[Game] Kings @ Chicago Bulls, 2/3/2024, 5:00p PT/8:00p ET

[Capt. Factorial]

24 assists on 28 made FGs, is that good?

 

[kingdivac]

Kings are playing decent defense tonight to help complement their offense.....they're running the Bulls off the floor.....Murray, Fox, and Huerter are all doing fairly well defensively.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Chicago really sucks is todays excuse for no all stars on this team.

 

[Caccia]

Monk with 14 points and 6 assists. If he keeps this up, he will finally get another double-double from the bench.

 

[kingdivac]

Mavs up 25 on Bucks in early 2nd....that's a flurry

 

[hrdboild]

You really really want to keep Mitchell. I think we can find a better fit, considering we've got Ellis to take over his spot with a more versatile game

Yeah, I do. I think he's an impact defender and we need more of those not less. My fear is we trade Mitchell for someone like Kuzma and we waste the rest of this decade wondering why we're a high scoring regular season team who sucks in the playoffs year after year.

 

[Caccia]

Murray needs to get that arc up. His miss is flat.

Exactly.

 

[Sac4cwebb]

Can't get the game on NBC Sports CA. Antone else have this problem?

 

[coolhandluke]

Mavs up 25 on Bucks in early 2nd....that's a flurry

Told ya. Doc Rivers is a difference maker.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Can't get the game on NBC Sports CA. Antone else have this problem?

Seems like @DynaPamm might have had the same issue. Who is your provider?

 

[Caccia]

Told ya. Doc Rivers is a difference maker.

Firing your coach in mid-season when you are in second place is a bush-league move, disrespectful to the coaches and to the players.

 

[LoungeLizard]

Fox around and find out! Coaches vote on the reserves don’t they? They should make their votes public. Hope Fox and Domas treat the rest of the season as a big FU tour. Love what I’m seeing tonight.

 

[Vinny Basketballerino]

Turns out this whole no all star thing was engineered by Doug and his back door connections to the league office. Well played Doug, well played.

Players more motivated than ever.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Yeah, I do. I think he's an impact defender and we need more of those not less. My fear is we trade Mitchell for someone like Kuzma and we waste the rest of this decade wondering why we're a high scoring regular season team who sucks in the playoffs year after year.

The offense stalls too much with Mitchell on the floor and what he does on defense isn't enough to offset that. The advanced stats paint a pretty clear picture, which is why they announced him as available for trade

I'm with you on Kuzma, don't want him

 

[Vinny Basketballerino]

Deuce and Mo are the closest thing Sacramento has to a Power Couple - and it works.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Deuce and Mo are the closest thing Sacramento has to a Power Couple - and it works.

Maybe Barnes in the news again, has opened the door a little wider for them on TV?

 

[DynaPamm]

Seems like @DynaPamm might have had the same issue. Who is your provider?

Ok so we finally figured it out. We have consolidated and the normal 699 NBA so we had recorded it sat down and it had recorded the Olympics so confusing so we had to go through Roko nbc app then activate thru consolidated and now we’re able to watch it

 

[Joshoua]

Told ya. Doc Rivers is a difference maker.

dude living off the Big 3 plus Rondo success still

 

[megapoxy]

If I am not wrong, we used to be undefeated (16-0 or something like that) when having 30+ assists in a game this season before losing those back to back "suicide" matches at Milwaukee and Phoenix. So those 24 assists at halftime is definitely a good sign!

 

[kingdivac]

Jeez Kings hit every shot and Bulls none

 

[Sluggah]

Yes please.

 

[BenchMob]

Smokin!

 

[captain bill]

Just like everyone's been saying, this team badly needed the second game of a back-to-back during a 7 game road trip to get right

 

[Caccia]

Wow. Hot night in the Windy City.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Good to see them using Barnes with a hand off shot. Keep changing it up and use all your weapons

 

[hrdboild]

The offense stalls too much with Mitchell on the floor and what he does on defense isn't enough to offset that. The advanced stats paint a pretty clear picture, which is why they announced him as available for trade

I'm with you on Kuzma, don't want him

More and more I think there are some huge issues with relying too much on advanced stats. There's a lot of areas where there's correlation without causation. I don't think you can use them to replace watching tape and in many cases they point to the wrong conclusions.

Defense requires teamwork. The play at the end of the 1st quarter was a perfect example. Mitchell chased Jevon Carter off the three point line into the help defender with a hard close out and Lyles didn't step up to force a contested mid-range pull up jumper with the clock winding down and no angle at the backboard. Carter ended up with a layup because Lyles didn't do his job. We're only as good defensively as our weakest link

/End Rant (sorry)

 

[SacTownKid]

The Kings can't miss. Vuc can't defend. That's a deadly combo hahaha.

 

[Vinny Basketballerino]

Well that's actually not a bad start to the third quarter.

Three threes in a minute and a half for a 9-0 run. I approve.

 

[DynaPamm]

Just in time to see Hueter Fox and HB hit their 3’s from the corners! Hell yes

 

[forza kings]

Domas has only 8 pts so far but strangely feels more dominant than some of his high stat nights.