[Game] Kings v. Magic - Monday, Jan. 13 - 7PT/10ET

[Capt. Factorial]

Another loss that’ll show up in the last 2 minute report.

Another L2M after the game is over shoulda won report

Feeling like the NBA owes us a pretty nice draft pick this year.

 

[Kingster]

The Magic knew exactly what the Kings were doing. Maybe the Kings hit the end of their end of game playbook.

There are only so many "1 second" plays in the NBA.

 

[SacTownKid]

career high performance by Fox and heroic comeback all wasted....what a shame

Can't keep digging holes. I want to see Walton do more of what Clifford did in this one. When things went off the rail it was timeout and tweak to the lineup right away.

 

[KingKong]

Buddy completely disappeared down the stretch and it's baffling.

 

[Npliam]

Uhg... what a way to lose.

I didnt think there was a foul but the play was there with a good pass.

 

[KingKong]

Up until this point, I was willing to give Walton the benefit of the doubt.

But he really sucks.

 

[SacTownKid]

There are only so many "1 second" plays in the NBA.

There's a whole darn near 50 feet of shooting space in the half court though. Barnes isn't even a lob threat anyway. Maybe he thought he could trick teams or something? This team isn't really blessed with a ton of above the rim players. There's a lot more shooting than those types.

 

[MizzouKing]

Definitely an exciting game... frustration, celebration, cheers, groans...this one had it all. Even on a bad night we are still competing though, which hasn't always been the case.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Buddy completely disappeared down the stretch and it's baffling.

Fox was pretty much taking over, driving the lane almost every possession. Not much Buddy can do without the ball. I don't really remember him even touching it in the last 3-4 minutes. And hey, if he spreads the floor enough to get Fox all those open lanes, that's enough.

 

[chief bromden]

8th one possession loss, wow

 

[AMR42700]

All things being equal, the difference seems to be Walton and Joerger. I just dont really think this team makes the same kind of mistakes and I also think they run teams off the floor. And the so called "defense" Walton preaches was better under Joeger and Joeger didn't have Holmes either.

 

[KingsCitizen]

Coach Dave would normally have those crisp plays after a timeout. Walton seems meh without those Bjelica hail mary's.

 

[SacTownKid]

Fox was pretty much taking over, driving the lane almost every possession. Not much Buddy can do without the ball. I don't really remember him even touching it in the last 3-4 minutes. And hey, if he spreads the floor enough to get Fox all those open lanes, that's enough.

He didn't come in until nearly half way through either.

 

[Kingster]

Hield made some nice passes in this game, but his performance wasn't exactly memorable.

 

[SacTownKid]

Coach Dave would normally have those crisp plays after a timeout. Walton seems meh without those Bjelica hail mary's.

He was really innovative earlier in the year. This was the same basic formation I guess and clearly teams are more than willing to give Barnes the lob.

 

[steelevt]

Hield made some nice passes in this game, but his performance wasn't exactly memorable.

That might be a good thing cuz some here only remember his bad plays. Nice passes and a few made baskets and nothing else to complain about is a good day for buddy now a days.

 

[steelevt]

I want to know what Ariza was thinking leaving Gordon the end of the game anyways.

 

[NewArena]

That was definitely a foul. How often do we have to get screwed for someone to do something about this?

 

[Kingster]

I just don't like this NBC dude. He says the diff in this game is at the line? How about 65 freaking points allowed in the first half.

 

[Kingster]

Walton or Divac has to do something fairly radical to wake this team up. You can't coast in the first half and turn it on in the 2nd.

 

[parker]

All things being equal, the difference seems to be Walton and Joerger. I just dont really think this team makes the same kind of mistakes and I also think they run teams off the floor. And the so called "defense" Walton preaches was better under Joeger and Joeger didn't have Holmes either.

You might want to go back and watch some of the Kings games towards the end of last season. They lost a lot and they lost a lot of close ones. This team has trouble finishing and it is not just this year.

 

[Joshoua]

Superstar Fox was out there tonight

 

[Volblorx8634]

The main thing is the Kings have too many lulls. But there are some bright spots....

This is the core of the issue. There's way too much inconsistency. If the Kings didn't play like an NCAA team half the game with the turnovers, nonexistent defense, and minutes at a time of stagnant offense, they would be a great team. They have stretches where they look like they can beat anyone, but those stretches are wasted as comebacks (what they sometimes complete for the win) rather than opportunities to gain or extend a lead. The stretches of excellent play need to be supplemented by decent play rather than terrible lulls that result in double digit deficits.

 

[sactowndog]

My question was why have Marvin in the game in the last defensive possession. Marvin is a poor defender and was in no-mans land not helping back or guarding the 3 point shooter.

 

[steelevt]

My question was why have Marvin in the game in the last defensive possession. Marvin is a poor defender and was in no-mans land not helping back or guarding the 3 point shooter.

Richaun was hurt ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Section 101]

My question was why have Marvin in the game in the last defensive possession. Marvin is a poor defender and was in no-mans land not helping back or guarding the 3 point shooter.

Ya, I thought he would go to Dedmon for size/strength.

 

[Volblorx8634]

I didn't mind Marvin in at the end. I thought he was the only one really able to disrupt Vucevic all night when playing him as the primary defender.

 

[sactowndog]

I didn't mind Marvin in at the end. I thought he was the only one really able to disrupt Vucevic all night when playing him as the primary defender.

yeah except you have to know they would run a play forcing Marvin to help and decide where to go. I think we would have been better with Harry or Dedmon.

 

[Volblorx8634]

yeah except you have to know they would run a play forcing Marvin to help and decide where to go. I think we would have been better with Harry or Dedmon.

Unfortunately, I don't think we had any great options in that position with Holmes out. It's funny too because they didn't even really try to force Marvin to help. Fournier was trying to iso Fox and Marvin was overhelping WAY off Vucevic who is a good shooter, even from 3. He kinda just screened Fox in the process, which I think would've infuriated me if Fournier took and made the shot rather than pass to Gordon (whom Ariza left while getting caught in no man's land himself).

 

[KingKong]

On Dec 16th the Kings were 12-14. They are now 15-25 with upcoming games against Dallas, Utah, and Miami.

Yikes!