[Game] Kings @ Pelicans, 2/1/21, 5pm PST, 8pm EST, Beer o'Clock Nawlins Time

[Sluggah]

Given proper minutes and a full season...maybe Bags won’t be too shabby on D?

 

[SLAB]

DeMarcus Bagley just got tossed.

 

[Tetsujin]

**** these refs. Man. What the ****???

 

[Hoovtrain]

Terrible call and T. Joke

 

[Sluggah]

WHAT?!

 

[dude12]

Unreal.

 

[Hoovtrain]

Wait they ejected him??

 

[funkykingston]

Buddy is 3-9 from 3 and also 3-9 overall. Last game he was 6-13 from three and 6-15 overall. A few games back it was 5-11 from outside and 5-12 overall.

I've made this point before but it wasn't just that Hield's outside shot wasn't falling early in the season, but also that he's almost exclusively looking for 3's. Very rarely is he attacking closeouts to get to the basket or get fouled, he doesn't backcut on overplays or read screens where he can curl into the paint.

And when he DOES take 2's his percentages are underwhelming this season.

He's gone from a guy improving as a scorer to pretty much solely a shooter and it's lessened his impact.

 

[SLAB]

Luke says “It’s cool, he only had about four minutes of shelf life left this game, anyways.”

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Walton gotta get tossed over that. You have to stand up for your player.

 

[gunks]

Even the Pels announcers are ripping that stupid ejection

 

[SLAB]

Walton gotta get tossed over that. You have to stand up for your player.

Lol like Walton would stick his neck out for Bags.

 

[funkykingston]

Was typing my Buddy post as Bags got tossed. I'm not sure either T was warranted, at least from where I sit. Wonder if he said some magic words?

 

[Sluggah]

Luke says “It’s cool, he only had about four minutes of shelf life left this game, anyways.”

Ouch.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Lol like Walton would stick his neck out for Bags.

One more reason to toss him to the wolves.

 

[dude12]

These refs come over from the last Miami game ?

 

[dude12]

Mark Jones finally realized it’s not a back to back......atta boy

 

[Tetsujin]

Lol like Walton would stick his neck out for Bags.

If it were CoJo, Luke’d be swinging at the refs.

 

[SLAB]

Fox’s jumper is getting there y’all.

 

[Livinthedream]

Handcuffs were taken off Zion when Bagley went out..

 

[funkykingston]

I've lost track of how many consecutive possessions that was without a stop by either team

 

[SLAB]

Oh good. CoNo.

 

[SwipaTical]

Not watching the game . What's up with fox shooting 8 threes mid way into the 3rd. Are they open shots?

 

[funkykingston]

Buddy now 3-11 and every single field goal attempt has been a 3.

This is a weird regression for him.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Not sure that a lineup featuring Haliburton at PF is really the small ball we want to play.

 

[funkykingston]

Buddy now 3-11 and every single field goal attempt has been a 3.

This is a weird regression for him.

And just as I type that he misses a midrange jumper.

 

[Tetsujin]

Kings are currently only 8-29 from three.

 

[SacTownKid]

Is it just me or is Buddy taking a MUCH higher % of all his shots from 3 this year than in previous years? And, if so, is that schematic? His choice? Still too small a sample size to make too much of?

It's clearly by design. Walton playing big like that often leaves Buddy as the only real spacer.

 

[SacTownKid]

Kings are currently only 8-29 from three.

They're getting a bit tired. The game in the first half didn't come easy due to a lack in spacing. They ran a lot too.

 

[funkykingston]

Not sure that a lineup featuring Haliburton at PF is really the small ball we want to play.

Basketball 3.0. We'll play the smallest of the small ball.

Also, Bagley was defending Zion fairly well. Not sure who on the Kings can handle that assignment now.