[Game] Sacramento Kings @ Los Angeles Clippers, 12/12/2023, 7:30pm PST/10:30pm EST

[coolhandluke]

Clippers dropped 72 points in the first half last time they played us. They nearly got that today.

 

[Woot!]

Chop this lead to 25 by halftime and I like their chances.










Just kidding.

 

[KF8]

How is this team 5 games over .500

 

[Vinny Basketballerino]

Largely it's what happens when teams are so dependent on 3's. Wild swings both in and out.

But it didn't happen last year and we shot a ton of threes.

Regardless, yes, we need to figure out how to generate offense when the threes aren't falling. But this is a colossal DEFENSIVE collapse. For that there really is no excuse.

 

[Sluggah]

Someone needs to check these rims

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

How is this team 5 games over .500

When they shoot well and the other team doesn't shoot great, they are pretty tough to beat

 

[206Fan]

Exhibit A that the Kings are not any type of playoff threat. I think we were a better team last year despite whatever record we held. Last year's team showed a lot more fight and more importantly, consistency. I think the Warriors broke us. 3pt shooting was never this bad throughout the regular season last year

 

[Kingz19]

Kayte dropping the back to back excuse..didn’t mention the Clippers having played last night too

 

[SLAB]

This team is strange. Idk what to think about them as a whole this year. Lol

 

[hrdboild]

We used up all of our three point mojo setting the record last night. I hate it when that happens.

 

[Vinny Basketballerino]

Whew. Down 22. I'm saying there's a chance.

 

[Tetsujin]

Keegan is doing everything well aside from hit from beyond the arc right now but him missing ALL his threes really hurts.

I'm not really sure I want to see anyone aside from Fox, Domas, Keegan, or Monk shoot the ball for the rest of the night though.

 

[iowamcnabb]

Kayte dropping the back to back excuse..didn’t mention the Clippers having played last night too

I don’t think she is using it as an excuse. At this point it’s a fact we struggle and she is pointing out we need to figure it out.

 

[Tetsujin]

Kayte dropping the back to back excuse..didn’t mention the Clippers having played last night too

Clippers didn't have to travel though. Even if it's a 40 minute flight, you're still trying to sleep off a game of fatigue in a hotel bed.

 

[kingsfan_4Life]

When they shoot well and the other team doesn't shoot great, they are pretty tough to beat

Isn't that true about any team though?

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

Brown has to take a good portion of the blame for these constant blowout losses. Why is he OK with the team shooting so many threes on a back to back when they come out and are on the second night of a back to back (clearly tired legs)? Why is he giving McGee that many minutes?

 

[Vinny Basketballerino]

What we want to see the rest of the way is fight. Yeah, very low chance of winning, but what I need to see is this team maintaining some dignity. They showed that in the last two minutes.

 

[KF8]

only hope for the second half is if clippers old legs slow down from back to back

 

[ick300]

Keegan is doing everything well aside from hit from beyond the arc right now but him missing ALL his threes really hurts.

I'm not really sure I want to see anyone aside from Fox, Domas, Keegan, or Monk shoot the ball for the rest of the night though.

Maybe try the guys on the bench who can shoot ....

 

[Kingz19]

Ugh, and all our prospects are in Stockton.

They should always be available on back to backs for the inevitable Kings getting humiliated by the second quarter. Got to start playing the averages

 

[Kingster]

Extremely disappointing half of "basketball." Started by four consecutive dumbass plays by McGee and Monk, and it just rolled downhill after that. This team seems incapable of having the mental fortitude to play back to back games. Doesn't seem to bother the Clippers any, but my oh my it bothers the Kings.

 

[iowamcnabb]

Keegan is doing everything well aside from hit from beyond the arc right now but him missing ALL his threes really hurts.

I'm not really sure I want to see anyone aside from Fox, Domas, Keegan, or Monk shoot the ball for the rest of the night though.

he’s having a really good game minus the 3s. I just don’t want him losing confidence because they aren’t falling.

 

[Tizzy Flip]

Keegan’s road 3pt% is so bad vs. his home %. Don’t remember seeing anyone with this big of a difference on the road

 

[Tetsujin]

Maybe try the guys on the bench who can shoot ....

Look, I know your gimmick is being the Sasha guy but having him try to guard Kawhi is probably not in the best interest of anyone involved.

 

[coolhandluke]

Kayte dropping the back to back excuse..didn’t mention the Clippers having played last night too

I switched over to the Clippers broadcast. They're good.

 

[ick300]

Barnes , Murray , Huerter , Monk , Lyles are combied 1/13 form 3s

 

[KF8]

It's up to monte now.. done seeing the inconsistency of barnes and huerter. Murray I can understand since it's only his second year still adapting to the NBA.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Exhibit A that the Kings are not any type of playoff threat. I think we were a better team last year despite whatever record we held. Last year's team showed a lot more fight and more importantly, consistency. I think the Warriors broke us. 3pt shooting was never this bad throughout the regular season last year

They will always be a threat to any team, because of their explosive potential when they are shooting well. The problem is that when you live by the 3, when you go cold, it can be a really big difference in team production. This is why "old school" coaches didn't prefer a team identity that "lived by the 3". It is what it is in today's game for a lot of teams

 

[ick300]

Look, I know your gimmick is being the Sasha guy but having him try to guard Kawhi is probably not in the best interest of anyone involved.

yes mate i saw that ...
but now we are not quarding them and not scoring ... lets try to change at least one of both ...

 

[Tetsujin]

I switched over to the Clippers broadcast. They're good.

They're terrible. Jim Jackson might be the worst color commentator in the league non-Sean Elliot or Quinn Buckner edition.