[Game] Preseason Kings vs. Blazers 10/9/2022 6pm Pacific 9pm Eastern

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Crazy how good things look when you surround 2 elite paint collapsers who can drive and kick with an elite shooter. Dude probably has more wide open shots tonight than he's had the last year
Yep. At some point teams will look for him more because they are just flat out losing him but with Barnes, Fox, and Domas making plays and seeing him this early off of drives it's a great sign. There's too much playmaking, someone is getting open.
 

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It's just preseason but the Kings pretty much just ran one of their biggest competitors for a postseason slot out of the gym for a half.
And they did the same to LA in their last game. I'm biased of course, but I don't see 10 teams in the conference who are leaps and bounds better than the Kings this season... I see 4 or 5 and then a scrum for the rest of the spots. Utah and San Antonio are in full tank mode and I'm not convinced that Minnesota or New Orleans are as good on the court as they appear to be on paper.
 
Yep. At some point teams will look for him more because they are just flat out losing him but with Barnes, Fox, and Domas making plays and seeing him this early off of drives it's a great sign. There's too much playmaking, someone is getting open.
Great point, Barnes for a non-star is actually great at collapsing the defense too. Feels real nice they're kicking to Murray, Monk and Huerter now. What an upgrade
 
He did end the quarter with this lineup
Fox
Huerter
Barnes
Murray
Sabonis.

mike brown wants him to earn it and loves okpala defense but I think he is realizing you can’t keep murray off the floor
I'd like to see Okpala get some of these spot looks too. They've kind of switched to more of a pick and roll spread game and I'm sure that will work for him as well. He won't be the shooter Keegan is but he got decent numbers in limited attempts last season.
 
Man that was fun to watch. I haven’t watched coherent Kings basketball in so long that I am struggling to accept this newfound reality. It’s fun when everything is falling, I am curious to see how the team will do in an “ugly” game.
 
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