[Game] Kings @ Suns 2/14/2023 6pm Pacific 9pm Eastern
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I didn't catch a lot of the game, part of the 3rd and 4th, what I noticed at times was really bad perimeter defense.
Just way too easy letting guys break down the defense then it was either an easy shot or an easy dump off to someone else.
You can't double someone like Devin Booker THEN get beat off the dribble. That's pretty bad.
Also, lack of rebounding was unacceptable.
Kessler Edwards in his minutes looked fantastic to me. Metu (I think that's who it was) was letting guys get boards and that's really unacceptable
Bench and never play again type of unacceptable.
I think that Kessler Edwards acquisition will be a big deal in that it looks like he can defend and shoot the ball on the other end.
Backup C needs to be resolved. Either by throwing Lyles in there or idk but someone needs to be able to get boards
Just way too easy letting guys break down the defense then it was either an easy shot or an easy dump off to someone else.
You can't double someone like Devin Booker THEN get beat off the dribble. That's pretty bad.
Also, lack of rebounding was unacceptable.
Kessler Edwards in his minutes looked fantastic to me. Metu (I think that's who it was) was letting guys get boards and that's really unacceptable
Bench and never play again type of unacceptable.
I think that Kessler Edwards acquisition will be a big deal in that it looks like he can defend and shoot the ball on the other end.
Backup C needs to be resolved. Either by throwing Lyles in there or idk but someone needs to be able to get boards
I'm just giving @SLAB some crap, that's all. Seems to be a good kid who can take some "heat" around here...
Honestly, I, too, believe that the Suns are going to leapfrog us, and win the Pacific. I'd be shocked, actually, if they don't. I understand the whole "play-in or bust" mentality but, to me honestly, even if we slip down into one of the play-in spots, I'll still be somewhat content with our end result. Obviously, a top 6 finish would be ideal and that is what I am expecting, especially considering our success so far this season, but I won't cry too much if we find ourselves somewhere in the 7 to 10 seed range at the end of the day. Would I be disappointed? Absolutely. But would I consider the season a complete failure as a result, Absolutely not.
Just being able to talk about the Kings in the same conversation as the rest of the postseason contenders makes this season somewhat of a success already, if you really want to be honest with yourself.
Honestly, I, too, believe that the Suns are going to leapfrog us, and win the Pacific. I'd be shocked, actually, if they don't. I understand the whole "play-in or bust" mentality but, to me honestly, even if we slip down into one of the play-in spots, I'll still be somewhat content with our end result. Obviously, a top 6 finish would be ideal and that is what I am expecting, especially considering our success so far this season, but I won't cry too much if we find ourselves somewhere in the 7 to 10 seed range at the end of the day. Would I be disappointed? Absolutely. But would I consider the season a complete failure as a result, Absolutely not.
Just being able to talk about the Kings in the same conversation as the rest of the postseason contenders makes this season somewhat of a success already, if you really want to be honest with yourself.
7 games over going into the all star break and the 3 seed. You could not have told me this back in October. 
only thing that worries me is that the Kings have been pretty much the only healthy team out of the the 3-10 teams and it worries me what happens as everybody else gets healthy.
but they are on schedule I guess.
Do you see the Suns stopping Jokic though? Domas had 24/15/7 against them tonight and that was even with the Kings randomly deciding to stop running their offense somewhere around midway through the third quarter. KD is a really solid backline defender but I think a lot of his numbers on that end were inflated this season by playing next to Claxton, who's become one of the best defenders in the league. Those scary defensive wings they were throwing out on the floor tonight do great against more traditionally perimeter based offenses but they can be beat off-ball.
No, I don't, but the question is whether the 2nd and 3rd Nuggets options can keep up with Durant and Booker if they do find a groove. It's all about how big your guns are and the Suns got them now for sure. Plus even after trading all their wings, they set themselves up to just fill it in with 3 and D guys as it is. The Suns originally thought getting KD would cost them Ayton. Well, this is why this move sucked for any team named Kings, Grizzlies, or Nuggets. Make no bones, I'm rooting for anyone not named the Suns and I wish a 17 year drought upon the Nets.
The Kings have had their fair share of injuries, it's just that their players have decided to play through them rather than sit (which led to all that angst in November when Fox tried playing through his foot injury for three weeks and didn't look amazing). Domas's broken thumb typically sidelines guys for a month plus. He's just a beast who decided he could play through the pain.
Heck, the ancillary guys have missed games here and there. Huerter has missed a couple of games with minor injuries and Malik has had a couple of missed stretches. Harrison hasn't missed action but he's been an iron man for most of his career. Keegan was also playing with a broken thumb.
There's something to be said for building a roster of guys who traditionally haven't been very injury prone.
Heck, the ancillary guys have missed games here and there. Huerter has missed a couple of games with minor injuries and Malik has had a couple of missed stretches. Harrison hasn't missed action but he's been an iron man for most of his career. Keegan was also playing with a broken thumb.
There's something to be said for building a roster of guys who traditionally haven't been very injury prone.
Suns played like it mattered in playoff positioning and to set the tone in case the teams meet in the playoffs.
Kings are going to have to learn to play against physical teams. Can't have our shooters shy away when they get man handled. That's playoff basketball. Makes me think that is why Ellis and Edwards played early tonight. Brown trying to find players with fight in them. If the only players producing on offense consistently are Fox and Sabonis, the best you can do is surround them with defense. Brown tried.
Kings are going to have to learn to play against physical teams. Can't have our shooters shy away when they get man handled. That's playoff basketball. Makes me think that is why Ellis and Edwards played early tonight. Brown trying to find players with fight in them. If the only players producing on offense consistently are Fox and Sabonis, the best you can do is surround them with defense. Brown tried.
I don’t think it was his doing though. He wasn’t getting cooked on defense or anything. He wasn’t hitting his shots but he was doing the other things he needed to do to stay on the court. Brown said in his presser that he planned to play Kessler some tonight. Guess he figured KVon had it going a bit and would rather ride with HB
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