[Game] Kings vs. Knickerbockers, 3/9/2023 7pm Pacific 10pm Eastern (TNT)

[kingdivac]

"Worst franchise in pro sports"

"everyone's favorite 2nd team"

also works

Most watchable team - sound familiar? Yep - "greatest show on court" -SI, and the boy-glam cover of the century for Sacramento sports (at least until the Republic makes full MLS status).

 

[bball_nomad]

Sabonis on two bum knees still gave Shaq all he could handle. lol.

And without one of Achilles tendons. Jusr a steel wire in that place. Sabas in NBA was 31+ years old. Couldn't jump, couldn't run. Extra 50+ lbs of... meat. Sad view. First time i saw Sabas play life was 1980. He was just a 7 footer, and i couldn't believe what i saw. Later he added good 4 inches more and if Shaq played Sabas when both were in their prime (though Sabas never reached prime. First time he tore his Achilles put a stop of his game development), Shaq would be like an undersized fat PF, having his arse handed to him. Sabas was very competitive and if somebody would rub him the wrong way - better watchout.

 

[bball_nomad]

I like our odds to get to 40.

What are our odds getting 50?

 

[Caccia]

Also, I think Metu was horrendous and he really can't be playing like that down the line (unforced turnovers).

Metu did not have any turnovers, at least according to the box score. His turnovers per 36 minutes are normal for a center, at 1.8. He did not do much in his seven minutes on the court, but your judgment is too severe.

 

[Caccia]

We all saw the 4th-Quarter Fox on the loose, but I did not realize he scored eleven straight points.

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[DynaPamm]

It's possible that Pam didn't see the TNT halftime show?

LOL I actually didn’t see it because the damn wind and rain lifted my two umbrellas that i effn forgot to roll down the wind lifted them up and tossed them against our slider had to go out and deal with that while could. And i forgot to hit pause dang it

 

[Lionheart]

Well I must say what another great job by the guys to get the win.Love how this team competes and play for each other.

 

[King-Da-Yah]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1634064271004016641

Olden!!!!!

 

[midtowner]

Olden!!!!!

That’s outstanding - The Sheriff knows insanity when he sees it!

 

[pdxKingsFan]

What are our odds getting 50?

I wouldn't bet on it but I wouldn't bet against it.

 

[Pacboy]

I wouldn't bet on it but I wouldn't bet against it.

It would be crazy to hit 50. That’s 20 win improvement. What’s the record of turn around win from one season?

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

It would be crazy to hit 50. That’s 20 win improvement. What’s the record of turn around win from one season?

I believe the record is a 42 win increase by the Celtics after they got KG and Ray Allen.

 

[QWERTYLICIOUS]

It would be crazy to hit 50. That’s 20 win improvement. What’s the record of turn around win from one season?

I believe the record is a 42 win increase by the Celtics after they got KG and Ray Allen.

Whatever the record is, we're nowhere close to it.

 

[ESP47]

It's been a long time since the Kings have won on national TV and still were disappointed by their performance.

Good place to be in.

 

[Padrino]

It's been a long time since the Kings have won on national TV and still were disappointed by their performance.

Good place to be in.

I think my favorite thing about these Kings is that, despite all the talk of breaking the playoff drought, they do not exude any kind of "just happy to be here" energy. Mike Brown has them focused on going as far as their talent and chemistry can take them in year one as a team. He clearly does not want them luxuriating in wins that came despite damning errors, as with last night's rebounding fiasco.

 

[Kingster]

Brown was spot on, by torching the guards a bit- they were not boxing and getting back on defensive rebounding consistently. There was alot of ball watching and lack of movement helping to erase their lead. Brown got angry, but I thought more of the bench needed to come in earlier on his part - the team looked outhustled and tired for large swaths of the 3rdQ. There was one thing refreshing at least, the Kings didn't have to dig themselves out of bad 1stH play like against Twolves and Mavs, but that was also due to Knicks shooting abysmally. Without their stellar 2ndQ, the Kings probably take a loss. Fox and Monk keyed the victory offensively. And although Brown and everyone noticed the rebounding, the Kings had 10 steals......a solid number. My general observation, that the Kings win when they have 6+ players in double figures was true, but was pushed to the brink - Davis and Metu had goose eggs which didn't help. Unfortunately Davis is in a full-on slump. The team needs him to break out of it, but Brown has him on a short leash now. He has the ability to put up a bunch of points, but more concerning is his getting lost and outhustled on defense more regularly than before. The game broke right for the Kings, but their 10 steals factored in. Meanwhile the FT shooting was pedestrian, so no nice 26/26 like the Clipper win. Move on and prep for OK Corral with Suns.

I think Brown is thinking how he wants this team to perform in the playoffs and with that lens is being rightfully critical. Sabonis played like he was in a playoff game from the opening tip. Monk I believe also played with the right mindset. But after that? I see why Brown was PO'd. I was also. Fox, in particular, PO'd me with his play because he's one of the leaders on this team and arguably the most talented player, yet he was clowning around in the first quarter and having minimal impact for three quarters. That kind of play sends a bad message to the rest of the team and certainly isn't what you want to see going into the playoffs.

By the way, I'm not looking at the offense and who isn't shooting well. It's defense and moving the ball to get good shots and that's it. Control the things you can control. That's what Brown is looking at and so am I.

 

[QWERTYLICIOUS]

I think my favorite thing about these Kings is that, despite all the talk of breaking the playoff drought, they do not exude any kind of "just happy to be here" energy. Mike Brown has them focused on going as far as their talent and chemistry can take them in year one as a team. He clearly does not want them luxuriating in wins that came despite damning errors, as with last night's rebounding fiasco.

THIS...is why I actually think Mike Brown will FINALLY be THE ONE. We're hosting multiple parades in June, folks!!!

 

[NewArena]

Another cool thing about this game - the Knicks rushed Brunson back because of how tough they knew we’d be to beat.

 

[Chupacabra]

It absolutely blows my mind that the Kings are having a historical offensive season (possibly best in history by season's end) - and there is nary a peep about this from the national media. Take any number of the 10 largest market teams and it would be all over every talk show daily/weekly. If it was the Fakers there would be a daily tracker embedded into the homepage of ESPN dot com.

There would already be a book out about it and Lebron would be posing on the cover like this:

 

[King-Da-Yah]

There would already be a book out about it and Lebron would be posing on the cover like this:
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Lolololol. Look out for the “little guy”

 

[BenchMob]

We are so lucky to have Mike Brown

 

[NewArena]

to be fair, he picked us over the Mavs. I think the Lakers would probably be a bad playoff matchup for us

Mainly due to the refs bending us over for 7 games

 

[NewArena]

Fans got on here talking about the Knicks “manhandling” us when we didn’t have Fox but will make excuses for NYC not having Brunson even though we were cooking them with him on the floor as well lol

 

[KingsFanSince85]

I believe the record is a 42 win increase by the Celtics after they got KG and Ray Allen.

Whatever the record is, we're nowhere close to it.

Our improvement wasn’t “pharmaceutically“ enhanced via free agency. It is a much more natural improvement with players largely already on the roster beforehand.

For that, they’ve got to be much closer to the record I should think.

 

[KingsFanSince85]

Fans got on here talking about the Knicks “manhandling” us when we didn’t have Fox but will make excuses for NYC not having Brunson even though we were cooking them with him on the floor as well lol

I think I’ve seen that book. “Things losers say….”

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

I think Brown is thinking how he wants this team to perform in the playoffs and with that lens is being rightfully critical. Sabonis played like he was in a playoff game from the opening tip. Monk I believe also played with the right mindset. But after that? I see why Brown was PO'd. I was also. Fox, in particular, PO'd me with his play because he's one of the leaders on this team and arguably the most talented player, yet he was clowning around in the first quarter and having minimal impact for three quarters. That kind of play sends a bad message to the rest of the team and certainly isn't what you want to see going into the playoffs.

By the way, I'm not looking at the offense and who isn't shooting well. It's defense and moving the ball to get good shots and that's it. Control the things you can control. That's what Brown is looking at and so am I.

Fox needs to refine his focus. Stepping up to the free throw line and looking around and chirping at guys, isn't going to help his percentage down the stretch. He's gotten into a habit of this. I hate to think of him costing the team with a crucial miss or two in a huge game, because he's not as focused at the line as he should be

 

[NewArena]

I agree with Brown. The Kings weren't very good, which is why the game was so close. Sabonis and Monk were excellent. Murray started the game very well. Fox deigned to show up in the 4th. Otherwise, it was a pretty meh effort that fortunately yielded a win.

I think sometimes 2-3 days off can be a bad thing

 

[NewArena]

Which bodes well for us, even if this year's playoffs are just for experience.

In the current playoff/playin standings, I count 4 teams that are old and injury prone. Another one who isn't old but injury prone because they build around the human blimp and twig combo, and 2 more liable to being crazy and/or stupid.

This year is already pretty wide open and I think next year will be more of the same if not more so and added experience only helping us.

Exactly. Imagine this group with another training camp and some new additions. Man oh man!

 

[kingsboi]

I think sometimes 2-3 days off can be a bad thing

if active recovery and massage is not applied, then absolutely

 

[New Era]

Fox needs to refine his focus. Stepping up to the free throw line and looking around and chirping at guys, isn't going to help his percentage down the stretch. He's gotten into a habit of this. I hate to think of him costing the team with a crucial miss or two in a huge game, because he's not as focused at the line as he should be

He pretty much took over the game the last few minutes and bailed us out from an epic collapse. I hear what you're saying but I also think it's part of the confidence/swag he has going on. A lot of the best players are built like this and can come across as cocky/arrogant but I think that's part of the secret sauce.