Kings @ Spurs Game Thread
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We suck. No one can shoot...especially Beno, becuase i like singleing him out for no apparent reason.
theclash4u5
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That inbounds turnover was PATHETIC.
theclash4u5
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Spurs showing how GOOD ball movement is done.
And you know how they got good? Look at the team. They've been together for a LONG TIME. They know each other, they know their roles and they execute them to perfection.
The Kings aren't doing that badly, just as Grant said. It is THE SPURS
theclash4u5
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Yes, but passing to one another doesn't take being together for a long time...being GOOD at it, does. But all I've seen is 1 on 1 movement from the Kings (Beno running around and then shooting it before anyone else touches the ball)
Kings Faithful
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There are two scenerios with the Kings....we play hard and give ourselves a chance to win but inveitbly fail with dumb mistakes, or we get blown out with no chance whatsover to come back. Once in a while we catch a team on a bad night or a bad streak and we barely pull out a game against them mainly because they don't capitalize on our mistakes. At least last year we could actually come back once in a while, or steal a game with a game winning shot. UNFIRE REGGIE THEUS THREAD! lol....
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
This was predictable, as was this entire roadtrip -- 4 strong opponents, 0-4 was to be expected and 1-3 would have been a minor victory.
The last three games of the month to close out the year at home will be interesting. 2 of the 3 are winnable (Clippers + Toronto, although one is improving and the other is desperate). And then the third...could easily be against a Boston Celtic team on a 20-game winning streak. We could do our play up to the level of the competition thing, but Boston is ferocious in a way that I have rarely seen basketball teams be ferocious -- they don't just want to beat you, they want to castrate you. Might want to leave the children at home for that one.
The last three games of the month to close out the year at home will be interesting. 2 of the 3 are winnable (Clippers + Toronto, although one is improving and the other is desperate). And then the third...could easily be against a Boston Celtic team on a 20-game winning streak. We could do our play up to the level of the competition thing, but Boston is ferocious in a way that I have rarely seen basketball teams be ferocious -- they don't just want to beat you, they want to castrate you. Might want to leave the children at home for that one.
piksi
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Uncia03
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This was a hard half to watch.
Jason's offense was actually quite solid and he didn't have any TO's which is great. But he's not hustling after the rebounds like he did in the last game.
I would love to see the Kings actually try to take advantage of Bonner trying to defend Spencer in the post. I mean the first play of the game we sort of went to Spencer, and then Miller's pass to Spencer got picked off with a few minutes left in the 1st quarter, but other than that, there has hardly been anything.
We should be going to that and at the very least drawing the double-team if not having Spencer get a good scoring opportunity almost every time down there.
There's always the 2nd half...
Jason's offense was actually quite solid and he didn't have any TO's which is great. But he's not hustling after the rebounds like he did in the last game.
I would love to see the Kings actually try to take advantage of Bonner trying to defend Spencer in the post. I mean the first play of the game we sort of went to Spencer, and then Miller's pass to Spencer got picked off with a few minutes left in the 1st quarter, but other than that, there has hardly been anything.
We should be going to that and at the very least drawing the double-team if not having Spencer get a good scoring opportunity almost every time down there.
There's always the 2nd half...
Uncia03
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Yeah, the game against Boston is going to be absolutely brutal.
ZZE916
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Yep. We should all get used to it and look forward to the future.
piksi
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I expect Spencer Hawes to do something against Matt freaking Bonner and for them not to make turnovers that blind people don't make
kings4lyfe32
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I guess its about time for monday night football
Uncia03
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If Spencer's teammates only get him the ball in a position to do something 3 whole times the entire game you can't blame Spencer.
Not that he did anything with those three opportunities, but they were few and very far between.
I'm hating the way the Kings try to set up Spencer in the post. Someone needs to teach this team how to set up a post guy.
Showtime
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I literally could NOT believe how when Spencer got switched on Finley, and had good position in the post, the Kings refused to get the ball to him. Let me state that again: Hawes had Finley with good position. I absolutely hate how many times Hawes gets good position and they refuse to give him the ball and instead fake the pass, then take a pick on the perimeter and jack a bad shot.
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Generally I detest all the "the other players make x not play so well" stuff, whetehr it be Kevin, Peja, whoever. However, I that play jumped out at me too and I dumped a note about it in the grades. Third quarter or early 4th. And I was jsut aghast. Not just on finley, but iso'd on him with nobody behind him and we looked him off not once, but twice (at least). That's not even basketball 101. That's like Basketball 1. Everybody on a pickup court knows to feed a post guy if he's got a twerp behind him (since most of them are just playing for themselves they may not make the pass, but you expect more at the NBA level).
kingsnation
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Spence is actually our first decent big man with a post game since Vlade and Webb. How sad is that???
Andre87
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HighTopKicks
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I totally agree. I saw the same play, with Hawes jumping and waving his arms. Beno came down with the ball, looked the passed to Miller who looked than passed back to Beno. Right then & there, I finally joined the "We need a PG group"!
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