[Game] Kings @ Lakers 10/26/2024 7:30pm Pacific 10:30pm Eastern
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So the 10 minutes that Davis wasn't on the floor the Lakers had a +26.
On a bright note I liked Domas in the offense, and that mini run DDR did all by himself in the 4th. Also 2nd match with Fox dishing 10+ assists. The weak link in both matches so far was Lyles, not himself in defense, missed several open shots in offense, the two man game he tried to play with Len twice was... catastrophic. But who can replace him as a power forward? Keegan and DDR staying on the floor with... dunno Keon playing at 3 (or with 3 guards?). Him and Huerter getting straight back to the action without taking part in training/preseason might have not been the wisest thing to do.
On a bright note I liked Domas in the offense, and that mini run DDR did all by himself in the 4th. Also 2nd match with Fox dishing 10+ assists. The weak link in both matches so far was Lyles, not himself in defense, missed several open shots in offense, the two man game he tried to play with Len twice was... catastrophic. But who can replace him as a power forward? Keegan and DDR staying on the floor with... dunno Keon playing at 3 (or with 3 guards?). Him and Huerter getting straight back to the action without taking part in training/preseason might have not been the wisest thing to do.
I think the Kings were theoretically trying that with the Len lineup to start the fourth (Len being a better defender on paper than Domas) and Keegan being our best pure defender. Everything just went completely to crap the second LeBron hit his third shot in a row and activated his 20% limit break stat bump.
This is a treat. Usually you have to stay up late to listen to a Deuce and Morgan cope session.
Obviously, They lost the game in the first 5 minutes of the fourth. The rebounding was bad all game too. The defense had good stretches. Outside of a few breakdowns I thought the defense was good.
You can’t do nothing about what LeBron did to start the quarter..but they could’ve made a couple of baskets. Even a pathetic 21-4 run the Kings probably still win the game. But no points is a killer.
Mike is the king of the immediate timeout to start a quarter but he was very slow on the draw to start the fourth when the momentum was obvious at 6-0 not just from the Lakers swagger but the Kings aimlessness.
Anyway…I’m very comfortable with our starters. Whether you have Huerter or Keon in there. The team is going to be fine because their starting lineup is extremely good.
What I’m not happy with..and wasn’t happy with at the end of the offseason was the Kings bench and how really nothing was done outside of drafting an injured player who might not help us this season.
They will hold the team back if not fixed. It’s not an issue with the individual talent. Obviously we have one of the best reserves in Monk but the bench the bench has zero stylistic diversity. Negligible athleticism and matchup flexibility..and if Monk has an average or sub par night. No offense.
It doesn’t really matter how the bench is used either. It’s just not very good and the Kings aren’t deep.
Monte needs to raise his preference to 6’8 and long and athletic instead of 6’5 and athletic.
But I can’t believe he entered the season with the bench as is.
Oh well, on to the next.
Great game by Domas and I liked how DeMar had his time to blow up instead of us going to him all game like Minny. I liked the more “souped up Barnes” role for him as @SLAB put it
Obviously, They lost the game in the first 5 minutes of the fourth. The rebounding was bad all game too. The defense had good stretches. Outside of a few breakdowns I thought the defense was good.
You can’t do nothing about what LeBron did to start the quarter..but they could’ve made a couple of baskets. Even a pathetic 21-4 run the Kings probably still win the game. But no points is a killer.
Mike is the king of the immediate timeout to start a quarter but he was very slow on the draw to start the fourth when the momentum was obvious at 6-0 not just from the Lakers swagger but the Kings aimlessness.
Anyway…I’m very comfortable with our starters. Whether you have Huerter or Keon in there. The team is going to be fine because their starting lineup is extremely good.
What I’m not happy with..and wasn’t happy with at the end of the offseason was the Kings bench and how really nothing was done outside of drafting an injured player who might not help us this season.
They will hold the team back if not fixed. It’s not an issue with the individual talent. Obviously we have one of the best reserves in Monk but the bench the bench has zero stylistic diversity. Negligible athleticism and matchup flexibility..and if Monk has an average or sub par night. No offense.
It doesn’t really matter how the bench is used either. It’s just not very good and the Kings aren’t deep.
Monte needs to raise his preference to 6’8 and long and athletic instead of 6’5 and athletic.
But I can’t believe he entered the season with the bench as is.
Oh well, on to the next.
Great game by Domas and I liked how DeMar had his time to blow up instead of us going to him all game like Minny. I liked the more “souped up Barnes” role for him as @SLAB put it
And as Mr Slim pointed out earlier, Fox has become a better PG. On the flip side of the coin, that means he's much better at picking and choosing his spots now that we have all the weapons. So if this is indeed a grind-to-win-by-2 kind of team, you'd want Fox of all people to be fresh enough all season and not like the last 2 seasons where he was visibly drained out by February...
#Silverlining
#Silverlining
I agree with all of this. I was already over Trey Lyles' lack of defensive intensity last season. He does space the floor which made him a good fit for this roster in year 1 and 2 of the Mike Brown era but ultimately he's a guy who gives up as many points as he gets. The help at PF needs to come via trade. Keegan has done admirably in that role so far but he's only one guy and he's going to get beat up if he's got to bang with PF's and C's every game.
Huerter tied with Keegan for +9 in the game vs Minny. Monk was -7 vs Minny. Keon was -12 vs Minny. Why are we worse when Monk and Keon are on the floor?
See how dumb that is? I've literally been saying this since i joined this forum a billion years ago; individual +/- does not matter outside of incredibly specific scenarios and rotations. It's not indicative of anything at all.
God damn, yall Huerter haters are getting really nonsensical. It's infuriating.
See how dumb that is? I've literally been saying this since i joined this forum a billion years ago; individual +/- does not matter outside of incredibly specific scenarios and rotations. It's not indicative of anything at all.
God damn, yall Huerter haters are getting really nonsensical. It's infuriating.
I think the near comeback at the end of the game does sort of point towards the bigger picture of the team with DDR, Fox, and Malik all pretty much having their way with their single defender because no one dares double-team off of Fox or Deebo taking turns giving the other team nightmares.
There are like three teams in the league with the personnel capable of slowing that lineup down when it has any sort of momentum and even then I’m not sure it’d be particularly easy for the Celtics, Knicks, or Thunder to do so.
There are like three teams in the league with the personnel capable of slowing that lineup down when it has any sort of momentum and even then I’m not sure it’d be particularly easy for the Celtics, Knicks, or Thunder to do so.
He also had the misfortune of being on the floor to start the game and during the start of the fourth quarter. In the first quarter, he was surprisingly our best defender but in the fourth quarter stretch it’d be hard to say that he really helped matters (Although I do wish we had tried harder to get him a look at the basket once the momentum began to shift).
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