[Game] Kings @ Mavericks, 1/27/2024, 6:00p PT/9:00p ET

[Joshoua]

Keegan is just such a routinely great defender now

amazing on ball and off ball

 

[SacTownKid]

Keegan killing it on defense and Fox on offense. Tough to beat that.

 

[sactowndog]

Luka is such a whiner….

 

[Woot!]

Murray playing fantastic.

HB only 3 shots but looks fully involved. 3/3/2 in only 11 min is solid.

 

[kingdivac]

This is one of the Kings better defensive games of the year so far, although the Mavs are also missing shots - starting to look a bit like the 1st game blowout earlier

 

[dude12]

Fox definitely looks fresh in the last 2 games

 

[SacTownKid]

One thing about the Mavs as well is that without Kyrie there's such a void in talent on that team it's unreal. Nobody else can really do much with the ball and if THJ isn't playing well there's just not much there.

 

[Woot!]

Tim Hardaway is not gunshy. Never has been.

 

[kingdivac]

Nice recovery

 

[Sluggah]

Fox being fouled constantly

 

[ick300]

Foxy looks very very good today … hope he is officially back to business….

 

[Joshoua]

Sabonis needs to take more than one three a game when he’s shooting 40% it’ll unlock his game

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Barnes is definitely reinvigorated

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

 

[Kingz19]

HB has had more notably individual strong defensive plays the last two games than seemingly all season

And Fox straight eating

 

[kingdivac]

The defensive help today is outstanding! If only every night

 

[Joshoua]

Grant Williams sucks

 

[kingdivac]

Fox had 6s....take it to the rim - dont selttle for a fade.

 

[Folsomkingsfan]

amazing on ball and off ball

I think he's already in that Mikal Bridges, OG, Derrick white tier, which is super impressive considering the role he is playing usually takes a few seasons to get acclimated to. It's going to be fun watching what type of player he becomes. I think a Kawhi-lite player is definitely in play.

 

[dude12]

The starting five looks like they did last year. Right now, I don’t think Monte deals any of those guys.

 

[SacTownKid]

Grant Williams sucks

I wouldn't mind Monte taking a look at him. However, the Mavs having to use him as a lead option is hard on the eyes for sure. He wasn't bad in college but it's like with the C's a lot of his half court game went on ice.

 

[coolhandluke]

I love the active defense being played. Getting great shots on offense too.

Love seeing Fox scoring in a variety of ways. Did someone on courtside poke the Fox again?

 

[Joshoua]

I think he's already in that Mikal Bridges, OG, Derrick white tier, which is super impressive considering the role he is playing usually takes a few seasons to get acclimated to. It's going to be fun watching what type of player he becomes. I think a Kawhi-lite player is definitely in play.

Agreed! Too bad we couldn’t grab OG

 

[Woot!]

Sabonis has work to do to keep his double-double streak going (though his points/boards dub-dub streak was broken last game, he had a points/assts dub-dub).

 

[Remi]

very good defensive half of the game. I never seen 9 blocks from a team with Keegan having 3 ...

 

[Kingz19]

Strong team play

Good balance and good defense

Kings blocked 9 shots in that half. They don’t typically block a lot of shots.

Keegan 3, Fox and Huerter 2 each, Trey and HB 1 each



Keegan averaged 2 blocks per game in college. I think a lot of people just assumed his shot blocking wouldn’t translate to the NBA but I see no reason why not.

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

What a great half of basketball. Awesome team defense, great gameplan from Mike Brown on Dončić, Keegan showing All-Defensive team potential, Fox got his seag back, etc. i can go on and on. That’s just great basketball.

I know the Mavs are short handed but this is reinforcing my belief that we turned the corner in that Milwaukee game and just had two freak losses, and FT horrors took us out of the Indy game. We’ve been playing really good basketball recently.

 

[Caccia]

Keegan is just such a routinely great defender now.

Even though Luka is tired, Murray is putting on a clinic. I never thought he would be this good on defense.

Nice lead at the half, but I will not let myself get too excited, knowing what happened in Phoenix.

 

[SacTownKid]

The starting five looks like they did last year. Right now, I don’t think Monte deals any of those guys.

I think Monte has a plan and regardless he's going to stick to it. If part of it was based on not getting a valuable deal and in turn not doing anything then that's it but Monte has been aggressive and I would expect it to be so. Monte ain't afraid to break some hearts, haha.

 

[dude12]

Fox 0 FT attempts in the half. Imagine the refs giving him FTs like Doncic