[Game] Kings @ Magic - 3/23/2024 - 4:00PM PST/7:00PM EST
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Yeah, but this is all based on 3's still. The Kings are showing that even if they hit that 37% area is starts inching towards up in the air depending on factors like the other teams hitting 3's and if the Kings are outmatched physically. We have to see what the playoffs look like and how dominant some of these paper champ teams are but the last few years shooting can take you to the conference finals if you stay hot. Of course, for most of those teams it was also followed by seasons of dropping like a rock, but that's the variance with shooting teams. I think the Kings are at a bigger advantage than say a team like the Hawks since Fox isn't as reliant on outshooting teams as their star is. Monte is trying to turn this into a team that can get beyond that variance, don't doubt it. Hopefully he can get it done.
It was good that i was wrong. Good job overall, good coaching plan by Brown and the staff, very good defense throughout the game except for the Isaac minutes that it was hard to predict that could happen.
K33gan and K3on led the way (the K3 assassins, beasts in defense and snipers in offense), I liked it when Fox "touched the paint" didn't like his dozen of threes again, the ones that didn't go in seemed way off. Sabonis was superb as well, had to fight several players that weren't playing so "clean" let's say, and all players will wake up a bit "sore" next morning. Kings made Orlando look as a bad team at certain moments, made them have bad choice shots and we could have won much easier if we got a few calls BUT we were lucky with that Suggs foul (i think if the table were turned and it was foul against us we would be fuming). Btw in that play Mosley tried to challenge it but it was too late, at least that was what Mark Jones told.
The main reason we won was the 3s, the 3 point defense (not leaving so many open shots) and we have been getting better at free throws (while Orlando missed several ones. We couldn't get many second chance points (Orlando doesn't allow that, was shown in a card before the match began), but we got many fast break points that were turned to easy baskets.
At one point all the players looked tired to me, all starters playing 36+ minutes, almost zero help from the bench which we don't see too often. I think under normal circumstances (Len, Sasha 100% fit) Barnes wouldn't have played that much, but he was good in the defensive part.
Brown sugarcoating Monk for his presence in the bench taking "Mason Jones" role in a way.
K33gan and K3on led the way (the K3 assassins, beasts in defense and snipers in offense), I liked it when Fox "touched the paint" didn't like his dozen of threes again, the ones that didn't go in seemed way off. Sabonis was superb as well, had to fight several players that weren't playing so "clean" let's say, and all players will wake up a bit "sore" next morning. Kings made Orlando look as a bad team at certain moments, made them have bad choice shots and we could have won much easier if we got a few calls BUT we were lucky with that Suggs foul (i think if the table were turned and it was foul against us we would be fuming). Btw in that play Mosley tried to challenge it but it was too late, at least that was what Mark Jones told.
The main reason we won was the 3s, the 3 point defense (not leaving so many open shots) and we have been getting better at free throws (while Orlando missed several ones. We couldn't get many second chance points (Orlando doesn't allow that, was shown in a card before the match began), but we got many fast break points that were turned to easy baskets.
At one point all the players looked tired to me, all starters playing 36+ minutes, almost zero help from the bench which we don't see too often. I think under normal circumstances (Len, Sasha 100% fit) Barnes wouldn't have played that much, but he was good in the defensive part.
Brown sugarcoating Monk for his presence in the bench taking "Mason Jones" role in a way.
In other words, in the Sacramento era, coaches by percentage of .500+ seasons (full OR partial):
Rick Adelman: 100%
Mike Brown: 100%
Tyrone Corbin: 0%
Alvin Gentry: 0%
Rex Hughes: 0%
Dave Joerger: 0%
Phil Johnson: 0%
Eddie Jordan: 0%
George Karl: 0%
Michael Malone: 0%
Dick Motta: 0%
Eric Musselman: 0%
Kenny Natt: 0%
Jerry Reynolds: 0%
Bill Russell: 0%
Keith Smart: 0%
Garry St. Jean: 0%
Reggie Theus: 0%
Luke Walton: 0%
Paul Westphal: 0%
Jerry Reynolds is tied for third!
Rick Adelman: 100%
Mike Brown: 100%
Tyrone Corbin: 0%
Alvin Gentry: 0%
Rex Hughes: 0%
Dave Joerger: 0%
Phil Johnson: 0%
Eddie Jordan: 0%
George Karl: 0%
Michael Malone: 0%
Dick Motta: 0%
Eric Musselman: 0%
Kenny Natt: 0%
Jerry Reynolds: 0%
Bill Russell: 0%
Keith Smart: 0%
Garry St. Jean: 0%
Reggie Theus: 0%
Luke Walton: 0%
Paul Westphal: 0%
Jerry Reynolds is tied for third!
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