[Game] Kings vs Nuggets 12/28/2022 7pm Pacific 10pm Eastern
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Call me a pessimist, but I’m exactly the opposite. We gave them our best shot yesterday and it wasn’t good enough, and it certainly won’t be on the second night of a back-to-back.
Im not overly salty about it, they’re both superior and also have their best player. Though these are making me stew on the Charlotte and Washington lasses.
Im not overly salty about it, they’re both superior and also have their best player. Though these are making me stew on the Charlotte and Washington lasses.
Yea last nights game was the one to steal considering how close the game was at the end. I wouldn't consider last night our best shot though. Definitely thought we could play a lot better. Our three point shooting was cold and our assist to turnover ratio wasn't all that good. The only silver lining about last nights loss is that teams coming off a loss will typically come out a lot more motivated especially playing against the very same team they loss to. We also know we could hang with them considering how close the last game was.
Our 3pt shooting has been bad since the start of the road trip. Ran some quick numbers and we’ve shot 33% from 3 during that period, which has to be one of worse in the NBA. We all know Huerter, Monk, and Barnes have been cold, but it seems part of that is teams are forcing them to create tough shots and leaving others open. Murray has shot a lot better, but we need Fox and Mitchell to make more of their open shots. Teams are daring them to shot and it hasn’t been pretty
I feel like Murray hasn't really been able to showcase his other offensive skills in the NBA because we're using him mostly as a jump shooter. I don't know how much he has scored in the inside using post moves in college, but judging from his college highlights he does have somewhat of a post game? Not sure how effective that would be in the NBA against bigger and more athletic guys. I'm more optimistic about him making a play in the post since that's what he has been more comfortable with than him improving on his handles any time soon. Handles seem like something that is harder to improve on and will take a lot of time to do so.
I agree he has a quicker first step and has more athleticism (although I’d argue not worlds apart) but they generally get their buckets the same way, movement 3s, cuts and little moves around the basket. MPJ will occasionally flash a drive to the basket and uses his length to score but that makes up a pretty small percentage of what I’ve seen from his game. I do think that is not out of the question for Keegan but he will have to get stronger with his takes.
One guy he should be looking to as a model of improvement is franz wagner. He has done way better at the basket and drawing fouls from year one to two.
One guy he should be looking to as a model of improvement is franz wagner. He has done way better at the basket and drawing fouls from year one to two.
I wouldn't go that far yet. The only thing of concern is Sabonis being injured and how many games he'll eventually miss. From the sound of things he maybe back sooner rather than later. After tonights game and then Utah, Memphis, Utah we'll have an easier schedule for our next 8 games with 7 of those games being against teams under .500. I know the Kings loss to the Hornets and Wizards recently but overall they have done a good job beating those under .500 teams. That should be the time to make up some ground. If we can't go on a good streak against those weaker teams during that stretch then yea.. we're in trouble.
I don't think I would go to that extreme of an opinion yet. We are still on pace to get into the 40's as far as wins goes and we held our own against the best team in the West and really had chances to put them away.
Sabonis being out for any length of time is of course not ideal, but we did show our fight last night without him which will bode well until he does come back. Just take care of those teams we are supposed to beat and we should be fine.
But yes I know how the Kings should have done that in the past and never did, but has to change in that regard at some point right?
Sabonis being out for any length of time is of course not ideal, but we did show our fight last night without him which will bode well until he does come back. Just take care of those teams we are supposed to beat and we should be fine.
But yes I know how the Kings should have done that in the past and never did, but has to change in that regard at some point right?
Looking forward to another stellar performance in the box score. Don’t really have any interest watching a meh product on league pass (sunk cost) or going to games, even when they’re free (turned down a few great seats recently n will continue to do so until Monte is gone). This team is following the same arc as that Joeger team where the league adjusts n then abuses the them once they’ve adjusted. And:
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