[Game] Kings vs. Bulls 12/04/2022 3pm Pacific 6pm Eastern

[kingdivac]

Huerter needs to stay after practice.

 

[HndsmCelt]

Whoot!

 

[LoungeLizard]

Booo! Was hoping for sub 100. But I’ll take it. Light the beam baby!

 

[fansinceday1]

Ugly second half but good teams find ways to pull these types out. Im impressed.

Niners win without jimmy and the kings win an ugly game against a good bulls team. What a sunday!!

 

[pdxKingsFan]

I believe this is a good team.

 

[LoungeLizard]

What a great Sunday afternoon! 49ers and Kings double. Feels good baby!

 

[SacTownKid]

This game sealed the deal on how important Huerter is. Without his legit G/F size the Kings are going to have a tough time beating teams that have a legit sized SG/SF crop.

 

[Woot!]

Huerter needs to stay after practice.

By my math, after this shooting stinker he's down to 42% from 3.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Might be the first time in team history to win back to back afternoon games. This group has grit

 

[captain bill]

Wait did Domas get the triple double? NBA website box score has him at 11 17 & 10

 

[iowamcnabb]

Trip dub for The Ox!

 

[The_Jamal]

We'll worry about Huerter 1-11 and Fox 2-7 from 3 later.

Davion absolutely huge down the stretch. Got into Lavine just enough to mess up a few of his possessions and turn the game. I don't envy Brown working to find the right closing lineup every game. It's hard to keep Monk and Davion out of it

 

[Larry89]

hard fought win against a team that tried to play physical on a B2B

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Wait did Domas get the triple double? NBA website box score has him at 11 17 & 10

ESPN has him at 9...don't know if they don't have official stats somehow.

Edit: ESPN has updated to 10. First Kings trip-doub for Domas!

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

By my math, after this shooting stinker he's down to 42% from 3.

What concerns me about his shot through a long season, is that he's a "hang shooter". He doesn't shoot on the way up, but hangs then releases it. Fatigue affects this type of shot a lot more

 

[pdxKingsFan]

It's nice to see that cam whoring folks behind Kyle and Kenny all in Kings gear and packed 4 - 5 deep.

 

[The_Jamal]

Kings have sucked the entire second half. Bulls have the momentum, need to turn things around quickly or this will be an unnecessary loss.

Okpala isn't an NBA player btw, apart from some specific situational basketball. He is awful offensively.

eh, I don't agree with this. He's been stupidly impactful on defense. Plenty of dudes with next to zero offense and a stud defensively. Just have to see if you can find a way to get KZ to have "something" of value on offense to where he can be a consistent rotation player. The defense is already there.

 

[Woot!]

A lot to like here. Good to see them win going away AND win the grinding games. They're winning against the mid-tier teams without even playing that well. Fox and Huerter have both cooled down considerably, but Domas and Monk have stepped up. Keegan showing some signs. Have definitely picked up the defensive in key stretches, w/Davion leading the way there. Nice to see him closing out games.

Pulling away of the 2nd night of a B2B is pretty great. Course, the Bulls wouldn't have even been in this one without LaVine being ridiculous thru 3.

 

[iowamcnabb]

By my math, after this shooting stinker he's down to 42% from 3.

4 for his last 33. First Barnes then Murray and now KVon. He has done a nice job contributing in other ways

 

[captain bill]

Very pretty chart. Kings making a habit of taking an opponent's bench punch and hitting back when it matters. Even if it did take the Bulls playing 8 on 5, finding a way to lock it down and slam the door shut is the mark of a very good team

 

[iowamcnabb]

Murray had one of his better games but the box doesn’t really reflect that. Would be great if HB, Murthree and KVon could get it going at the same time

 

[Woot!]

4 for his last 33. First Barnes then Murray and now KVon. He has done a nice job contributing in other ways

He could ease up on the volume some, but, all in all, nice to see him keep shooting - and, yes, helping in other ways. Certainly, he's not taking any shots he wasn't draining before.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

To be fair towards rubber band officiating, the refs seemed to stop being cute with 4-5 mins left to go.

 

[LoungeLizard]

4 for his last 33. First Barnes then Murray and now KVon. He has done a nice job contributing in other ways

I think that’s the key. Yeah, he’s missing his threes but he’s still making cuts, hitting midrange, playmaking and playing decent help defense. He hasn’t allowed the poor 3 point shooting to affect the other parts of his game. I’m confident the 3 will come back.

 

[NewArena]

GO KINGS!!!! I always check the thread before the boxscores when i can't watch live. Typically a dangerous thing for my anxiety but im so hype right now. LIGHT THE BEAM!!

 

[iowamcnabb]

Also hats off to Metu. 5-5 from the field. He was one of my favorite fringe players but I basically gave up on him going into this season

 

[The_Jamal]

Murray had one of his better games but the box doesn’t really reflect that. Would be great if HB, Murthree and KVon could get it going at the same time

Murray very sneakily has been excellent on defense the last 5 games. He's been super impactful

 

[NewArena]

Fox still looking banged up? Maybe we should sit him when we get to Milwaukee or one of the other tough back to backs.

 

[NewArena]

Nice, Brown is now sending two defenders up on the pick and roll and zone around them.

Good coaching is blowing my mind. Also, the fact that Sabonis can shoot just 4 shots (i do want more) and we can still win these kind of games is insane.

 

[iowamcnabb]

Duece said we were 17th in defense over the last 15 games and 6th over the last five before tonight’s game. A 16 game sample size is still small but encouraging