[Game] 39/82: Kings @ Bulls 12 JAN 2025, 12:30pm PT/3:30pm ET

[captain bill]

7-1 under Doug. I don’t think even the biggest homer with the purplest glasses would expect something like this

 

[NewArena]

Gotta look at things in context, too: coming off the big win in Boston, this is a game that the Kings would have lost before Christie took over. That alone makes it a good win.

Absolutely. Actually, I’m convinced we would have been nearly blown off of the court before this coaching change. The Bulls have the exact kind of team that typically gave us fits.

 

[Double-K]

7-1 under Doug. I don’t think even the biggest homer with the purplest glasses would expect something like this

If you asked me 2 weeks ago, I'd say my expectation was for Doug to not get embarrassed too much before they rip his interim tag off.

 

[Tetsujin]

"I came all the way over to your house and all you have in the fridge is sh***y beer?"

“This champagne is too bubbly!”

 

[pdxKingsFan]

We can let future come before we worry.

Especially as fans, as long as they are producing a good product out there, which by my count, as long as they fight and play hard every game to give themselves a chance to win that's good enough for me, I'm fine to just enjoying the ride.

I’ve always said I just wanna root for the team to win every day. We’re getting that chance again.

 

[upinsmoke]

Thank God we never acquired him, honestly. Lavine seems like such a big tease and i suspect he’s playing like this to be traded elsewhere.

He sucks finishing at the rim.

 

[Joshyjosh31]

My only complaint is the minutes Sabonis, DD, Monk and Keegan at 36+ minutes that’s not good have Carter/ellis in the mid 20’s

Also too much iso in the fourth we always go away from the pick and roll

 

[BenchMob]

What I like about this streak too…5 games we won at home which we were struggling, hopefully we got the home court juju back. 10-7 on the road , very impressive

 

[kingsfan_4Life]

Ufff, 48 minutes long nail biter. Bulls scored 'just' 24 points in the 4th q and that was it for them.
Anyway, ugly or not, Kings did what they had to do - got a W.
Feels like Kings now are obliged to take care of Bucks too, ain't it

Yea I need to be realistic when it comes to the Bucks. Yes they will probably win, but I would at least like to see the Kings be competitive and not make it easy for them. I mean the Bucks are no insanely flawless team like the Cleveland Cavaliers, but they are still incredibly strong. I feel like the Bucks have been playing better than their record shows, but hey that's just me. I can be wrong.

 

[SacTownKid]

Absolutely. Actually, I’m convinced we would have been nearly blown off of the court before this coaching change. The Bulls have the exact kind of team that typically gave us fits.

Exactly, Doug didn't avoid defense at the end. He didn't totally run to it either, but i'm pretty sure one of Carter,Ellis, or Keegan were out there the entire quarter and it showed up in hustle and defense. Under Brown those aren't stops, either the Kings score 35 or they lose. Which they did more often than not.

 

[sono]

Brad Miller wore a Kings sweater in the Derrick Rose Bulls team reunion photo lol

Live and die like a King.

 

[coolhandluke]

This is a great win!
Now if they can do this against teams they are expected to beat we may have something here!

With the way things are now, are we expected to beat the Bucks?

 

[Jdbraver137]

The change is 100% energy and hustle. It’s like a whole different team. If I told you Doug would start 7-1 I’d have laughed at you. But here we are.

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1878576176563937518

the Bulls were missing White though (doesn’t really matter when Lonzo and THT randomly shot like Steph for most of the night)

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Brad Miller wore a Kings sweater in the Derrick Rose Bulls team reunion photo lol

That's called standing on business.

 

[kingsfan_4Life]

With the way things are now, are we expected to beat the Bucks?

The Bucks always play us really hard. It will be a difficult task, but no more difficult than the Celtics. I still can't believe Cleveland this year. Talk about one scary team!

 

[Double-K]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1878576176563937518

the Bulls were missing White though (doesn’t really matter when Lonzo and THT randomly shot like Steph for most of the night)

Carmichael Dave never not see fit to yell out the quiet part off the top of his lungs.

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1878553486939521105

Thankfully Lonzo got a second career ghostwriting raps for his brother

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

7-1 under Doug. I don’t think even the biggest homer with the purplest glasses would expect something like this

7-0 after his first practice with the team

 

[Double-K]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1878553486939521105

There was one like that in the first quarter too, he spinned Zo twice with a reverse dribble, Monk just missed the 3.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

We need to find the exact minute the beam goes on. Assuming they don't turn it on in day light

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

"I came all the way over to your house and all you have in the fridge is sh***y beer?"

“This champagne is too bubbly!”

I'm suddenly remembering an inappropriate Chris Rock joke about a "cloudy" marital aid...

 

[coolhandluke]

7-0 after his first practice with the team

I bet Christie still hates losing that first game against the Lakers.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Yea I need to be realistic when it comes to the Bucks. Yes they will probably win, but I would at least like to see the Kings be competitive and not make it easy for them. I mean the Bucks are no insanely flawless team like the Cleveland Cavaliers, but they are still incredibly strong. I feel like the Bucks have been playing better than their record shows, but hey that's just me. I can be wrong.

On one hand, the Bucks will have arguably the two best players in the building, and the sort of length that typically renders the Kings anaphylactic.

On the other hand, they also have Doc Rivers.

 

[NewArena]

Mark Jones after another 3 from Fox to open the final quarter: “Fox got his crockpot out and it’s a slow cook right now” lmao

 

[est.1999]

Honestly, I think it really comes to the respect we have as an organization, as a team, for our opponents. This is how you can make a case for why Mike Brown was badly coaching the team before he was fired. This game by no means looked pretty, nor any of our players looked like they had a great stroke with the ball, but when it comes to the latter half of the game, winning is the only option for Coach Christie and he's willing to keep switching things up just to get the best 5 of our roster out there to inch out the somewhat difficult win.

It's a great win to me.

Last year it was infuriating how many games we lost to bad teams. It’s becoming more evident that brown didn’t respect our opponents. Yes some of the blame lands on the players but what we’re seeing now is night and day

 

[pdxKingsFan]

7-0 after his first practice with the team

You can say whatever about the Lakers game. I think Doug killed it in the press conference afterwards when he was asked about Keon and said “he’s important to this team. He just needs to shoot more.” I think that helped everyone get the trust and confidence that they were lacking under the Brown regime.

 

[Double-K]

On one hand, the Bucks will have arguably the two best players in the building, and the sort of length that typically renders the Kings anaphylactic.

On the other hand, they also have Doc Rivers.

Let's not forget last time Keon Ellis played almost flawless defense and locked the F down Lillard.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Shout out Trey Lyles. That key rebound was vicious

 

[GWD]

7-1 under Doug. I don’t think even the biggest homer with the purplest glasses would expect something like this

How true. But is he really 7-1?

That first game was played without a practice by him and with the game plan set by Brown. There was really no chance for a fully "Christie" team game. As far as I'm concerned, he is 7-0 as the full head coach. The Kings are now his team to lead.

EDIT: Ooops. Point already made as I posted.