[Game] 33/82 Kings vs Mavericks 7pm PT, 10pm ET 12/30/2024

[TaxMan]

HISTORIC! Doug Christie joins Rick Adelman and Mike Brown as only the third coach in the Sacramento era with a .500 or better record

Let’s not dip that back down below .500. Don’t look back Doug!

 

[Tetsujin]

I think we really fail to understand how massively agents control the second round the way the draft works right now.

Really still can’t believe the NBA still hasn’t addressed the Dunleavy brothers colluding to get TJD to Golden State.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

I'm not sweating the PJ Washington numbers; that guy has gone for 40+ multiple times in his career, and he's basically the only guy they have left. He and Dinwiddie (who has averaged 20pts a game for a season before) are the only guys actually getting buckets for the Mavericks. I predict that Washington will cool off, and then the Mavericks will be screwed.

PJ Washington: 6-12 first half, 2-8 second half.

 

[SacTownKid]

Drapes was praising Monk several times but he hasn't been good lately including today, many turnovers again, some of them for no reason, just trying to make "flashy" passes or dribbles. It should be him or DDR NOT starting just not to get punched in the mouth from early on in each game.

Something has to happen. The defense between these subs is glaring. If all offense was Dougs idea the whole time with subs, we'll have to see how far this can actually go.

 

[iowamcnabb]

Crawford just clamped the hell out of Omax. Yes, I'm going to point that out

A 6 foot 9 standing reach will do that. Although at 6’5 I’d relegate him to guarding back up point guards.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

LOL at Deuce Mason: "[the Beam] still works?"

 

[Rob-The-Great]

Well, I hope Kings fans truly appreciate Fox giving this sort of performance and effort. He brought it on both ends tonight

He also almost kicked out the game. But ima let you have this one. Ima sip on this win

 

[The_Jamal]

Jaden Hardy:

20 minutes
8 points on 7 shots
3 reb
0 ast
2 block
1 TO

Omax:
8 minutes
0 points on 2 shots
1 reb
1 ast
1 steal
clamped by Icraw on the last possession

 

[SacTownKid]

The thing about Crawford in that G league game Devin played in his ball handling looked much improved as well. There might be something there.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Considering we haven't been anywhere close to "get right" in the last 3 weeks, i'll gladly take the "get" in this scenario. Maybe the "right" comes in the next few games?

I'll be happy - even ecstatic - if we can manage to pull off the "ght" or the "ht" sometime in the third week of January. I've got too much PTSD to believe a three or four game turnaround. I need some good, consistent improvement over a longer term.

 

[iowamcnabb]

A win is a win and it still feels good even with the opponent. The question is did it spark anything.

 

[Tetsujin]

Jaden Hardy:

20 minutes
8 points on 7 shots
3 reb
0 ast
2 block
1 TO

Omax:
8 minutes
0 points on 2 shots
1 reb
1 ast
1 steal
clamped by Icraw on the last possession

How the hell did OMax only play 8 minutes while the Mavs were literally missing half the roster? They played a random dude I’ve never heard of at backup point guard against De’Aaron Fox instead of him.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Recency bias but that third quarter looked the best this team has in a very long time. Hope that energy carries over

I mean, the third quarter of the Pistons game, the Kings looked sensational... But then came the fourth quarter of the Pistons game.

 

[Rob-The-Great]

Most fight I've seen all season. We finally won off grit. Felt like 2 years ago before we thought we was too good and deserved wins instead of earning them. They forgot they was the Kings for some reason

 

[MizzouKing]

So nice to see Keon making a lot out of his extended burn tonight.

 

[chief bromden]

Whiskey tastes so much better after a win

 

[TaxMan]

I'll be happy - even ecstatic - if we can manage to pull off the "ght" or the "ht" sometime in the third week of January. I've got too much PTSD to believe a three or four game turnaround. I need some good, consistent improvement over a longer term.

I think this is where we see if Doug really has some potential. Can he get these guys playing all out, for 48 minutes, for a sustained period going forward. This team can’t afford anymore letdown games.

 

[Tetsujin]

Kessler Edwards didn’t even get burn tonight.

 

[iowamcnabb]

The thing about Crawford in that G league game Devin played in his ball handling looked much improved as well. There might be something there.

His passing was better than expected too

 

[Rob-The-Great]

I think this is where we see if Doug really has some potential. Can he get these guys playing all out, for 48 minutes, for a sustained period going forward. This team can’t afford anymore letdown games.

I think that's his strength. I also saw how he benched fox rifht as he was getting ready to play full on hero to start the 4th. And mixed Derozan in perfect time. Along with Ellis. Great sub out there

 

[iowamcnabb]

Sabonis got that Nonna virus

 

[Rob-The-Great]

Ooo announcer hit it on the nail. Says he doesn't want Fox to get angry after he gets no calls, he wants him to look at the standings before the game and get angry.

On point

 

[The_Jamal]

Something has to happen. The defense between these subs is glaring. If all offense was Dougs idea the whole time with subs, we'll have to see how far this can actually go.

And here's the thing. Keon had A LOT of errors tonight, by no means a perfect game from him. But he's just such a defensive playmaker and that's something we do not have, outside of Keegan.

I think this team can just erupt if we start spamming the 3 offensive hubs with Keon/Keegan for a good chunk of the game.

This is a "bit" of a cherry pick, but we have 18 "2 man" duos with over 300 minutes. Keon and Keegan are by far the best with 313 minutes on the floor together and the team has a 102.2 DRtg. The next closest? Fox-Keon with 343 minutes and a 105.4 DRtg.

 

[MizzouKing]

I think this is where we see if Doug really has some potential. Can he get these guys playing all out, for 48 minutes, for a sustained period going forward. This team can’t afford anymore letdown games.

Maybe this is where that "players mentality" the guys keep referencing comes in. Nobody has done a better job of leading by example so he knows what he's asking.

 

[Caccia]

Keegan has it made really. I mean he has no pressure of losing his starting job. No competition pushing him. He can be as bad as he wants.

That is not how these guys think. Do you not see the look of utter concentration in Murray's eyes when he is guarding his man, the crouching stance, the arms spread wide? That is the look of a man who wants to beat his man and beat the other team.

 

[TaxMan]

only two games but Doug’s rotations have at least made sense in a way that MB’s didn’t for the last month. Helps that Trey might finally be healthy

So far the main difference seems to be we aren’t seeing that last slot off the bench being split between two guys. Not throwing Colby Jones out there to take a few minutes from Ellis. Not rolling the dice to see if Doug McDermott has it rolling for 5 minutes. Seems like Len is part of the regular rotation but the only guy whose minutes might fluctuate based on the flow of the game.

 

[sono]

WE ARE SO BACK

It's hard to read you sometimes

 

[The_Jamal]

Next example. Kings have 19 "3 man trio's" with over 200 minutes on the floor together. Fox-Keon-Keegan, at 218 minutes, by far has the best DRtg with a 100.0. The next closest? Domas/Kvon/Keegan at 106.0 with 272 minutes sharing the floor

 

[Jones2006]

Pretty crazy stat tonight is Kings outrebounded them 58-36 ... Significant considering Dallas was trotting out large lineups throughout. Shows Kings hustle & scrappiness tonight. Sabonis/Len - 40 m, 24 reb incl 12 offensive.

 

[The_Jamal]

Lol Monk when asked about Trey flying around on the floor

"He was fat! He lost some lb's and now he's moving"