[Game] Kings vs. Cavaliers, 11/09/2022 7pm Pacific 10pm Eastern

[TaxMan]

Coach Brown on Trey Lyles: "I told Trey 'When I was with the Warriors we told guys to close short on you because we know you want to shot fake and drive'... you're way too good of a shooter for that... let that MF fly."

— Brenden Nunes (@BrendenNunesNBA) November 10, 2022

Love this! Trey needs to not think sometimes and just get his shot off.

 

[The_Jamal]

yeah but time to let it go. We didn’t deserve to beat GS. We played like crap. We played decent BBall tonight.

deserve to win and actually winning have never been linked in any sport. Even if we disregarded everything prior to that last play (which is still not right because of how many free points they gave GS), the Kings deserved 3 FTA to potentially send it into OT. That's my gripe there.

No, they didn't play perfect and ran into a Steph nuclear game, but the Kings were flat out robbed of a chance to send it into OT. And they were flat out robbed of an OT with the Herro travel. We can talk about how the nuisances of how it got to those points in the game, but it doesn't change the stolen opportunity for the Kings to try and win those games. It was taken out of hands.

 

[captain bill]

What a luxury it is to have a team that fixes issues as the season goes on, improving team defense and finding the roles that players thrive in. Hallelujah for Mike Brown

 

[pdxKingsFan]

How does he get the tapes so fast?

 

[macadocious]

Luke Walton still can’t win in Sacramento.

When we got our first offensive rebound in THE LATE 4th I went bonkers. Lol

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Mike Brown knew how to coach his players effectively based on how he scouted against them, Walton is a coach on the Cavs bench.

 

[The_Jamal]

Big moment in this one too is how late he had Davion in there and didn't put Fox back in until 3 minutes left in the game. I'm assuming there was some level of communication between him and Fox that he was cool with it, but talk about pulling the right strings at the right time. Davion's defense in crunch time was absolutely a key factor in the win and Fox was fully rested to bring it home and was HOUNDING Mitchell every possession down the stretch.

Good to see that level of trust and it absolutely helps to see a huge win come out of it.

 

[Tetsujin]

Mike Brown pushed Malik Monk into position for the three 😂 pic.twitter.com/PxWh5P83J9

— Kings on NBCS (@NBCSKings) November 10, 2022

That’s my coach!

 

[captain bill]

What a sequence from Malik Monk that starts with the block on one end and turns into a corner triple for him on the other.

Mike Brown deserves an assist too. pic.twitter.com/KqiWk73Q6l

— Brenden Nunes (@BrendenNunesNBA) November 10, 2022

I’m not gonna get tired of watching this replay for a very very long time. Felt like something real special tonight

 

[Tetsujin]

What a sequence from Malik Monk that starts with the block on one end and turns into a corner triple for him on the other.

Mike Brown deserves an assist too. pic.twitter.com/KqiWk73Q6l

— Brenden Nunes (@BrendenNunesNBA) November 10, 2022

I’m not gonna get tired of watching this replay for a very very long time. Felt like something real special tonight

Wild to me that the Hornets gave up on the guy and let the Lakers have him on a vet minimum.

 

[Tetsujin]

Coach Brown on Trey Lyles: "I told Trey 'When I was with the Warriors we told guys to close short on you because we know you want to shot fake and drive'... you're way too good of a shooter for that... let that MF fly."

— Brenden Nunes (@BrendenNunesNBA) November 10, 2022

You mean our coach is actually coaching guys to put them in a position to succeed?

 

[KingsFanSince85]

So — the KINGS are now 4-2 in the past 6 games.

And let’s be real, they easily could have been 6-0.

This team is playing good basketball.

 

[luckytkp]

Wild to me that the Hornets gave up on the guy and let the Lakers have him on a vet minimum.

people tend to forget but he was suspended for drug during his time in Hornets.

 

[KingsFanSince85]

people tend to forget but he was suspended for drug during his time in Hornets.

Or just weren’t aware. I sure wasn’t.

That news eluded me until just now.

 

[Tetsujin]

people tend to forget but he was suspended for drug during his time in Hornets.

That hasn’t stopped the Hornets before.

 

[gunks]

What a friggin win

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1590592712344219654

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1590618855583326209

 

[Ozymandias]

Despite getting outrebounded 42 to 24 (only 2 orebs the entire game!) a lot went right in this one;


- only 9 turnovers
- 7 players score 14+
-12 steals
-Fox decisively wins the duel at PG
-Barnes shakes off early season rust
-battle of the benches won by a landslide
-30/35 from the FT line!
-Mobley/Allen allowed to be efficient but not explosive, matched by Sabonis/Barnes

an impressive victory vs a quality opponent. The offense looked solid vs a good defense. Its great to see Huerter score 9 clutch points in the 4th after a cold start.

lotta signs of life from this team. Kings are now 3-0 when Trey Lyles scores double digits, interested to see how that stat holds up.

 

[MizzouKing]

Didn’t realize Luke Walton was a Cavs assistant coach. That explains the win.

Oh wow, I thought I saw Luke exchange a hug with a Kings player but it was so quick I chalked it up to a doppelgänger.

 

[MizzouKing]

Wild to me that the Hornets gave up on the guy and let the Lakers have him on a vet minimum.

He has a lot of Shump in him, but with hops! I think Malik has found his home.

 

[GWD]

I'm sending a case of Band-Aids to the King's trainers. Hopefully, it will become part of the uniform and all will be wearing one against the Lakers...Coach Brown, too.

 

[gilly420]

Great win. Rebounding and lack of rim protection is our obvious weakness, something I think we will need to address sooner rather than later.

No worries for Monk, he is in a legal state now.

 

[dude12]

I loved the Monk signing instead of DDV but even I have been surprised by his abilities so far. Thought he was more catch and shoot. Can get reckless at times but he’s showing some passing ability, and Mike Brown said that Monk is grading out as high as anyone on his personal defensive metrics. His energy is contagious.

 

[New Era]

Great win. Rebounding and lack of rim protection is our obvious weakness, something I think we will need to address sooner rather than later.

No worries for Monk, he is in a legal state now.

Pretty sure cocaine isn’t legal in CA

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Mike Brown said that Monk is grading out as high as anyone on his personal defensive metrics. His energy is contagious.

That's wild given his rep on the defensive end early on was in Buddy Hield range iirc.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Pretty sure cocaine isn’t legal in CA

This is where the Portland guy gets a little uncomfortable.

 

[MizzouKing]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1590592712344219654

Just like they used to say about DMC….

 

[Turgenev]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1590542821982806016

 

[The_Jamal]

I loved the Monk signing instead of DDV but even I have been surprised by his abilities so far. Thought he was more catch and shoot. Can get reckless at times but he’s showing some passing ability, and Mike Brown said that Monk is grading out as high as anyone on his personal defensive metrics. His energy is contagious.

The shooting/scoring wasn't a surprise to me at all; he's been trending upwards for 2 seasons now in this direction and was down-right elite last year playing off Bron/AD. But man, he's absolutely unlocked another level with his playmaking I had no idea he had; he has the highest AST rate on the team, which is downright bonkers on a squad with Fox/Sabonis on it. I thought that secondary playmaking was going to be a major drop-off going to Monk from DDV, but it's actually been a huge improvement with his handle/passing. That creation move where he was legit under the basket and still scooped an easy feed to Sabonis for the dunk was one of the best assists I've seen in a Kings uni in a long time.

Defensively I'm not entirely sure yet, but he's absolutely out there competing and he's had several stand-out hustle blocks that were real momentum-shifting type plays. Certainly hasn't been the defensive sieve I was expecting.