[Game] Kings vs. Lakers 1/7/2022 7pm Pacific 10pm Eastern

[iowamcnabb]

A little better.

 

[SacTownKid]

So, since that play on defense by KZ was the only defense seen tonight does that increase his betting odds on getting that chain again? haha.

 

[Kingz19]

Again, the Kings need to send a public letter to the NBA about this. They need to make a scene and take some fines.

Domas flat out got chopped in the face right in front of the ref and nothing but they call the slightest dogcrap on him

 

[Caccia]

No, not defending at all. Then again that might be the Lyles/Metu combo although Metu was very bad overall on switches and help but in one of the five man units they had a 143 defensive net rating.

According to Basketball Reference, he has a defensive rating of 112, tied for second on the team with Sabonis, behind Terrence Davis. According to the NBA stats, he has a defensive rating of 107, behind only Okpala, and ahead of Davis (minimum 20 games.)

 

[Tetsujin]

So, since that play on defense by KZ was the only defense seen tonight does that increase his betting odds on getting that chain again? haha.

Not if Davion has anything to say about it. Dude just swallowed up Nunn and forced him to abort a dribble drive.

 

[LoungeLizard]

No! We dont want Wenyon to foul out.

 

[Kingz19]

Yay! Gabriel is out. Hit the road jack

here comes LeBron

 

[HndsmCelt]

In theory defense and offense together should get us the separation we need... That's the theory anyway

 

[Tetsujin]

Delly time!

 

[Kingz19]

KZ had that play under control defensively but the Kings help anyway leaving an open layup

 

[Kingz19]

In theory defense and offense together should get us the separation we need... That's the theory anyway

Kings could be very very good with a bad defense but they chose to have an especially bad defense

 

[SacTownKid]

Brown needs to change up his philosophy to where if you are on defense and you aren't either touching someone or able to touch someone, you're playing defense wrong. This has to be the worst help defense squad in the league. It's almost a guaranteed layup or 3. The exact 2 shots every team hunts for. smh.

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1611951317894955012

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

This is a game where you just pull your hair out. We could easily put this team away with one good extended stretch of defense but we just can’t string consecutive stops together to save our lives. I feel like we’ll pull away in the fourth but man, it shouldn’t be this close when you’re this hot from 3.

 

[Tetsujin]

BDL

 

[Sluggah]

Wouldn’t be a Kings game if we didn’t foul a 3pt shot

 

[HndsmCelt]

I hate that call

 

[HndsmCelt]

I guess Coach Brown has decided to go with the offense lineup

 

[SacTownKid]

According to Basketball Reference, he has a defensive rating of 112, tied for second on the team with Sabonis, behind Terrence Davis. According to the NBA stats, he has a defensive rating of 107, behind only Okpala, and ahead of Davis (minimum 20 games.)

The 5 man is the way to look at those considering this team hasn't had any standout defense except for stretches this year and mostly when they switched and in watching the games, Metu was a consistent breakdown point there. Also Metu wasn't exactly facing the toughest matchups every night. There was an inexplicable jump depending on the 5 man unit though. I posted the link a few weeks back, 143 in one unit but up to 83 on another. In the middle was another terrible one in the 120's I believe. Average it out and it was terrible team defense. Plus it was clear to see at C he was getting beasted quite often. He had some really nice offensive games when they ran pick and roll though but they aren't running much of that for any C but Sabonis so it didn't do much overall impact wise. Like I said, it might have been moreso both he and Lyles playing at the same time that was the real issue.

 

[LoungeLizard]

Not looking good

 

[Sluggah]

This feels done for some reason.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

This feels done for some reason.

It has something to do with being completely unable to get a stop.

 

[Kingz19]

Well, at this point it would be wrong to call them let downs anymore

it doesn’t really matter where and who the Kings are playing

 

[TheMobb]

Why are they closing out on Westbrook so hard? Let him shoot

 

[Ozymandias]

Theres plenty of time left just gotta keep fighting

 

[Folsomkingsfan]

Unreal how bad this defense is. They can't stop anyone on any team it seems.

 

[iowamcnabb]

62/50/85 for the Lakers

 

[SacTownKid]

Kings could be very very good with a bad defense but they chose to have an especially bad defense

Yeah, and moving forward just to stay in this little bit above .500 playoff contention level they can't be a bottom 5 defensive team. They just can't. To get to the real meat of mid playoff level they probably need another top 3 offensive iso option at some point but they have to be a top 22-20 defense at the very least game in game out to get into the playoffs this year.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

62/50/85 for the Lakers

Gross

 

[iowamcnabb]

9-11 for Bryant. Come on now