[Game] 54/82: Kings @ Pelicans 12 FEB 2025, 5:00pm PT/8:00pm ET

[OptimusRhyme]

maybe lavines immune to the kings whistle. hes the chosen one

 

[Elektrik]

Good win fellas. Keon Ellis!

 

[Tetsujin]

Got the W. All that matters

 

[iowamcnabb]

Much needed win

 

[Vinny Basketballerino]

Slightly ugly, but a solid win. The defense was mostly pretty good throughout the game. Valenciunas is such a great addition.

 

[Kingz19]

Big win

Unless they do something different, there shouldn’t be any Zion tomorrow so good opportunity to sweep the season series and go into the break 3 games over

 

[Angelo127]

“Grand Theft Alvarado”-Kyle Draper. Best nickname I’ve heard in a while…

it's been his nickname

 

[captain bill]

Slightly ugly, but a solid win. The defense was mostly pretty good throughout the game. Valenciunas is such a great addition.

Felt like a good team begrudgingly showing up to inferior competition but doing what needed to be done to keep a lead throughout the game before winning. Can’t all be blowouts

were a long way from proving we’re actually a good team but tonight was good enough. On to the next one

 

[forza kings]

“Grand Theft Alvarado”-Kyle Draper. Best nickname I’ve heard in a while…

Kyle Draper and Jerry Reynolds could have been a dream broadcaster duo

 

[megapoxy]

Kings had 8 turnovers in Q1
10 turnovers at HT
finished the game with... 11

 

[Sac.Kings]

Thoughts on starting Keon with Malik the 6th man? Would bring much needed balance to the starting lineup. With Lavine, DDR, and Domas, ball handling would be covered along with initiating the offense. Malik can still close games due to his ball-handling.

 

[coolhandluke]

Bruce Brown taking threes was a lifesaver.

 

[Vinny Basketballerino]

Felt like a good team begrudgingly showing up to inferior competition but doing what needed to be done to keep a lead throughout the game before winning. Can’t all be blowouts

were a long way from proving we’re actually a good team but tonight was good enough. On to the next one

I share the observation. We flexed when it mattered. Lavine, missing threes, but I do think his impact on the game is being underrated. He's such and explosive player. And he's savvy. He got to the line when it was important. A star for sure, but not a selfish one. Rare player.

 

[bball_nomad]

It was not pretty, but I'll take it.
My bad Keon - you were VERY pretty.
One more tomorrow. No Zion - no excuses

 

[The_Jamal]

This NOP team isn't indicative of their record with Zion. Road win, Zion playing, this is a solid W. Also an 8 point road win is very very good lol.

Go get the W tomorrow and feel awesome heading into break

 

[kingsfan_4Life]

Great to see Lavine score 23 tonight and most were in the 2nd half. Just goes to show you that a 40 point game from him isn't out of the question if he plays consistent in both halves.

 

[Kingz19]

So glad we got Jonas

I also like how he is breaking the trend of the Kings acquiring a Kings killer and they get here and suck

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Thoughts on starting Keon with Malik the 6th man? Would bring much needed balance to the starting lineup. With Lavine, DDR, and Domas, ball handling would be covered along with initiating the offense. Malik can still close games due to his ball-handling.

My thought is that they're not going to do it, so we might as well shelve the idea for next season

 

[jphilip]

Good win o. To the next keep yp intensity shooting

 

[megapoxy]

ChatGPT was right?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1889881383084105904

 

[captain bill]

ChatGPT was right?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1889881383084105904

Monte looking at guards like



after sending Devin down to Stockton idk what we’re even doing lol

 

[megapoxy]

Monte looking at guards like

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after sending Devin down to Stockton idk what we’re even doing lol

We don't have point guards, that is the issue here.

 

[iowamcnabb]

ChatGPT was right?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1889881383084105904

Monte being AI tracks

 

[NewArena]

Hell yeah!!! LIGHT it baby. So cool to know we don’t have to play perfectly to win, though i suspect we’ll need LaVine’s 3 point shot to fall with more regularity at some point lol but it’s really really cool to see him get to the line 11 times and hit every single one. Wow! And Keon was on fire?! Can’t wait to see this replay.

 

[NewArena]

Zion had 33, 9 and 7 in less than 30? Holy. I don’t care what anyone says, this ain’t a 12 win team when they have him on the court. Nice win.

 

[Spike]

ChatGPT was right?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1889881383084105904

Quick. Someone ask ChatGPT how to get this team to the 5 seed.

 

[NewArena]

Picking up another game on the Suns and Spurs is awesome. Gonna need every single advantage in these last 28

 

[NewArena]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1889876234739523708

 

[iowamcnabb]

Zion had 33, 9 and 7 in less than 30? Holy. I don’t care what anyone says, this ain’t a 12 win team when they have him on the court. Nice win.

you could make an argument that he is the third hardest player in the league to guard behind Giannis and SGA

 

[reptilexcq2]

That's how you defense Zion, by taking charges. He's a bulldozer and only know how to play one way which is out of control drive directly at the basket. If you can anticipate his move, you can always take charges. The problem is Kings don't have many players that want to take charge or smart enough to anticipate. Trey Lyle finally did it in this game. That's how to stop his attack...he's an out of control train wreck. I don't think it's that hard to defend him....you just need to anticipate and take charges.