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NBA: Orlando Magic at Sacramento Kings
Jan 3, 2024; Sacramento, California, USA; Sacramento Kings guard De'Aaron Fox (5) dribbles the ball against Orlando Magic center Moritz Wagner (21) during the second quarter at Golden 1 Center. Mandatory Credit: Sergio Estrada-USA TODAY Sports
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Good start for Fox a real key . A win makes this a good road trip .
About the Kings, what is the surprise for you so far this year?
Keon
Me too. And just last month, Keon would not have been in my top ten answers.
This is gonna be a tough game.
Ellis has to shoot the open 3
Isaac sure would be a nice guy to get this summer.
Would love it.
Lensanity
Jonathan Isaac isn’t just “very involved with his faith,” as Jones said. Isaac is an antivaxxer who pals around with right-wing Christian extremists.
Like who?
Holy Christ. Who is the hungover truck driver in the Magic jersey?
Joe Ingles.
Ingles? he just gave Fox a pat on the back after the 1st quarter. and I saw him eating beef jerkey during the break.
Nice air on that Keegan dunk.
Feed Murray more plays, he’s got the hot hand.
My goodness that camera work with the Keon Ellis reply made me dizzy!
Orlando looks sloppy. They don’t seem to have any ballhandlers.
I don’t think Kayte understands what she thinks she understands about what many people understand. That’s one thing she needs to understand.
that’s one thing most people don’t understand
Continued mediocre play by Fox.
I want to see Keegan and Keon and HB much more eager to shoot.
Closer game than I would’ve thought. Gotta keep it up if they want to get this win.
Malik hasn’t scored yet, got to get him going.
Down 8, up 8, down 8 again. Lotta runs. Keon looks like he’s cementing himself as the SG. Very composed and productive out there.
Keon broke up two plays at the rim
WTF? The clock was stopped at 8:15 for like 45 seconds, no one seemed to notice
Clear steal by Fox. But you never know with these refs.
A steal or a block? Or a steal and a block!
Good question. I think they only gave him a steal.
Swipa…
Bench needs to show up in this game. Give me some of that Lensanity!
Yeah, they’re all in the minus.
That was a hack by Isaac.
dude, foul on Isaac. hacked both arms and didn’t touch the ball.
I know it’s long past but am I the only one who saw the clock stop during play at 8:15?
Kayte just mentioned it.
Ah, gotcha. I’m on the Orlando broadcast
I saw it, too
another bad attempt at a 2 for 1
Bench has been awful, completely erasing all the positive momentum capped off by that Duarte foul.
missing Huerter and Lyles
Magic defending Monk really well.
What a stupid foul by Duarte.
Kayte tried defending Duarte. Too bad she mistook Suggs for Anthony.
the stats on Kings attempts at 2 for 1s must be atrocious
FOX WITH THE THREE AT THE BUZZER!!!
Fox just bailed out the Kings and especially Duarte.
Monk still hasn’t scored and is a -21.
God damn, our bench has only scored seven points.
Keon steal leads to the Fox-Monk light show
Keon’s game is really getting special.
Jeez, if Monk hits anything close to his norm tonight, the Kings are up double digits.
Get Murray the ball!
so, on a night like tonight, where Monk is currently 0 for 12, do you finish the game with him on the court or go with a bigger lineup?
He is ain’t making his bag like this.
Hopefully this deters the Magic from going after him this off-season.
Monk is playing the long game.
5 fouls on Keegan…
How did the refs miss that ball off the Magic player’s leg?!!!!
Cut Kings!
refs are awful tonight
Ugh, can we please take the lead at some point?
what are the stats when the Kings go to Domas in the low block in ISO?
0. The other players just stand around.
how about running a tall shooter near him like Peja and Vlade
Finally we take the lead! Let’s build on that.
Keep shooting Keegs! For the love of god!
BACK TO BACK THREE’S BY KEEGAN!!!!
Ride Murray like a donkey.
Hope we see the day when Keegs calls for the ball. Until then, the other players have to get him the ball.
Keegan calling for the ball would be a major step up.
*Correction
Keegan calling for the ball would be iconic.
Why was Fox at the half court that whole possession?
Injured.
He got hit in the tenders.
Ooof, that explains that.
Wildly OT but I’ve always wondered this: why does the G1C PA only play the “Sac-ra-men-to” chant on defense when basically every other team with a “Let’s go sportsball” chant does it on offense?
Ke-on and Kee-gan show tonight. Nice to see Keegan hitting those 3s. Need a couple stops here.
AND ONE!!!
That’s the Fox I like to see! Get yourself in the paint get to the line
If HB, Keon, and Murray are taking shots at rhe end of this one, I feel like it’s in the bag.
Keon!!!!!!
Keon hit a step-back three!
Toe on the line, but still a great shot.
Mmm, that looks like it might be off Fox.
That was off Fox. Might be about to Kangz this away
We have the lowest IQ in clutch time this year.
Oh God, here we go.
Fox doesn’t want to win.
That’s blatantly untrue. He had 12 4th quarter points.
Fox is dumb.
Fox needs to get to the paint and go to the line in those situations not pull a 3
Damn, we got really lucky there. I was about to slam my fist on the table.
I gotta say, that foul on Suggs is garbage.
Very questionable for sure.
Alright, get the stop and get out of here with the win.
I have a bad feeling about that.
Bailed out there by a super iffy call. Now please, just play defense
Would be great to get out of the Gem of Central Florida with the victory.
We aint getting this stop. Need to leave enough time to hit the game winner.
JESUS CHRIST, THE MAGIC GOT LIKE THREE OFFENSIVE BOARDS THERE. They were so lucky none of those shots went in.
Jesus, what an insane possession.
Also that should be a take or flagrant or something on Suggs, Keon got tackled.
Kings deserved a loss here. If they can hit these FTs and fade the last two seconds, they got lucky.
Yeah, I think they got a few lucky breaks down the stretch.
OH MY GOD I’M NERVOUS
I love Keon, but I feel like he just set us up for a Banchero game winning 3
I also love it when I’m wrong. LTB!
LIGHT THE BEAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wooo!
Whooooooooo! LTB!!!!!
Wow, Light The Beam!
Woah. I don’t care that I am losing my fantasy league semis because of Malik’s 0/11 as long as Kings win!
Only 6 TO is a good number against this defense. LTB!!!
The “Kee’s” to the game came up big!
This was a starters win. The bench did very little.
I’m somehow convinced that we’re going to the Finals.
The team swings wildly between pitifully incompetent and contender-level elite in any given game.
Usually depends how good or bad the opponent is.
So if we get the 8 seed that means we’re winning the Finals?
Which circles back to the original point.
I’ll see you at the parade!
Damn right.
To get a win against the #4 team with 3 of our rotation players out and Monk a giant 0-fer and only 7 bench points is terrific. Monk will be back with a vengeance next game. That Wash loss is especially painful this trip.
Sixers on Monday, Embiid’s still out and they’ll be on a SEGABABA after the Clippers on Sunday. Goes without saying but that’s another must-win.
Not a fan of multi-color basketball shoes with a suit. Or drawstring pants with a blazer.
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