[Game] 01/82: Kings @ Suns, 10/22/2025 7pm Pacific 10pm Eastern

[TheMobb]

They still haven’t corrected the record on that three.

I don’t think they are. I thought they were required to review it.

 

[iowamcnabb]

Does booker need to hit the deck every possession?

 

[Hoovtrain]

Super glad they are saddled with Lavine and his contract

 

[NewArena]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1981197616206471445

No foul call there? Wtf lol

 

[KF8]

I'd be more ok with it if Vivek showed any capacity to learn from his mistakes, but I'm expecting us to add another washed vet before the deadline.

The positive side is that we're not exactly stuck with lavine and derozan for long. They both only have 1 year left on their contract. Maybe then we can properly rebuild instead of being a treadmill to nowhere 35 win team.

 

[kingsboi]

I want to applaud fans that are going to watch 81 more games of this squad, props to your fandom

 

[Joshyjosh31]

Westbrook sold some tickets maybe though, so it’s all good!!!

And he made Keegan and Nique smile at the fan fest the has to count for something

 

[The_Jamal]

This season is going to test even the rosiest of Kings fans.

I’m strangely okay with this nonsense. This team is an abomination.

The more of these we get, the quicker we get Vivek to pull the plug. Its needed

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Needed more Westbrook. That would have done it

 

[BillyStrings]

The line on this game was 3.5. Suns win by 4 after Lavine gets two points for a three point shot.

 

[HndsmCelt]

that sucked

 

[SacTownKid]

Night one, this is a wake up call. A vet team can't lose to a team like this if the idea is to win. Next one has to be a W.

 

[Tetsujin]

The line on this game was 3.5. Suns win by 4 after Lavine gets two points for a three point shot.

Someone check Tyler Ford’s FanDuel account

 

[QWERTYLICIOUS]

I hope this game isn't looked at as a microcosm of the season.

You might be asking for a little too much here, I am afraid.

 

[The_Jamal]

lol this was clear when we signed Westbrook but again some were delusional as usual to it

Who?? Lmao

 

[NewArena]

Saric comes in. Kings defensive rotations immediately go to hell lol

The affinity for him is so strange. I know our staff probably gets to see him drain a lot of threes in practice but leave that over there. He does not need to play outside of garbage time if he’s as bad defensively as everyone is saying he is.

 

[kingdivac]

If the Kings drop this, this is a big L on night 1. This was a game you plant your stake in. Defense? Nope, not a thing although Schroder had moments.

They took the 3rd badly off on defense - which cost em when the shooting went cold. Started with Christie leaving Saric in who had ;little business out there....

 

[QWERTYLICIOUS]

Night one, this is a wake up call. A vet team can't lose to a team like this if the idea is to win. Next one has to be a W.

The joke's on you. We're nowhere near to being a veteran team.

 

[SLAB]

The more of these we get, the quicker we get Vivek to pull the plug. Its needed

You know Vivek will mandate trading Clifford, Carter, firsts, and salary for Paul George.

 

[Tetsujin]

Night one, this is a wake up call. A vet team can't lose to a team like this if the idea is to win. Next one has to be a W.

We’ve seen weird stuff happen on opening nights for years though. I mean, the Jazz just curbstomped the Clippers by thirty points.

 

[NewArena]

Much rather have Keon in here over Monk. Go to LaVine

Keon played 12 minutes? Yikes. Coach is gonna have to explain that to everyone like we’re 5 years old

 

[SacTownKid]

Needed more Westbrook. That would have done it

Minutes much better waste... spent than giving development time to Devin Carter or minutes to Keon. Russ will get more acclimated but WTF. Has this team not studied it's own history?

 

[SLAB]

The joke's on you. We're nowhere near to being a veteran team.

We’re the second oldest team in the league!!!

 

[iowamcnabb]

Gut punch. Rebounding is what lost us this game. That 17 point lead felt fragile and sure enough the Suns got hot from 3 and we couldn’t make one. We missed a ton of free throws and then the dumb foul. Cardwell looks like he might find minutes if he can clean things up a bit. Difference maker on defense

 

[The_Jamal]

The positive side is that we're not exactly stuck with lavine and derozan for long. They both only have 1 year left on their contract. Maybe then we can properly rebuild instead of being a treadmill to nowhere 35 win team.

Fortunately for our future fandom, this team is not touching 35 wins. Especially with how bad the start is going to be sans Keegan and domas

 

[BillyStrings]

Someone check Tyler Ford’s FanDuel account

There’s a bunch of pissed off people right now.

 

[QWERTYLICIOUS]

We’ve seen weird stuff happen on opening nights for years though. I mean, the Jazz just curbstomped the Clippers by thirty points.

Now might be an appropriate time to remind everyone that our next opponent will be...
Yup, you guessed it!!!! THE Jazz!!!

 

[kingdivac]

Geez. Won't an awful loss to start the season. Just fell apart in the 2nd half

It was the 3rd and that matador F$n defense for like 3 or 4 outta 5 trips

 

[KF8]

Fortunately for our future fandom, this team is not touching 35 wins. Especially with how bad the start is going to be sans Keegan and domas

Oh well on a positive note at least we'll get a better draft pick if that's the case.

 

[Tetsujin]

Gut punch. Rebounding is what lost us this game. That 17 point lead felt fragile and sure enough the Suns got hot from 3 and we couldn’t make one. We missed a ton of free throws and then the dumb foul. Cardwell looks like he might find minutes if he can clean things up a bit. Difference maker on defense

Yeah, I’d imagine Cardwell is probably going to get the IJ/Keon mid-season main roster call-up slot this season (hopefully in place of Saric). Doug obviously trusts him, seeing as how he wound up playing most of the 4th quarter in lieu of Devin “Skyhook” Eubanks.