[Game] 80/82: Kings vs. Nuggets 09 APR 2025, 7pm PT/10pm ET (ESPN)

[QWERTYLICIOUS]

So what exactly of what i said did you disagree with?

So when exactly (tonight) have I come out and said that I disagree with something that you have said?

 

[Rob-The-Great]

I’m excited for DeMar to not be on this roster anymore. Good player. Awful fit.

This is what i said, then the Iso defenders who called the season off weeks ago came out and said they loved this brand of basketball, and that the assists tonight where pure dimes and the flow of the game matched that of the Cavs and was better than the Pistons.

This play in will live and die completely on derozen. There is no point in having all this depth. They are all decoys

 

[Rob-The-Great]

So when exactly (tonight) have I come out and said that I disagree with something that you have said?

Ok , do me a favor and like a few of those post up there lol and give some thumbs down to the other guy. That would make me feel a little better about the loss tonight.

And tell comish to throw away those receipts

 

[megapoxy]

Earlier in the season we lost at home by the Nuggets with Deebo losing the ball in that last possession. Today he probably took it personally to redeem himself and made things even worse. The only mini runs the Kings had was with him on the bench or when offense was not involving him in the plays.
DC IJ and perhaps McBuckets should have played more.
Last night Doc left Giannis with 4 bench players the whole 4th quarter and they turned it around against Minnesota. Christie's top priority remains how to not hurt the star players ego. Probably thats what GM asks from him and thats what he does to have hopes of removing the interim tag.

 

[Joshyjosh31]

What happens is that when Lavine and Derozan have a huge game, we then have people saying "this is the way" going forward. Implying that those two should hog the shot attempts in every single game. It won't work consistently against better teams

You also get bashed if you call out the hero ball when it’s working

 

[Joshyjosh31]

You apparently don't understand the value of Sabonis. He's not a score first center. He's a pass first center. A baby joker. He had 2 asssist today. That clearly tells you he didn't have the ball in his hands at all. It also tells you the ball stopped. Who cares about the shot attempts. Being aggressive involves more than that. We took out best playmaker out of the game.

Your thoughts

Shot attempts matter when you’re tied with Trey Lyle’s there’s a reason Sabonis can’t be your second best player

 

[serbiangoat]

Horrific game plan on D, instead of just bodying Jokic with Sabonis/Val they went with Lyle's and sent doubles which meant Pickett/Gordon/Porter/Braun just massacred them, there's a reason the TWolves have owed the Nuggets and it's cause they play Jokic one on one and let him get his while wearing him D with physical play the Kings had two bruises in Sabonis/Val to battle him the entire game but somehow they went with Lyle's.

 

[ESP47]

Horrific game plan on D, instead of just bodying Jokic with Sabonis/Val they went with Lyle's and sent doubles which meant Pickett/Gordon/Porter/Braun just massacred them, there's a reason the TWolves have owed the Nuggets and it's cause they play Jokic one on one and let him get his while wearing him D with physical play the Kings had two bruises in Sabonis/Val to battle him the entire game but somehow they went with Lyle's.

They definitely did not pay attention to your post when you said just let Jokic get his points because those are the games that they lose. The games they win are when we gets everyone else involved. Kings did the exact opposite of that.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

You want me to call out all your bad takes? You trying to pull receipts when convient for you? I also checked last two games before I texted it, just got the games mixed. I litteraly said the same amount so clearly I looked.

I mean, knock yourself out, but don't misrepresent what this is. We're not here because of "pulling receipts" or "calling out bad takes." You literally got the facts wrong, and when it was pointed out to you, you got indignant and defensive about it.

Sabonis was also heavily involved in both those games and it showed. When Sabonis is involved in the playmaking, the whole offense looks better. When we rely on iso and bail outs, the assist are NOT the same

You could have just said that, and you wouldn't have gotten any of this pushback. Instead, you had to go the extra mile and say that the Kings had more assists when they didn't, and here we are. I think that most people are willing to stipulate that the quality of assists is not the same when the Kings play iso.

 

[fansinceday1]

Here’s what I got from last nights game.

Reynolds should come out of retirement permanently. Maybe Christie can do us all a solid and offer kayte a spot on the coaches bench. Win/win

 

[sactowndog]

Was at the game and sadly couldn’t wait for it to end. So done with this team. Only a perpetually directionless play-in Monte could steer this team into the worse possible outcome of likely not making the play-offs and losing his draft pick.

my only thought the whole game was Vivek does not deserve this fan base.

 

[Srzly]

I could only watch the first half so maybe it got better but it felt like almost every 3 Denver took was wide open and we were just getting lucky they were missing. We were even daring good shooters to shoot instead of trying to close out.

Just didn’t see the intensity or discipline. Feels like we could have blown them out if we just played slightly above average on that end.

 

[ESP47]

I could only watch the first half so maybe it got better but it felt like almost every 3 Denver took was wide open and we were just getting lucky they were missing. We were even daring good shooters to shoot instead of trying to close out.

Just didn’t see the intensity or discipline. Feels like we could have blown them out if we just played slightly above average on that end.

I thought it was more of a bad game plan by the coaching staff. We have two big strong centers and instead we used wings to double the best passing big man the game has ever seen. Of course he's going to easily find cutters and wide open shooters.

 

[Kingster]

You apparently don't understand the value of Sabonis. He's not a score first center. He's a pass first center. A baby joker. He had 2 asssist today. That clearly tells you he didn't have the ball in his hands at all. It also tells you the ball stopped. Who cares about the shot attempts. Being aggressive involves more than that. We took out best playmaker out of the game.

Your thoughts

Having DDR and Lavine on the team effectively took Sabonis out of his game.

 

[Kingster]

Despite some a few great shooting performances it's hard for me to get behind Lavine when he makes a concerted effort on every possession to not get a rebound. A team can't win at a high level with it's most talented player being so apathetic about doing the tough stuff like rebounding

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Having DDR and Lavine on the team effectively took Sabonis out of his game.

Yet in the four games prior to last night (all with DDR and LaVine playing, some with Monk playing as well) Domas averaged 22/12.8/7.8 which is pretty much exactly his game.

I don't know why last night was different, I don't know why he has occasional dud games, and maybe it's got something to do with our Cerberus SG situation but obviously it's possible for Domas to be Domas even so, and it happens frequently.