[Game] Sacramento Kings @ Portland Trailblazers, 12/26/2023, 7:00pm PST/10:00pm EST

[SacTownKid]

Don’t think that’s the problem tonight though. We have a ton of points in the paint and on defense it’s just crap from everyone. Almost no team can win missing 14 of 16 threes. The problem is most of them are open so it’s hard to turn them down

Credit where it's due. The Blazers are attacking the heck out of those 3's now.

 

[iowamcnabb]

Get it to 8 or less at half

 

[Kingz19]

Yeah, I’m getting to be pretty over Kevin Huerter

 

[SacTownKid]

Sabonis on pace to break that 47 by Keegan tonight.

 

[Norcalphilly]

Trash Under Armor

 

[DynaPamm]

So like a 15 point game?

As long as it’s us that’s up by 15 cause I just turned game on and we’re down by 15 …. Let’s go Kings let’s do this

 

[Kingz19]

Terrible pass. The double team left Huerter open right behind him

Doesn’t know where the defense is coming from?


Oh well, he got it back

 

[KF8]

very fortunate to only be down by 7

 

[iowamcnabb]

Unreal

 

[Sluggah]

Starting to wake up. Thank god.

 

[ick300]

Get it to 8 or less at half

Delivered by Fox specially for you

 

[Tetsujin]

De'Aaron is absolutely unreal. Felt the game slipping away and singlehandedly Thanos-ed the Kings right back into things.

 

[SacTownKid]

Fox basically said, get me the ball and get out of my way. Love it.

 

[DynaPamm]

Get it to 8 or less at half

Seven will work too!!!!

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

How's this for a novel idea: you're shooting 16 percent from 3, but you're getting whatever you want in the paint... Maybe stop shooting threes?

It's crazy enough that it just might work.

 

[KF8]

How's this for a novel idea: you're shooting 16 percent from 3, but you're getting whatever you want in the paint... Maybe stop shooting threes?

It's crazy enough that it just might work.

it's like the kings have a mandate to shoot 40 3's a game lol

 

[206Fan]

I caught the game right as we went down 19pts… Fox and Sabonis did not come here to lose

 

[Vinny Basketballerino]

Fox basically said, get me the ball and get out of my way. Love it.

Said it to the Blazers too, and they obliged.

 

[Kingz19]

Terrible bench performance.

Keegan and Huerter lousy too. So far the worst game in awhile for Keegan.

Fox and Domas keeping it close by not losing focus.

 

[Tetsujin]

How's this for a novel idea: you're shooting 16 percent from 3, but you're getting whatever you want in the paint... Maybe stop shooting threes?

It's crazy enough that it just might work.

The downhill paint point-getting superstar guard is also the only guy on the team hitting his threes tonight too so I guess the best plan would just be to keep feeding him the ball and staying out of his way.

 

[iowamcnabb]

Fox and Sabonis are 18-22

 

[Tetsujin]

Terrible bench performance.

Keegan and Huerter lousy too. So far the worst game in awhile for Keegan.

Fox and Domas keeping it close by not losing focus.

Points aside, this feels like Domas's worst game of the season. He's being so aggressive in the paint that it's almost taking the Kings totally out of the offense and has consistently been a step slow on defense as well

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1739860503202238955

Kings gonna need more from Keegan in the second half. Feels like he's letting the fact he's playing in front of his whole family and his brother sorta take him out of his game.

 

[Sluggah]

Too much eggnog maybe. I can relate.

 

[iowamcnabb]

We need a locked in Keegan coming out of the half. He was not buzzing around like usual. Standing around on offense, getting smoked on defense. Started slow last game too before turning it on

 

[hrdboild]

it's like the kings have a mandate to shoot 40 3's a game lol

They literally do. Mike Brown said as much last season. The statistics say the same thing... keep shooting and eventually they'll go in. But it sure makes for some ugly basketball at times. And I think a better team would switch things up and take the ball inside more instead of letting games get out of reach. Fox was always the guy who could do that last season. I'm happy that he's making more threes this season but him taking so many and putting less pressure on the inside is a mixed blessing.

 

[KF8]

some1 else aside from fox or sabonis has to step up. Can't expect either to have a similar half.

 

[Tetsujin]

Kings made 4 threes in the first half and Fox hit three of those

 

[thingfish]

I need to go back and reference older games (maybe last season), but has Huerter always had that weird motion in his shot? He kinda collapses his elbow in a circular motion and it just doesn’t look right.

 

[iowamcnabb]

We should be down about 2 points by now