[Game] Kings vs. Bucks, 4/3/2021, 7pm PST 10pm EST

[Tetsujin]

Great lineup Luke! No centers or pf. God this bum

I don't have an issue with this lineup if they shift the schemes to match. For some reason, we've been playing more people in the paint with this lineup than we do with our normal sized one.

 

[SacTownKid]

I don't have an issue with this lineup if the shift the schemes to match. For some reason, we've been playing more people in the paint with this lineup than we do with our normal sized one.

And they have to catch up at this point, but the shots are not falling right now.

 

[dude12]

Man... I do not see an excellent defender. Certainly solid-plus, when the matchup is right. Provides switchability other slower-footed centers don’t. But an excellent defender to me is someone who makes opposing players think twice about what they’re doing. Change the way they play and have a game altering presence. There isn’t a single person changing up their game because of Rashaun Holmes. And when the other guy is able to muscle him down?

Plus... We’re one of the worst defensive teams in history. It’s hard to justify calling anyone excellent TBH.

Meanwhile Brook Lopez is showing what excellent defense from your center looks like.

 

[Tetsujin]

Look, Holmes is a terrific small ball mismatch center. Lets put it this way, can you imagine this dude under Mike D'Antoni? He'd easily be bumped up one more level into a top tier for sure.

Right. I don't anyone reading this entire discussion to get the opinion that I'm down on the guy but Holmes requires a certain set of conditions to really function at a high level and this current stretch of Luke trying to use him like a normal center on one end and a super switcher on the other end isn't matching most of them.

If you use him as a downhill screen and roll finisher though, he's deadly. Unfortunately we've gone away from that since the trade deadline for some reason.

 

[SLAB]

T-Davis might be my new favorite King, btw. Keep shooting everything you touch, good sir.

 

[Krunker]

T-Davis might be my new favorite King, btw. Keep shooting everything you touch, good sir.

TD's been nice on the d too!

 

[Tetsujin]

This small lineup finally giving the Bucks some trouble. Harrison being too unselfish to a fault. TD looks like a steal.

 

[SacTownKid]

Super deathsquad coming through here. You know, Barnes' strength is actually a better matchup against Lopez. He's not able to get much of anywhere on Barnes on the boards.

 

[dude12]

HB needs to take the 3 but here’s the example of a good defensive center in Lopez not allowing a smaller quicker guy get by him

 

[The_Jamal]

Right. I don't anyone reading this entire discussion to get the opinion that I'm down on the guy but Holmes requires a certain set of conditions to really function at a high level and this current stretch of Luke trying to use him like a normal center on one end and a super switcher on the other end isn't matching most of them.

If you use him as a downhill screen and roll finisher though, he's deadly. Unfortunately we've gone away from that since the trade deadline for some reason.

Agreed here, horrid coaching. The first Spurs game really stood out where Hali-Holmes just absolutely torched their defense for like a whole quarter on the PnR. They couldn't stop it. Doesn't make sense why that isn't our base play.

 

[SLAB]

TD's been nice on the d too!

I’ve also seen a little playmaking ability peek through too. A few really nifty passes to Metu over the last couple.

 

[dude12]

Buddy with the slam off the reb?

 

[Sluggah]

Making it interesting to heighten the heartbreak.

 

[Tetsujin]

Super deathsquad coming through here. You know, Barnes' strength is actually a better matchup against Lopez. He's not able to get much of anywhere on Barnes on the boards.

Barnes certainly has leverage against the guy.

 

[Krunker]

Woah buddy

 

[dude12]

Damnnnnnnn

 

[The_Jamal]

Something something 2nd round pick?

 

[Tetsujin]

TRADE EVERYONE AND BUILD AROUND TD

 

[TaxMan]

Buddy

 

[Tetsujin]

Refs desperately trying to save the Bucks from themselves right now.

 

[TaxMan]

How are the bucks getting every ball we swipe away?

 

[Tetsujin]

If anything Luke waited too long to go super small like this.

 

[SacTownKid]

I don't agree with taking that TO now. You are wasting the front end of the clock you have remaining. 19 seconds is plenty of time to get squeeze out one extra play by using the first 9 seconds of that clock up.

 

[Tetsujin]

I don't agree with taking that TO now. You are wasting the front end of the clock you have remaining. 19 seconds is plenty of time to get squeeze out one extra play by using the first 9 seconds of that clock up.

Luke Walton isn’t known for his stellar clock management

 

[Tetsujin]

the Bucks best player over the last two minutes has been the refs.

 

[SacTownKid]

That that's why you use the 19 seconds and not the timeout. I've seen some dumb coaching, but Luke has taken the cake in all of the last 15 years of the coaching treadmill. I'm stunned.

 

[kingsboi]

Holiday outmuscling Metu right underneath the rim on that box out

 

[Rob-The-Great]

Why go for 2 right there smh

 

[Rob-The-Great]

Smh we suck again

 

[Tetsujin]

Feels like Holiday has always killed the Kings since coming into the league. Getting killed by Bobby Portis and Brook Lopez just sorta sealed the deal