[Game] Kings vs Thunder, 2/5/2022 7pm Pacific 10pm Eastern

[Woot!]

W/no shot blocker inside for OK, Kings should be going inside all night.

 

[Krunker]

Liking Hali's moves around the hoop!

 

[Tetsujin]

Tyrese is becoming much craftier with the ball in his hand than anyone ever thought he would when he was coming through the draft, which makes him refusing to shoot the ball all the more infuriating.

 

[steelevt]

Liking Hali's moves around the hoop!

Yeah I know his step back 3 is good but sometimes getting to the rim or his floater is better than dribbling the air out of the ball and shooting that step back 3.

 

[SacTownKid]

Yeah I know his step back 3 is good but sometimes getting to the rim or his floater is better than dribbling the air out of the ball and shooting that step back 3.

This is where size becomes an issue. If teams send two defenders to him, hard hedge, or switch, they can stop him in his tracks. Get up to 200-205, and he can start bumping people off or split through the double teams.

 

[Woot!]

Darius Bazley's shooting numbers, all three of his pro years, are horrific. (40/30/70 career.) But he looks pretty good tonight.

 

[sactowndog]

Barnes over/under 36 minutes?

 

[Tetsujin]

Darius Bazley's shooting numbers, all three of his pro years, are horrific. (40/30/70 career.) But he looks pretty good tonight.

He and Poku are playing like the idealized versions of themselves tonight.

 

[hrdboild]

Tyrese is putting on a clinic with these finesse finishes around the basket. Also... we look like a legit NBA team when our shooters are actually knocking down shots.

 

[Tetsujin]

Did Holmes get hit in the eye again? Oh my god.

 

[Tetsujin]

Holmes getting re-signed to a team friendly contract and then getting smashed in the face so many times that you start to fear for his eyesight is something

 

[steelevt]

Can we please just blow these guys out so we can see the youngs? We keep letting them hang around and it’s gonna bite us in the end.

 

[SacTownKid]

Holmes needs to just commit to the Kareem goggles and not the Dan Schayes ones. Yes, a Dan Schayes reference.

 

[Tetsujin]

Moe having an ELITE 3-and-D game lol

 

[SacTownKid]

Mo having an ELITE 3-and-D game lol

Value is skyrocketing. The universe is speaking. All the pieces are primed. What do you do Monte?

 

[Tetsujin]

And Holmes with the angry transition block.

 

[sactowndog]

Kings winning this thing on a Moe career night would be the quintessential Kings thing.

 

[SacTownKid]

Kings winning this thing on a Moe career night would be the quintessential Kings thing.

And like everything else, there is a positive that could be taken from it. Could shave off some salary for a rebuild should it come to that after a performance like this. Or extend him now. haha.

 

[EIM86]

man what is up with everybody hitting Holmes in the face

 

[gunks]

Hali looking good. Others are playing up their trade value.

Now all we need is for OKC to dig deep and serve us up a lin!

 

[Capt. Factorial]

man what is up with everybody hitting Holmes in the face

To be fair, on that one Holmes mashed his own face into Poku's tricep - like football helmets, give the guy goggles and he uses them as a weapon!

 

[Woot!]

Kings winning this thing on a Moe career night would be the quintessential Kings thing.

Obviously shooting well and w/confidence - 4/5 from 3 (and he missed the first one). And 19 first-half min.

 

[SacTownKid]

Hali looking good. Others are playing up their trade value.

Now all we need is for OKC to dig deep and serve us up a lin!

Tank commander Bazley has a 2nd half of work to put in. Don't get your hopes up.

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1490176376036478978

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Holmes needs to just commit to the Kareem goggles and not the Dan Schayes ones. Yes, a Dan Schayes reference.

That was wildly random. I haven't heard that name a single time in over 20 years. Well done

 

[Woot!]

Anyone else surprised by how not-shy Davion has been with his shot?

Not just tonite, by any means, but all season. Avg of 14.5 FGA/36 - ahead of "gunners" like Bags and Metu, and ahead of guys who *should* be shooting more like Tyrese, HB, and Richaun.

 

[Tetsujin]

Anyone else surprised by how not-shy Davion has been with his shot?

Not just tonite, by any means, by all season. Avg of 14.5 FGA/36 - ahead of "gunners" like Bags, TD, and Metu, and ahead of guys who *should* be shooting more like Tyrese, HB, and Richaun.

That's always been his game though. Gritty defender on one end, score first mini-Donovan Mitchell on the other.

 

[Woot!]

That's always been his game though. Gritty defender on one end, score first mini-Donovan Mitchell on the other.

Not really. Not at Baylor if you look at the numbers. Not a great assist guy, certainly, but not jacking tons of shots either.

 

[SacTownKid]

Bazley still going. Harkless and his career night is getting washed right now.

 

[Tetsujin]

THUNDER TAKE THE LEAD!