[Game] Suns @ Kings, 11/13/2024, 7pm PST/ 10pm EST
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Fun game. Illuminating game. As long as Brown doesn't go back to the slow-down crap we've been seeing, this team should be fine. It looked to me like Brown finally figured out that instead of an offense revolving around DDR with slow-down post ups, he needed to have the ball pop to every Kings' player on the floor. Heurter certainly enjoyed it. He looked like he was having the most fun he's had in over a year. Murray didn't hesitate on shots and played assertively. Lyles looked the best we've seen for a loooong time. Fox actually played like the fastest player in the league - take a photo! Balls were passed up the floor for fast breaks, and some were "forced", which pleased me to no end. And I always say that Sabonis was Sabonis, but Sabonis is starting to evolve to an even better version of himself, if that's possible. He is a legit outside threat. A three point threat. If anything, he should take more of those shots! If the Kings continue with the style we saw tonight they'll get better and better.
Did he actually figure that out or did he just not have DeRozan for most of this game?
But for my part I think the bellyaching about too much iso offense in the early part of the year has been way overblown. I only think we went to the DeRozan and Fox iso heavy sets after it became clear that nobody else could hit a damn thing. And it's not like we were torching everyone last year with our 3pt heavy offense either. We shot ourselves out of a lot of games last year (remember the 20 pt fourth quarter collapse against Phoenix?) and DeRozan has already won us a handful this season with his slow-down post ups.
Speaking of which, I also want to point out that Phoenix shot 15 more threes than the Kings did and lost by 23 points. Can we stop acting like getting up those shots is the only thing that matters now? The Kings played much tighter defense tonight and forced a lot of misses. That's what needs to carry over in every game -- we know this team is capable of defending. They just need to stay locked in and actually do it. Opportunistic offense, sharing the touches and keeping everyone involved, and clamping down on defense. That's our recipe for success.
But for my part I think the bellyaching about too much iso offense in the early part of the year has been way overblown. I only think we went to the DeRozan and Fox iso heavy sets after it became clear that nobody else could hit a damn thing. And it's not like we were torching everyone last year with our 3pt heavy offense either. We shot ourselves out of a lot of games last year (remember the 20 pt fourth quarter collapse against Phoenix?) and DeRozan has already won us a handful this season with his slow-down post ups.
Speaking of which, I also want to point out that Phoenix shot 15 more threes than the Kings did and lost by 23 points. Can we stop acting like getting up those shots is the only thing that matters now? The Kings played much tighter defense tonight and forced a lot of misses. That's what needs to carry over in every game -- we know this team is capable of defending. They just need to stay locked in and actually do it. Opportunistic offense, sharing the touches and keeping everyone involved, and clamping down on defense. That's our recipe for success.
Oh come on.
Nobody has said we should be jacking up 3s with no regard. It was always "we can't lose the 3pm battle by 6+ every game and expect to win"
And no coincidence we shot great, won the 3pm battle and beat the crap out of them. This game is far more in argument of what myself and few others have been saying over the "take less 3pa" crowd
Nobody has said we should be jacking up 3s with no regard. It was always "we can't lose the 3pm battle by 6+ every game and expect to win"
And no coincidence we shot great, won the 3pm battle and beat the crap out of them. This game is far more in argument of what myself and few others have been saying over the "take less 3pa" crowd
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