[Game] Kings @ Mavericks - 12/18/16 - 1PT/4ET

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Apropos of nothing, does anyone happen to know why this game was pulled from NBA TV's schedule, in favor of Game 1 of a first-round playoff series?

 

[KingsFan80]

Well unlike the MEM game ...again Koufos needs to GET THE HELL OFF THE FLOOR.... Stupid freaking coaching. We never gain any advantage to have two bigs out there.

If Gay comes back and Temple goes back to the bench... man Dave will have to be officially one of the worst coaches in the league

You are completely off. Joerger is a great coach. Your blame and finger pointing needs to be at the people who built the roster, not the coach. There is no talent on this team, I am not sure what you expect Coach J to do with this team

 

[Bricklayer]

appears Cuban was saavy starting this one earlier than our guys normally wake up

 

[dude12]

And it would be great if the starting PG played well....like better than once every 5 games.

 

[Ron]

What's with the mysterious Casspi illness?
We really need his 3pt shooting & 3pt defending...

 

[Bricklayer]

Straight back to Cuz/Koufos. That, I'll agree, is mighty questionable.

The way guys are playing tonight? Our best pairing.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Apropos of nothing, does anyone happen to know why this game was pulled from NBA TV's schedule, in favor of Game 1 of a first-round playoff series?

It would seem they think that a replay of Game 1 from one of the 2008 first-round playoff series is in fact a more compelling matchup than this game. I'm not sure I disagree.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

appears Cuban was saavy starting this one earlier than our guys normally wake up

How was he able to get away with that, anyway?

 

[dude12]

Our backcourt getting outplayed by theirs....very sad

 

[Jimbob]

I was hoping to see Malachi today. Not likely with this result.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Our backcourt getting outplayed by theirs....very sad

But hardly surprising.

 

[sactownfan]

So cousins is guarding Harrison Barnes ? Seems legit

 

[Bricklayer]

Cousins 20
Lawson 8


Koufos 2
Temple 2
McLemore 2
Tolliver 2
Barnes 3
Collison 0
Cauley-Stein 0


way to bring it guys

 

[SLAB]

I was hoping to see Malachi today. Not likely with this result.

I don't see why he can't get Ben's minutes when it's clear McBen is in invisible mode.

He can stand in a corner; be invisible, and dribble the ball off his foot just as well as McBen can probably.

 

[dude12]

Ben did something productive!

 

[sactownfan]

I don't see why he can't get Ben's minutes when it's clear McBen is in invisible mode.

He can stand in a corner; be invisible, and dribble the ball off his foot just as well as McBen can probably.

Seriously tho. Ben and affallo are done. At this point we need to cross our finger and roll with Richardson.

Even if he's terrible it's not a drop from what those other 2 are doing.

Odds are he will be better. But anything is better than nothing

 

[dude12]

I see Cousins D'ing up Barnes

 

[New Era]

And this is why all the talk about "easy schedule" is meaningless. We can't even take care of biz on games like this.

Bottom line. Most likely we are a 30-35 win team, again.

 

[ApolloDaGod]

Trade mclemore rite now!!! after deron Williams just broke him down there at the end of the half. That was horrible defense. He almost fell... almost.

 

[Jimbob]

I don't see why he can't get Ben's minutes when it's clear McBen is in invisible mode.

He can stand in a corner; be invisible, and dribble the ball off his foot just as well as McBen can probably.

Yeah, I think I'm officially done with any hope for Ben.

 

[sactownfan]

Jeez one of the best team efforts... followed by this... we seriously can't lose to this DAL team...

 

[miltonap]

Harrison Barnes is awful. Never liked him on the Warriors either

 

[Larry89]

oh boy

 

[funkykingston]

And this is why all the talk about "easy schedule" is meaningless. We can't even take care of biz on games like this.

Bottom line. Most likely we are a 30-35 win team, again.

I can appreciate Brick's persistence in trying to view this team from angles that provide some optimism but this is yet another mediocre Kings team.

Even if they somehow come back to win this game, they still are letting the worst team in the NBA out effort them. Not having your shots fall is one thing. Being out hustled and out worked is not excusable.

 

[Bricklayer]

you see this kind of offensive struggle and never has it been more evident that Afflalo has either demanded a trade they are working at in the background, or is so deep in the doghouse he's smelling of doggy doo. He would be the appropriate match on Matthews, freeing Temple to take Deron. But apparently he is basically off the team.

 

[The Effort Police]

Does anyone feel like complaining about Rudy Gay? No?

 

[New Era]

Does anyone feel like complaining about Rudy Gay? No?

Sure, I will. He's a ***** and has no heart.

 

[206Fan]

Where are all of the people who said we wouldn't be worse without Rudy? We're losing to the Mavs because we can't play defense and nobody outside of Cuz can score..

 

[kingsfan1984]

I can appreciate Brick's persistence in trying to view this team from angles that provide some optimism but this is yet another mediocre Kings team.

Even if they somehow come back to win this game, they still are letting the worst team in the NBA out effort them. Not having your shots fall is one thing. Being out hustled and out worked is not excusable.

So sick of the "getting out hustle" for yet another game. Its the one thing that turns me off more than anything. In the richmond era, it was enjoyable watching our undersog teams scrap and claw even when we would loose. Its why we could suck all those years and still sell out the arena every night. But these teams...man makes me change my mind about wven getting discountef tickets to see the new arena if nothing else.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

... Even if they somehow come back to win this game, they still are letting the worst team in the NBA out effort them. Not having your shots fall is one thing. Being out hustled and out worked is not excusable.

That seems like a convenient way of saying that you're going to find a way to be unhappy, no matter what happens?