Go Kings!
Apr 26, 2023; Sacramento, California, USA; Sacramento Kings guard Malik Monk (0) celebrates after making a three point basket against the Golden State Warriors in the fourth quarter during game five of the 2023 NBA playoffs at the Golden 1 Center. Mandatory Credit: Cary Edmondson-USA TODAY Sports
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SAC-RA-MEN-TO!
Let’s Fucking Go.
Let’s get this job done, and force a game 7 !!!!!!!!
Go, Kings !
Come on Kings! Steal this one and bring back to Sac for game 7. I’m not ready for the season to be over.
Godspeed Kings.
It’s gonna be fun.
Who would’ve thought that the Kings would be playing later than Minnesota, Milwaukee, Atlanta, Brooklyn, and Cleveland? Possibly even Memphis after tonight.
LFG!
I dusted off my Rise the Hot Hand t shirt for this one. Kings in 7
oh hell yes – the start we needed!
I love the INTENSITY !!!!!!!!!!!!
Let’s GO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great start
Hey, I’ll take a 40-2 run to start the game. I’m not greedy or anything.
I prefer 120-80 to finish them at the end of 4th Qtr
Domas is active on both ends!
Maybe the scoreboard is broken. The Warriors are stuck at 0.
*Slaps scoreboard*
Huh, still broken.
official nba game delay because there’s no way the refs should be allowing that…must be investigated
Sabonis got the memo.
Happiness is a shutout
Get Davion out there. Steph is on fire. Possibly also Kessler for Klay.
How the F did a ref see a foul on Sabonis when Looney went over his back?
They subbed out Steph as soon as Davion subbed in.
Sabonis gets zero respect from the refs. Zero.
What ever happens tonight, at least I don’t have to listen to 2 and a half hours of Doris Burke repeating how she’s the world’s biggest Warriors fan.
This is turning into a rugby match.
Huerter v DiVincenzo.. the Battle of the Bonaduccis
Keegan is going to be something special. Two way.
He has so much potential to take every facet of his game to multiple higher levels
Huerter is shook,
Davion plays like a winner. He never seems rattled.
Huerter’s complete inability to shoot continues on. Great passing leads to a wide open corner 3 and he still can’t bury it
Huerter looks broken.
Huerter may not be the answer for starting SG.
Klay swished a jumper. If he hits 2 in a row, gotta clamp down on him.
Stop allay!
Klay
Dray gotta assault a ref to get whistled for a tech I guess
Davis! Fun.
Yeah that’s what they always say about him…………fun guy. His ex may have a different take but when he gets minutes I don’t think anybody knows what he’s going to do from minute to minute.
where the foul ?
Refs negated TD’s clean steal there
Fuck NBA refs. The officiating in this series is so one-sided.
Draymond smacked Sabonis across the arms and didn’t get called. TD strips the ball cleanly and we’re shooting two. Absolutely atrocious.
There are close calls that they get wrong, but that’s just blatantly terrible. NBA should rate refs not just on percentage of correct calls, but on percentage of egregiously terrible calls.
Thanks to the announcer (Fratello?) who pointed out that terrible call.
I went back to NBC did Fratello agree it was a missed call? I’m sure the Warrior fans will want him fired
JVG
Would Mike Brown also play Edwards in this game ?
Challenge that.
Jesus that is a clean steal by Davis and it’s called a shooting foul. The bias of the Champions.
Possibly from Green complaining a couple plays earlier.
It’s been a very handsy defense on Heurter too. If that was done to Steph it’s a foul as demonstrated by the touch could by Murray on him.
I hope these bad calls start evening out before it’s too late.
It better start by the 3rd or it won’t matter.
Please don’t hold your breath!
Missing open shots again.
Jacking threes isn’t going to win this game. This lineup is stupid.
Okay, start moving the ball again. The guards are getting all the shots because they are the ones bringing the ball up
Still in disbelief at just how awful they continue to be from deep all series long.
The crowd squeals in horror. The refs called the foul, didn’t they?
It’s very clear that the broken finger is affecting Fox handle. Especially tough on him while trying to weave through traffic. Ball keeps popping/slipping away from him
Fox having difficulty with the handle. Also, need Mitchell on the floor to check Curry.
I agree….
Moody cannot steal Fox normally
The only players who are shooting 3’s at their season averages are Keegan, Lyles and Fox.
Good shit Keegan!
The officiating in this series–and how normalized the bias is–has helped remind me why I sort of hate the NBA.
God dammit stop playing hero ball!
Seems like Lyles hasn’t hit anything since at least Game 2.
Too many guys in this series have gone silent for too long to beat a team as good as the Warriors. Someone’s got to wake up tonight, methinks, for us to stand a chance.
Keegan twice.
I’m glad they have Davis on the floor right now.
Fox isn’t himself
Can’t win this game with Fox handling the ball like he has.
His ballhandling certainly seems the most affected part of his game, and it’s kind of been a big issue since the second half of last game. We win that one, I think, if his finger isn’t broken, just on that aspect alone.
His handle is compromised by the injury IMO. Just looks a lot more loose with it and is just randomly losing the ball.
Kings shooting 23% from 3PT and have 8 turnovers. Should feel very, very fortunate to only be down 2. Need to be a whole lot better the next 3 quarters to have any hope of the upset
Run the motion offense.
9 turnovers in the first. Can’t win like that.
Turnovers, forcing shots and the guards are not moving the ball to get shot for the forwards.
And they’re getting all kinds of open threes. Just can’t hit anything.
Our defense has actually been ok
Fox and Monk gotta be better with the handles. Just giving away possessions.
Why did Davis hesitate wide open. He is in there to shoot.
Just another guy with no confidence. Thank god Keegan got his back in a big way.
oh Boy… shooting 31% 8 turnovers and we are only down by 2!
Gotta get Keegan some shots. He was terrible in Game 1 and 2, but he’s one of the few guys out there playing with confidence from three point range.
Has Mike Brown made any adjustments in this game? I need to see more Trey Lyles! He’s our best counter to the rebounding disadvantage.
The lineup to start the 2nd qtr is a big adjustment
I would cut Heurter’s playing time. Shot isn’t falling. And he’s turning it over. Lyles would at least provide rebounding.
Trey Effing Lyles, on the boards. LFG
Agree. He was in to start the 2nd qtr.
Both teams playing bad overall. But Keegan has been a bright spot.
Yes, Trey–we need more of that!
Oh hey a rare 3!
TD is outmatched by Klay
This game TD > Huerter
very low bar to clear
Agreed, but his minutes should come from Huerter, not Davion.
Fucking BULLSHIT TECH ON FIX.
I didn’t even see what he did.
Wow it’s been 8v5 all night
Refs sure quick to give a tech to Fox but Draymond can get away with so much more
Jeff Van Gundy, truth teller.
Ah, that’s who it is. “The Kings haven’t gotten one favorable call all game.”
Nice Job, Lyles…..
Keep him playing…
Fox got T’d up and then coughed up the ball. He has to regain composure so we can get 4th quarter Fox.
How can he be 4th quarter Fox in the second? Be realistic.
Fox doing a little too much Iso right now
that’s not at all what I said. The 1st 3 quarters are relevant to what we see in the 4th.
IT WAS A JOKE!
Does this have something to do with math?
Monk and Lyles need to stay in the game.
“The Kings have not gotten a favorable whistle so far.” Van Gundy with 8 left in 2nd.
I like this unconventional lineup. Had to try something different. I bet we don’t see Huerter any more. Lyles on a mission. If TD can start hitting 3s we’ll be in good shape.
THIS playing pretty solid D
Personally, I’m getting tired of hearing after almost every playoff game from the two-minute report that the Warriors got away with something.
How about giving the better team a fair chance?
Like the way TD is playing
I am proud of the fight in these Kings. Go get them Men.
Compare Fox’s technicals with just the average interaction Draymond has with the refs
Brown has made some good adjustments.
Dray gets away with murder
Lyles stepping up!
Lyles just ballin.
Great pass!
Lyles just taking it to Greene
Absolutely terrible shot from Monk there. Sad to say I’m not expecting anything from Huerter coming in here.
Feed Keegan!
Third charge? That’s heart.
Keegan Murray is a menace out there. The one guy they need to guard at the three point line.
Warriors commentator called the charge on Lyles “right by the rule” but questioned “if you want to make calls that make guys want to jump out in front of each other” lmao. Worse than Kayte in their blind loyalty.
Warriors commentator: showing he doesn’t know basketball without saying he doesn’t know basketball.
????????????????????????????
It’s 8 vs 5
Fxxk that…
we definitely need to get this win
Lol why was it Looney who was doing the tip off? He wasn’t the one who was locked up with Domas for the ball
Yep, it was Payton
That was Kobe elbowing Mike Bibby bad. Pathetic.
Wow elbow by Looney on a jumpball
Right in front of ref – didn’t see it.
All three of them
Sabonis gets so much abuse with no calls. I’ve never seen anything like it.
What. The. Fuck.
Sabonis gets elbowed in face and falls to the ground and the fans boo him. Nice. Very classy.
Looney with the assault and no call. What’s it going to take to get a foul call on Sabonis? A handgun pulled out of the waistband?
Amazing. I don’t often complain about the refs but holy hell.
Me neither. But this game has been ridiculous.