[Game] Kings vs. Pacers, 11/07/21 3pm Pacific 6pm Eastern

[Volblorx8634]

You can literally run the length of the court with a head of steam in 2.5 seconds. why the hail mary?

 

[New Era]

What a horrible game....just completely not entertaining, but made me waste 2.5 hours because I kept thinking we might pull it off.

 

[Tetsujin]

Suns tomorrow. Suns are missing Ayton. Hopefully Richaun shows up.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

what a garbage inbounds play timeouts or no something something coaching down the stretch

 

[Groovygreg]

Fox has lost his mojo.

 

[Tetsujin]

what a garbage inbounds play timeouts or no something something coaching down the stretch

We tried to run a miracle play that we've run before but the Pacers aren't as bad as last year's Cavs and actually defended it.

 

[miltonap]

Honestly I think this was a good game for the Kangz. It was a tough game, a defensive game. I think they will grow from this game. Pacers were just a little better

 

[SacTownKid]

Bad loss. 3-7 Pacers without Brogdon at home.

If the Kings keep getting the shots they got in this game, it will be a winning season. They couldn't hit anything from 3. This team needs an upgrade at SF though, that will continue to hinder them in the long run. Harkless can come up big and plays solid but the Pacers called the Kings bluff early on by hiding Sabonis on him. The Pacers weakness is defending pick and roll with Sabonis. Other teams are putting PG's on Harkless or their weakest defenders full stop now.

 

[Rob-The-Great]

Well at least we had MOs scrappy defense to keep it close. Don't let nobody make suggestions about replacing Mo the great.

Bad loss tonight, team needs a identify. Good talent but even the coach doesn't know who he wants to put in at end of games.

These are games we have to win to get us over the hump. With the best Kings team in 15 years, it should be a breeze

Good teams dictate what personal goes into the game, not the other way around. Do we play fast, slow, big, small? It can't change every game. If you have multiple identies then you have no identity and we will continue to lose to the games we should win. We are 500 so on to the next game

 

[D13]

Embarrassing, and this is on the players. Sleepy sleepy sleepy, wake up end of game. I am not putting this on Luke. There is nobody on this squad who can take over a game when everyone sucks.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

What a horrible game....just completely not entertaining, but made me waste 2.5 hours because I kept thinking we might pull it off.

yeah my other sports team that played opposite this won going away and yet ... *sigh* but Kings will always be my #1 so wasted afternoon it is.

 

[kb02]

Fox has lost his mojo.

Fox could learn a few things from McConnell.

 

[EIM86]

If the Kangz win tomorrow we are definitely in The Twilight Zone

 

[luckytkp]

We don't deserve to win the game when you get out rebounded by 54 to 33.

 

[miltonap]

Also McConnell is tough as nails, he's elite in that regard. Just a super tough player

 

[Tetsujin]

Richaun's 11/9 stat line doesn't do justice to the bad night he had.

 

[SLAB]

I’m getting ready to trade Fox for Simmons. May as well have our offensively inept guy be a superior playmaker, tall, and elite defender.

 

[kb02]

We don't deserve to win the game when you get out rebounded by 54 to 33.

Two legit 7 footers against Holmes and Len. The rebound numbers are schizo this year. Kings getting killed when Holmes plays against big centers. Kings thriving on the boards when it’s Holmes against undersized bigs.

 

[EIM86]

If the Kings keep getting the shots they got in this game, it will be a winning season. They couldn't hit anything from 3. This team needs an upgrade at SF though, that will continue to hinder them in the long run. Harkless can come up big and plays solid but the Pacers called the Kings bluff early on by hiding Sabonis on him. The Pacers weakness is defending pick and roll with Sabonis. Other teams are putting PG's on Harkless or their weakest defenders full stop now.

true we did miss a ton of wide open shots

 

[reptilexcq2]

Fox shouldn't be the one shooting the crucial shots when he's struggling. It's just dumb coaching. I like the sub of Hield for offense and Mitchell for defense though. But Fox should not be shooting the ball, period when he's not been making them. This loss is on Fox imo.

 

[Tetsujin]

Also McConnell is tough as nails, he's elite in that regard. Just a super tough player

Yep. The Sixers have really been missing him the last couple of years. Once the Kings let him get into a rhythm, it was all bad news.

 

[Tetsujin]

Fox shouldn't be the one shooting the crucial shots when he's struggling. It's just dumb coaching. I like the sub of Hield for offense and Mitchell for defense though. But Fox should not be shooting the ball, period when he's not been making them. This loss is on Fox imo.

Who should have shot that instead then?

 

[G_M]

Kings mirror the broadcast..

Uninterested and BORING..

Lots of empty seats at Golden 1

 

[miltonap]

Also, this game was totally winnable. A few shots go in, totally different outcome. I think the turning point in the game was when Sabonis grabbed the rebound over Len. The Kings had all the momentum up to that point.

 

[kb02]

Who should have shot that instead then?

id rather the ball be in Hali’s hands. Hali is a superior decision maker.

 

[SLAB]

id rather the ball be in Hali’s hands. Hali is a superior decision maker.

Too bad his brain went all Buddy Hield / Terrence Davis on that last shot. Lol

 

[krylia sovetov]

Ugh, I need to stop pretending we’ll ever get out of mediocre team purgatory.

no, we just need to solve few little things and we're good to go...

owner
head coach
franchise player

 

[SacTownKid]

Who should have shot that instead then?

And that's the conundrum. No matter how you slice it, he's still the only one that can get a shot for himself with a defense focused on him. That was a good shot for him most nights. Can't complain about the look.

 

[Tetsujin]

id rather the ball be in Hali’s hands. Hali is a superior decision maker.

Hali got the ball the next opportunity and missed a 30 foot three pointer by two feet that he didn't necessarily need to take.

 

[Woot!]

Honestly I think this was a good game for the Kangz. It was a tough game, a defensive game. I think they will grow from this game. Pacers were just a little better

I don't think the Pacers are better, though they're certainly better than their record. Kings picked up the D over the last few quarters. Richaun had a mediocre game. Fox was straight bad on both ends. (7/19 with more TO's than assists just not a good look for yer start point guard.) HB missed some open looks from 3. Team got crushed on the boards.

And STILL they scrapped and scrapped and had a wide-open midrange jumper to tie the game, then the Tyrese long ball.

Real gut check coming tomorrow against Phoenix.