Kings Playoff Standings Watch!!!
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No clue except the Kings are likely to clinch the 3rd seed vs Spurs. The Mavs will be playing for their play-in lives likely when they play the Kings, and Pelicans close to same...so I would be surprised if the Kings go 4-1. How the Kings do against Mavs and Pels will dictate lineups vs Warriors and Nuggets. If they lose 1 or both vs Pels/Warriors, I think you'll see them rest their players the last 2.
Here's hoping! Moving up from the 3 seed to the 2 seed might mean we face the Lakers in the first round instead of the Clippers or Warriors but it would also mean that we would have home-court advantage if we do advance to the second round -- where Memphis' losing record on the road could bite them again. I'm not really fixated on matchups per se but it does some pretty clear that the Lakers want to face us and there's a chance they'd have both Lebron and AD healthy for at least one playoff series. They're always going to be dangerous until one of those guys inevitably gets injured again.
Nuggets up 4 games with 5 left.....their magic number combination is 2: 2 wins or 2 Kings losses or a combination of 1 win and 1 Kings loss equaling 2 events.
Grizzlies up 2 games with 5 left,...,,their magic number combination 4: 4 wins or 4 Kings losses or any combination of Grizz wins/Kings losses. equaling 4. events
Grizzlies up 2 games with 5 left,...,,their magic number combination 4: 4 wins or 4 Kings losses or any combination of Grizz wins/Kings losses. equaling 4. events
They play their last game on the 9th, their first playoff game will be the 15th or 16th depending on how the NBA schedules us. 5 or 6 days rest is plenty of time for these guys. We’re talking about Professional athletes in their mid to late 20’s. If anything I’d be more worried about rust from not having real game time action for two weeks. I agree with you that we’re pretty much locked at the three and I’m not advocating running the starters for 35+ minutes a night for the last 5 games. I’m saying we take care of business vs San Antonio, clinch the Pacific and the 3, then you treat the last 4 games kind of like preseason where you’re running out 14 guys, limiting the starters. Maybe you sit Fox a game here and Domas a game there, but you don’t just shut them down completely.
Will Coach Brown rest the starters? He says not right away:
“Right now, it’s too close to think about resting when there’s a chance to get to the second spot,” he said. “So we’re going to keep playing and when and if everything gets settled and a certain point, then I think we’ll revisit then.”
https://www.thestar.com/sports/bask...playoff-bound-kings-beat-blazers-138-114.html
“Right now, it’s too close to think about resting when there’s a chance to get to the second spot,” he said. “So we’re going to keep playing and when and if everything gets settled and a certain point, then I think we’ll revisit then.”
https://www.thestar.com/sports/bask...playoff-bound-kings-beat-blazers-138-114.html
50 Wins would be a game changer..... going into the off season with 50 wins and the Kings all of the sudden becomes a destination for free agents wanting to be on a title contender for next season.
Only a handful of teams are going to get to 50.... 50 would be huge for the franchise!
Malik Monk also said 50 Wins was the team's goal..... so let's go get it guys!
Only a handful of teams are going to get to 50.... 50 would be huge for the franchise!
Malik Monk also said 50 Wins was the team's goal..... so let's go get it guys!
It's all well and good for people wanting to play for contenders, but what type of players would we be looking for? Guys like Blake Griffin or Al Horford? Guys that have their best years behind them but want to play for a title? Maybe even a guy like Cousins (although Cousins would be a very big stretch since he's not even playing this year and I wouldn't really want him here anyway, but the guy was a good passer and could fit in pretty easily with a 10-12mpg type of player which is the only reason I mentioned him.). I would definitely take on a player like Horford or Griffin for a bench role and a spot starter if needed. Maybe limit to 15mpg.
But right now I don't want to bring in anyone that's a star unless we lose a starter. We have two star players in Sabonis, and Fox. Murray seems to be growing his game and can be a good player and scorer down the road when Fox begins to slow down a bit. Kinda like when Peja took on scoring duties from Webber. If we lost a guy like Hueter I wouldn't be looking at filling the starting SG spot. I would move Monk out there with Fox to see how well that would work before signing or drafting a SG.
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I think the Kings will settle at #3 spot giving how Memphis keep winning and the rest of their schedule seems easy enough. I thought the Clippers at least might have a shot at beating them, but blew it after leading by double digits. The Suns will settle at #4. I think the Clippers WILL drop down to Play-in and GS move up to #5 spot which they definitely DO NOT want, since they're going to be facing the Suns. And I think the Lakers move up to #6 spot...but, it's either GS or Lakers filling either #5 or #6 spot...that's my prediction by looking at their schedules.
Yeah, I seriously doubt if we move out of the #3 spot, but damn is that a tight race for the #6 seed.
Only two games today but both interesting. The Heat can help put the Mavs out of their misery which means they might have little to play for when we next visit them. That would help towards 50 wins. Mavs also play in Atlanta before us, and they are in a tight race for the #8 seed.
I’d like the Pels to beat the Clips pushing them down into the 6th spot, but that’s dangerously close to allowing the Lakers to move in there.
It’s going to be a crazy week, with a lot of implications.
Only two games today but both interesting. The Heat can help put the Mavs out of their misery which means they might have little to play for when we next visit them. That would help towards 50 wins. Mavs also play in Atlanta before us, and they are in a tight race for the #8 seed.
I’d like the Pels to beat the Clips pushing them down into the 6th spot, but that’s dangerously close to allowing the Lakers to move in there.
It’s going to be a crazy week, with a lot of implications.
The only team I don't want to play are Lakers. 10+ free throw difference a game is very hard to overcome no matter how good a team shoots from three.And Domas would probably play around 25 min a game due to all the weak fouls that would be called on him because of Lebron running into him and then whining about it
