Play-in Round 2023

[Kingz19]

Toronto missed 18 free throws

wow

 

[whitechocolate]

Give that girl the Defensive Player of the Game chain.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Lavine and Derozan went right through their strong wings. If they stay aggresive, they could take out Miami

 

[Kingz19]

I wonder if that’s it for Nick Nurse. That roster just seems pretty talented and fairly balanced..like it should’ve been a lot better than they’ve been..:but maybe those are just overrated players.

 

[Kingz19]

Are the Kings getting Breen, JVG, and Jackson or Mark and Doris Burke?

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

I wonder if that’s it for Nick Nurse. That roster just seems pretty talented and fairly balanced..like it should’ve been a lot better than they’ve been..:but maybe those are just overrated players.

They need a shooting guard. Too many forwards. I'd move on from Onnunoby or Siakam

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Are the Kings getting Breen, JVG, and Jackson or Mark and Doris Burke?

Burke and Jones

 

[Woot!]

Toronto missed 18 free throws

wow

18-36 from the line in a game lost by 4.

 

[KainLear]

If there's one thing I learned from watching these Play-in games, it's that if you collectively play hard as a team, it can help hide quite a few of your blemishes and level up the playing field with some of those lineups that were better on paper.

 

[kingdivac]

Dort rocks on the Thunder - guy's got crazy burst.

 

[kingdivac]

Burke and Jones

Good no Breen - cant stand his toady speech.

 

[KainLear]

Seeing as OKC overwhelmed BI and CJ with physicality, you love to see it.

I hope the Kings come out with an extra intensity gear shifted up on defense too.

 

[kingsboi]

I haven't watched Shai this season but as I'm watching him versus New Orleans, I'm impressed by his ability to still score despite moving like Kyle Anderson

 

[KainLear]

I haven't watched Shai this season but as I'm watching him versus New Orleans, I'm impressed by his ability to still score despite moving like Kyle Anderson

He's probably currently the best guy in the league who demands his opponents to play to his speed... especially after watching DLo's disaster of a game last night lol

 

[kingsboi]

He's probably currently the best guy in the league who demands his opponents to play to his speed... especially after watching DLo's disaster of a game last night lol

there were two possessions where Herb Jones went straight up and he jumped into his arms and got free throws, it's James Harden all over again

 

[chief bromden]

Today I learned that Mark Jackson thinks that 'recalibrate' is a big word. Thank goodness we have Mike Brown...

 

[kingdivac]

I haven't watched Shai this season but as I'm watching him versus New Orleans, I'm impressed by his ability to still score despite moving like Kyle Anderson

Yeah, kinda snakey

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Lavine and Derozan went right through their strong wings. If they stay aggresive, they could take out Miami

He didn't lead the team in scoring, but I love that DeRozan was able to get his lick back against the Raptors.

 

[kingdivac]

Jeezus, how many draft picks do the Thunder have? Team looks decent, but they'll keep on getting infusions of rookies.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Give that girl the Defensive Player of the Game chain.

18-36 from the line in a game lost by 4.

 

[hrdboild]

I wonder if that’s it for Nick Nurse. That roster just seems pretty talented and fairly balanced..like it should’ve been a lot better than they’ve been..:but maybe those are just overrated players.

I was thinking the same thing. They're only a couple years removed from a 53-19 season and just became the first team eliminated from this year's playoffs. This just feels like the end of the line for this version of the Raptors. Letting Kyle Lowry go probably hurt them more than they expected it to. Sometimes you can replace a player's production but not their leadership.

 

[kingdivac]

I like the youngins

 

[KainLear]

Letting Kyle Lowry go probably hurt them more than they expected it to. Sometimes you can replace a player's production but not their leadership.

Case in point, T'Wolves with Conley suddenly looked like an organized team.

 

[kingdivac]

This Pelican/Thunder game the best game so far.....

 

[chief bromden]

McCollum another underwhelming performance.

And yeah, rumor for a while is that Nurse is definitely gone and might land in Houston.

 

[Sluggah]

When the crowd has to let you know you’re screwing up. Yikes.

 

[Sluggah]

Ouch.

 

[kingdivac]

McCollum another underwhelming performance.

And yeah, rumor for a while is that Nurse is definitely gone and might land in Houston.

Missed floater at about 50s mark or so really hurt em - that should be a gimme for a guard in space

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Interesting how well the lower seeds have done in the play-in, since they started it

 

[chief bromden]

Ouch.

Yeah, for real. The Pels and Raptors seem like they should be better, but both continued to consistently fail in crunch time this season. Not sure what the Pels do in the offseason, hoping Zion is healthy for a full season next year seems like false hope at this point.