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

[HndsmCelt]

Light the beam!

 

[sono]

We WON, it was a bad play yet still won, can't believe it..

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Christie will do more special hand shakes than any coach in NBA history. hahaha

 

[iowamcnabb]

we were due for some “luck”. Well done boys

 

[Tetsujin]

The Kings finally didn’t lay an egg in the clutch despite having three of the best clutch players in the league!

 

[chief bromden]

Oh man that win is sooooo nice!!

 

[Rob-The-Great]

Fox played like a Allstars today. I'll give him his props. I've been down on him. Today he earned every penny

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Small sample size alert: Doug Christie (.667) has passed Rick Adelman (.633) as the coach with the highest winning percentage in Sacramento history.

 

[Double-K]

DC's influence is unmistakable in this game. This isn’t Fox’s dazzling 60-point heroics, Monk’s second-half resurgence, or even DDR’s clutch 10-point fourth-quarter streak.

This is pure, hard-nosed team defense. No individual performance stole the spotlight, but everyone rose to the occasion, delivering with energy and determination when it mattered most.

 

[chief bromden]

"F*** it we deserve it"

 

[iowamcnabb]

4 steals and 2 blocks for Keon tonight

 

[Elektrik]

Keon was a difference maker. Just goes to show that Coach Brown should have been playing him a lot more

 

[fansinceday1]

I feel like this is all kings fans want to see. Effort. Defense. And if the 3 isn’t falling, concentrate on higher percentage shots! The other teams gonna keep jacking 3’s, like the 6ers did. If you are scoring on your end your gonna catch back up!

 

[Rob-The-Great]

Damn Domas, said coach helped us. Was that a dig at Brown?

Domas got Brown fired lol I'm convinced now

 

[luckytkp]

DC's influence is unmistakable in this game. This isn’t Fox’s dazzling 60-point heroics, Monk’s second-half resurgence, or even DDR’s clutch 10-point fourth-quarter streak.

This is pure, hard-nosed team defense. No individual performance stole the spotlight, but everyone rose to the occasion, delivering with energy and determination when it mattered most.

I think offense as well. We stopped looking for 3 and went inside.

 

[coolhandluke]

Small sample size alert: Doug Christie (.667) has passed Rick Adelman (.633) as the coach with the highest winning percentage in Sacramento history.

Retire that jersey now!

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

DC's influence is unmistakable in this game. This isn’t Fox’s dazzling 60-point heroics, Monk’s second-half resurgence, or even DDR’s clutch 10-point fourth-quarter streak.

This is pure, hard-nosed team defense. No individual performance stole the spotlight, but everyone rose to the occasion, delivering with energy and determination when it mattered most.

and he had the balls to start Keon and match him up on Paul George. I don't see anyone else doing that

 

[iowamcnabb]

Sabonis was better on paper than in the game. 7 turnovers for the big guy.

 

[forza kings]

Well deserved win. When you close out a game on a 15-0 run, it’s not some lucky steal, it’s a damn win with a vengeance.

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1874689417962787059

 

[Rob-The-Great]

Paul George is also a allstar. And Maxey. They are consistent influence on the game. If fox can play with there consistency, we will go places and make this hole up

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1874690461631414467

 

[coolhandluke]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1874689417962787059

Wow. That's incredible.

 

[Sluggah]

so…the gap between the level of defense we’re capable of playing and what we actually play seems very large. maybe just something in the middle, but all the time?

 

[Double-K]

I think offense as well. We stopped looking for 3 and went inside.

One thing I'll note also, I loved Mike Brown's timeout out of bound offense set plays, but I'll trade that for DC's out of bound defense trap sets all day.

 

[gunks]

I've seen enough. Doug is leading us to the playoffs. If anyone needs me I'll be in Vinny's apology thread.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Keon was a difference maker. Just goes to show that Coach Brown should have been playing him a lot more

I think a significant difference is that Christie is not likely to punish him for mistakes

 

[iowamcnabb]

Now there is about a 10 percent chance of this happening but imagine if your role players long term were Devin, Keon, IJ and iCraw? Just a bunch of long gritty high energy players. It would be cool if 3 of those panned out.

 

[sono]

4 steals and 2 blocks for Keon tonight

not to mention a number or deflections credited to the others I lost count of.

 

[Caccia]

Monk hit eight straight free throws in the fourth quarter, plus the layup that was declared goaltending. That's a lot of pressure shots. He was 10-10 from the line.

Fox was just brilliant and kept his team in the game. Sabonis with 21 rebounds and led the Kings to a 45-34 rebounding advantage. Ellis with 4 steals. Lyles with 12 off the bench and 7 rebounds. A lot of heros in this game.