[Game] Sacramento Kings at Phoenix Suns, 12/8/2023, 6pm Pacific 9pm Eastern
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This team is very inconsistent. The fact that a depleted Suns can have their way in the 1st Half show the Kings defense can be vulnerable to any team. There is a lack of aggression sometimes just going through the motion. Sabonis' defense can leave a lot to desire...him giving up layups are way to easy. Players are probably down after getting eliminated from In-Season Tournament but they need to pick themselves up and play much better than tonight if they want to compete against the better teams. I was so disgust by the way they play defense in the 1st Half that I quit watching. It's too easy for any team to score on them.
They need to do some trade to improve the team defense there is no way around it. The same starting lineup isn't going to make the team better defensively. I seen enough! It puts too much pressure on everyone be on alert due to guys inability to guard one-on-one.
With the current lineup, Kings can win with luck and pray on other teams not making shots because we know they don't play great D. There's just too many holes....it's inconsistent. They can win by shooting the lights out or praying other team missing shots if they struggled. But to be a great, you can't depend on others misfortune for your success, it will come back to bite you eventually.
They need to do some trade to improve the team defense there is no way around it. The same starting lineup isn't going to make the team better defensively. I seen enough! It puts too much pressure on everyone be on alert due to guys inability to guard one-on-one.
With the current lineup, Kings can win with luck and pray on other teams not making shots because we know they don't play great D. There's just too many holes....it's inconsistent. They can win by shooting the lights out or praying other team missing shots if they struggled. But to be a great, you can't depend on others misfortune for your success, it will come back to bite you eventually.
But pivoting the discussion in the game thread away from the game and towards a player who is not on the Kings and not playing in the game while the game is still on is not appropriate.
Haliburton's "historic night" was 24 hours old. Not appropriate in the game thread, and the only reason I didn't nuke the entire topic is that I was too busy multitasking some family stuff to read every post.
Haliburton's "historic night" was 24 hours old. Not appropriate in the game thread, and the only reason I didn't nuke the entire topic is that I was too busy multitasking some family stuff to read every post.
- Haliburton's historic night was last night.
- There are two threads where it would have been appropriate to discuss that, and this thread isn't either one of them.
- You can say it's not dwelling, and maybe it isn't, but other Kings fans are telling you maybe you should move on, and you're the one standing ten toes down and replying, "I say thee NAY, good sirs!" I'd call that as close to dwelling as makes no odds, your mileage obviously varies.
I let zero comments about Hali go. As I said, any comments that got by were a result of my being too busy on other things to notice them. At this point, it's a bit late to go back and delete them. The game is over.
https://community.kingsfans.com/threads/faq-forum-rules.67349/
I'll let this stand as a reminder. I would advise against asking "if I really want to go there" because it might increase my desire to actually "go there".
https://community.kingsfans.com/threads/faq-forum-rules.67349/
I'll let this stand as a reminder. I would advise against asking "if I really want to go there" because it might increase my desire to actually "go there".
The Kings are currently 5th in the West and they're 5-0 against the 4 teams ahead of them in the standings. For all the hemming and hawing about regression, I think we're in even better shape than we were last year at this time.
EDIT: Just after I wrote this Dallas won to push us down a spot but now we're 6th in the West and 6-0 against the 5 teams ahead of us in the standings so, same difference.
EDIT: Just after I wrote this Dallas won to push us down a spot but now we're 6th in the West and 6-0 against the 5 teams ahead of us in the standings so, same difference.
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Throughout the game, Sasha kept the game in check, besides Fox's monster fourth quarter. What a game for him, slowly but surely it's becoming just another game for him and us. Even the Sun's announcers were admitting it "he's a rookie but he's not a rookie..". I'm happy with Brown and his teammates increasingly relying on him and he's becoming not shy about demanding the ball. A very good sign.
Not sure how impressed I am with this win. The Suns were without KD, Allen, and Beal. Okogie, Bates-Diop, Metu, Eubanks, Goodwin, and Watanabe all played 15+mins tonight for the Suns. At least half of these guys would not even crack the Kings' rotation... losing was not one of the options tonight lol
Our bench really saved us tonight. Fox had a nice bounce back game, but games like these are the expectation.
The Kings continue to not get enough from the starters around Fox and Sabonis. The lack of shooting from a group known for their shooting is straight up criminal. They were 2-14 from 3pt... not sure how many times we have to point out that this is simply not good enough for the playoffs. Too many open shots not falling. The shooters need to figure out what's wrong with their shot.
Our bench really saved us tonight. Fox had a nice bounce back game, but games like these are the expectation.
The Kings continue to not get enough from the starters around Fox and Sabonis. The lack of shooting from a group known for their shooting is straight up criminal. They were 2-14 from 3pt... not sure how many times we have to point out that this is simply not good enough for the playoffs. Too many open shots not falling. The shooters need to figure out what's wrong with their shot.
That trait becomes increasingly more important in the postseason. There hasn’t been many teams that have a won a title when their #1 player wasn’t an absolute pitbull offensively that could get the important buckets when most needed.
Not only do the KINGS have one of those players, he’s also very capable and sometimes borderline elite on the defensive end.
Not only do the KINGS have one of those players, he’s also very capable and sometimes borderline elite on the defensive end.
Idk about "Way less", and let's not forget Fox ain't in the Eastern conference playing the pistons and teams of that nature 4 times a year, either. We'd be a 55 win team over there lol last season and this season. Fox is as much in the MVP conversation as anyone, and should have been praised properly last season as well. East coast bias is real and a joke
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