[Game] Kings @ Suns 2/14/2023 6pm Pacific 9pm Eastern
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The Kings bench sucks.
Davion and Metu were terrible. Lyles was 1-7 and missed two easy lay ups when the Kings were making a move. TD, who to that point was having the only passable game off the bench, then went into hero ball mode and turned it over on three straight possessions. That was the last the Kings really threatened. Just trading baskets after that.
That pretty much sums up this game. We need all the starters to be cooking when the bench is that bad.
The starters weren’t all cooking. Barnes was weak. Keegan only 21 minutes and didn’t shoot well, though
I didn’t think Keegan was playing poorly though.
I especially liked 6 assists for Keegan. Attacking the mismatches. He’ll learn the right time to stop his dribble. Take a shot or pass it off. You see him getting better and better driving to the basket.
oh well, good position heading into the break. Kings didn’t play that well and could’ve won.
Davion and Metu were terrible. Lyles was 1-7 and missed two easy lay ups when the Kings were making a move. TD, who to that point was having the only passable game off the bench, then went into hero ball mode and turned it over on three straight possessions. That was the last the Kings really threatened. Just trading baskets after that.
That pretty much sums up this game. We need all the starters to be cooking when the bench is that bad.
The starters weren’t all cooking. Barnes was weak. Keegan only 21 minutes and didn’t shoot well, though
I didn’t think Keegan was playing poorly though.
I especially liked 6 assists for Keegan. Attacking the mismatches. He’ll learn the right time to stop his dribble. Take a shot or pass it off. You see him getting better and better driving to the basket.
oh well, good position heading into the break. Kings didn’t play that well and could’ve won.
Yeah I kind of forgot they collected a bunch of tough, gritty, no offense wings like Okogie, Craig and Wainwright. Lee has been one of the best shooters in the league and Warren gives them another scoring punch. Once Cam Payne gets back along with KD, they have every facet of team construction covered.
Assuming health, I don't think anyone beats them in a 7-game playoff series. Too much elite offensive firepower and a sneaky amount of good defensive role players still left over.
Assuming health, I don't think anyone beats them in a 7-game playoff series. Too much elite offensive firepower and a sneaky amount of good defensive role players still left over.
I think it's going to take a little more time for the Suns to integrate KD into their system than people think. Sure, KD has experience playing with stars or whatever but Paul and Booker are far more ball-dominant than Steph or Klay or even Kyrie ever were and it's been a good five plus years since he played with Russ. Plus, he's coming back from a fairly significant injury and him playing heavily in the midrange is probably going to make their spacing worse than it was tonight where the Suns were mostly playing five out with Ayton setting picks at the top of the key.
Yeah at the end of the day, absolutely no one expected the Kings to be the 3 seed heading into the all-star break/7 games over .500 and hold it for over a month as we've done thus far. We're starting to get very nit-picky in terms of our play, but the reality is this squad is so far ahead of anything we've seen in the last 18 years, it's not even funny.
The goal remains to avoid the play-in and get a 7-game playoff series. That would be an incredibly successful season and probably near the ceiling of our expectations. Kings control their destiny to do so, which is all we can ask.
The goal remains to avoid the play-in and get a 7-game playoff series. That would be an incredibly successful season and probably near the ceiling of our expectations. Kings control their destiny to do so, which is all we can ask.
Sabonis was more aggressive. But it's the same with Sabonis, is it going to happen? I mean, this is basically the teams PG who in his career is going to average 10-12 shots per game. We've been over this a million times. Now it's starting to show more and more and will likely continue to do so. Playoff ball isn't everybody gets their turn. It's, we're going to make your stars beat us, whether that's making plays for others or scoring. This is why Monte has to be aggressive to find that next option.
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