[Game] 15/82: Kings @ Thunder 19 NOV 2025, 5pm PT/8pm ET

[dude12]

OKC wins by 20+
Carter, Keon and Nique play a combined 27 minutes

Missed by 6 points
They played 19 minutes….missed there
Fun fact: Nique was 0-0 on FGA’s. Absolutely killing this kids confidence and taking away his dynamic ability to do a bit of everything. Doug Christie is a terrible coach.

 

[Jdbraver137]

Kings need to play Keon. . 34 minutes for derozan when he is playing like trash is unacceptable

 

[hrdboild]

This is like waking up to a nightmare. I f'ing knew this was going to be 2008-2009 all over again. In fact, this is even literally more pointless than watching John Salmons gobble up usage.

 

[Caccia]

The game was pretty close except for a couple of spurts by the Thunder. During one of those, in the third quarter, the Kings looked out of sync. During much of the game, they had to shoot over the zone, but only managed 29% from three. Monk was the notable exception, going 3-5. DeRozan, LaVine, and Westbrook were a combined 1-10 from three, and Schroeder was 2-9 all by himself.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Max showing smarts and Precious showing fight are the positives. Really impressed with Max coordinating the defense. Let the man get some more reps.

Achiuwa is a good solid pro. Good positioning and competes. Just wish he was a better shooter, because as a 4, it's tough when you're not really a threat to stretch it out to 3. I think Jones was actually a better shooter or potential to be

 

[Rob-The-Great]

Who gave Dennis the green light to fire at will? I thought he was supposed to be a true pg? We already had shoot first pgs!

If we wanted that we could start monk!

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Missed by 6 points
They played 19 minutes….missed there
Fun fact: Nique was 0-0 on FGA’s. Absolutely killing this kids confidence and taking away his dynamic ability to do a bit of everything. Doug Christie is a terrible coach.

He seems to be so consumed with trying to "compete", that he loses sight of building anything towards the future. The more they lose, the more he digs his heels in that they need to "compete" more. Of course assuming that all these decisions are his alone

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Kings need to play Keon. . 34 minutes for derozan when he is playing like trash is unacceptable

and there is no sign of it changing, without at least one trade. We know that the vast majority of trades do not happen until the deadline, which is a long ways away

 

[Shaqfuey]

Missed by 6 points
They played 19 minutes….missed there
Fun fact: Nique was 0-0 on FGA’s. Absolutely killing this kids confidence and taking away his dynamic ability to do a bit of everything. Doug Christie is a terrible coach.

I’d like to see him sent down to Stockton for a few games. He needs to get 30 minutes and some rhythm.

 

[hrdboild]

I know this has been discussed many times, and not sure how much it really impacts our win loss record at this point, but this schedule is nutso.

Circling back to this.... part of the reason the schedule looks a lot harder now is that the NBA Cup games happen in November and early December and those all have to be against Western Conference opponents in our Group Pool. Granted that doesn't fully explain why we needed to play OKC and Minnesota three times each in the first 6 weeks of the season but it does mean we continue to be penalized for playing in the more competitive conference.

Also, does anyone remember when the Kings finished 4-0 in pool play during the first NBA Cup way back in 2023? Me neither.

 

[ESP47]

Raynaud looked good in his run.

Everything else, yawn.

 

[QWERTYLICIOUS]

Just like the 2025-2026 Sacramento Kings season, my run playing Monopoly with the battleship came crashing down, eventually shattering into a million tiny pieces once it reached the bottom of the ocean.