[Game] Kings vs Houston Rockets, 3/10/2024, 3:00p PT/6:00p ET
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You know, I think Brown was having the Kings play in a 1-2-2 zone and it worked. Again, if the Kings pressure the ball they actually can somewhat defend. It took awhile but eventually Udoka found the weakness through Sengun in the post but that zone shows that it's either ball pressure or just pretty much hoping for misses.
They didn't do anything else really egregious in this game.
112 points isn't notably bad in this era, percentages from the Rockets aren't notable, Kings FTs were good, turnovers were fine, outrebounding the Rockets. Screaming about effort and pride and defense in this situation is gonna seem broken recordish.
That's the worst shooting performance I've seen from them in a while, man it really emphasizes how important it is, I thought they won the battle in basically every other area but to offset that shooting you need dominance in every other area.
112 points isn't notably bad in this era, percentages from the Rockets aren't notable, Kings FTs were good, turnovers were fine, outrebounding the Rockets. Screaming about effort and pride and defense in this situation is gonna seem broken recordish.
That's the worst shooting performance I've seen from them in a while, man it really emphasizes how important it is, I thought they won the battle in basically every other area but to offset that shooting you need dominance in every other area.
The Kings have to learn to forget quickly. This season they've let bad nights carry over into the next game. They can't let one blowout if it happens because they were off carry into the next playoff game. It's great to have a team full of high IQ intelligent players but they do tend to think a little too much.
Maybe an unpopular opinion since he's playing great but I don't like that the coaching staff is running Sabonis into the ground - he's played 38+ minutes in 4 of the last 5 games. I think we saw some fatigue tonight ... And they can afford to run to Len more. I don't buy that they can't. Len has the highest +/- on the team per minute this season. +85 in his minutes, 3rd highest on team (Just as Total). I know we all credit Len for "staying ready" but I think he could be in even more of a rhythm if he plays 12-15 minutes each night consistently. Hard to build consistency when some nights you get literally 5 minutes.
It's a small tweak but I think over the rest of the season, you'd see a fresher Sabonis, more consistent play overall in 2nd half by just giving Sabonis a little more breather.
Source - https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/sacramento-kings-plus-minus-leaders
The math: Len is +85 in 29 games of 8.7 mpg. So +85 in 253 minutes. About +16 per 48 minutes or +4 per 12 min. Small sample size but that's the point - Increase the sample size a bit.
It's a small tweak but I think over the rest of the season, you'd see a fresher Sabonis, more consistent play overall in 2nd half by just giving Sabonis a little more breather.
Source - https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/sacramento-kings-plus-minus-leaders
The math: Len is +85 in 29 games of 8.7 mpg. So +85 in 253 minutes. About +16 per 48 minutes or +4 per 12 min. Small sample size but that's the point - Increase the sample size a bit.
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With this loss the Kings continue to sit in that 5-5 per 10 game average they have been. So have the Suns and Mavs lately though so that's good. It's probably going to come down to the wire as to who ends up in that coveted playoff spot. The Pels are starting to gain some room in the win column at 5.
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