[Game] Sacramento Kings @ Los Angeles Clippers, 12/12/2023, 7:30pm PST/10:30pm EST
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At full strength the Clippers are like a Super Saiyan version of the Pelicans, inasmuch as they are strongest where the Kings are the weakest. Especially when Leonard plays: the Clippers are 7-3 in their last ten games versus the Kings when Leonard was available, and all three losses were one-possession games. Basically, if Leonard plays, the Kings have pretty much play perfectly to beat this team.
The Kings are not playing perfectly.
The Kings are not playing perfectly.
I honestly hope Coach Brown seriously tells the players anyone not interested in playing defense can just stay in the locker room. A comeback of this size certainly has been done more than once but the only way can be done is that the defensive end. No amount of improved shooting is going to get the team out of this mess.
The problem is that the Clipper realized that we're putting Keegan on PG13 and have completely taken him out of most of the defense by just sorta having PG stand in the corner, where Keegan has to stick with him on account of him being one of the best shooters in the league.
HB has actually done an okay job on Kawhi but those Trey minutes where he just kept letting Kawhi do whatever he wanted has ignited the guy.
HB has actually done an okay job on Kawhi but those Trey minutes where he just kept letting Kawhi do whatever he wanted has ignited the guy.
Here's what we need to happen in the second half:
Two of the Barnes/Huerter/Monk trio needed to actually contribute on offense or one of them needs to catch fire and put up 20+.
Fox needs to stop yapping about the calls and get his head in the game. Other than drilling three triples he's been part of the problem on both ends. Mix in the mid-range pull up and some drive and kicks, stop falling for Harden's ref baiting antics.
Keegan needs to focus on locking up Paul George. Kawhi is in can't miss mode again and we probably should just let him get his points as long as they're mostly long twos.
Right now the Clippers are shooting 50% from deep. We're overhelping and leaving shooters wide open. Our defense functions best when we anticipate and get over screens instead of trying to rotate everything.
It can be done! Go Kings!
Two of the Barnes/Huerter/Monk trio needed to actually contribute on offense or one of them needs to catch fire and put up 20+.
Fox needs to stop yapping about the calls and get his head in the game. Other than drilling three triples he's been part of the problem on both ends. Mix in the mid-range pull up and some drive and kicks, stop falling for Harden's ref baiting antics.
Keegan needs to focus on locking up Paul George. Kawhi is in can't miss mode again and we probably should just let him get his points as long as they're mostly long twos.
Right now the Clippers are shooting 50% from deep. We're overhelping and leaving shooters wide open. Our defense functions best when we anticipate and get over screens instead of trying to rotate everything.
It can be done! Go Kings!
Last season win or lose, the games were almost always competitive. Blowouts were pretty rare either way. Kings only had a few games like this but they didn’t get out of hand so quickly.
The wins this season have been better. Kings have looked better in wins than they did last season. The performances more resounding. The differential more decisive.
A lot of the wins last season were games they could’ve just as easily lost. Not the case this season. Of their 13 wins. Only the third Warriors game was of that type.
difference is, last season many of their losses were games they could’ve just as easily won…not the case this season…and only one of their losses is a a game they could’ve just as easily won. Also against the Warriors in SF.
I don’t think it has anything to do with the playoffs or the Warriors. But they need to figure out why they have been so uncompetitive when they lose this season
The wins this season have been better. Kings have looked better in wins than they did last season. The performances more resounding. The differential more decisive.
A lot of the wins last season were games they could’ve just as easily lost. Not the case this season. Of their 13 wins. Only the third Warriors game was of that type.
difference is, last season many of their losses were games they could’ve just as easily won…not the case this season…and only one of their losses is a a game they could’ve just as easily won. Also against the Warriors in SF.
I don’t think it has anything to do with the playoffs or the Warriors. But they need to figure out why they have been so uncompetitive when they lose this season
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