[Game] Kings @ Rockets, 11/6/2023 5pm Pacific 8pm Eastern

[dude12]

I’d try and get quicker with the lineup. 3 guard lineup, Keegan and Domas. Just can’t keep them in front right now

 

[SacTownKid]

Maybe we should have been more aggressive in the off season…

Monte tried but honestly this is just a bad matchup here. Was last year too. Fox needs help though for sure.

 

[Caccia]

Have a bad feeling about this one. Feels like it will be a blowout with the way the kings are playing.

I do not see a whole lot of adjustments from the first game. Do you guys? Just the sudden appearance the Mr. Ford.

 

[SacTownKid]

I do not see a whole lot of adjustments from the first game. Do you guys? Just the sudden appearance the Mr. Ford.

I can't remember did Brown stagger Murray early like that in the last game?

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Just when you need Monk on the floor more, he gets 3 quick ones

 

[HndsmCelt]

I’d try and get quicker with the lineup. 3 guard lineup, Keegan and Domas. Just can’t keep them in front right now

I suppose we could just give up trying to defend and just focus on out scoring them

 

[TaxMan]

Can Duarte make a freakin basket?

 

[Vinny Basketballerino]

Heurter actually playing a great game all around.

 

[iowamcnabb]

Weird matchups, good shot timely shots m, few shooters rolls and we can’t get anything early in the clock

 

[TaxMan]

Something has to change. I get the push for defense and tough love from Brown but it seems like it’s really ****ed with their brains.

 

[KF8]

Ugly ugly ugly. Ready to turn this one off before the half.

 

[Sluggah]

Duarte needs to consider passing occasionally

 

[iowamcnabb]

11 teams fouls in 15 min

 

[SacTownKid]

Not real sure the value of that last lineup.

 

[Vinny Basketballerino]

We are playing bad, bad defense. Just fundamental things not happening like not fighting over screens, not stopping the ball in transition, etc.

We are also playing bad offense aside from a couple bright spots like Heurter and some Malik. There is no rhythm, little motion aside from a few pick and rolls, just no cohesion at all. And overall just bad decision making.

This is a lot uglier basketball than I thought I was going to be watching at any point this year.

 

[TaxMan]

There we go. I like the aggressive Keegan. We need something going to the hoop.

 

[iowamcnabb]

That’s not a foul on the Keegan drive but every Houston drive is?

 

[Tetsujin]

Keegan getting selfish and starting to go downhill every possession and it's absolutely working wonders for our offense.

 

[Tetsujin]

That’s not a foul on the Keegan drive but every Houston drive is?

Rockets get the Dillon Brooks discount. When every possession is a foul, no possessions are a foul.

 

[SacTownKid]

Something has to change. I get the push for defense and tough love from Brown but it seems like it’s really ****ed with their brains.

Yeah, it's pretty clear a push for defense has to be coming from a roster standpoint as much as a philosophical one. Getting to that middle rung on defense can't be at the expense of the identity.

 

[dude12]

Aggressive Keegan gives a shot in the arm

 

[Caccia]

11 teams fouls in 15 min

Physicality!

 

[kingsboi]

11 teams fouls in 15 min

so I guess they took the "make them feel you" approach Mike was asking for, next phase is to do it without fouling but even then, when you try to turn a whole lot of offensive minded players into defenders, it's just not realistic expectations

 

[KF8]

Sabonis needs to do more.. He's being paid max now play like it.

 

[TaxMan]

How many times do the rockets get the bounce around the rim 3s to fall this game?

 

[Tetsujin]

Uhhhh 10 seconds in the paint

 

[iowamcnabb]

How many times do the rockets get the bounce around the rim 3s to fall this game?

3rd time this game

 

[pdxKingsFan]

This team needs to have a moment and have it soon.

 

[Vinny Basketballerino]

The worse we play, the more Katie talks.... kinda not working for me.

 

[BosnianDiehard2.0]

This is awfully concerning. Offense is less quick, efficient and freeflowing than last year. Defense is as bad as usual. Keegan is trying to do too kuch.