[Game] 61/82: Kings @ Nuggets, 05 MAR 2025, 6:00p PT/9:00p ET

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bball_nomad

Bench
#391
#391
Leading 94-85 after 3 quarters in Denver without Domas and Monk? Means we are good. Yeah, we played in the 4th like crap.
BTW, how many touches in the paint JV got in the 3rd? 1? On the first made field goal? When Nuggets took the lead early in the 4th - I stopped watching the game. Guys were gassed, offense was pathetic.
Still, I'm mostly proud for the first 36 minutes.
 
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reptilexcq2

Bench
#401
#401
The refs in this game is horrendous. I can't stand watching NBA because of this inconsistency. I think NBA need to get rid of human refs and employ robots or some kind of technology to make calling consistent. I mean there is no consistent at all. Some of these calls are just guessing game. There is no freaking way that the human eyes can possibly see a fast moving hand stripping of the ball and whether he touch a player's arm or ball as he strip. Thus, when the refs are making call with fast moving hand, there is a possibility that 50% of the time he's wrong. How many times did the Kings and Nuggets challenge the call only for them to reverse them? It's horrible. Kings get the shorter end of the stick in this game when it comes to getting favorable calls.
 
KingsFanSince85

KingsFanSince85

All-Star
#402
#402
Jc121 said:
The fowl calls have always been the way the refs can control the games. It’s been that way as long as someone has skin in the game.
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That’s the thing that irks me most about the NBA and NFL. The games are too heavily influenced by the subjective (and sometimes biased) officiating.

I’ve gravitated toward MLB more in recent years because the umpires have less influence over the games. Sans ball and strike calls, 98% of everything that happens on the field gets corrected (if an incorrect call is made). In this era of replay, the only way to really manipulate baseball games is through ball and strike calls. And with the automated zone coming sometime in the near future, even that aspect will largely be out of the hands of the umpires.

Tennis is another sport that has greatly benefitted from Hawkeye technology. Now we get to see the vast majority of matches decided by the players on the court versus a subjective and controversial in or out call. It’s made the game much, much better and more fair.

Unfortunately the rules of basketball and football are far more grey and open to interpretation. There’s no way to diminish the human element to the same degree as baseball and tennis.
 
Kingster

Kingster

Hall of Famer
#403
#403
That was the ugliest offense I've ever seen. Terrible offense. Terrible refs. The only way one could be compensated by the ugliness was if the Kings won the game, and of course they didn't. It was the worst of both worlds.
 
OptimusRhyme

OptimusRhyme

Jive Turkey
#411
#411
man why do these denver losses always hurt so much.
liked what i saw tonight tho. the activity on defense looked great. Laravia especially stood out. the guys everywhere.
On to the next one, take it out on Fox.
 
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serbiangoat

Starter
#412
#412
NBA is just buttering up Denver so the reverse can occur when they face the Lakers in the playoff , that was crazy refing the Kings were being extra physical but they got zero calls on offense.

Why does every team Jonas is on never feed him in the post it's crazy like 5-6 teams refuse to give one of the best post scorers any post ups. Good to see LaRavia get his shooting touch back.
 
megapoxy

megapoxy

Starter
#413
#413
Talking to some friends about the refs last night most of them replied "but i saw on social media it's Denver the one complaining about the officiating"
So yeah Malone made "no comments or else you should set a Go Fund me page" replying to "if shorter players use extra physicality to stop Jokic on defense"
Jokic get no calls, Jokic that climbed behind Keegan at some point with Keegan having no eye on his back to avoid him... Keegan foul and early foul trouble for one of our best defenders. Surpisingly this wasn't in social media of "neutral" fans.
 
GWD

GWD

Bench
#420
#420
Normally, I'm not an officiating critic but....something has to be done. The NBA won't do it, the referees won't do it, the opponent won't do it, so it up to the Kings to modify their own behavior in response.

When a game is so obviously called in the opponent's favor, the Kings are going to have to try a different strategy other than, "play defense without fouling" since that option has been denied. A choice may be to play defense strategically, avoiding circumstances when a play could be called a foul. Touch fouls, charging, block attempts, steal slaps, aggressively rushing the shooter, those sorts of things immediately come to mind.

Of course, that will lead to some increase in scoring by the opponent. But it would reduce free throws, "and 1s", alleviate foul trouble, allow for more game flow, and relieve frustration. The plan is not "no defense" but rather a predetermined, more cautious defense. Yes, it is giving in to inequality, but may lead to more productivity. It is worth an experiment.

Coach Christie could call it "Ref Mode" or "Defense Light" or whatever, The goal is to get the referees off the whistle habit until a change is seen.
 
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