[Game] Kings vs. Warriors - 4/16/2024 (Play-In Tournament) - 7:00PM PDT/10:00PM EDT (TNT)

[kingdivac]

Huerter will NOT be on the team next year.

What a vast crystal ball.

 

[ockingsfan]

Fox had a great quote post-game… “It’s really hard to beat a team six times!”

I'm with Foxy on this one! The Kings are overdue to beat the Pelicans! Let's take it home on Friday and get into the playoffs guys!!!

 

[chief bromden]

Light that MF ish! Keegan and Keon we're huge tonight. Loved Black Falcon feasting on Klay at the end. Feels good man

 

[iowamcnabb]

A couple of years is now.

The tools are there but he has to do it every night, to the point where you are surprised when he doesn’t. The fact that he can perform in “playoff games” is really encouraging though. Both tonight and last year he has shown out

 

[Kingster]

I'm with Foxy on this one! The Kings are overdue to beat the Pelicans! Let's take it home on Friday and get into the playoffs guys!!!

I've seen weirder things than the Kings beating NO this Friday. It's such a mental/emotional game, you never really know...

 

[kingdivac]

I’m dying

a bunchmore (I'm extra impulsive tonight)....................

".

Steve Kerr on his way to become Doc Rivers 2.0

What crunch time? They lost by 20.

FIRE KERR

Klay Thompson 0 pts to honor Russell Westbrook

Sarcastic level 999

 

[megapoxy]

Andrew Lopez is a hero (no idea who he is)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1780462660716306650

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

What a humbling game for Thompson. This could have been his last game as a Warrior and maybe the worst he's ever had.

Ernie Johnson said in the post-game that this was the first time in Thompson's career that he's played at least 12 minutes in a game and didn't score.

 

[Kingster]

I want some stat guy to find out how many times in Curry's career he's had the ball stolen from him twice in a game by the the same opponent. It can't have been very many. Ellis was huge in this game. Those steals had to have been deflating to the Warriors.

 

[ockingsfan]

That is what I am reading, as well. The coach said he was walking without a limp, however.

Hammy's are notoriously tricky... and playing on a bad hammy can lead to more serious injury.....

Knowing Zion's long injury history, I don't know if the Pelicans will want to risk a bigger injury for Zion playing just 3 days from now against a Kings team they have already beaten 5-0 during the regular season..... I'm hoping Zion doesn't play

 

[Kingster]

Ernie Johnson said in the post-game that this was the first time in Thompson's career that he's played at least 12 minutes in a game and didn't score.

I think that without doubt the Wicked Witch of the West is dead.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Hammy's are tricky... and playing on a bad hammy can lead to more serious injury.....

And there's a lot of hammy going on there

 

[Kingz19]

Andrew Lopez is a hero (no idea who he is)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1780462660716306650

Charles Barkley has doubled down on the Kings over the Warriors every chance he has got since game 1 of their series last season

 

[Spike]

Hammy's are tricky... and playing on a bad hammy can lead to more serious injury.....

Knowing Zion's long injury history, I don't know if the Pelicans will want to risk a bigger injury for Zion playing just 3 days from now against a Kings team they have already beaten 5-0 during the regular season..... I'm hoping Zion doesn't play

I'm pretty sure he's going to play. Both of our seasons are on the line. If this were a game in November, sure, rest him. But as it stands, the Kings have no answer for Zion, so it would be crazy to not kick the tires and see what he's got.

 

[Kingster]

Charles Barkley has doubled down on the Kings over the Warriors every chance he has got since game 1 of their series last season

Now he's just got find out who that kid Ellis is.

 

[Kingster]

I'm pretty sure he's going to play. Both of our seasons are on the line. If this were a game in November, sure, rest him. But as it stands, the Kings have no answer for Zion, so it would be crazy to not kick the tires and see what he's got.

But then he could risk making that hamstring pull or strain becoming a major tear. That's risky business, even if it is at the end of the season.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

I'm pretty sure he's going to play. Both of our seasons are on the line. If this were a game in November, sure, rest him. But as it stands, the Kings have no answer for Zion, so it would be crazy to not kick the tires and see what he's got.

I expect him to play too. Point of no return. Hopefully Brown and crew saved some secret sauce just for this game.

 

[Tizzy Flip]

Highly unlikely he'll be playing against the Kings on Friday.

The fact that it was non contact and he left with the game tied with a few mins to go tells me it has to be serious. Otherwise, he would have gotten a quick rub and gone back in

 

[Kingz19]

Ernie Johnson said in the post-game that this was the first time in Thompson's career that he's played at least 12 minutes in a game and didn't score.

Also, the only time in NBA history a player went scoreless against a team they once scored 37 points in a single quarter against.

Probably the last chance to trot out the “did you know Klay Thompson scored 37 points in one quarter” joke trivia. I think he’s heading east this summer,

 

[ockingsfan]

Even though the Kings were 4-0 against the Lakers and 0-5 versus the Pelicans, I'm glad the Kings are playing the Pelicans on Friday.

I think the chances of a fairly called game by the refs is much more likely playing the Pelicans than the Lakers.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Even though the Kings were 4-0 against the Lakers and 0-5 versus the Pelicans, I'm glad the Kings are playing the Pelicans on Friday.

I think the chances of a fairly called game by the refs is much more likely playing the Pelicans than the Lakers.

Silver can still get that precious NorCal TV market for a 7 game series.

Also didn't watch the game but Smoothie King or whatever they call it arena looked half empty in the highlights.

 

[captain bill]

Just quit now and don't even show up. Forfeit.

De'Aaron saying "it's hard beating someone 6 times in a row" was funny, he sorta said it with a smile himself lol. Probably the right mindset

 

[hrdboild]

Andrew Lopez is a hero (no idea who he is)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1780462660716306650

That's a lot of busted brackets.

 

[Spike]

The fact that it was non contact and he left with the game tied with a few mins to go tells me it has to be serious. Otherwise, he would have gotten a quick rub and gone back in

One can hope. Zion, by his standards, has been pretty healthy this year. He's due.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

De'Aaron saying "it's hard beating someone 6 times in a row" was funny, he sorta said it with a smile himself lol. Probably the right mindset

They've got an opportunity to transform the view of the season, with a single win over a team that they're over due against. They've got little to lose on the road as a severe underdog

 

[ockingsfan]

But then he could risk making that hamstring pull or strain becoming a major tear. That's risky business, even if it is at the end of the season.

Agreed. You can turn a minor injury into a major year long injury by playing on it too soon, especially at Zion's size and weight. I'd be surprise if they risk it and put him out there on Friday.

 

[kingdivac]

I'm pretty sure he's going to play. Both of our seasons are on the line. If this were a game in November, sure, rest him. But as it stands, the Kings have no answer for Zion, so it would be crazy to not kick the tires and see what he's got.

The thing about hamstrings - the more you rely on it for your explosive movement, the more chance it (re) injures. Ask Chris Paul during the Rockets final. It can be a pernicious downward spiral type injury. In serious cases the injury can become plagueing or chronic.....

 

[megapoxy]

Credit to Mike Brown and Jordi Fernandez for the defensive scheme against the Warriors. Just snuffed out their three point game and covered Curry all game. Props to our defenders who stuck to the game plan and executed well.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1780472765902143557

 

[megapoxy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1780456320396648619

 

[coolhandluke]

Charles Barkley has doubled down on the Kings over the Warriors every chance he has got since game 1 of their series last season

Love the Kings getting some props but Charles Barkley is an idiot who said the Kings don't play defense. He's mentally still in 2023.