[Game] Kings vs. Philadelphia 76ers 7:00 PM PDT/10:00 PM EDT
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We have not played well against the Sixers regardless who they throw out there. Will our recent defense change things or is it more of the same? Are we sticking Keon on Maxey to see if he can slow him down? Tobias cooked us last time, maybe throw some different looks at him with Keegan, HB and even Duarte for stretches? Kessler gets the call?
Well, the Sixers just beat the Clips by double-digits in LA with PG13, Kawhi, and the Bearded Hag all playing. So there's at least that.
Of course they aren't the same threat as when the big guy is healthy and playing, but they'll still pose a challenge to this KINGS team whom we know seems to have trouble taking care of business against teams just like this one.
I'd expect the usual performances from Tobias Harris and Kelly Oubre whenever they face the KINGS, and Tyrese Maxey has been balling all season.
I realize that Philly is 10-15 since the last time Embiid played, but I'm still quite surprised to see the KINGS as 9.5 point favorites tonight.
I really have no idea which KINGS team will show up tonight. And I don't think anyone else here can accurately predict it either.
Of course they aren't the same threat as when the big guy is healthy and playing, but they'll still pose a challenge to this KINGS team whom we know seems to have trouble taking care of business against teams just like this one.
I'd expect the usual performances from Tobias Harris and Kelly Oubre whenever they face the KINGS, and Tyrese Maxey has been balling all season.
I realize that Philly is 10-15 since the last time Embiid played, but I'm still quite surprised to see the KINGS as 9.5 point favorites tonight.
I really have no idea which KINGS team will show up tonight. And I don't think anyone else here can accurately predict it either.
Every game is huge this time of year, but the next three are especially important.
A winnable home game against the Sixers, and then a pair of home games against the Mavs who currently have an identcal record to the Kings.
The first game against Dallas is a back-to-back after this Sixers game so it won't be easy, but winning 2 of 3 (or ideally all 3) would keep them in the thick of things for the 6th seed.
A winnable home game against the Sixers, and then a pair of home games against the Mavs who currently have an identcal record to the Kings.
The first game against Dallas is a back-to-back after this Sixers game so it won't be easy, but winning 2 of 3 (or ideally all 3) would keep them in the thick of things for the 6th seed.
Since it's b2b match for the 76ers no injury report is available, Maxey played 44', Tobias 38' perhaps Nurse is planning on resting one of them? Lowry didn't play yesterday due to resting so he should be back tonight. All other players stayed in the court for less than 25' so they should be quite fresh, especially Batum that had a DNP-CD never leaving the bench.
Watching them against the Lakers and seeing the boxscore against the Clippers, they don't make many turnovers but they cause their opponents to do so mostly with steals. Against the Lakers they had 13 steals with their opponents having only 1 by the end, and 7-2 in favor of them again last night facing the Clippers. That led them to score much more fast break points and also had more points in the paint mostly due to that same factor.
They also got 25 offensive rebounds in total so we need to block them out properly, especially when they will be missing the 3s and the ball will bounce away from the rim (still that offense from Orlando comes to mind that we couldn't grab the board).
They are in a similar situation with the Kings chasing the 6th spot to avoid play in the East , currently at 8th half a game behind Indiana and tied with Miami (that looks to have the advantage due to easier remaining schedule).
Embiid, Covington and Melton are all out for quite some time already, so Hield is the only former Kings player that could hurt us
Watching them against the Lakers and seeing the boxscore against the Clippers, they don't make many turnovers but they cause their opponents to do so mostly with steals. Against the Lakers they had 13 steals with their opponents having only 1 by the end, and 7-2 in favor of them again last night facing the Clippers. That led them to score much more fast break points and also had more points in the paint mostly due to that same factor.
They also got 25 offensive rebounds in total so we need to block them out properly, especially when they will be missing the 3s and the ball will bounce away from the rim (still that offense from Orlando comes to mind that we couldn't grab the board).
They are in a similar situation with the Kings chasing the 6th spot to avoid play in the East , currently at 8th half a game behind Indiana and tied with Miami (that looks to have the advantage due to easier remaining schedule).
Embiid, Covington and Melton are all out for quite some time already, so Hield is the only former Kings player that could hurt us
They are on a back to back right? 2nd night? 3rd game in 4 days and on the road. We were traveling yesterday though weren't we? Or did we travel back to Sac on Sat? We're favored right now by 9.5 and I think we cover easily. They whooped us by 19 when we were in Philly so we owe them some payback and will beat them like 121 - 105.
It's a good opportunity to always have either Mitchell or Ellis on Maxey, and rotate Fox/Monk to keep them as fresh as possible. I don't know that anyone poses as big a threat on Sabonis like Embiid, so I'm glad he's out.
Tonight's game looks like it will be a grind, and tomorrow might be a shootout.
That said, our offense has looked sloppy, and against a gambling defense, that could be a recipe for trouble.
Tonight's game looks like it will be a grind, and tomorrow might be a shootout.
That said, our offense has looked sloppy, and against a gambling defense, that could be a recipe for trouble.
It was one of the more frustrating games to watch this season. Harris got a near career game with 37 points and their defense punked the kings down to 33% overall shooting and 21% from 3 equaling to only 92 points. Meanwhile the sixers shot 43% from 3. That was the basically the game right there. Think the Kings may hve been caught off guard with how aggressive the sixers were on the defensive end. Hopefully they will be more prepared this time and be more patient with their offense and be smarter.
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