[Game] Kings at Toronto, Wednesday Nov. 6th, 4:30 PM PT/7:30 PM ET

[NewArena]

I’ve never seen so many chances in my life

 

[dude12]

Damn....still got life

 

[VF21]

I'm proud of them for not giving up, for continuing to battle.'

This recent effort makes me so mad at the first 3 or 4 games. what in the world were we doing? we look much better now

And my thought is Thank Naismith we seem to be past that.

 

[dude12]

What a crapty out of bounds play

 

[NewArena]

lol @ Holmes shooting a 2. Christ

fun game i guess

 

[Tetsujin]

On the plus side, if we play like this against the Hawks, that's a win.

 

[NewArena]

Vivek's India trip was a bad idea. Pacers had the same issue.

I’m close to believing that with 100% certainty

 

[dude12]

Good effort.....if we are going to lose, I want these rather than the first 3 losses

 

[Kings Faithful]

Feel better after that loss than the Knicks win honestly.

 

[kingsboi]

On the plus side, if we play like this against the Hawks, that's a win.

Hawks did get blown out by the Bulls so there's a chance

 

[dude12]

Should have played Jimmer

 

[Amiga]

If we keep playing like this every night we'll be allright. Kinda just makes me mad about the first 5 games smh.

 

[burekijogurt]

Good lord, Bogie. give them credit but yeesh

Would’ve been nice for a pump fake there

he was completely draped by Siakam who was just standing there not flying by where a pump fake wold work.

 

[Hoovtrain]

Well they competed And didn’t give up when TOR pushed the lead to double digits a few times. Would have like to have seen a few more stops in crunch time. Last 3 games have been more encouraging though

 

[Bfreeman]

Wow big game for Barnes, the poor free throw shooting from the Kings needs fixed ASAP, if Fox is a superstar gotta do better from the line.

 

[SacTownKid]

They are starting to find a groove. I liked a lot of what Walton was doing on defense even with the score being what it was. He's mixing things up now. They were icing some of those pick and rolls and even showed some hard traps. If the Kings play defense like they did in this one, with those types of sets they may actually be decent on that end this year.

 

[Tetsujin]

he was completely draped by Siakam who was just standing there not flying by where a pump fake wold work.

Yeah, even without Kawhi, the Raptors are a really good defensive team. Would have liked to see us get Bogi a little bit further out of the corner there though.

 

[NewArena]

On the plus side, if we play like this against the Hawks, that's a win.

Most definitely. Let’s beat the breaks off of those guys

Last time we were in Atlanta, Fox gave young a nice thorough spanking

 

[Tetsujin]

They are starting to find a groove. I liked a lot of what Walton was doing on defense even with the score being what it was. He's mixing things up now. They were icing some of those pick and rolls and even showed some hard traps. If the Kings play defense like they did in this one, with those types of sets they may actually be decent on that end this year.

I know the StR crowd is roasting the guy but I have actually really been impressed by Walton's coaching over the past week or so. He's altered his schemes a bit and introduced more elements from Joerger's offense to get Bogi and Hield more comfortable looks. Would like to see more pick and roll plays but that's been a common theme of Kings basketball since 2007

 

[burekijogurt]

yeah, they are just too much for the Kings at this point. I think there was no regression in this game. They just beat us.

We did shoot 45.5% from the 3.
Barnes 4/9
Hield 5/7
Bogdan 6/11

 

[NewArena]

Feel better after that loss than the Knicks win honestly.

Oddly enough, i feel the same. the wins will come

And i don’t mean next year

 

[burekijogurt]

Yeah, even without Kawhi, the Raptors are a really good defensive team. Would have liked to see us get Bogi a little bit further out of the corner there though.

and we needed a three so they had leeway in how to defend it.

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

First time this season that I have come out of a loss feeling good.

 

[burekijogurt]

I also think Fox lost his legs later in the 4th. A lot of those jumpers in the paint were coming up short. We need to find a way to lighten his load. I think we cannot have platoon type of bench play but find a way to weave it with the starters so that Fox can get more rest and offense would not suffer too much as it does when its the Cojo Bogdan rest of bench lineup.

 

[Larry89]

Well that's progress, not sure how we run that 3 guard lineup when Marvin gets back though, really need Harrison out there

 

[VF21]

I also think Fox lost his legs later in the 4th. A lot of those jumpers in the paint were coming up short. We need to find a way to lighten his load. I think we cannot have platoon type of bench play but find a way to weave it with the starters so that Fox can get more rest and offense would not suffer too much as it does when its the Cojo Bogdan rest of bench lineup.

IIRC, didn't he do something to his foot/ankle/leg early in the game? I thought I heard Grant saying he was walking something off. (I was in the other room and couldn't see the screen at the time.)

 

[NewArena]

Yea, i don’t understand playing the entire bench at the same time.

Gotta stop that. Weave in a couple starters here and there, please. We really have a chance to rack up a few wins other than that laker game that i think could be really tough (they get a lot of calls).

 

[Folsomkingsfan]

Fox has all the tools to be a star in this league but he seems reluctant to actually want to be one. He just never looks like he wants to take over.

 

[Kingster]

Well, it was a competitive game. The Kings were gutsy, just not efficient. I doubt Fox makes this many turnovers in any game we see the rest of the year. Shots didn't go that should go (Dedmond with two in and outs and then the missed dunk), they missed Bagley greatly in the paint, and the D in the first quarter wasn't very good. The Kings will see Toronto at home on March 8. With Bagley, with the memory of this game, I doubt very much they lose that game.

 

[SacTownGrantFan]

Missed the game so just going off the box score and last few minutes. Happy to see Barnes go for 26 points on 15 shots. My problem is with Bjelica, Ariza and Dedmon, they kind of suck. The one I hold out for is Dedmon, he is new and maybe he will figure it out. But they don't make the Kings better. I don't understand all the love for Bjelica especially. He is kind-of below average at best. Yes it's nice when he hits those 3's in rhythm but it's not often enough. He gets burned on defense and that's the number one thing I'm tired of. And also...Bogdonovic. I hope fans don't get so high on him again after 1 good game. He hasn't earned that, not even close at all.
But not to be negative. I'm not going to declare a 'moral victory' because we as Kings fans are well past that. But I will say my perception of the team is far better than if they'd gotten blown out by 30 tonight in Toronto and in the last couple of games prior.