[Game] Boston Celtics @ Sacramento Kings, 12/20/2023, 7:00pm PST/10:00pm EST

[SLAB]

We’re not quite an elite team, I don’t really think.

 

[ESP47]

Just turned on the game. How the heck do the Celts have 90pts 4 mins into the 3rd without Tatum?

Kings playing poor defense + a lot of shooting luck on the Celtics part.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Celtics have ten blocks, Porzingis has six. If the Kings can't rediscover their three-point shot, it's not looking good.

 

[hrdboild]

Another horrible foul call. We have no chance. I would just pound it inside to Sabonis for the next 10 minutes. You can body Porzingis and take him out of the play. Or at least do something to make them feel us.

 

[Vinny Basketballerino]

Ok so we're not playing great and have made a few dumb plays... but this "run" the Celtics are on was basically triggered by the refs. Refs don't need to push to hard on the scale to give a major advantage to a good team. Makes me sick.

 

[Kingz19]

Kings want to get to the line a lot for a team that can’t make free throws

 

[coolhandluke]

We're talking about tequila now?

 

[BosnianDiehard2.0]

Fox just chilling ever since a 20+ point first quarter.

 

[Tizzy Flip]

We always throw out the back to back excuse. What are the Celts capable of doing on a back to back, after an OT loss, without Tatum that we struggle to do? This is where coach brown needs to challenge his team if we want to take it to the next level

 

[TaxMan]

This feels like a carbon copy of last years home game against the Celtics. Celtics are really good + refs give them leeway = kings get frustrated and blown out.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Getting blown off the home floor. Shouldn't happen in a game like this

 

[BosnianDiehard2.0]

Just when you start to think we’re good, we have another blowout loss. I can’t even say I’ve been having fun watching this team this season, and we’re gonna be 16-10. Just baffling.

 

[Krunker]

Gimpy Porzingis is killing us

 

[ick300]

monk isn’t here today
And there is bad tendency with referees never in favour of Sacramento but just the opposite

 

[kingsboi]

Celtics on another level, Tatum or no Tatum. They whooped the Kings last season too. On to the next one. Mike unleash the bench

 

[Vinny Basketballerino]

Really quite impressed with the knowledge these NBA TV announcers have about the Kings. Bothe of them: Crawford and the greek guy.

 

[SacTownKid]

KP should have fouled out in the first quarter. He is allowed to bump every single player on the ball.

 

[Kingz19]

Fox just chilling ever since a 20+ point first quarter.

It’s just one team decided after the first quarter that they would start playing defense and the other didn’t…and still hasn’t decided to play defense

 

[iowamcnabb]

These are frustrating. You knew when we didn’t have a big lead after that great start we were in trouble. Celts are doing basically everything right and we are doing almost nothing right since the first.

 

[KF8]

Seems like the Celtics is just one of those teams the Kings just can't beat... they've loss 4 consecutive soon to be 5 games against them in blowouts, but then they are a championship contending team. Looks like the Kings may have some work to do before they reach the celtics level.

 

[joemama]

KP should have fouled out in the first quarter. He is allowed to bump every single player on the ball.

He literally shoves with noth arms, but no foul.

 

[NewArena]

Hard to overcome poor officiating and a Monk injury the way he's been playing for us, but i'd like really like to know what it is about this Boston team that's so difficult for us to figure out. We never just lose them in a normal fashion or even go down to the wire lol it's always some ridiculous blowout. They're a very good team but not as great as we typically make em look, IMO.

 

[Tetsujin]

just our luck to face the Celtics in the part of the season before Joe Mazz remembers he’s the worst coach in pro sports.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

We always throw out the back to back excuse. What are the Celts capable of doing on a back to back, after an OT loss, without Tatum that we struggle to do? This is where coach brown needs to challenge his team if we want to take it to the next level

I've noticed in interviews that the Kings players tend to assume that everybody plays down on the 2nd of a back to back. You can't have that in your mind for yourself or your opponent

 

[NewArena]

We’re not quite an elite team, I don’t really think.

The refs wont let us find out either way

 

[Kingz19]

Is Monk sick or injured?

 

[BosnianDiehard2.0]

Fox 1/2 fts incoming

 

[Telemachus]

It is amazing how easy it is to play defense when the refs let you grab, bump and hit the offensive players as much as you want. Porzingas should've fouled out already.

 

[hrdboild]

There's a ton of time left to get hot and Boston is beating us with only 5 guys. Just make these 5 guys take tougher shots.

 

[BosnianDiehard2.0]

Is Monk sick or injured?

He was questionable coming in