[Game] Kings vs. Spurs, 7pm Pacific 10pm Eastern

[SacTownKid]

1 of the important games down, Grizz still to come.

 

[SLAB]

Life would be so much easier if they had lost the last 7 in a row, we’re out of the playoffs, assuredly firing Walton, getting a solid pick.

But no. Sacramento purgatory. I cannot wait to do this all over again next season.

 

[Kingz19]

Good work by TD, Wright, Buddy, Harkless, and Holmes played hard though he couldn’t get his feet off the ground in crunch time. Kyle Guy as well.

i was hoping for a lot better from Bagley tonight. Very disappointing.

 

[King-Da-Yah]

We gotta trade the pick and Buddy for whatever we can muster up. Something that fits with this talented group of players.

 

[PurpleHaze]

Kings were in the penalty last 6-7 minutes of the game. Didn't mean squat. No attacking the paint, jacking 3s.

 

[Livinthedream]

Good work by TD, Wright, Buddy, Harkless, and Holmes played hard though he couldn’t get his feet off the ground in crunch time. Kyle Guy as well.

i was hoping for a lot better from Bagley tonight. Very disappointing.

S.A. keyed in on Bagley early to make sure he didn't get going.

 

[Groovygreg]

Kings did not play with smarts and composure down the stretch.

 

[SacTownKid]

Life would be so much easier if they had lost the last 7 in a row, we’re out of the playoffs, assuredly firing Walton, getting a solid pick.

But no. Sacramento purgatory. I cannot wait to do this all over again next season.

Dude, same story, different day. Last year it was Bjelica and Giles. We've seen this movie before. The only difference is this year the NBA decided to make the 10th spot not completely meaningless. I don't think this bumbling and stumbling to the finish was what the NBA had hoped for here. haha.

 

[sactowndog]

Hey the silver lining for the tank is the bulls got Lavine back and dismantled the Celtics today. We still have a solid shot at the 8th slot

I think you have a bet that says otherwise.

 

[King-Da-Yah]

Kings were in the penalty last 6-7 minutes of the game. Didn't mean squat. No attacking the paint, jacking 3s.

as a coach how do you not call a TO and tell the players to exploit this???!!!!

 

[iowamcnabb]

I think you have a bet that says otherwise.

what do you mean?

 

[SacTownKid]

Kings did not play with smarts and composure down the stretch.

I think Holmes running on fumes really hurt things. The pick and roll wasn't being run as effectively and on defense he was missing rotations and very flat footed. Holmes played all of the 3rd and only got about a minute or two to rest in the beginning of the 4th I think.

 

[sactowndog]

what do you mean?

I’m guessing we have 2 more sure wins coming.

 

[SacTownKid]

as a coach how do you not call a TO and tell the players to exploit this???!!!!

He would have just set up Harkless in the post or something. Like I think he was going for on the inbounds turnover, lol.

 

[sactowndog]

as a coach how do you not call a TO and tell the players to exploit this???!!!!

Because if the aren’t smart enough to do it, telling them a 4th time won’t matter. This team has Hali. We really need to draft a high IQ front court player.

 

[iowamcnabb]

I’m guessing we have 2 more sure wins coming.

possibly, but the Bulls only have a one game lead on us. Even if we win both against OkC we could still lost the last three to finish the season. the bulls have games against the Raptors and Pistons and the remaining games against the Bucks and Nets who may be resting players. Going to be really close. NO could go on a big losing streak too now that they are without Zion and Ingram

 

[sactowndog]

Life would be so much easier if they had lost the last 7 in a row, we’re out of the playoffs, assuredly firing Walton, getting a solid pick.

But no. Sacramento purgatory. I cannot wait to do this all over again next season.

it is exactly what happens when you have a GM that doesn’t chose a direction and leaves “all options open”. You get your ass kicked in all directions by GM’s who did.

 

[sactowndog]

possibly, but the Bulls only have a one game lead on us. Even if we win both against OkC we could still lost the last three to finish the season. the bulls have games against the Raptors and Pistons and the remaining games against the Bucks and Nets who may be resting players. Going to be really close. NO could go on a big losing streak too now that they are without Zion and Ingram

we have two likely sure wins and a better chance at 10th than 8th. Bagley will go off for 30 against the OKC G league line-up the next two games. I would argue we have a better shot at 11th than 8th.

 

[luckytkp]

this game shows the difference between who has been there (eg Davis, Wright and Harkless) and the has not (buddy, bagley and Holmes). The has been step up and the has not didn’t.

 

[MizzouKing]

So frustrating. But I'm loving our new guys (CoJo who??), and between Guy and Delon I think we'll be just fine beyond the 3 point line if Buddy gets traded.

 

[KingsFanSince85]

lets remain civil, we are almost kind of good. And only going to get better. We are all in this together! One Kings world, one Kings people!

What makes you believe I’m not being civil? No one is bleeding. Calm down.

You‘re commenting how you like, I’m doing the same.

 

[KingsFanSince85]

Wasn't talking about wins. DEVELOPMENT. The longer that window stays open unless it's sealed one way or the other the longer it's put off. Right now, it could be until the last game that development takes precedence. If it even does.

Gotcha.

 

[KingsFanSince85]

Good work by TD, Wright, Buddy, Harkless, and Holmes played hard though he couldn’t get his feet off the ground in crunch time. Kyle Guy as well.

I‘m really liking what I’m seeing from Wright and Davis. I know Wright is under contract for next season, but I’d like to keep Davis too.

i was hoping for a lot better from Bagley tonight. Very disappointing.

That was the very point some of us made about his consistency.

He only played 19 minutes tonight but didn’t do anything to warrant more time than that.

 

[steelevt]

With spurs now owning the tie-breaker, we're pretty much out of the chase right? gotta be some kinda miracle with the spurs basically losing all games and us winning them all for us to get in. Can someone shoot vivek and monte an email and point this tank in the right direction?

 

[KingsFanSince85]

Kings were in the penalty last 6-7 minutes of the game. Didn't mean squat. No attacking the paint, jacking 3s.

That’s been a theme for this team for a long time. Low basketball IQ.

 

[mac]

So frustrating. But I'm loving our new guys (CoJo who??), and between Guy and Delon I think we'll be just fine beyond the 3 point line if Buddy gets traded.

I don't think you realise just how much attention Buddy draws.

 

[MizzouKing]

I don't think you realise just how much attention Buddy draws.

Hey, I have no problem with him sticking around...I just don't think its very likely. He's been much improved the last several weeks.

 

[mac]

Hey, I have no problem with him sticking around...I just don't think its very likely. He's been much improved the last several weeks.

Agreed - your post seemed to suggest that his shooting is easily replaceable, I was just saying that defenses pay him a lot more attention outside the arc than they would a Delon or Kyle Guy.

 

[sactowndog]

That’s been a theme for this team for a long time. Low basketball IQ.

we missed Hali big time in that regard and why we need to draft a high IQ player and quit believing IQ can be taught. It was Vlade’s biggest failing as a GM.

 

[ESP47]

Life would be so much easier if they had lost the last 7 in a row, we’re out of the playoffs, assuredly firing Walton, getting a solid pick.

But no. Sacramento purgatory. I cannot wait to do this all over again next season.

It's why I didn't get excited over this run but I didn't want to be a negative Nancy and poo on people's excitement either. It's just clear as day that this is the same old same old "make a run at it until you're mathematically eliminated" instead of doing what smart teams do and shut it down when the writing is clearly on the wall.