[Game] Oklahoma City Thunder @ Sacramento Kings, 12/14/2023, 7:00pm PST/10:00pm EST

[Kingster]

Keegan is breathing too heavily on SGA. Needs to curtail it.

 

[coolhandluke]

None of these fouls on Keegan are actually fouls.

Welcome to the modern NBA when defending stars.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Basically every break I get the HB from Ames story and then the Keegan/kris story where Kris got a freckle burned off at their pizza job which made it easier to tell them apart.

These are not local TV items.

 

[coolhandluke]

Yet another reason to resign Monk. He's the only one feeding Sabonis for easy shots.

 

[Kingz19]

“Get yo weight up, young fella”

 

[coolhandluke]

What's with this team and the free throws? Kings only want ethically sourced points?

 

[Kingz19]

Keon is awesome

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Working with Mark Jones rubbing off on Kayte.

 

[Tetsujin]

It ain’t too late to forget JTA and just convert Keon

 

[hrdboild]

Welcome to the modern NBA when defending stars.

I get it, this is how the NBA works, but with SGA it feels even more lopsided than usual. These calls have basically they've taken one of our best players out of this game and all he's done is move his feet and contest shots vertically with barely any contact at all. It's like the foul is just assumed whenever SGA hangs in the air whether there actually is one or not. Very frustrating.

 

[iowamcnabb]

17-7 free throw disparity and 12 turnovers usually doesn’t result in a half time lead

 

[Sluggah]

Do you get the Harrison Barnes origin story on every local broadcast or is that just for league pass? I think I can recite it from memory at this point

Gotta do the arena feed my man. You’ll be driven insane otherwise

 

[Caccia]

Kings need size badly. Every team looks oversized compared to us.

It's called "small ball."

 

[Kingz19]

Good bench play. Strong second quarters from Fox and Domas.

Huerter on pace for another clunker. HB not doing enough.

Kings didn’t play very well. Turned it over too much and fouled too much…and are still ahead

 

[Tetsujin]

17-7 free throw disparity and 12 turnovers usually doesn’t result in a half time lead

The Kings have been the much more physical team/aside from Dort all of the Thunder all look like stick figures in jerseys and keep folding at contact.

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

If we played this way against the Clippers, it would have been competitive. Love the balance between the threes and the paint attempts. If we get an even whistle next half, we’ll be in good shape.

Btw, Ellis looks great. Definitely a rotation player in the league.

 

[parker]

I get it, this is how the NBA works, but with SGA it feels even more lopsided than usual. These calls have basically they've taken one of our best players out of this game and all he's done is move his feet and contest shots vertically with barely any contact at all. It's like the foul is just assumed whenever SGA hangs in the air whether there actually is one or not. Very frustrating.

Frustrating and also not fun basketball no matter who you are rooting for.

Also, fox needs to drive at the end of quarters and not dribble around the perimeter before shooting a 3.

 

[Kingster]

I get it, this is how the NBA works, but with SGA it feels even more lopsided than usual. These calls have basically they've taken one of our best players out of this game and all he's done is move his feet and contest shots vertically with barely any contact at all. It's like the foul is just assumed whenever SGA hangs in the air whether there actually is one or not. Very frustrating.

You are not alone. SGA is becoming the new Harden with getting ticky tack touch fouls and his fake shrugs that augment any legal contact.

 

[Kingz19]

Morgan “How do the Kings cut back on these turnover”

Mike “Just take care of the ball”

He’s not wrong

 

[Capt. Factorial]

17-7 free throw disparity and 12 turnovers usually doesn’t result in a half time lead

They have 8 turnovers to balance it out a bit, and we're +16 from the floor because they're shooting pretty poorly

 

[iowamcnabb]

With the addition of Juan we have 4 Spanish speakers ( unless Juan doesn’t speak it) I wonder how many other teams have 4 or more?

 

[Caccia]

Kings could really have used a two at the end of the half, but Fox went with the three-ball and missed badly. Pass it to Monk or Ellis if you are going to do that--they are both 2-3 from deep.

 

[Kingster]

Kings have to get serious in this game. All they have to do is take care of the ball, play with energy and not breath on SGA and they win easily.

 

[KF8]

Barnes.. what a disappointment

 

[Sluggah]

7 seconds in, turnover. Nice.

 

[White_Chocolate]

Very ready for the Barnes to be on a new team. I regret resigning him

 

[KF8]

Hope Brown make some early subs if this line up combination continues to stink it up

 

[Capt. Factorial]

I thought you couldn't challenge a no-call?

 

[White_Chocolate]

Very ready for the Barnes to be on a new team. I regret resigning him

just a complete non factor

 

[hrdboild]

I thought you couldn't challenge a no-call?

Does TO out of bounds count as a call? There was a whistle and the clock stopped.