[Game] 34/82 Kings vs. 76ers 01 JAN 2025, 7pm PT/10pm ET

[Caccia]

Maxey only has 6 points. Ellis, Fox, Monk, and Sabonis were all guarding him at times as far as I remember.

 

[Caccia]

Eric Gordon has played against the Kings with Houston, the LA Clippers, Phoenix, and now Philadelphia in the past three seasons. Every single time he comes out on fire. And he is not even that good a player, in my opinion. He is shooting 36% and 27.5% this season. Tonight he has 11 points in 10 minutes and hit 3 of 5 from beyond the arc.

 

[Double-K]

Sure looked like Sabonis travelled there but I’ll take it. Glad they bounced back. Now just need to get a different bench unit/rotation out there in the second half.

Stop projecting it to the universe or we'll start 2nd half with the refs waving off Fox's 3.

 

[megapoxy]

Maxey only has 6 points. Ellis, Fox, Monk, and Sabonis were all guarding him at times as far as I remember.

I think he scored his first 3 attempts with Fox mostly on him at that time.

 

[coolhandluke]

Eric Gordon has played against the Kings with Houston, the LA Clippers, Phoenix, and now Philadelphia in the past three seasons. Every single time he comes out on fire. And he is not even that good a player, in my opinion. He is shooting 36% and 27.5% this season. Tonight he has 11 points in 10 minutes and hit 3 of 5 from beyond the arc.

Not surprising. Kings defend the three point from under the three point line rather than near/over the line. Easy to walk in to your shot with ample space and time.

 

[coolhandluke]

Maxey only has 6 points. Ellis, Fox, Monk, and Sabonis were all guarding him at times as far as I remember.

Maxey deferring to PG and avoiding threes has worked out in our favor. We can't match his speed on drive.

 

[SacTownKid]

Not surprising. Kings defend the three point from under the three point line rather than near/over the line. Easy to walk in to your shot with ample space and time.

It's hard because the Kings just don't have the defenders, they'll get beat on close outs or tight D. Can't wait until Carter comes in. Credit to PG13 and Gordon, they can still D up a little.

 

[coolhandluke]

Monk what the?

 

[captain bill]

Love the ball movement especially to end the half. This team certainly has some fight in them

 

[Sluggah]

That was…very open.

 

[SacTownKid]

Fox hopefully just broke that Sixers zone.

 

[Kingz19]

Enough with the turnovers

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

Bad start to the half, offense much clunkier than it was to start the game.

 

[coolhandluke]

Enough with the turnovers

Are we getting sponsored by Butterfingers?

 

[TheMobb]

We need DeRozan to step up here

 

[iowamcnabb]

Even when we shoot decent from 3 the opponent shoots better. Gotta cool them off somehow

 

[megapoxy]

Turnovers Sixers 5 (5 points conceded), Kings 10 (19 points conceded)
Triples Sixers 12, Kings 6

 

[coolhandluke]

We need DeRozan to step up here

We have not integrated him well at all. Really getting by on individual plays.

 

[Kingz19]

For crying out loud

 

[Joshyjosh31]

Sabonis is a turnover machine jesus

 

[Sluggah]

That was impressive

 

[iowamcnabb]

What’s with all the hi-vis shoes?

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Step away from George and give him an open 3. Just brilliant

 

[coolhandluke]

Why do you move away from PG when he catches the ball?

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Eric Gordon has played against the Kings with Houston, the LA Clippers, Phoenix, and now Philadelphia in the past three seasons. Every single time he comes out on fire. And he is not even that good a player, in my opinion. He is shooting 36% and 27.5% this season.

He's a career 37 percent three-point shooter. That ain't terrible. He shot 38 percent a year ago; did you think he forgot how?

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

FYI, shout out to @thingfish for being the only one to correctly guess in the December wins poll.

 

[Joshyjosh31]

How did Dallas G-team lose to us

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Lyles makes a lot of low iQ defensive moves

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Kiss Cam is just some dry snitching waiting to happen. Either that, or an accidental HR violation.

 

[HndsmCelt]

Actually that lineup with DeMar at PF at the start was the only true positive on the night in the +/-. They did very well. Then the bench came and and crumbled.

Did not look good starting the second half. Even though they’re chubby and slow, the Sixers big just make it really hard to play small against.