DynaPamm
Bench
Man, playoff games are going to be amazing when droves of Kings fans show up and call to light the beam in someone else's house.
I can hardly wait!
Man, playoff games are going to be amazing when droves of Kings fans show up and call to light the beam in someone else's house.
LOL!!It's a metaphor for the fact that it's going to take dropping a building on him for the Kings to be free of Kenny Thomas.
Certainly THIS is good.
True, just don't want certain habits to settle in when we take on the better teams that we can beat, simply with more effort. They've shown flashes on defense so we know they can do it when they buckle downWhen it comes to playing defense, the Kings are victims of their collective stellar offense. I can only imagine being in the huddle and Coach Brown preaching defense. The players probable reaction is"why bother playing defense when we know we can outscore them? Their offense is that good.
These last 4 games were a huge test. An incredibly easy stretch that can put the team in a cherry position for the 2nd half of the season. Which is also a stretch where you *need* to take care of business, because fWe'ailing to put these games away against the bad teams puts you in a spot to spiral out of the picture when the good teams come calling
and we did had had to be done and finished 4-0 winning by an average margin of 20.75 points. Sitting on first round home court today and - far more importantly - we’re 3 games ahead of the 7th seed TWolves for a clean shot at the playoffs avoiding a play-in game
also currently 1st in the league in scoring which is pretty cool too!
That Charlotte loss still haunts me...Every game will likely matter a ton at the end for KingsIt's weird to care about the standings again, but you really do see how your whole season can be dictated by making sure you take care of business vs the bad teams and do your best to split games vs the good ones. Let's say the Kings crumbled and went 1-3 on this stretch; we'd be a 0.5 game up on Warriors and Blazers for 9th in the conference and only a game up on the Jazz, Suns and Thunder who are in 10th-12th. Instead, we're building a bit of breathing room; 3.5 games ahead of that cluster, 1.5 game on the Mavs, 2.5 games on the Wolves.
No matter where we end up, I'm pretty sure we'll be able to point to this stretch and say it mattered a ton to the standings at the end of the year. Amazing progress.
That Charlotte loss still haunts me...Every game will likely matter a ton at the end for Kings
It's weird to care about the standings again, but you really do see how your whole season can be dictated by making sure you take care of business vs the bad teams and do your best to split games vs the good ones. Let's say the Kings crumbled and went 1-3 on this stretch; we'd be a 0.5 game up on Warriors and Blazers for 9th in the conference and only a game up on the Jazz, Suns and Thunder who are in 10th-12th. Instead, we're building a bit of breathing room; 3.5 games ahead of that cluster, 1.5 game on the Mavs, 2.5 games on the Wolves.
No matter where we end up, I'm pretty sure we'll be able to point to this stretch and say it mattered a ton to the standings at the end of the year. Amazing progress.
There are 5 pages of every single Kings game thread this year bitching about their inability to play defense. And 60% of them end up with a positive outcome. That SacKings PTSDWhen it comes to playing defense, the Kings are victims of their collective stellar offense. I can only imagine being in the huddle and Coach Brown preaching defense. The players probable reaction is"why bother playing defense when we know we can outscore them? Their offense is that good.
Ar the end of the day they could have gone full on Denver #1/2, current Sac Kings #4, or regressed to the mean expected NBA wide at fighting for 8/9. To be where we are shows our current level as a team.It's weird to care about the standings again, but you really do see how your whole season can be dictated by making sure you take care of business vs the bad teams and do your best to split games vs the good ones. Let's say the Kings crumbled and went 1-3 on this stretch; we'd be a 0.5 game up on Warriors and Blazers for 9th in the conference and only a game up on the Jazz, Suns and Thunder who are in 10th-12th. Instead, we're building a bit of breathing room; 3.5 games ahead of that cluster, 1.5 game on the Mavs, 2.5 games on the Wolves.
No matter where we end up, I'm pretty sure we'll be able to point to this stretch and say it mattered a ton to the standings at the end of the year. Amazing progress.
Probably the only hurdle left to really clear is how they'd respond if Domas, Fox or Barnes missed for 2+ weeks. The Kings have largely been pretty lucky with injuries so far this year and outside of a couple few games stretches for various guys, they haven't had a key core guy go down for an extended period of time.
Spurs ended the game at 52%. Which sounds awful from a Kings perspective until you remember that they were shooting 69% at halftime.
When it comes to playing defense, the Kings are victims of their collective stellar offense. I can only imagine being in the huddle and Coach Brown preaching defense. The players probable reaction is"why bother playing defense when we know we can outscore them? Their offense is that good.
Well, hopefully the Sixers and Lakers have a triple overtime game