[Game] Kings @ Bucks 12/07/2022 5pm Pacific 8pm Eastern
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Fox has been mediocre for over a month now. I went back and checked and he got that bone bruise at the beginning of November. How long does it take to recover from a bone bruise, anyway? I'm just wondering what my expectations should be going forward. Is this something that could last until the All Star break?
And that's why the Kings coaching staff has to stick to a gameplan on the defensive side. This might have been a test to see if they can stretch out and do some other things but in the process they went back to that 27th defensive rating team and let a Bucks team scoring 112 per put up 126. A ton of those rebounds were specifically because through the help scheme the Kings were taking a body off the boards on their end.
yeah, the Kings aren't at that point yet where they can be expected to beat the Bucks/Celtics of the world. Maybe in another year or two when the team concepts have gelled a bit more and the roster is a little more built out.
The Kings have taken a big leap into being a legitimate playoff team thus far this season, which is pretty much the best case scenario. Taking a leap from picking fourth in the draft to "legitimate NBA title contenders" in one offseason is unheard of (unless you're the Warriors and were sitting out your best players for most of the season).
The Kings have taken a big leap into being a legitimate playoff team thus far this season, which is pretty much the best case scenario. Taking a leap from picking fourth in the draft to "legitimate NBA title contenders" in one offseason is unheard of (unless you're the Warriors and were sitting out your best players for most of the season).
25 second chance points. That was the constant throughout the game. Kings weren’t getting a lot of stops and when they did they don’t get the board.
Sabonis played very well. Bucks didn’t overcommit to defending him. Maybe because Lopez is such a good rim protector or they were picking their poison. As a result the Kings weren’t getting the kind of perimeter looks they are used to.
I wanted the Kings to employ a similar strategy vs Giannis. Let him eat, try to limit Lopez, Middleton, and friends on the perimeter but they actually tried to slow Giannis down. Jrue ate too so it’s probably moot.
Good showing by Keegan and Barnes as well. Huerter was OK.
Kings should have a solid road trip if they for the most part play like they did tonight. Not everybody is the Bucks.
Kings would’ve beat a lot of good teams tonight
Sabonis played very well. Bucks didn’t overcommit to defending him. Maybe because Lopez is such a good rim protector or they were picking their poison. As a result the Kings weren’t getting the kind of perimeter looks they are used to.
I wanted the Kings to employ a similar strategy vs Giannis. Let him eat, try to limit Lopez, Middleton, and friends on the perimeter but they actually tried to slow Giannis down. Jrue ate too so it’s probably moot.
Good showing by Keegan and Barnes as well. Huerter was OK.
Kings should have a solid road trip if they for the most part play like they did tonight. Not everybody is the Bucks.
Kings would’ve beat a lot of good teams tonight
i am surprised they haven’t sat him for a bit but he has largely been pretty good in other facets. His Defense over this stretch has been pretty good and he has still had impactful offensive games. Unfortunately for us, we have to have 25 and above from him when we are taking on teams like the Bucks.
I know we all want to win them all, but it was really just one 5 minute stretch in the fourth that put this out of reach. I agree that Fox is not playing well right now -- he's settling for long jumpers instead of attacking and he's taking plays off on defense. I don't know what it will take to get him right again, but I think we have the depth at guard to give him some games off if that's what he needs.
Yeah The defense was spotty, but they did pick it up....that's an overreaction. I think they had an ok defensive game.....but a poor rebounding showing., unless you count rebrounding as defense. - yeah then it was poor. I think Len could've helped, with rebounding but Brown doesn't wanna mess with the lineup.
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