[Game] Play-in Tournament 9/10 game: Kings vs. Mavericks 16 APR 2025, 7pm PT/10pm ET (ESPN)

[Joshyjosh31]

He is who everyone else said he was.

Yup

 

[coolhandluke]

Great play call, Christie.

 

[TaxMan]

Yikes….this is pretty awful but I just can’t muster any emotion about it.

 

[Srzly]

Domas and LaVine playing like they want the season to end. Wtf… no effort on defense. Lazy passing.

 

[Tetsujin]

Every single possession over the last two minutes:
Pick and roll set at the top of the key. Domas sets a token screen that he lazily sorta bails out of, letting his man double Zach or DeMar. Zach or DeMar try to pass him the ball out of the double but he’s somehow not ready for it every single time.

 

[SLAB]

Send Sabonis home sat halftime.

 

[Caccia]

If Sabonis is playing hurt, put in Jonas and Isaac Jones.

 

[fansinceday1]

He is who everyone else said he was.

On paper the kings are so much better than the mavs and the mavs are just working the kings over. It’s PATHETIC.

 

[Kingz19]

Embarrassing

 

[Hoovtrain]

F this team and F this franchise . I’m out

 

[joemama]

EIGHT turnobers this quarter
Make it NINE.
Tank commander Sabonis

 

[pdxKingsFan]

My tacos are ready. I think I am going to just check the score later and then hold on tight for the next 2-3 months til July to see if we have any chance at saving this or we're back to pre-22 levels of hopelessness.

I can't even believe where we were two years ago.

 

[Tetsujin]

Did Domas not know how much time was left on the clock?

 

[Rob-The-Great]

I’d have had to have expectations to be angry. This is exciting, brother. Big changes coming!!!

Going to trust you on this slab

 

[Joshyjosh31]

This is a positive if we made the playoffs and got blown out by 30 every game they would’ve justified running this crap back again. Hopefully now we can blow this crap up get rid of everyone

 

[coolhandluke]

Sigh. Kings getting embarrassed on a national game again. Give something for the fans to cheer for.

 

[iowamcnabb]

We lost that quarter by 25 points. That has to be one of the largest deficits by a team this year.

 

[TaxMan]

Bring the Sonics back to Seattle…I’m ready for you.

 

[Kingz19]

Probably the worst Domas has ever looked on the Kings. He usually plays well against the athletic shot blocker types but Dallas has about 4 of them so maybe it’s too much

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Many had sorta written Dallas off as an after thought. Seeing it now, they would probably have the best chance of the 3 teams to actually compete against Oklahoma. Whether they'd win any games in that series, who knows

Like I told @Capt. Factorial, Dallas is in win-or-else mode. The fact that they sat all of their players against Memphis was more a reflection of the belief that they didn't need homecourt to beat Sacramento than that they were trying to tank.

 

[SacTownKid]

Devin is legit the only type of player on the team you find on contenders. That wasn't a lie. Turned off Klay like a faucet and his teammates just give up. Crazy.

 

[SLAB]

My tacos are ready. I think I am going to just check the score later and then hold on tight for the next 2-3 months til July to see if we have any chance at saving this or we're back to pre-22 levels of hopelessness.

I can't even believe where we were two years ago.

Where we were? We had a single fluke of season where everyone had career years, no one got hurt, everything went right … and then we still lost in the first round.

That team was never who we were, no matter how purple your glasses are.

 

[megapoxy]

44-19 Q2 with 10 turnovers. Play in record most probably

 

[Dongoodboy]

I don’t see a way to rescue this team other than rebuilding, but Vivek always think differently

 

[Tetsujin]

Domas with quite possibly the worst half in Kings franchise history. 5 points, 5 boards, 4 assists somehow, on 2-8 shooting with four turnovers while every single guy he’s been tasked with guarding has absolutely cooked him.

 

[Krunker]

Damn we bad most of the 2nd, gotta regroup over halftime

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

I’d have had to have expectations to be angry. This is exciting, brother. Big changes coming!!!

You hope.

 

[SacTownKid]

Probably the worst Domas has ever looked on the Kings. He usually plays well against the athletic shot blocker types but Dallas has about 4 of them so maybe it’s too much

It seemed like the last couple of matchups Davis turned the tide. Davis used to get owned by Domas.

 

[TheMobb]

Gonna feel good cutting this lead to 10 in the 3rd and making the comeback from there

 

[SLAB]

You hope.

The best part about being a Kings fan is the hope!