[Game] Kings @ Magic, 11/05/2022 2pm Pacific, 5pm Eastern
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Depends. Barnes got off to a slow start, KZ hasn't been able to get anything going on offense, and Keegan is either too much of an after thought on offense or needs to be a little more aggressive hunting his shot. I think we have decent depth in the frontcourt and backcourt but we need our wing players to contribute more than they have so far.
Very fun to watch but like I wondered is it winning basketball? I actually told my partner that he was going to win the game in regulation and then he didn't. And he disappeared in OT as it was all Wagner.
Still I am certain he is a lock for ROY and he will probably encompass 25 seconds of the 30 seconds this game gets on sportscenter with the other 5 being a quick montage of Bol's first 10 shots.
Still I am certain he is a lock for ROY and he will probably encompass 25 seconds of the 30 seconds this game gets on sportscenter with the other 5 being a quick montage of Bol's first 10 shots.
based on the numbers posted elsewhere about the unreal rate at which teams are shooting against them, they probably should be a game over right now.
Which if you had looked at the schedule would have been downright laughable.
I'm not saying we are good. I don't think we are as bad as we've looked in the first half of the Charlotte and Orlando games either. This team has fight in them, and opponents can't shoot ungodly %s against us forever.
That said, I definitely concede we have a size issue and it's a big one.
Which if you had looked at the schedule would have been downright laughable.
I'm not saying we are good. I don't think we are as bad as we've looked in the first half of the Charlotte and Orlando games either. This team has fight in them, and opponents can't shoot ungodly %s against us forever.
That said, I definitely concede we have a size issue and it's a big one.
I'm happy about the win obviously, but the defense we played in the last 45 seconds of OT was basically unacceptable. We were up six and Orlando scored 10 points in the last 45 seconds on 4-4 shooting. Even if we ignore the Suggs FTs - I think that foul call was quite questionable as Suggs just bowled Fox over on purpose - we still gave up four easy shots, every single one at the rim. And we didn't even force them to use up the clock. We're looking at shots that took 5.1 seconds, 3.3 seconds, 5.8 seconds (full court!), 2.4 seconds (before the foul) and 4.1 seconds.
Hopefully the celebration in the locker room has ended and Brown is ripping the defense a new one.
Hopefully the celebration in the locker room has ended and Brown is ripping the defense a new one.
Orlando is stacked with lotto talent but they're in the same position we were for most of the last 15 years. It's fun to put up stats and get the acclaim that comes with that but at the end of the day, if you can't win you just become part of the problem. We had so many conversations here about who should be the face of the team -- is it IT or Tyreke, is DeMarcus a superstar or a stat stuffer, should we build around Fox or Haliburton, etc. This is the first year in a long time that I actually have hope and that's because of the guy on the sideline not because I expect Fox or Sabonis to carry us like a first team all-NBA stud. It doesn't have to be the same stud player carrying us every night because winning really is more about the team than any one player.
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