[Game] 44/82: Kings at Nuggets 23 JAN 2025, 6pm PT/9pm ET

[SacTownKid]

Mike Malone’s postgame presser about to be lit.

Show us on the doll where Vivek hurt you Mike.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

I tried to tell everybody way back before halftime but nobody wanted to listen

I'm glad you're not the coach, if you're suggesting that they give up at half time. Christie won't do that

 

[Rob-The-Great]

The other guys are all pro-athletes too

And not playing the second game of a back to back on the road after traveling 900 miles on a plane, following a hard fought come-from-behind win against a rival with a future hall-of-famer, losing an hour from the time zone change, landing around 4am, checking into a hotel probably just before sunrise, sleeping in the daylight past noon in a strange bed, getting a bite to eat of lunch when your body’s thinking about breakfast, putting in some pre-game shoot around to try to acclimate to a sudden 5,000 FEET elevation change to face a team that is a playoff contender, are coming off a day of rest, has the reigning MVP, and lives in the thin air of a mile high elevation.

The #noexcuses crowd could stand to chill a bit.

They’re pros, but they’re still people.

Still people? Your boss expects 100% out of you day in and out. You up with a new born baby till 4am? So what. You think your boss going to care about your new baby? He's not.

Is that extreme? Perhaps. Point is. Fox needs to be traded

 

[Caccia]

Okay. That takes the cake.

MVP!

 

[Spike]

If I were the Kings I would merely ignore human biology and outhustle the Nuggets but maybe I’m different

If you haven't been here, you won't get it. It's real.

 

[Rob-The-Great]

I'm glad you're not the coach, if you're suggesting that they give up at half time. Christie won't do that

Yea i cant believe that guy. Quit at half, rest the guys or get hurt? Like what is this? We are not even in the playoffs standings right now and we wanna just give games away. Too late for all that

 

[Spike]

Still people? Your boss expects 100% out of you day in and out. You up with a new born baby till 4am? So what. You think your boss going to care about your new baby? He's not.

Is that extreme? Perhaps. Point is. Fox needs to be traded

That doesn't really translate. At all. Your boss was also up until 4 am with that baby in this scenario. Pretty sure he would understand. Given that Christie played a couple of games in the NBA, he would see that too. I'm guessing that he'll see what fight is left in the team and then adjust accordingly. These guys have fought tooth and nail since he's been here - they're not slacking.

 

[Rob-The-Great]

I'll tell you this tho. I'm sick of our inconsistent bench man. Just give us something geez

 

[sactowndog]

Keegan from three: 3/5
Rest of team from three: 3/17

this is pretty much expected. It was a schedule loss. Russ kind of took Keon to school a bit and Keon has to get stronger.

That being said we don’t have the length to match up with these guys. Assuming we get 6 in the play-offs and they are 3 it’s going to be a problem.

 

[kingsfan_4Life]

If I were the Kings I would merely ignore human biology and outhustle the Nuggets but maybe I’m different

lmao

 

[Krunker]

Nugz are pretty lackadaisical now, could make a run (not saying that our chances of catching up to win are good...)

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

That's why you give McDermott a look. The guy can get hot quick

 

[Sluggah]

Just play Keegan, Carter, and Ellis together for the rest of the game to see what kind of havoc they can create

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

and....this isn't over yet, folks

 

[Tetsujin]

Lol three threes later and Mike Malone burnt his second to last timeout

 

[Rob-The-Great]

I'm fine with giving doug Huerters minutes

 

[Caccia]

We are shooting 18% from three, Denver is hitting 50%. We need to get McDermott out there for a good run.

It's about time.

 

[Spike]

Nugz are pretty lackadaisical now, could make a run (not saying that our chances of catching up to win are good...)

The Nuggets have been sloppy with leads before, but I'm not sure that they're THIS sloppy.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

I'm fine with giving doug Huerters minutes

Why not, when you need to make up a lot of points. He's a better shooter than Huerter.....and right now it's not close

 

[kingsfan_4Life]

There is really no reason to get upset about this game though. Sure it would be nice if we could win every game. But we need to come down from the clouds and get realistic every now and then.

 

[Tetsujin]

The Nuggets mascot not even getting close to the hoop on these behind the back halfcourt three attempts lmao

 

[Fantazija]

That dude Watson is like a Spiderman, amazing d

 

[HndsmCelt]

Never give up, never surrender!

 

[Insomniacal Fan]

In Doug (McDermott) I trust!!!

 

[Fantazija]

As soon as Joker is out they can't hit anything

 

[Spike]

The Nuggets mascot not even getting close to the hoop on these behind the back halfcourt three attempts lmao

Rocky has gotten lazy after the championship.

 

[Rob-The-Great]

That doesn't really translate. At all. Your boss was also up until 4 am with that baby in this scenario. Pretty sure he would understand. Given that Christie played a couple of games in the NBA, he would see that too. I'm guessing that he'll see what fight is left in the team and then adjust accordingly. These guys have fought tooth and nail since he's been here - they're not slacking.

I didn't mean for it to translate sir. That was kinda the point. It may not be realistic to play 100% every game but it is absolutely realistic to ask for it. That's not why we are losing completely. We are also not playing smart and we domt have a star max player playing like a star max player right now.

Answer me this. Can you ever tell Westbrook is in a back to back game?

 

[Tetsujin]

Trey sucked for the first three quarters. Suddenly turning into freaking Jayson Tatum in the fourth.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Lyles has a nice quick release for a big guy

 

[Sluggah]

Was he fouled?