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I haven’t watched the pre-game show in a long time. That studio looks nice. They really put some money into it (or so it looks.)
Anyways, go Kings! Marvin will probably not see the floor a lot tonight. Whiteside gonna have to step up. Kings will have their hands full with Wall, Cousins, Harden, Christian Wood, PJ Tucker. Wall and Cousins will be going for bruises. Win or lose the young guns will be icing themselves later tonight!
Happy New Year TKH-ers!
Go Kings!
You too Rik…Go Kings!
I miss you so much it hurts sometimes.
Unfair. You can see the future..
Was going to respond Rik but decided
to make you purple instead.
Go Kings!
Another test to see if the Kings are for real or not. Nice to see Kozimor in studio and I’d like to thank Kayte for her pregame insight.
Prefer Koz so much
Cousins back in baby blues. Thank gawd we shelved the cranberry jerseys. Go Kings!
The Rocket’s mascot with the mask on is a nice touch.
Also, it looks like Kyle Draper’s first game, wonder where the other new guy is….what was his name again, the ESPN guy.
He’s Mark Jones
Nice cut by Bags
BAGLEY DID AN ASSIST
Nice transition dish to Holmes for the dunk ðªð½ Who says he can’t pass? ðð
Ya but can he pass with his right hand?
Still 45 minutes left to play, let’s see
Leadin the break. More of this
And he turned down a contested dunk opportunity to do it!
Bagley served that one up beautifully
Bagley with the sweet assist!
Anyone else a little mixed up with these uniforms? Looks like the Kings in their baby blues and Houston in their black unis.
Dang it, my account is still active. Damn, Hardin is F A T
James Harden looks like he ate James Harden
Or James Corden, even.
Didn’t start watching til 2nd qtr and was thinking James was looking a little chubby even for James
Plus rebounding, Buddy contributing when he isnt shooting well, Bagley leading the break. What an odd start to the season.
Rockets broadcast team is awful ð¤¦ï¸
COJO with the deadball airball
Marvin has had some nice looks on offense, but I’m still looking forward to the day when he’s not watching layups and not contesting
How are there fans in Houston? Texas really does not care how many people live or die…
That’s bonkers. Outdoor football stadiums at extremely limited capacity are probably ok-ish but putting anyone in the stands of an NBA arena is just gross negligence
They don’t even look all that distanced. Yikes!
I really hate seeing another team wear baby blue against us. Between that and the fans in the stand, I hope the Kings win this.
I don’t think I can take a full season of Doug.
Why? I think he has improved quite a bit. If you are waiting for another Jerry Reynolds, you’ll wait forever.
When he gets that guttural tone talking about Buddy Love I feel like emailing Human Resources
And 1 let’s go Fox!!!
De’Aaron “Steph Curry” Fox hit a dead ball shot from Mars right there. Love to see it.
Whiteside hasn’t been playing good basketball. Watched a layup, usual bunnies. Lazy looking
It seems to me that he has no lift at all.
Luke Walton cannot seem to wear a mask properly.
who else doesn’t like cojo running the offense.
People with functioning eyeballs?
I’m not liking Draper as much as I like Mark Jones when it comes to play by play.
I was just thinking the same thing. Draper is a noticeable drop off from peaches where Jones is about the same. That said, Draper isn’t a racist so I prefer Draper.
I have nothing against Draper so far, but I have really likes Jones. I’m just noticing the difference.
Grant’s dog-whistling aside, I prefer Draper to Grant. Over the past 10 years or so, his shtick became tired and repetitive.
Aggressive Hali to the hoop
Lol Bagley
Marvin – NAPG!
Please hurry up and trade CoJo
Anyone else see that Bagley turnover coming?
Anyone with eyes watching that loose ass dribble of his
Listening to these studio bits with Kayte is very painful.
Bagley did a block!
Holmes!
I’d trade Bagley for Wood right now, but Houston wouldn’t.
James Harden no longer looks like James Harden. Houston is not going to get value for him, that should just cut bait now
Looks like he’s gained a lot of weight too.
Well we know he hasn’t been quarantining
I feel like we are listening to two color commentators right now.
That is a great way to put it. Is Mark Jones working ESPN tonight?
Right? They both have the same inflections and energy of a color guy. I almost can’t tell them apart.
I feel like I’m listening to two bros and I’m not here for it
It’s like listening to a guy who doesn’t really know as much about Sacramento as he does other teams.
That’s what I’m hearing anyway. That and Doug needing to take a breathe every now and again when he’s talking. LOL He spaz’s out a bit too much.
Wish they would not feel they have to be talking all the time ! Kind of wearing !
Buddy Buckets is back!
Yeah Buddyyyyyy ð¥ð¥ð¥
is fox wearing ballroom slippers?
ooph, Fox jumper looking brutal today. Missing badly on his shots all over the rim
How the hell did the Rockets get Wood on his deal? The dude is on Cory Joseph money.
Same old Bagley…the ball being stripped off his hands……….AGAIN and AGAIN
Ladies and gentlemen, your third quarter Kings!
Bagley is a disaster out here on both ends
just take him out of the game
Team Bagley is 0-7 from the field.
and his defense has been even worse
Gallo del Cielo likes our chances.
but …. it is the third quarter
Sky roostah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Absolute BS
blame this to Bagley, telling Hield to get out of his way, and turned it over..
He is killing the momentum
They should call team Bagley and ask if it’s ok to take him out now.
There is never a time Bagley should wave off his teammates. Exactly what we knew would happen, did happen.
Bagley isn’t even the best #35 player on the floor…
Buddy’s an idiot, bagley doesn’t have any hands and Barnes can’t make a lay up
at least Barnes played defense….and can use BOTH hands
He gets stripped just as easily as bagley
Take Bagley out
Bagley’s hands are made out of sponge slathered in crisco
Buddy/CoJo backcourt now with Bagley still out there? Walton wants this deficit to grow
I despise this lineup
Point Guard Buddy! Dribble Dribble Turnover
Bagley sucks…
Take Bagley out.
I die little by little everytime Walton uses a lineup with CoJo as the only playmaker.
Bagley just missed a dead-ball dunk
Bagley hurting us
Harrison Barnes to the rescue
My goodness bagley is terrible tonight!! Bench that kid!
Team Bagley probably not sending out tweets tonight
Yet another turnover.
Bagley’s garbage.
This is so funny
Get Bagley off the floor. Horrendous
I don’t understand why other PF/C is not getting minutes…Bagley really sucks and is costing us the game
Bagley can only use his only strong hand is a real and big problem
Okay, Barnes gets smacked on a drive by two Rockets and falls to the floor. Bagley picks up the dead ball and dunks it, while CoJo and Bjelly pick Barnes off the floor.
Not a good look.
Another bagley turnover as he forces it into double team 15 feet from basket. ð¤®
Can we just put bagley on the bench already?
Bagley has to know his roll. He’s made several mistakes in the past few minutes, but I don’t blame him for them all. But that last turnover he’s getting ahead of himself.
#FreeWhiteside
or #FreeParker..
I can see Parker no worse than Bagley
Contrary to the comments section on this page, Marvin Bagley seems to believe that he is a great scorer and that he excels at iso plays.
Bagley is trash on the court. No idea what he is doing out there. Can’t even post up smaller guys, got pushed around by Eric Gordon.
If Luke wants to leave Bagley in for developmental reasons, fine, but don’t pretend you’ were trying to win in your post-game presser
If he does not see the 4th quarter I do not agree
He has earned the bench
yes he has
For the rest of the game
Bagley follows up the complaint for playing time with a complete and utter dumpster fire of a game. Maybe his “team” should keep its tweeting to a minimum, moving forward.
Bagley gonna be one of those “good numbers on bad teams” kind of player for his career.
where are the good numbers?
Bag-meh?
It’ll happen in his prime years when he’s putting up 20/10 on the 26 win Pistons
How sure are we that Marvin Bagley isn’t Michael Beasley in disguise?
If 5-24-0-40-22 plays most of the last 12 the Kings might still win this
Bagley is benched and good things start happening.
wow…..
The difference is so so so obvious with or without Bagley
Kings erasing the deficit now that Bagley is off the court and Haliburton is out there with Fox. There’s the real future of this franchise
Feel amazingly lucky that we are not getting blown out right now with how bad Bagley and the team played early in the 3rd
It would be a blowout already if Harden was in shape
this is exhibit A for Team Bagley on why your son doesn’t get crunch time.
No coincidence they go on a run once they sub him out. He really shouldn’t play the rest of this game.
only crunch time ?
His performance deserves zero minute
#FREEMETU
Is CoJo gonna play all 48 tonight? Does Luke ever sit him?
#FREEGUY
To think, we could have had Luka or Trae….shit!
Has any #2 pick in the last 20 years panned out? It seems like a cursed draft slot…
Durant. Crazy that he was #2, but poor Oden
Ja Morant is another good #2 pick.
we would not have Hali tho
The problem with bagley is that he isn’t a team player. aau basketball plus terrible people talking in his ear taught him all the wrong habits
His game just isn’t conducive to winning basketball today. He can’t stretch the floor as a big….he kills the offense, and he’s horrendous defensively. He does hustle so I’ll give him that, and it’s that which allows him to put up some production when it comes to rebounding/putbacks due to his sheer athleticism
he hustles on offense.
for himself
It’s hard to see him changing. Of course he’s missed a lot of time, but he is literally the same player with the same habits from year one. I don’t think he’ll last long on our team especially if he stays healthy this season and next, and doesn’t change.
Noooo please be OK Hali
NOOOOOO!
oh fuck….HAli!
Play some strong team defense, give effort, rebound and take care of the basketball(don’t let Buddy bring up the ball this quarter) Oh Hali Noooooo get up young man
Hali’s fine
Honestly surprised that doesn’t happen more often. My seats are low-ish in the corner and I have heard some dudes hit the floor with a THUMP – it’s really disconcerting when it happens. I thought for sure that Corey Brewer snapped his spine a couple years ago (he got up and was fine)
Thank goodness for Tyrese!
GO KINGS! Obliterate the Rockets!
Haliburton just fell, I hope he’s okay, he’s been cool.
The fake “awwww” noise when the other team scores needs some tweaking, they’re doing it way too much.
lol no foul but tip in counts. Great challenge there.
Worry with Haliburton is that swelling/soreness kicking in as this 4th quarter continues. Hope he can finish the game. Can see him grabbing at that area right now as he dribbles up the court.They need him out there
As bad a night as Bagley had I think the clock operator is even worse
Lots of issues at the scorers table tonight.
CoJo coming up with some big plays. Can people stop talking shit about CoJo. Don’t get it, never got it.
his steals have spurred this run
The dude just makes winning basketball plays. People just don’t like his game for whatever reason.
I am totally fine with CoJo playing…he knows how to play
CoJo is fine as long as he doesn’t have to initiate offense. It’s when he is out there with Buddy while Fox and Hali (or, last year, Bogi) on the bench that he turns into an over-dribbling turnover machine
That’s like 5 turnovers in a row for Houston
Man, that was a scary fall for Halliburton. Hope the young gun is well.
HALIBURTON FOR THREE!
Halliburton with a corner three. #theysaidthejumperwouldnttranslate
smh Barnes another sloppy turnover
a Bagley
We have some of the worst ball handlers in the league
Ugh stop with the turnovers!
COJO!!!
Jeeze Cojo needs to swing it to Hali in the corner faster!
Houston is so poor defensively. I think my favorite play was watching Bjeli dribble right around Harden.
Late to the game. Why isn’t Marvin playing?
lol he is probably having his worst game ever
Dang. After that 18 point first half in the last game?
His best play tonight was an assist, which makes tonight sound way, way better than it was
Daaaaang. Oh well…
Because we aren’t tanking
because he has been awful, complete trash.
even team Bagley agrees with his benching
Luke Walton begins fading away like Back to the Future whenever CoJo is taken out of the game.
CoJo is having a great game. Still don’t get it
Passing > dribbling
Overly aggressive on defense
He’s fine, but has an outsized role.
Holmes!!!
Harden is really out of shape still lol
Round is a shape!
He does look really…chunky, compared to how he looked the previous years.
Wow Harden is really hurting his team.
Draper is not a good play by play guy.
don’t like him. Love Mark Jones tho
agreed.
can tell he was previously with the Celtics since he seems to think every play is a missed foul call lol
Would love to see fox step up in crunch time
Challenge that, Luke
What’s going on in here?
Please let Hali get back in this game now
DOES TOYOTATHON EVER END?
Nope. Probably is going to be the name of the company soon.
Christian Wood was undrafted and is so much better than Bagley…
but can he rap tho?
Does he have a Twitter team tho?
Damn, #35 is playing really well. Just not the right jersey.
Rickets getting major calls. Kings, not so much.
Fox doesn’t get the whistle but Harden does because of course
I think I’ve counted about 3 not called travels on Harden drives too. Because, superstar.
Superstars don’t look like that
Damn. Great defensive possession by the Kings but they fail to rebound and Harden gets a gimme after his own miss
Fat move by Harden
god dammit Buddy…
his Turnovers kill me
those turnovers really hurts
Welp
Buddy has stepped up his game this year. Playing much better but I still don’t want him long term. The dude will never have good BBIQ
Read this as barbecue IQ
Fox needs to take over.
I guess chunky Harden still good enough to beat us.
I’m not even mad about a loss. They played well for who they are. Though I do have issues with how Marvin played after the “why didn’t he get more time in the 4th” nonsense from his camp.
not over yet
It’s winning time not stats time
Nice oop
WTF is going on?
The scorers table is back to making Bagley look like an all-pro
This better be Kings ball
What the hell are they reviewing? WHy did they blow the play dead killing the Kings chance in transition. Freakin refs
These refs stink
The scorers table has been awful, just absolutely bush league
Why aren’t coaches wearing suits anymore?
Covid brings fashion anarchy
They look like cult uniforms.
Pass the koolaid
Draw up an easy bucket Luke
JFC Buddy…
Jesus Buddy!
Great airball by buddy
WTF Buddy?
Did Buddy airball a three?
airballed that one, bricked the other, and had a turnover. Really rough crunch time for him
Good play Luke lol
HALIBURTON! Rockets bench must have been chirping because he looked back at them
HALLIBURTON!!!
And they said the jumper wouldn’t translate!
Can we play Ty over Cojo now?
Trey-rese!!
Tyreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees
Haliburton delivers!
HALI!!!!!!!
Oh Hali Yes!
IN YOUR FACE COUSINS!!!
He looks right at cuz after that shot ð¤£
Icy Hali, big shot!
Lol Harden traveled there. No call of course
Harden has gotta be paying the refs off or something. The guy is given every call
The NBA is mostly rigged, especially towards the profitable players
So I guess in some roundabout way, James Harden IS paying off the refs haha
You could see the Harden travel on TV. How’d they miss that?
Part of Harden’s game is having the refs on his side. That’s how
they cheat
I clicked over to the Travel Channel. Guess who was on?
I tweeted Team Bagley to see what was going on… yup I trolled him and said maybe if He didn’t put so much focus on his son that perhaps he would play better. This was his first really bad game and it comes after and now he’s trying to force things
They had two bad looks… fun game though.
Well, we suck again
The fix is back
Poop
Holmes fouls Harden on the arm.
Rockets announcers: Harden gets hammered in the kisser!
Yeah, they weren’t annoying as some other announcers, but they kept making name mistakes all game. Also loved how they complained about phantom calls that Fox got. My guys, you have James Harden on your team!
I caught that too, gotta love hypocritical commentators lol
Buddy just didn’t have it in crunch time. 3 misses from deep and a costly turnover. Oh well
Good game, despite the loss. Harden got the calls but Fox starting to get them too. Buddy was trash in the last 3 minutes though. But we can take full strength Rockets and I have no doubt we’ll do just that when we meet them next.
Thank you so much for costing us the game, M. Bagley
The refs sucked. Worse refereed game this season for us.
I like Coz better for the Post game as well.
Bagley was the only starter to log more TO’s than assists, plus didn’t make more than 1 shot. Not a good way to follow up the previous game. Maybe put some good games together in a row before bragging about it twitter or whatever.
Kaytie just can’t shut up….
She can make a good point but keeps talking until everyone forgets what is was !
Happy New Year everyone
At least our young guys got a lot of minutes and lost to a bunch of traveling…. I mean savvy veterans including the Great Wall in a game that apparently had fans in the stands so it really could be considered a Houston home game.
Christian Wood’s production is what we want Bagley to have. Hoping this New Year it will click for him.
Yeah, let’s just blame 2020 on his performance tonight..
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