[Game] Kings @ Hawks 11/1/2024 4:30pm Pacific 7:30pm Eastern

[hrdboild]

Wow. This quarter is unwatchable. Fox forgets to dribble on the fast break then the Kings play great defense but Sabonis gets penalized for doing his job and fighting for the rebound.

 

[funkykingston]

Kings aren't moving the ball right now. Good to see Domas stick with it and eventually score, but they need to get back to running their offense.

Edit: And then a good possession with a Monk/Sabonis P&R

 

[Kingz19]

Good close

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Strong closeout to the quarter.

 

[Tetsujin]

Demar with ANOTHER end of quarter bucket

 

[hrdboild]

This game is too easy for Deebo.

 

[SacTownKid]

Well, Fox lived up to telling Brown to leave him in. He didn't pick up any silly fouls late. Also, finally the adjustment came, the Kings started switching those pick and rolls rather than doubling. Keegan did a great job on Young there.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

DeRozan is one of the best at closing a quarter with a hoop

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Kings with a questionably short rotation considering:

1. they're on the first night of a back-to-back, and
2. they have two starters in foul trouble.

 

[hrdboild]

Aside from the Hawks shooting 12 free throws in the second quarter, this game looks like it shouldn't even be this close. I'm still mad at Atlanta for choosing Trae Young over Dejounte Murray and drafting Risacher first overall. Those are "Tell me you have no interest in winning basketball games without telling me" level moves by their front office.

 

[SacTownKid]

Now, hopefully someone off the deeper bench can step up. The tight 8 man rotation stuff is eventually probably going to cost the Kings late in games.

 

[Vinny Basketballerino]

DeRozan is one of the best at closing a quarter with a hoop

Honestly, yes.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Aside from the Hawks shooting 12 free throws in the second quarter, this game looks like it shouldn't even be this close. I'm still mad at Atlanta for choosing Trae Young over Dejounte Murray and drafting Risacher first overall. Those are "Tell me you have no interest in winning basketball games without telling me" level moves by their front office.

Seems to me like it was a draft without a consensus Number One Overall pick, not sure why that should be held against them?

 

[SacTownKid]

Seems to me like it was a draft without a consensus Number One Overall pick, not sure why that should be held against them?

And that said, if his game ever matches up to his athletic profile and skill level, he's probably going to be a darn good player.

 

[The_Jamal]

Now, hopefully someone off the deeper bench can step up. The tight 8 man rotation stuff is eventually probably going to cost the Kings late in games.

Len being unplayable has sorta messed things up, but it's gotten us to Lyles at the 5, which is where I've wanted him for the past 2 years. Too bad Colby Jones seems to have regressed, he should be in such prime position right now to carve out a rotation spot

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Murray's extra strength is paying off on the boards

 

[SacTownKid]

Haha, you can see the Thanos switch going off in Keegans head bullying up these rail thin F's the Hawks have. lol.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

 

[hrdboild]

Seems to me like it was a draft without a consensus Number One Overall pick, not sure why that should be held against them?

Because he's a soft shooter who makes an already poor defensive team worse on that end.

To elaborate... I could see making that pick if they move off of Trae but doubling down by trading one of their best defenders in Murray, building around a terrible one, and then using the top pick on a shooter when there was a 7 foot above the rim shot blocker on the board offends my sense of right and wrong.

 

[Tetsujin]

The way this offense flows once it has any semblance of momentum is precisely why Huerter is starting.

 

[Sluggah]

The starting 5 can be nasty

 

[Kingz19]

Huerter making plays out there

And DeRozan is money

 

[SacTownKid]

Since the Kings started to switch they have locked up the Hawks.

 

[TheMobb]

5 guys who can pass, handle, shoot, read the defense and make the right play

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Murray's extra strength is paying off on the boards

Murray's Extra Strength sounds like some kind of off-brand headache remedy.

 

[SacTownKid]

Murray's Extra Strength sounds like some kind of off-brand headache remedy.

Hahaha.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Because he's a soft shooter who makes an already poor defensive team worse on that end.

I'm not tapped into non-NBA men's basketball: who did you have as the Number One pick?

 

[Sluggah]

These refs

 

[SacTownKid]

Kings start doubling again, and bye bye D. lol.

 

[Tetsujin]

Refs got gift cards for Waffle House at halftime or something. Yeesh