Cousins picked up 5th foul with Kings up 18 @ 7:37 Q4, Memphis 10-0 run til Cous return at 4:48 mark
[Game] Game 9: Sacramento Kings @ Memphis Grizzlies, 11/13/14
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Cousins picked up 5th foul with Kings up 18 @ 7:37 Q4, Memphis 10-0 run til Cous return at 4:48 mark
Cousins picked up 5th foul with Kings up 18 @ 7:37 Q4, Memphis 10-0 run til Cous return at 4:48 mark
Pete please bring in a serviceable backup big man and replace Sessions. ASAP
Yes, YES I'm saying we lost because of the refs. They didn't follow the "not being able to catch and shoot the ball with .3 of a sec left.
They focused on the angle that was the worst. Not the one that showed the trajectory of the ball changing.
They called a technical on Boogie WALKING AWAY FROM THE REFS!!!
They changed the momemtum, (please read doghnaheys book)
Why are there rules in the NBA if the refs are not going to enforce them? As far as I'm concerned the rest of the game is background noise when you have 3 refs on the floor who are not going to call a game the way it should be. Ive seen this in the NFL and MLB but the NBA refs take the cake. Maybe you had to have seen the NBA screw the kings in 2002 to really understand why a lot of us are really really angry about this. Try telling CWebb that blaming game 6 on the refs "is the trendy thing to do".
HAHAHA, the post game just said they have a picture of courtney lee laying the ball up and the clock still says .3 on the clock! But hey, i guess I'm just being trendy.
They focused on the angle that was the worst. Not the one that showed the trajectory of the ball changing.
They called a technical on Boogie WALKING AWAY FROM THE REFS!!!
They changed the momemtum, (please read doghnaheys book)
Why are there rules in the NBA if the refs are not going to enforce them? As far as I'm concerned the rest of the game is background noise when you have 3 refs on the floor who are not going to call a game the way it should be. Ive seen this in the NFL and MLB but the NBA refs take the cake. Maybe you had to have seen the NBA screw the kings in 2002 to really understand why a lot of us are really really angry about this. Try telling CWebb that blaming game 6 on the refs "is the trendy thing to do".
HAHAHA, the post game just said they have a picture of courtney lee laying the ball up and the clock still says .3 on the clock! But hey, i guess I'm just being trendy.
Sessions has been a disaster. He wouldn't be a bad backup on a different team (a run and gun team for instance), but he's not the defensive bulldog this team needs at PG to function properly. Ray should be the backup. That change needs to happen ASAP. Having Stauskas as the only SG on the bench is a problem. He's as green as McLemore was last year. He made some nice plays with the ball today but we need a more experienced defender to bring in with the bench unit to keep things under control. Nik will be ready at some point, but he's not there yet and if we're holding people accountable for wins and losses this year, the game has changed. We need a wing defender on the bench. And the big problem for PDA to solve is how he's going to turn Thompson/Landry/Evans into one solid starter and one solid backup. Moving Thompson to the bench at least gives us some size in the second and third quarters but then we need somebody who can board and defend in the starting lineup. I'd love it if Moreland could do that, but I doubt he's ready yet either.
I would like to start by saying that JASON THOMPSON IS THE WORST STARTING POWER FORWARD IN THE NBA ! All he had to do was protect the rim on that last play and his BBIQ is SO DAMN POOR. If he was doing what he was supposed to do and guard the rim the Kings would have won. Instead for some unknown and mindless reason he decided to go out and guard the foul line ???? He needs to GO! THOMPSON does that kind of mind numbing crap ALL THE TIME. Oh and Hollins was out of position should have been between the inbounder and the basket. They didn't have TIME to throw it to the middle of the court. WHY would you try to cut THAT pass off? BAD PLAY by a BAD player.
The Great Rudini performed his best magic trick. HE COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED in the 4th quarter. Nowhere to be found.
Which is still 1000% better than Sessions. Need to unload that steaming mound of manure. First game home they need to have RAY MAC be the backup PG. He is just a better player.
Cousins continues to get in foul trouble and it is KILLING the KINGS. The team gets worse offensively and defensively when he is on the bench. He just needs to learn to play defense without fouling so much. It's as simple as that. He needs to control himself. Stop the frustration fouls. Play more sound fundamental defense. Because the main problem with Cousins in foul trouble is that they HAVE NO BACKUP CENTER! They need a REAL NBA caliber backup center. As long as we have no backup center and Cousins is on the bench with too many fouls we will lose with no center in the game. Jason Thompson is awful. Landry is not a center. Hollins is a joke.
But with all that said, the Kings played a great game up until about midway into the 4th. They have reached a new level where they can outplay a team for a majority of the game and still lose because they still have not learned how to close out games down the stretch. Just like Malone said in the postgame, this team doesn't know how to hold a lead. Same as the game in Dallas. They are not playing defense the same in the 4th as they do in the 1st. You cant play that sloppy with a big lead and expect to win. And you cant win without your starting center on the floor.
Malone needs to forget Sessions (AND Williams) are on the team. They are just garbage. This team is SOOO close to becoming a competitive team. They need to just get rid of JASON THOMPSON. His BBIQ is a negative number. Look at that last play as Exhibit A ! He makes the team worse when he is on the floor. RAMONE SESSIONS plays like he doesn't want to play for Sacramento. We need to oblige him. Package them both for some popcorn and a 3 day old arena dog. GAWD this game pissed me off !!!
The Great Rudini performed his best magic trick. HE COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED in the 4th quarter. Nowhere to be found.
Which is still 1000% better than Sessions. Need to unload that steaming mound of manure. First game home they need to have RAY MAC be the backup PG. He is just a better player.
Cousins continues to get in foul trouble and it is KILLING the KINGS. The team gets worse offensively and defensively when he is on the bench. He just needs to learn to play defense without fouling so much. It's as simple as that. He needs to control himself. Stop the frustration fouls. Play more sound fundamental defense. Because the main problem with Cousins in foul trouble is that they HAVE NO BACKUP CENTER! They need a REAL NBA caliber backup center. As long as we have no backup center and Cousins is on the bench with too many fouls we will lose with no center in the game. Jason Thompson is awful. Landry is not a center. Hollins is a joke.
But with all that said, the Kings played a great game up until about midway into the 4th. They have reached a new level where they can outplay a team for a majority of the game and still lose because they still have not learned how to close out games down the stretch. Just like Malone said in the postgame, this team doesn't know how to hold a lead. Same as the game in Dallas. They are not playing defense the same in the 4th as they do in the 1st. You cant play that sloppy with a big lead and expect to win. And you cant win without your starting center on the floor.
Malone needs to forget Sessions (AND Williams) are on the team. They are just garbage. This team is SOOO close to becoming a competitive team. They need to just get rid of JASON THOMPSON. His BBIQ is a negative number. Look at that last play as Exhibit A ! He makes the team worse when he is on the floor. RAMONE SESSIONS plays like he doesn't want to play for Sacramento. We need to oblige him. Package them both for some popcorn and a 3 day old arena dog. GAWD this game pissed me off !!!
Cousins picked up 5th foul with Kings up 18 @ 7:37 Q4, Memphis 10-0 run til Cous return at 4:48 mark
Agreed, seems like people forgot what happened that year against the Lakers. I think people don't want to admit these leagues are rigged and purely entertainment, no one said entertainment is supposed to be fair, but at least for me the NBA is on the same level as WWE - a total joke of syndicated bull thanks to the corrupt refs and league. I like watching it for laughs though lol
@SHowardCooper 16m
It was a one-point lead. My bad. Doesn’t change the bottom line, though. Terrible finish.
@HereWeVivek 14m
@SHowardCooper Can the NBA look at that play and institute the rule that the ball must be tipped for a shot to count in .3 and take it away?
@SHowardCooper 8m
@HereWeVivek They can say the refs blew the call, but not sure if they would take the basket away. Good question.
It was a one-point lead. My bad. Doesn’t change the bottom line, though. Terrible finish.
@HereWeVivek 14m
@SHowardCooper Can the NBA look at that play and institute the rule that the ball must be tipped for a shot to count in .3 and take it away?
@SHowardCooper 8m
@HereWeVivek They can say the refs blew the call, but not sure if they would take the basket away. Good question.