In all seriousness though, I agree with all of your comments. You pretty much nailed it. It was an embarrassing effort from us but mostly it just seemed like we weren't comfortable running this offense and things sortof snowballed once Fox had to leave early in the 3rd quarter. I do think the players on this team are capable of being a playoff team but this was not a good start. We need to go back to the drawing board and come out there in Game 2 with some plays that involve more than just a single pass.
