[Game] 32/82: Kings @ lakers 28 DEC 2024 7:30pm PT/10:30pm ET

[Rob-The-Great]

They are pretty much doing the things brown asked them to do without being stubborn brats.

Figured this would happen first few games. I believe we will win this game as well

 

[TaxMan]

The flow of this game is so much better than the last few games.

Well…the flow of the pistons game was fine until the 4th so we shall see

 

[The_Jamal]

Cop out on the refs. And again we only have 1, yea 1, real wing. Team construction in the problem.

Tell me more how Tristan da Silva or Dalton Knecht would be helping us slow AD right now?

 

[Tetsujin]

The Kings have gotten the ball to their best players and let them work which sounds simple but in the last couple of games, we saw them share the ball a bit too much.

 

[Jdbraver137]

Yeah that's all fine and dandy

Doesn't matter when a HoF talent is playing well like AD is. Is what it is, you take your medicine when those guys go off.

What we CAN and SHOULD control is all the wide open 3's the Lakers are getting. Particularly Rui. You can win this game if AD goes for 35-18. You cannot win this game if Rui goes for 27 along with it.

You know what’s important for running wings off the 3? Yep, wings.

 

[SacTownKid]

Much better all around in the 2nd quarter. Just have to keep grinding. Kings not hitting 3's, not getting to the line, and are still in it with hustle plays and attacking the rim. Hopefully some of those 3's start falling in the 2nd half.

 

[The_Jamal]

I think Fox was great this first half. 6-1 Ast-TO ratio, was far more locked in on D the 2nd quarter and I think had like 3 shots go 95%in and still missed.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

MJ would only drop 38 instead of 40.

Wilt Chamberlain told anybody who asked that Bill Russell defended him better than anybody. Wilt Chamberlain averaged 30 and 23 for his career against Mister Russell.

 

[Caccia]

We had 20 assists in total vs the Pistons btw.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1873227064687640772

Terrific! Lots of good passes this half, nothing too fancy aside from the Keon slam.

 

[Jdbraver137]

Tell me more how Tristan da Silva or Dalton Knecht would be helping us slow AD right now?

You realize Monte doesn’t just have the draft at his disposal, right? But still the roster isn’t constructed correctly at all and it’s Monte’s fault not browns

 

[TaxMan]

We had 20 assists in total vs the Pistons btw.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1873227064687640772

Can anyone more observant than me explain what the simplification on offense has been?

 

[iowamcnabb]

And sorry the argument is that Monte constructed a terrible team.

Given we were a combined 24 games over .500 the last two years in the West i believe that statement to be false. We do need size and wing help. He knows this and has acknowledged it. We basically have 2 first round picks to work with, he needs to get the right guy with those assets otherwise we end up having to move a guy like Keegan. But given he is our best and most versatile wing defender that’s not a great option.

 

[Tetsujin]

You know what’s important for running wings off the 3? Yep, wings.

Rui isn’t a wing though lol
The Lakers have been hiding him on our slowest non-big all game.

 

[SacTownKid]

They are pretty much doing the things brown asked them to do without being stubborn brats.

Figured this would happen first few games. I believe we will win this game as well

Brown never played this much man to man. The rotations don't feel pulled directly out of hat either.

 

[Tetsujin]

Can anyone more observant than me explain what the simplification on offense has been?

Getting the ball to Fox, Demar, and Monk and letting them go down hill.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

I liked Coach Brown a lot but seriously I don't see how you can look at how they are playing tonight and not come to the conclusion that the players are happier. that may not last the remainder of the season but it is what it is.

 

[Tetsujin]

Brown never played this much man to man. The rotations don't feel pulled directly out of hat either.

Kings have applied blitzes much earlier tonight than they normally would (down ten with five minutes left) too.

 

[Caccia]

We need to keep feeding the hot hands--DeRozan, Monk, Fox. It would help if De'Aaron stopped shooting from deep. This is not his night.

 

[King Baller]

1st game in a while, I still have it on

Rotation makes sense.

 

[The_Jamal]

You realize Monte doesn’t just have the draft at his disposal, right? But still the roster isn’t constructed correctly at all and it’s Monte’s fault not browns

Eh, the Monte brigade doesn't really interest me to engage with anymore. You guys are just wrong. Objectively, this is the most talent the Kings franchise has had since 02-03. I don't think it's all that close.

Of course it's not a perfectly constructed team. But it's one of the best we've ever had. This team should be 5 games over .500, not 5 games under. Million reasons for why that currently is, but the easiest solution is to go look at the talent we have on paper. We should be much better.

And the first domino in these sort of scenarios falls onto the coach.

 

[Remi]

Kings are shooting 26% from 3 and still have 1 point lead, maybe because 57% free throws from Lakers.

 

[Remi]

I thought fox had a pretty good overall half. Had a few shots go in and out but was overall aggressive and getting people involved.

Few bad decisions and still trying to shoot 3s, when he is zero cold....

 

[TaxMan]

I liked Coach Brown a lot but seriously I don't see how you can look at how they are playing tonight and not come to the conclusion that the players are happier. that may not last the remainder of the season but it is what it is.

I have agreed with the decision to move on from Brown, but I do think it’s tough to tell much from one half of a game. I didn’t get the impression anyone was necessarily miserable under brown. With that said, nothing I’ve seen so far has me concerned with Christie but way too early to really tell in my opinion. I think right now we are all ‘seeing what we want to see’ with the way the team is playing.

 

[Caccia]

Ellis only played 6 minutes, but scored 5 points. I want to see more.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

I liked Coach Brown a lot but seriously I don't see how you can look at how they are playing tonight and not come to the conclusion that the players are happier. that may not last the remainder of the season but it is what it is.

Christie is probably the ultimate player's coach, so we need to see how it translates over a period of time. I've always liked his style towards the game, so hopeful

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Eh, the Monte brigade doesn't really interest me to engage with anymore. You guys are just wrong. Objectively, this is the most talent the Kings franchise has had since 02-03. I don't think it's all that close.

Of course it's not a perfectly constructed team. But it's one of the best we've ever had.

Brown liked playing small and so the roster was constructed that way. Guys who were big for their position got shipped. Guys who are slash players get put into the position they are undersized at.

The thing is that letting him go after a complete meltdown still got all the we did him wrong folks out of the woodwork imagine what would have happened if we really did let him go over philosophical differences after back to back winning seasons?

I think the roster has huge deficiencies but Brown wouldn't play those guys anyways. That was the whole reason he got criticized from the fire Brown camp when he was winning!

 

[Rob-The-Great]

Brown never played this much man to man. The rotations don't feel pulled directly out of hat either.

You have to play more than one game to make any claim like that. This is litteraly the first rotation.

But hey listen I'm a kings fan, I'll never root against my team. I always wanted Christie to be coach, just didn't expect it so soon or this way.

Lets keep the energy up

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Objectively, this is the most talent the Kings franchise has had since 02-03. I don't think it's all that close.

To nit-pick: I would argue that the 03-04 team, which won 55 games despite losing 59 games of Webber to his knee injury and getting Webber-lite when he returned, was more talented than this year.

 

[Tetsujin]

Reaves going for the TDM tonight

 

[pdxKingsFan]

I have agreed with the decision to move on from Brown, but I do think it’s tough to tell much from one half of a game. I didn’t get the impression anyone was necessarily miserable under brown. With that said, nothing I’ve seen so far has me concerned with Christie but way too early to really tell in my opinion. I think right now we are all ‘seeing what we want to see’ with the way the team is playing.

They're making little plays they weren't making and they didn't quit when refs went into ref mode to start the 2nd. Often times that's a lost quarter with this club, early foul trouble and they lose the quarter by 12.