[Game] Kings @ Pelicans (Play-In Tournament) - 4/19 6:30PM PDT/9:30 PM EDT

[206Fan]

Brutal turnover. But will give Fox a pass because he’s exhausted and has been trying to put this team on his back

 

[SacTownKid]

This is where sticking Sasha on the bench most of the year then calling on him this late sucks. The chemistry isn't there. Sasha had Nance on him. A simple swing from Fox over to Davion and over to Sasha pulls Nance out, or gives Sasha a wide open 3. Fox doesn't really know how to play with Sasha right now.

 

[Vinny Basketballerino]

Everything is iso

Bad coaching.

 

[Bfreeman]

Fox gonna resort to hero ball it feels like. Could make or break the team.

If it were last year I’d say Hell yeah, this year well………..

 

[Rob-The-Great]

Just roll with Sasha at this point.

 

[KF8]

Good news. The Kings haven't been blown out yet. 9 point lead is nothing.

 

[chief bromden]

Bad coaching.

Really, that's on the players

 

[Tetsujin]

This is where sticking Sasha on the bench most of the year then calling on him this late sucks. The chemistry isn't there. Sasha had Nance on him. A simple swing from Fox over to Davion and over to Sasha pulls Nance out, or gives Sasha a wide open 3. Fox doesn't really know how to play with Sasha right now.

To be fair, it’s not like we had a choice in terms of not playing Sasha for a lot of the year. He missed like a full quarter of the season with that sprained ankle.

 

[Vinny Basketballerino]

Ugh missed freethrows could be the difference of this game sadly.

We were never going to make a deep playoff run shooting 72% as a team or whatever it was.

 

[TaxMan]

And now this frustrating season whimpers to a slow death against the one team we could have faced in the playin that gives us no chance.

 

[Tetsujin]

Really, that's on the players

If I were Mike Brown, I would merely tell my guys to make all their shots.

 

[Rob-The-Great]

Good news. We will win!

 

[reptilexcq2]

Fox settling for jump shots means he's tired. You can't win the game if you're discipline enough.

 

[Kingz19]

Idk how anyone can fault fox rn. He's the only one doing anything offensively.

Nobody is faulting him. A bad pass is a bad pass though. Poor free throw shooting too. The difference or “fault” is the bench play.

 

[chief bromden]

One quarter left and still have a shot... Let's go Kings!! (Being up 20 right could be worse?)

 

[fansinceday1]

Glad we didn’t try to concentrate on getting Ingram out of the game……..

 

[SacTownKid]

To be fair, it’s not like we had a choice in terms of not playing Sasha for a lot of the year. He missed like a full quarter of the season with that sprained ankle.

Sasha got pushed for the majority of the year regardless. Brown obviously doesn't like playing first year guys even if they are nearing 30 haha.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Idk how anyone can fault fox rn. He's the only one doing anything offensively.

Kings fans can't seem to decide whether Fox is playing too unselfish, or whether he's trying too hard to do it by himself.

 

[SLAB]

Didn’t you quit in the 2nd quarter?

No? I said there was still a chance going into half.

 

[Vinny Basketballerino]

Really, that's on the players

The reluctance to place any responsibility for bad play on the coach just baffles me.

If a problem has to do with the overall team - first look to the coach. At the very least - it's the coaches job to tell the players to fix it - or put in players that will.

Playing iso vs. running your offense is a fixable problem for the coach. A good coach fixes it, a bad coach doesn't.

 

[reptilexcq2]

You can't overcome the bump if you're not discipline enough

 

[thingfish]

Jonas and Ingram still have 3 fouls. Fail on the coaches part to run plays that would hurt them. I like what Brown has done with this team, but he sucks at taking advantage of these situations.

 

[fansinceday1]

The pels ball
Movement is impeccable.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Monte has a lot of work to do.

 

[TaxMan]

Destroyed by the pels bench

 

[SacTownKid]

The reluctance to place any responsibility for bad play on the coach just baffles me.

If a problem has to do with the overall team - first look to the coach. At the very least - it's the coaches job to tell the players to fix it - or put in players that will.

Playing iso vs. running your offense is a fixable problem for the coach. A good coach fixes it, a bad coach doesn't.

While true, the playoffs invariably come down to an arms race and who can pull it out and get it done one on one.

 

[Elektrik]

We have nobench

 

[SLAB]

Monte has a lot of work to do.

I could have told yall that after we lost last season lmao

 

[KF8]

these minutes without fox might be brutal

 

[Tizzy Flip]

Sasha is a much better rebounder than Lyles. Not even close