[Game] Kings vs Timberwolves, 11/15/2024 7pm PST 10pm EST (Emirates Cup Game)

[The_Jamal]

the Warriors have 7 games with 40 percent from 3. The have had more threes made than their opponents in all but 3 games. Granted that team is really built to shoot but they are defending well too

It's not only the % we are giving up l, but the volume teams shoot 3s vs us. We give up the third most 3pa/game (probably rises after tonight). So, it's by our defensive design that teams are getting these shots and they're hitting them at a high clip.

 

[Tetsujin]

I mean, I've sort of just accepted we get a crap whistle every game because of our jersey. Domas especially gets called by the rule book unlike any star in basketball and has to get punched in the face to get a foul call.

We can't control the crap refs. We can control us getting decimated by 3s ,on both ends, every game

in all honesty the thing that probably hurt the Kings the most tonight was randomly starting Alex Len despite him failing to show us that he is capable of playing rotation minutes yet this year. The Kings were -14 in the nine minutes he played tonight and that honestly might be better than the eye test would indicate. The spacing was horrendous because neither Domas or Len had any experience playing off of each other on either end

 

[The_Jamal]

in all honesty the thing that probably hurt the Kings the most tonight was randomly starting Alex Len despite him failing to show us that he is capable of playing rotation minutes yet this year. The Kings were -14 in the nine minutes he played tonight and that honestly might be better than the eye test would indicate. The spacing was horrendous because neither Domas or Len had any experience playing off of each other on either end

Yea like i said previously. F- for Brown and staff

 

[Tetsujin]

Also the Wolves being at full health whilst also playing angry after a losing streak while the Kings were missing DeRozan and Malik with Sabonis also apparently playing hurt for most of the game didn’t help.

 

[megapoxy]

in all honesty the thing that probably hurt the Kings the most tonight was randomly starting Alex Len despite him failing to show us that he is capable of playing rotation minutes yet this year. The Kings were -14 in the nine minutes he played tonight and that honestly might be better than the eye test would indicate.

Especially when starting the 2nd half looked to be "the nail in the coffin", horrible start, MB took quite long to call a time out (unlike those Popovich ones he used to take less than a minute in the game) and the whole momentum shifted. Len with Sabonis on the lineup seemed totally disoriented, had only 1 rebound and the rest of the times he was trying just to box out Gobert or Randle not going for the ball himself. Since there was a talk in the past about Sabonis playing better at "4", today that "experiment" was disastrous and it was the main factor that led us to lose, not even the 3s and not even the refs. Domas didn't perform well with Valanciunas in Lithuania NT either when both together in the lineup, the offense doesn't "function" so well and in defense one of them had to guard Randle that wasn't effective either.

I would like to see MB putting it on himself for the lose just like Luka did last night and Spo the night before. I think MB is the one to praise for the resurrection of the Kings, but he is not such a good "tactician", and I see him quite often seeking help from the assistants when things don't go as planned.

BTW i am not starting a "fire Mike Brown" campaign or anything.

 

[captain bill]

We really should have finished it off when Fox poked the ball out and Keegan got the steal with 1:51 left. We had the ball and were up 4. If we score there or didn’t allow an and one to Ant we likely walk away with this one.

Ant was absolutely unstoppable and I think he gets credit for a few nuts buckets in clutch time that were well-defended. But yeah giving him his flowers aside that play was super frustrating as well as a few sequences of really not running offense at all late in those most critical possessions

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1857652293232980160

 

[Tetsujin]

Ant was absolutely unstoppable and I think he gets credit for a few nuts buckets in clutch time that were well-defended. But yeah giving him his flowers aside that play was super frustrating as well as a few sequences of really not running offense at all late in those most critical possessions

To be fair the Kings were missing half of their clutch time playbook this game (Pass the ball to Deebo) and had to use the second half every single time (pass the ball to De’Aaron) in addition to the standard “crap pants” option.

 

[megapoxy]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1857652293232980160

He wasn't himself when coming back, got the ball close to the basket 2-3 times but it was obvious he didnt feel comfortable (despite making I think 3 baskets after returning from injury). In general he was quite efficient in attack hitting 3 or 4 mid jumpers that was his weak spot last season.

 

[NewArena]

That bogus late foul call given to Edwards — who ran into Trey Lyles — was one of several crap calls by the officials allowing this game to even get to OT.

Sorry, per usual, the KINGS get jobbed at HOME. Why is it almost every other team gets favorable “home court” calls but the KINGS rarely ever do?

It’s so freaking tiring.

Fox would have had 81 tonight with those special and 1’s Ant Edwards and the other stars get. He can’t even get that on his own home court

 

[NewArena]

This team is going to be so good when healthy. I hope all of the annoying lingering injuries get out of the way early so this team can continue learning each other.