[Game] Kings vs. Bucks 3/13/2023 7p PST/10p EST

[Sluggah]

Fox exerting a lot of energy keeping Holiday in check. Hope he’ll have the juice for the 4th quarters we’ve become accustomed to.

 

[KainLear]

Solid half. We’ve cooled off from 3 but defense has been decent. It’s inevitable that Middleton gets going so have to counter that

Yeah... our shooting strokes come and go, but it is so encouraging that we've turnt 'em freakin' jets on early on D, keeping consistent pressure on Jrue and Middleton especially, who both currently at half time have 5 points each.

 

[9x1x6]

Sabonis almost had a triple double in the first half geez haha (17/8/8)

 

[Woot!]

Good half. Hopefully HB or Keegan get going though. Shaky quarter for them offensively.

Indeed. A lot of WIDE-open 3's missed by our Kings late in the 2nd, not least by those two. Could easily be 15+ pt margin.

 

[SacTownKid]

Very physical game so far by both teams. It's amazing how drastically different games are called and how inconsistent the refs are. This game is a little like the Suns game with the exception that the refs couldn't stop from blowing the whistle in that one for the Kings.

 

[Kingster]

Dude the Kings offense is just relentless.

Heurter has been a non-stop energizer bunny on offense. They must HATE trying to guard that guy.

 

[Woot!]

Sabonis almost had a triple double in the first half geez haha (17/8/8)

And no TO's for Domas. (18 assists, 4 TOs for the Kings.)

Player of the 1st Half, no doubt.

 

[PorchSurfin]

It seems like Brown is settling in to his top 10...

 

[SacTownKid]

Good half. Hopefully HB or Keegan get going though. Shaky quarter for them offensively. Kings are playing well defensively and have mostly had a good game plan.

I expect more Jrue in the second half so I hope Kings are ready.

also, only one offensive rebound for Milwaukee in the first half. I love to see that

The great thing about the Kings is with this amount of shooting it's very rare for them all to be off. When Barnes isn't hitting, Keegan is. When Keegan is off, Huerter is doing his thing. When they're all off Lyles is on. And so on. The 3's did cool off and as we know, at some point it's likely to come down to mid range for the Kings but you can't let the Kings shoot like this and not pay most of the time.

 

[bball_nomad]

Bucks use a lot of brute force and some skills, Kings use a lot skills and some solid force.
28 more minutes to play. Maybe Bucks will get tired a bit from the pace Kings try to keep? Let's hope.

 

[KainLear]

Heurter has been a non-stop energizer bunny on offense. They must HATE trying to guard that guy.

Coach Brown basically runs every single DHO, split cut, and stagger screen from Chef Curry's playbook for K-Von.

 

[Kingster]

Fox exerting a lot of energy keeping Holiday in check. Hope he’ll have the juice for the 4th quarters we’ve become accustomed to.

I'm looking at it totally opposite. I want to see what kind of legs Holiday has in the 4th after being guarded closely by Mitchell and Fox for three quarters.

 

[King-Da-Yah]

SABONIS

 

[SacTownKid]

Next half is going to be interesting. I wonder if Bud might go a little smaller at SF/PF and start switching.

 

[Woot!]

The great thing about the Kings is with this amount of shooting it's very rare for them all to be off. When Barnes isn't hitting, Keegan is. When Keegan is off, Huerter is doing his thing. When they're all off Lyles is on. And so on. The 3's did cool off and as we know, at some point it's likely to come down to mid range for the Kings but you can't let the Kings shoot like this and not pay most of the time.

W/luck we won't see a ton of regression if the Kings keep moving the ball and the Bucks don't counter. A LOT of the Kings' 3's are open looks.

 

[KainLear]

W/luck we won't see a ton of regression if the Kings keep moving the ball and the Bucks don't counter. A LOT of the Kings' 3's are open looks.

Bud never seems like a coach who makes in-game counters...

 

[Woot!]

It seems like Brown is settling in to his top 10...

I feel a bit bad for TD (and have long felt for Richaun). But I love Brown going 10 deep. 10 legit rotation guys playing hard is tough to contend with. And it means that, except for Domas, no Kings has logged big minutes yet.

 

[KainLear]

The main difference for this year's Kings, to quote Monty Williams, is that we have a serious chip on our shoulders and want to prove something. As long as we can be focused as a unit, no one would want to play us in the Playoffs.

 

[gunks]

Keegan playing like a rook tonight....

I guess he has a good enough excuse for playing like a rook, but still...

 

[Sluggah]

Why are they not calling fouls

 

[dude12]

Ref mode activated

 

[KainLear]

Keegan playing like a rook tonight....

I guess he has a good enough excuse for playing like a rook, but still...

I mean, the refs also seem to be officiating him like a rookie.

 

[gunks]

Ref mode activated

Yuuuuup

 

[SLAB]

Currently getting murdered by Brook. Knew this wouldn’t remain easy.

 

[Woot!]

Domas. Monster.

 

[Kingz19]

Why isn’t that 2 shots?

 

[gunks]

I mean, the refs also seem to be officiating our entire team like a rookie.

Fixed!!

But for real, I think we all just got spoiled with how good Keegan has been. Rookie walls happen, and we have a coaching staff that will turn every bad game into a learning opportunity so I'm not tripping.

 

[KainLear]

We got 2 whistles, one on Keegan and another on Domas.

4 free throws then?

 

[SacTownKid]

Keegan about to the early message yoink again? He didn't really do anything wrong. They want run outs and he's doing that.

 

[dude12]

5 on 8 this half