[Game] Kings @ Thunder, 2/28/2022 5pm Pacific 8pm Eastern

[Tetsujin]

Sabonis gets called for the weakest fouls ever.

 

[Tetsujin]

I love DDV's game. Perfect role player to have on your roster. Just needs to get his shot to the point I don't have to wince whenever he shoots it.

 

[SacTownKid]

That Sabonis to Fox high low pass off the cut was like seeing the ghosts of Doug Christie to Peja.

 

[Tetsujin]

Shai really gets reffed like Harden lol

 

[Tetsujin]

Trey "Squint and he's C-Webb" Lyles

 

[Tetsujin]

Sabonis really might be a better passer than Vlade or Brad Miller and that's a really high bar.

 

[SacTownKid]

Lyles doing the things they wanted Metu to do. Metu has to shoot those, Lyles can handle and get into the teeth once he turns down the 3.

 

[SLAB]

Sabonis really might be a better passer than Vlade or Brad Miller and that's a really high bar.

Still no Henry Giles tho

 

[Tetsujin]

Dude has Ballerina feet, I swear.

 

[SacTownKid]

Still no Henry Giles tho

Forgot about him. BRING HIM BACK. There's your front court.

 

[EIM86]

Wow Sabonis is ridiculous lol

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

Great end to third + fourth quarter. The next game is hugeeee for our play-in hopes. We’re three games back of 10th now but a win vs NOP counts as double.

 

[Tetsujin]

Great end to third + fourth quarter. The next game is hugeeee for our play-in hopes. We’re three games back of 10th now but a win vs NOP counts as double.

Have the Spurs after that too. Win these next two and we're right back in the thick of things.

 

[dude12]

Winning by 21 > Losing by 21

 

[Tetsujin]

De’Aaron Fox tonight vs OKC:

29 Points
10 Assists
4 Rebounds
2 Steals
1 Blocks pic.twitter.com/ZG7bdMTP9K

— Skyler (KFR) (@SacFilmRoom) March 1, 2022

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Trey Lyles tonight, according to Mark Jones:

 

[Sluggah]

For once, being on the other end of ‘that escalated quickly’

 

[SacTownKid]

Winning by 21 > Losing by 21

Fox and Sabonis when good, are GOOD. Barnes as that 3rd guy, and maybe Lyles as a nice little skilled big option. There are some things there but Gentry is stumbling at times to find it and it's costing them games.

 

[EIM86]

Sabonis with Rodman-Esque stat-line today with more rebounds then pts

 

[The Effort Police]

Fox and Sabonis when good, are GOOD. Barnes as that 3rd guy, and maybe Lyles as a nice little skilled big option. There are some things there but Gentry is stumbling at times to find it and it's costing them games.

I trashed him in his 1st half performance alongside some other guys, but I think he's the better fit and player to start at the 2 than Holiday. Lyles was good tonight, but if the options are him or Harkless at 4 that's still a gaping hole.

 

[gilly420]

Lyles seems like a real chill dude. Nice game/interview

 

[Tetsujin]

14/16/7 from Sabonis on 7/8 shooting. Had 8 turnovers and 5 fouls but that's quite a stat line from a guy who had a quiet night.

 

[iowamcnabb]

And Fox with 29 and 10 with only one turnover on a night when he is 1-5 from 3 and 8-14 from the stripe

 

[SacTownKid]

14/16/7 from Sabonis on 7/8 shooting. Had 8 turnovers and 5 fouls but that's quite a stat line from a guy who had a quiet night.

And those turnovers and fouls are almost completely gone if they just don't try and play him like Shaq, haha.

 

[Tetsujin]

Dame Jones with 6 points/4 rebounds/3 blocks in 16 minutes off the bench.

I don't know if Holmes plays another minute for the Kings.

 

[miltonap]

I missed the whole game.

How'd the boys look ? Saw they won by 20

 

[The_Jamal]

Sabonis 5 PF, 8 TO's, but still manages 14-16-7 on 8 shots in only 30 minutes. And what a freaking joke he didn't shoot at FT, how is that even possible with how physical he is in the post? Still, we need him to stay more aggressive with the offense and look for his shot. It's almost always going to be the best/most efficient option.

Lyles certainly earned himself a lot more playing time. He's limited and we can't expect anything close to this scoring output on a normal basis, but he's always been a really smart role player that understands how to fit in.

-Awesome seeing the DDV break-out game. This is the dude he was on a regular basis last season with Mil; just impactful on both ends. 4-6 3pt shooting obviously won't happen every game, but if he can find the 35-37% stroke, he's a starter.

-The inconsistency with Holiday is getting old. He's better on defense and plays well within an offense, but if he's not going to be a consistent spacer, then there's no point leaving him in the lineup. I'd rather get DDV's defense/rebounding/secondary-playmaking in the LU.

-Fox 40 minutes, took over with Sabonis struggling. Super efficient night; 29 pts on 20 shots, 10-1 Ast/TO ratio. We need more defensive consistency, but he's basically just been the old Fox since he came back from injury; an all-star caliber offensive player.

 

[Tetsujin]

Misgivings about his ability to actually coach aside, Alvin Gentry seems like an absolutely great person who the players seem to like playing for, which is pretty much more than you could say about all of the coaches we've had since Mike Malone lol

 

[SacTownKid]

Well, I guess some things are indeed visual. The 5 man stats are super sketchy obviously since post trade there isn't enough game time together but indeed, with at least 10 minutes played the best 5 man net rating unit post trade is Fox/Davion/Lamb/Barnes/Sabonis. Followed by Donte in for Davion. Fox/Holiday/Harkless/Barnes/Sabonis is way down at a -16.2.

https://www.nba.com/stats/lineups/a...758&sort=NET_RATING&dir=1&Month=5&CF=MIN*G*10

 

[Tetsujin]

De’Aaron Fox last 4 games:

29 PTS | 10 AST | 50 FG%
26 PTS | 10 AST | 53 FG%
20 PTS | 4 AST | 50 FG%
33 PTS | 9 AST | 54 FG%

He’s averaged 27p/6a on 51% shooting in February. pic.twitter.com/Q8mMDfbmlu

— KingsMuse (@kings_muse) March 1, 2022