[Game] 24/82: Kings @ Pacers 08 DEC 2025, 4pm PT/7pm ET

[KainLear]

Pacers strategy: Get the ball to whoever's being guarded by Zach Levine.

Honestly, sound strategy.

 

[The_Jamal]

Color me shocked: instead of winning the game, we put the guys with "vet pedigree" back in.

 

[Sluggah]

Seems to have been a disturbance in our momentum.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Pacers strategy: Get the ball to whoever's being guarded by Zach Levine.

Zach LaVine is The Mark™, confirmed.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Color me shocked: instead of winning the game, we put the guys with "vet pedigree" back in.

Lineup was on the verge of being entertaining, something had to be done.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

No way. They called palming!

 

[The_Jamal]

Russ tank-commandering right now.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

 

[Tetsujin]

TANK COMMANDER ZACK FOR THE LIN

 

[The_Jamal]

Russ didn't even try to stay in front of Nembhard LOL. Just left Max on an island

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Color me shocked: instead of winning the game, we put the guys with "vet pedigree" back in.

Masters of the accidental tank job

 

[KainLear]

 

[Tetsujin]

Russ didn't even try to stay in front of Nembhard LOL. Just left Max on an island

We’re intentionally switching Max and Russ on those screens and it’s actually working + I really like Max getting these reps against guards.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Well, I'm glad the pro-tank people are happy, 'cause the last six minutes ain't done **** for me.

 

[Tetsujin]

The rest of the league finally figured out Zach doesn’t have the handle he thinks he does and it’s sorta tanked his game haha

 

[Sherds]

Zach might as well go work at Magic City with how often he gets stripped

 

[The_Jamal]

We’re intentionally switching Max and Russ on those screens and it’s actually working + I really like Max getting these reps against guards.

Except Russ actually just stood there and let Nembhard get full speed downhill vs Max on an island. He quit on that rep.

 

[Jdbraver137]

Worst rebounding I’ve ever seen at the end of a game

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Worst rebounding I’ve ever seen at the end of a game

Do you like what you see from Raynaud?

 

[Tetsujin]

Magnificent random 30 footer from Zach after which he just sorta wanders around the half court line with zero urgency. You can’t tell me this isn’t on purpose lol

 

[Tetsujin]

Pacers somehow hadn’t committed a single foul all quarter?

 

[sactowndog]

Nice Lin.

 

[iowamcnabb]

Good news! Blacked out of this one. Someone stuff TJ McConnell in a locker.
Pacers are missing their whole roster and are favored by 3.5. Disrespectful, let’s see how they respond. I think the kings win by 15.

You’re welcome

 

[Sluggah]

“Make it stop” indeed

 

[SacTownKid]

It really kind of looked like Carlisle was trying to stealth tank leaving his bench in there for so long while the Kings were feasting. Zach 38 minutes. Russ 40+. Demar 36. LOL. WTF are we doing here? Really Doug? Perry? Really. smh.

 

[Tetsujin]

It really kind of looked like Carlisle was trying to stealth tank leaving his bench in there for so long while the Kings were feasting. Zach 38 minutes. Russ 40+. Demar 36. LOL. WTF are we doing here? Really Doug? Perry? Really. smh.

To be fair, Doug reinserting the vets at the end of the game (also Keegan getting hurt and apparently pulling himself out of the end of the game) was the only thing to secure us this Lin.

 

[SacTownKid]

To be fair, Doug reinserting the vets at the end of the game (also Keegan getting hurt and apparently pulling himself out of the end of the game) was the only thing to secure us this Lin.

Yeah, but that definitely wasn't Dougs intent. I'd bet good money the Kings are a major source of comedy in almost every front office around the league right now. Maybe more than ever before.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

To be fair, Doug reinserting the vets at the end of the game (also Keegan getting hurt and apparently pulling himself out of the end of the game) was the only thing to secure us this Lin.

Doug is a genius with his substitutions

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Yeah, but that definitely wasn't Dougs intent. I'd bet good money the Kings are a major source of comedy in almost every front office around the league right now. Maybe more than ever before.

What kind of odds do you give the trade season going well for the Kings?

 

[The_Jamal]

Do you like what you see from Raynaud?

Yea. Over these last 6, we've been better with him on the floor. He's building a connection with Russ, who's actually looking for him on the PnR. Excellent touch around the rim, with both hands and a very instinctual player. Him running the floor hard has lead to a transition bucket pretty much every game now. We're also seeing the 10 RPG he had last year at Stanford wasn't a fluke; he's a very good rebounder. Improving every game as a defender. He had one incredible defensive stand vs Mathurin in space where he stayed home, didn't bite on the fake and put a great contest leading to a miss.

Swing skill is him really finding his shot as a stretch 5. Honestly, he sort of reminds me of young Brook Lopez in a lot of ways; really skilled offensive player with great feel around the rim, fl can make the right read as a passer. Let's just hope he finds his 3-ball before his 9th NBA season and becomes an All-NBA defender before his 11th season!