[Game] Kings @ Hawks, 11/23/2022 4:30pm Pacific 7:30pm Eastern

[pdxKingsFan]

The only thing is, y'all are probably going to get waxed by the Celtics, and with 16 years of losing-related PTSD, a two-game losing streak might be all it takes to kill the feel-good around here.

A .500 road trip was feeling like a best case. but I know everyone wanted to light the beam permanently.

why anyone reacting so strongly to a bad game coming off their first back to back in a month, in a different time zone, with the earliest possible start. but I know how some people are.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Fox with his second DUMB pass of the game. We can't afford junk like that down 13.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Can we find the button to deactivate ref mode

Did you try taking the cartridge out and blowing on it?

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

Those lazy Fox passes are soooo annoying.

 

[SacTownKid]

A .500 road trip was feeling like a best case. but I know everyone wanted to light the beam permanently.

why anyone reacting so strongly to a bad game coming off their first back to back in a month, in a different time zone, with the earliest possible start. but I know how some people are.

My personal concern isn't the beam or this road trip. It's what happens when this team does cool off a bit and/or teams start game planning for them? If this team wants to be a playoff team it's what they do once the season settles down and all these huge 35 ppg nights from everyone in the league start dwindling. I think they need to go back to the drawing board defensively. The blitz is a better option but still wrong for this team.

 

[Letsgokings13]

Playing soft!!!!!

 

[KainLear]

Fox with his second DUMB pass of the game. We can't afford junk like that down 13.

At least he's making it up with his aggressive driving and scoring... but yeah we can't be making schoolboy mistakes if we wanna be taken seriously.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

A .500 road trip was feeling like a best case. but I know everyone wanted to light the beam permanently.

why anyone reacting so strongly to a bad game coming off their first back to back in a month, in a different time zone, with the earliest possible start. but I know how some people are.

Slight nitpick: the "earliest possible start" for a non-holiday weeknight would have been a half hour earlier than this game started.

 

[dude12]

Fox expending a crap ton of energy on both sides of the ball

 

[KainLear]

Fox expending a crap ton of energy on both sides of the ball

Rest of the team ain't delivering, so Fox has to revert back to his old "carrying it all" self.

 

[iowamcnabb]

One of the best players in college, highest efficiency. Best player in Cali Classic, one of if not the best player in summer league. Great play in preseason and then great play the first 5 games of the regular season plus a handful more. And now we are supposed to think he sucks?

 

[dude12]

Under 10

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Slight nitpick: the "earliest possible start" for a non-holiday weeknight would have been a half hour earlier than this game started.

oh ok. I guess I don't recall many 4pm games but I am not off work usually to start watching.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Need to pour it on with Trae sitting

 

[KainLear]

One of the best players in college, highest efficiency. Best player in Cali Classic, one of if not the best player in summer league. Great play in preseason and then great play the first 5 games of the regular season plus a handful more. And now we are supposed to think he sucks?

Stockholm can make it tough to appreciate nice things.

 

[Tetsujin]

Davion flippin his defensive switch

 

[Woot!]

The only thing is, y'all are probably going to get waxed by the Celtics, and with 16 years of losing-related PTSD, a two-game losing streak might be all it takes to kill the feel-good around here.

You think? I don't. Hypothetically, losing to a good team on the road on the second night of a B2B following by a loss on the road to the team w/the best record in the NBA?

Nah.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

When Trae did exactly that, it was a foul on Monk. When Monk does it, it's a foul on Monk.

 

[SacTownKid]

So much better on D when they let the lead guard get way up in the ball handlers *** eh? haha.

 

[Tetsujin]

Malik really an elite passer. Not sure how none of the teams he was on before saw this.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Malik really an elite passer. Not sure how none of the teams he was on before saw this.

That particular pass was...scary.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Monk stays taking questionable threes in transition.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Huerter 4, Monk 4, looks like TD is going to be playing down the stretch.

 

[KainLear]

Malik really an elite passer. Not sure how none of the teams he was on before saw this.

That particular pass was...scary.

Both things aren't mutually exclusive.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

My personal concern isn't the beam or this road trip. It's what happens when this team does cool off a bit and/or teams start game planning for them? If this team wants to be a playoff team it's what they do once the season settles down and all these huge 35 ppg nights from everyone in the league start dwindling. I think they need to go back to the drawing board defensively. The blitz is a better option but still wrong for this team.

Despite the Hawks scoring output in the first half the biggest problem was sloppy play on the offensive side by the team. Missing shots that should go in and just feeling a step or two slow (understandable).

I think the defense will come with time. But it's at least overstated when our starters are actually competent defensively most nights.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

oh ok. I guess I don't recall many 4pm games but I am not off work usually to start watching.

Most weeknight games games tip off at 7pm local time, regardless of where "local" is.

 

[dude12]

Just can’t get a foul call

 

[Woot!]

Need some HB in the offensive mix. Going to the hole.

 

[dude12]

Damn, they called a push off on Trae. Mark it down. I was witness

 

[SacTownKid]

These refs swallowing the whistle on every foul Monk draws.