wait, one of the best ever needed overtime to beat a 20 year old? 
EDIT: their stats for this game look eerily similar.
EDIT: their stats for this game look eerily similar.
[Game] Kings vs. Jazz, Friday Nov. 1, 7 PM PT/10 PM ET
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Luka is great offensively. I agree. But the Lakers clearly were hunting him in overtime. Is Bagley better? We shall see. Not looking good now but for one ****ing night the world is a little brighter.
Loved Swipa's game tonight. He forced some things late, but overall I liked his aggressiveness.
One thing I hated right when it happened was when the KINGS got the ball back with 43.2 after the Gobert dunk.
I didn't like Swipa's decision (or the coach if that's who decided it) not to maximize their chance for a 2-for-1 with only a 1 point lead. Instead, Swipa milked the clock and once he missed the Jazz had what could have been the final shot.
IMO they've got to get into a set early and get a shot off make or miss. If they make a 3, they've got a 2 possession lead. If they make a 2 or even miss the shot, they've still got the lead with a possession still available to them sans an offensive rebound on the other end.
Poor end of game management IMO.
But luckily it all worked out. But we know how those types of situations are often presented again over an 82-game season and the result might be drastically different next time around.
Lastly, props to Richaun Holmes for his switch out, perimeter defense against Donovan Mitchell on that last possession. As a vet, he knew how to be just physical enough to bother him w/o drawing a whistle. That bump then subsequent challenge of the shot caused Donovan to waste enough time that he didn't even get the shot off in time --- even had he made it (oddly, I never heard Peaches or DC mention that on the broadcast).
Brilliant effort and defense!
One thing I hated right when it happened was when the KINGS got the ball back with 43.2 after the Gobert dunk.
I didn't like Swipa's decision (or the coach if that's who decided it) not to maximize their chance for a 2-for-1 with only a 1 point lead. Instead, Swipa milked the clock and once he missed the Jazz had what could have been the final shot.
IMO they've got to get into a set early and get a shot off make or miss. If they make a 3, they've got a 2 possession lead. If they make a 2 or even miss the shot, they've still got the lead with a possession still available to them sans an offensive rebound on the other end.
Poor end of game management IMO.
But luckily it all worked out. But we know how those types of situations are often presented again over an 82-game season and the result might be drastically different next time around.
Lastly, props to Richaun Holmes for his switch out, perimeter defense against Donovan Mitchell on that last possession. As a vet, he knew how to be just physical enough to bother him w/o drawing a whistle. That bump then subsequent challenge of the shot caused Donovan to waste enough time that he didn't even get the shot off in time --- even had he made it (oddly, I never heard Peaches or DC mention that on the broadcast).
Brilliant effort and defense!
Interesting take. The fouls at the end all went to the Jazz. Fox was wishing for fouls but couldn't get one. The only foul called against the Jazz led the kings to get possession which they would have gotten anyway.
Walton was coaching his butt off at the end of the game-pulling Buddy, inserting Barnes, switching out Dedmon and Holmes.
Walton was coaching his butt off at the end of the game-pulling Buddy, inserting Barnes, switching out Dedmon and Holmes.
Yeah, I definitely don't see how anybody could realistically believe the officials were favoring the KINGS. Hell, the KINGS were in the penalty and Utah wasn't!
I can see an argument against the foul call against Gobert, that didn't affect anything anyway as the KINGS were gonna get the ball off the made shot anyway. They rarely call those kinds of things late. But it didn't take the make away from Mitchell and didn't result in FT's for the KINGS.
So much ado about nothing in retrospect.
Honestly, Gobert got away with enough already that he was bound to get called for something.
Agreed that Walton doesn't deserve a lot of criticism this game. His willingness to remove Buddy late and insert HB ended up being a positive factor.
As I stated above, I didn't like the decision to forgo a 2-for-1 situation with 43.2 remaining, but IDK if that was his decision or Swipa's.
I can see an argument against the foul call against Gobert, that didn't affect anything anyway as the KINGS were gonna get the ball off the made shot anyway. They rarely call those kinds of things late. But it didn't take the make away from Mitchell and didn't result in FT's for the KINGS.
So much ado about nothing in retrospect.
Honestly, Gobert got away with enough already that he was bound to get called for something.
Agreed that Walton doesn't deserve a lot of criticism this game. His willingness to remove Buddy late and insert HB ended up being a positive factor.
As I stated above, I didn't like the decision to forgo a 2-for-1 situation with 43.2 remaining, but IDK if that was his decision or Swipa's.
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