Such a lost opportunity to get some momentum. Would be 7-4 with an insane win against the suns. Now you are 6-5 and have two hard games coming you hope to split. Best case scenerio you are 7-6 after that.
Even with SA hitting everything they throw at the rim, if the Kings had shot their season average number of FTs this is only a 3 point SA lead. The over-reliance on 3pt shooting is self-fulfilling prophecy.
To be fair, exerting all their energy to get that win against the Suns probably is what cost the Kings this game in the first place.Such a lost opportunity to get some momentum. Would be 7-4 with an insane win against the suns. Now you are 6-5 and have two hard games coming you hope to split. Best case scenerio you are 7-6 after that.
every team relies on it, you can’t win without it consistently. They took 9 more three than us and no one is saying they are overly reliant on them. We have to make them and guard them or the season is in the toilet, bottom line.
Well, if only we took 10 3PA this game and just made every single one of those shots into Middy's, we probably would have won. That's all I've really learned from this game.
To be fair, exerting all their energy to get that win against the Suns probably is what cost the Kings this game in the first place.
every team relies on it, you can’t win without it consistently. They took 9 more three than us and no one is saying they are overly reliant on them. We have to make them and guard them or the season is in the toilet, bottom line.
It will be bad as long as we run this freelance offense. There is no purpose in the movement and when the players don't know at which spot on the floor they will get an open shot, they are more likely to miss. There's a lot of hesitation because they have to calibrate where they are before they shoot the ball and by the time those gears turn the shot is not longer that open. Spurs took away the transition and we were back to pounding the ball on the perimeter looking to make up plays on the go. Even simple pick-and-roll/pop plays would generate consistent shots. The absolute dearth of set plays is not suitable for winning basketball. Individual shot making brilliance has kept us afloat but is not sustainable all season.Crazy how bad the shooting has been. How long is this going to last?
If they continue to shoot poorly from 3, what would you suggest? Try something different, or just more of the same?
Are you suggesting that if we dropped to 30th in 3PA and converted all those shots to middy's, that we'd be a better team? That we could overcome 6-10 3PM difference every game?
Are you suggesting that if we dropped to 30th in 3PA and converted all those shots to middy's, that we'd be a better team? That we could overcome 6-10 3PM difference every game?
We need two good shooting nights in a row and maybe things turn. I don’t know how to make that happen though
I would merely stop shooting threes and hope that other teams wouldn’t catch on and not just pack the paint every possession.
Are you suggesting that if we dropped to 30th in 3PA and converted all those shots to middy's, that we'd be a better team? That we could overcome 6-10 3PM difference every game?
I'm suggesting that the shot selection needs to improve and their scoring average as a team needs to go up. They're not scoring enough in general.
The question is how can this roster score more consistently, right now? They just beat Phoenix last night, with close range shots in the 4th and overtime.
I'm suggesting that the shot selection needs to improve and their scoring average as a team needs to go up. They're not scoring enough in general.
The question is how can this roster score more consistently, right now? They just beat Phoenix last night, with close range shots in the 4th and overtime.