[Game] Boston Celtics @ Sacramento Kings, 12/20/2023, 7:00pm PST/10:00pm EST

[dude12]

Looks like a 5 on 8 game tonight

 

[Vinny Basketballerino]

We'll win this challenge.

 

[SacTownKid]

Should have been a no call, but probably a bad challenge.

 

[Sac.Kings]

No surprise there

 

[LoungeLizard]

Yep. We are the worst at challenges

 

[KF8]

What's brown's record on challenges? Its gotta be near the bottom amongst coaches.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

What's brown's record on challenges? Its gotta be near the bottom amongst coaches.

He seems to let emotion dictate a lot of his challenges

 

[hrdboild]

BS call and replay review. That's not a foul on Fox.

 

[Sluggah]

Okay, this is getting sus

 

[KF8]

He seems to let emotion dictate a lot of his challenges

What I wonder is do we have a designated guy who looks at calls to determine whether we challenge?

 

[Kingz19]

Kings got flat outhustled there

 

[hrdboild]

He seems to let emotion dictate a lot of his challenges

I don't mind it. We're never getting the benefit on any challenge so why not send a message to your best players that you have their back? Burning a TO and wasting a (useless) challenge is no real loss. When they hand reviews off to a neutral third party I might start caring.

 

[SacTownKid]

Brown might have to donate some money here. The refs are totally failing in their job duties.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

I don't mind it. We're never getting the benefit on any challenge so why not sending a message to your best players that you have their back? Burning a TO and wasting a (useless) challenge is no real loss. When they hand reviews off to a neutral third party I might start caring.

The players already know that he is backing them, when he's arguing the calls. Maybe take a tech every once in a while, instead of always burning challenges and TO's

 

[KF8]

the rebounding disparity is deflating.

 

[kingsboi]

Celtics definitely have the back to back games part mastered, their playing effortlessly

 

[KF8]

only 2 fts for the kings is insane.

 

[BosnianDiehard2.0]

The NBA is so awfully officiated nowadays.

 

[SacTownKid]

White schooled Fox on that one. He knew Fox is reaching on those steals and shot right around him.

 

[iowamcnabb]

Celtics definitely have the back to back games part mastered, their playing effortlessly

58 percent from 3 will help that

 

[dude12]

Fox is going to force the issue in the second half. I think he’s had enough of the ref shenanigans

 

[206Fan]

Refs have been awful but they aren’t the ones leaving Boston wide ass open from 3pt. What an awful defensive display. No defense being played. Tired of the lackluster defense

 

[LoungeLizard]

the rebounding disparity is deflating.

We’ve missed 29 shots, they’ve missed 18…hence the disparity

my bad…Celtics have missed 22. Math is hard.

 

[hrdboild]

The players already know that he is backing them, when he's arguing the calls. Maybe take a tech every once in a while, instead of always burning challenges and TO's

So long as the guys making the calls are also the ones reviewing them, the challenge is worthless. And the TO goes away at half-time anyway. This is one point I disagree with the general Kings fan consensus on. Mike Brown absolutely should burn those challenges to make the refs watch their own dumb calls again. I have very little hope of any NBA official ever admitting they made a dumb call against us in the middle of a game anyway so spite is really the best we can hope for.

 

[iowamcnabb]

Celts got to a couple loose balls, made a few defensive plays and hit their threes at a ridiculous rate. We’ve been a pretty good 3rd quarter team lately and we are going to need another one tonight or this could get ugly.

 

[Vinny Basketballerino]

Celtics don't need any help from the refs.

 

[gunks]

Missed the first half but sounds like refs are trash yet again?

 

[Kingz19]

Terrible defensive performance and lazy offense for the most part, Just jacking up threes and then losing composure when they finally try to penetrate and then don’t get a call.

-12 on the boards. The offensive boards killed the Kings first quarter where they should’ve atleast been up double figures by the end. Kings are jacking up even more threes so I don’t want to hear the “long rebound” excuse

Fox looks good.

Domas needs to be more aggressive.

Only 5 combined points from Huerter, Monk, and Barnes. Not going to get it done.

They’re still a tough matchup for the Kings even with no Tatum but Kings look more like the team that went to overtime last night.

 

[SacTownKid]

Refs have been awful but they aren’t the ones leaving Boston wide ass open from 3pt. What an awful defensive display. No defense being played. Tired of the lackluster defense

True, but this was about as egregiously officiated towards the team with a defensive "rep" as you can get. The Kings got almost no calls on clear fouls in almost every respect possible.

 

[coolhandluke]

Celtics definitely have the back to back games part mastered, their playing effortlessly

Easy to play effortlessly when no one is defending them. I bet their scrimmages are more intense.