[Game] THE Kings vs. Detroit Pistons, 2/7/2024, 7:00p PT/10:00p ET
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Welp. I can’t even bear to go on twitter and look at the comments tonight. All the melting down and doomer comments, i can’t even be mad at em tonight. Seems like other teams can put together these great streaks of winning and we go and do crap like this at home?? This is just like last season as far as “homecourt advantage” goes.
Story of the season.
I hope people can begin to see it - our offense is one dimensional. It's a huge disappointment as I thought our roster was poised to be basically unstoppable offensively this year.
I am pleasantly surprised by our defense. But we aren't winning anything being a jump shooting team.
I hope people can begin to see it - our offense is one dimensional. It's a huge disappointment as I thought our roster was poised to be basically unstoppable offensively this year.
I am pleasantly surprised by our defense. But we aren't winning anything being a jump shooting team.
I guess his shoulder must be acting up again... I'm done hearing excuses for Fox. He's not showed up for all of our games this season and there's no other way to put it. I don't feel like that's fair for Sabonis. Sabonis is playing the best basketball of his career, but his teammates don't give it their all every single night.
I’m sorry but you’re wrong. You don’t lose to a team that is this bad, at home, and without its two best players, without showing some “quit.” We quit for long stretches of the second and third, turned it in for about 6 minutes to end the third, and then thought we had it in the bag. Zero effort in the 4th. We played hard about 18 minutes. If that doesn’t deserve being booed I am not sure what does.
Everyone knows that Cade Cunningham is the Pistons' leading scorer. I don't think that everyone knows that he's their best player. They're 3-37 with him this season, and now 4-6 without him. Has yet to have a season where he's even finished Top 5 on his own team in Win Shares. His efficiency is remarkably average, despite being Top 15 in Usage rate. I don't see any clear indication that he's the best player on the Pistons. There aren't many indications that he's even one of the Top 2.
Doesn't make this loss any less embarrassing, though.
Doesn't make this loss any less embarrassing, though.
To make matters worse we are out of the top 6 and New Orleans is about to beat the clippers to give them a one game lead over us plus the obvious tie breaker. Really bad timing for this loss considering the terrible stretch of games coming up. We need to hold steady and then rip off five or six in a row in march
The problem is that the players do not take other teams seriously.
Also, Detroit was hitting a lot of three-pointers with shorter players trying to guard them; the closeouts were often good, but the Pistons are taller. I know Mitchell plays very good man-to-man defense, but we needed someone like Edwards out there to keep them honest from the three-point line.
Maybe Mitchell will be gone by tomorrow night? Here's hoping.
Also, Detroit was hitting a lot of three-pointers with shorter players trying to guard them; the closeouts were often good, but the Pistons are taller. I know Mitchell plays very good man-to-man defense, but we needed someone like Edwards out there to keep them honest from the three-point line.
Maybe Mitchell will be gone by tomorrow night? Here's hoping.
But clearly they have talent. Their issue is the same issue the Kings had forever. Taking that talent and trashing it through usage or stacking positions draft after draft. I think on paper the Pistons have been one of the better drafting teams but my goodness, without a plan or real workable team it's going to be garbage. Just like it was garbage stacking a bunch of PG's next to Fox and putting him off the ball.
Kings remain an enigma
Best 7 game road trip in franchise history.
Come home to get worked by the worst tram in basketball.
Starts with Fox not showing up and supporting his running mate. We can gripe all we want about the rest of the guys, but as max players Domas and Fox are expected to show up night on and night out, regardless of how the rest of the team is playing. Fox looked great for most of the road trip, but he just doesn't get a pass for a performance like this. Domas certainly does and he far too often is the only one working out there
Best 7 game road trip in franchise history.
Come home to get worked by the worst tram in basketball.
Starts with Fox not showing up and supporting his running mate. We can gripe all we want about the rest of the guys, but as max players Domas and Fox are expected to show up night on and night out, regardless of how the rest of the team is playing. Fox looked great for most of the road trip, but he just doesn't get a pass for a performance like this. Domas certainly does and he far too often is the only one working out there
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