[Game] Game 8: Sacramento Kings @ Dallas Mavericks, 11/11/14 5:30 PST 8:30 EST

[ShastaKingsFan]

Why is it that the ball movement has stopped? Rudy going one on one is fine once in a while. But this is starting to get stupid. We built the lead off of defense and ball movement, which created open shots for Sessions and Ben. It's stopped. and now Ellis just drained a 3. SMH.

The team appears to "panic" when the other team goes on a run, which results in reverting back to one on one forced iso play. Hopefully it doesn't take multiple losses, to learn to keep playing a team game...no matter the score

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

Gg.

 

[Tetsujin]

That Mavs mascot is freaky

 

[Hoovtrain]

I guess it's just the old-timers who have the patience to watch a game and accept that teams will make mistakes. I'll be honest - this game thread gets pretty depressing at times.

I don't care who they are playing...to go in the tank like this and blow a 24 pt lead in a matter of a quarter and a half and then manage to go down 8 is unacceptable

 

[VF21]

We were up 20+ ... that's a pretty big turn around.

So you fully expected the Dallas Mavericks to be totally blown out on their home court by the Kings? Seriously? You didn't expect them to start making all those shots they were missing?

 

[Tetsujin]

Some of that patented Nik Stauskas defense

 

[Chubbs]

I remember a day when Carl Landry could dunk on people. Those days seem to be gone.

 

[VF21]

I don't care who they are playing...to go in the tank like this and blow a 24 pt lead in a matter of a quarter and a half and then manage to go down 8 is unacceptable

I thought you were fed up and leaving...

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

O please how come when we win it's never cause of the refs?

Oh god, I agree with andremiller07. Everybody make for the fallout shelters!

 

[Tetsujin]

So you fully expected the Dallas Mavericks to be totally blown out on their home court by the Kings? Seriously? You didn't expect them to start making all those shots they were missing?

Especially on a night where the best player in franchise history was expected to reach a major career milestone

 

[Hadlowe]

Dallas' interior length is way too much for our stubby bench bigs. That is what is killing the team.

 

[Monster]

Some of that patented Nik Stauskas defense

How was that Nik's fault exactly? He kept with his guy just fine.

 

[Glenn]

Gg.

Well said.

 

[HereWeBoogie]

Wow. This game is quite a gut punch

 

[Sac.Kings]

It's over

 

[Spike]

So you fully expected the Dallas Mavericks to be totally blown out on their home court by the Kings? Seriously? You didn't expect them to start making all those shots they were missing?

Dallas is a veteran team - they didn't fold.

 

[kingsboi]

sloppy passes, isolation basketball...the return of Smart basketball?

 

[Chubbs]

Well this took a turn

 

[Tetsujin]

How was that Nik's fault exactly? He kept with his guy just fine.

Up until the screen, which he played too soft, forcing Cuz on his man and leaving Cuz's man wide open

 

[HereWeBoogie]

It's really messed up the way the refs called the game in the second quarter. We didn't help ourselves but still just terrible

Yep.

 

[nebs]

This is unwatchable right now. What in the world happened, oh my.

 

[hrdboild]

This is why I like Casspi -- he gets it. Get Cousins an easy shot to help him shake off a bad possession.

 

[Hoovtrain]

I thought you were fed up and leaving...

I guess I am just a glutton for punishment...been a Kings fan for 29 years mind you.

 

[HereWeBoogie]

Immaturity showing once again. Last game they came in expecting a win against an injured team. This time they got up early and just went away from what was working thinking they had already won the game

 

[Larry89]

Whats up with Cousin's body language?

 

[Sac.Kings]

This is unwatchable right now. What in the world happened, oh my.

We were astonished that they came back, the refs calling ridiculous fouls, and Malone's insistence on feeding Reggie down low and generally running questionable sets with the second unit.

 

[hrdboild]

...well I thought it was a pass anyway

 

[mac]

So you fully expected the Dallas Mavericks to be totally blown out on their home court by the Kings? Seriously? You didn't expect them to start making all those shots they were missing?

There's a difference between not being blown out and coming back to take a 8 point lead.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

I guess it's just the old-timers who have the patience to watch a game and accept that teams will make mistakes. I'll be honest - this game thread gets pretty depressing at times.

I don't know, I consider myself an "old timer," and I don't accept it. I don't care how young we are, or how good they are, or whose court we're playing on. We blew a twenty-six point lead. Did I expect us to blow out the Mavericks on their home court? No. Did I expect them to continue to miss shots all night? No. Did I expect to go from twenty-six up to nine behind, in less than thirty minutes? NO!

 

[Hadlowe]

I wish JT would learn to tip out offensive boards to the guards like Chandler does. That is an underrated skill for a big man.