[Game] Kings @ Hornets - Thursday, Jan. 17 - 4PT/7PT

Ugly stuff.. to think that'd have been 3 points worse without an absurd deep prayer by Buddy...


The shot selection has been poor and the ball movement slowed up. They froze Willie out for way too long for no reason, he's got 6'9" players guarding him....


That was the patented Kemba step-back at the end.. he does it so low and quickly it's just deadly.
 
Credit to Charlotte. They’re keeping us in front of them on defense and not doubling. Outside of PG, they are quicker than us and using that to their advantage. They’re also hitting the heart of our defense where we’re thin. And as a result they score 43 pts in the 2nd, we went cold and they outscore us by 18pts.

I don’t think this one will end well.
 

gunks

Hall of Famer
Ok, our bench is young and inexperienced, but the starters were hot garbage.

Joerger should start Yogi/Bogi/JJ/Bags/Giles in the 3rd to send a message. Might cut into the lead as well.
 
The thing that was most deflating to me wasat the end was Willie actually grabs a monstrous offensive rebound before throwing it away.


24 minutes is a lot of time though. we just need a stretch like the opening minutes..
 

SLAB

Hall of Famer
Yeah. They said it was a take the training wheels off season but Marvins are still on apparently.


Whats the worst that could happen?? he misses a bunch of 3's and then they gotta switch back after a few games? not a big risk
Not like Bjeli’s been making a case for himself. Bet on the infinite upside, and the growing pains that come with it.
 

Kingz19

Hall of Famer
43 point second quarter. Up 13 to being in a 13 point hole in less than 12 minutes. Kings have to be the only team this consistently happens to
 
Fox is doing a damn good job vs Kemba. That dude is a great player, he's extremely shifty. ya can't expect De'Aaron to hang with him on every turn and move, he's not a shadow.

There's plays where Fox is chasing him around kemba gets the ball and drives and somehow Fox recovers to contest the entry pass into kemba and then again again a few steps later in the lane... that is like absurd. if u just look at the steps he takes.
 

SLAB

Hall of Famer
That missed rebound was unacceptable. Not because they didn’t get it, it was a long rebound and it happens. But not a single King even reacted to it. Just watched it bounce into a Hornets’ hand.
 
If the playoffs are sincerly our goal, we can't be losing against teams like Charlotte who have Kemba and a bunch of role players. This is a team that's barely 8th seed in a very weak Eastern conference. We have to play better than this.