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Mar 13, 2023; Sacramento, California, USA; Sacramento Kings shooting guard Malik Monk (0) moves in against Milwaukee Bucks power forward Jae Crowder (99) during the first quarter at Golden 1 Center. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports
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I predict this one is a blowout loss by halfway through the 3rd. Would love to be wrong!
Value the ball.
-Jerry Reynolds
Looks like the plan is to double Giannis and make the other guys hit shots.
See if HB and Hueter show up tonight.
Keegan was absolutely nailed in that last possession and no call.
He was hacked hard
Kings faster to 50/50 balls, moving the ball well. Effort is good tonight. I just wish they played like this against the Blazers and Hornets.
I went and prepped dinner, went to the bathroom, walked the dog, all while giannis was still shooting his free throws.
LOL
Lillard is falling down after every shot.
Ball movement is creating open 3s tonight
Big lineup—Domas, Lyles and Len!
I like it
Like it.
Domas’ size, strength and mobility is actually giving Giannis some trouble.
I’m kind of liking this lineup
Might be too gimmicky long-term, but could certainly work for one night against a stupefied Bucks squad!
Just matching the size of the Bucks lineup
Trey for MVP
Gotta go back to doubling Giannis
Portis put hand on Len and Len falls. No call. Tre puts hand on Giannis. Call.
Huerter has that hitch in his shot again. Seems to cock it back to his head a bit before relsease
The only 3 guards to play tonight have been fox, monk, huerter. About time. None of the others have stepped up to earn minutes.
Did I miss something with Keon? I thought he’s been solid throughout.
He hasn’t played much lately, and the results had been mixed. Lyles is basically getting those minutes tonight, while shifting Keegan to the SG at times.
Glad it’s close, but that was not a great way to close out the half.
The ball moment stopped. Keegan also should have taken the transition three
Agreed. I want that halftime talk to activate aggressive Keegan.
Winnable game here
20 assists/2 turnovers. That’s good.
Bucks are 16/19 from the free throw line. Kings are 5/5.
Definitely a winnable game
Has Giannis taken more than 10 seconds on a FT without the refs calling it?
I went from watching “Relatos Salvajes” in Spanish to watching Giannis take 20 seconds to shoot each free throw.
Keegan is out in the 2nd half. That’s not good
What happened to him?
Hip irritation
was it the block by Lopez?
that would be my guess.
All this talk about barbecued chicken is making me hungry.
That was not a foul on Lyles. Cripes just give Giannis 12 free throws to start the game why don’cha
Lyles breathed on him.
Good effort tonight with a tighter rotation.
playing a bigger rotation with Lyles/Sasha taking away the minutes the Duarte/Ellis/Mitchell were getting has been a great choice
Dame bail out call
Garbage foul call on Fox.
You can’t let Portis take it all the way down the floor and score.
Wide open HB airball…Really HB?
Someone for the kings has to get hot.
Not a good night when Monk is missing FTs
Fox continues to give it up to Monk so Monk can do the dirty work.
Mink is cold, Fox cold, Keegan out. How about Huerter?
Mike trying to pull a Toronto
3pt defense is….once again….non-existent.
That ejection might be the spark we need
What was he upset about anyway?
Non call on fox
Reply showed Payne hooking Fox’s arm.
Fox got hammered on a drive, then on a subsequent position tried to spin by Payne and was held. Both in front of the rookie ref.
The NBA has an officiating problem that is only getting worse with the newer crop of refs.
Amen.
Fuck these refs. Kings 10FTs. Bucks fucking 25?
K-von! Get on one
Huerter looks good again.
a seemingly very stupid and out of control ejection for Mike Brown
It was a clear non called foul on Fox. Fire from the head coach and justified.
Fox is garbage again, and has pretty much given the good will away he’s made this season with this low motor stretch
Somebody D up a player from the 3pt line for christ sake.
Huerter passes late to Sabonis for TO then looks lost on defense
4 point game.
So is Fox beat up (doesn’t seem like it) or does he have motor issues?
Surprised the refs didn’t allow Lillard to walk all the way to the basket out of that double-team.
How is that not an offensive foul on Giannis?
There we go
That is a foul on Giannis. Just my 2 cents.
That would have knocked most people out
That might have killed me.
I’m shocked they had the guts to call a foul on Giannis.
Obviously benefit of ref doubt went to Bucks AGAIN and they were wrong.
We’ve had so many chances, but too many bad/rushed shots.
Yo Fox take notice of Monk and Lillard.
Got to get a stop.
That or hack-a-Giannis
I think you’re right. That may be the play out of the timenout
Time out.
Double Dame or Beasly, then just blitz and bear hug Giannis
Good call
Kings have a fouls to goce
Give
Zero one outs for Bucks now.
Time outs
Giannis, the guy you want to foul.
We’re not down by 25, so that must mean we win this game, right?
Be great to see Huerter be a hero on last second shot.
The way he’s been shooting the three tonight, I’d be comfortable giving him the ball this last possession.
Of course Giannis makes both…
That’s unsurprising.
Great…Fox at the line.
Interesting foul there by the Bucks…
Okay, now can Giannis miss his free throws?
LET’S GO!!!!!!!!!!! OVERTIME BABY!!!
Surprised they called no lane violation there. Both guys were in the lane before Giannis even extended to release his shot.
The above is not a complaint, btw.
Free basketball.
Get em Kings.
Fox!!!!! Nice drive!
The best clutch player in the NBA gets us to OT.
The Kings’ coaches managed the end of that game brilliantly.
Well I asked for a competitive game and got one. Putting our undefeated record in OT on the line…
Can’t remember the last time we lost one in OT, so I refuse to believe it can happen.
Really nice comeback in Fourth Period by Kings.
2 fouls on Malik there.
Fox gets a lot of steals when he’s pissed off
SWIPA!!!
One of these teams can really play in the clutch (when they want to).
The other team just called timeout lol.
Cancel all trades. Jk
COME ON KINGS, KEEP UP THIS MOMENTUM!
Man Fox is lost. Or not!
31 points
Why not 41 points? Fox is washed. 😉
Domas has bobbled an absurd amount of easy short range passes this game and this season.
Ugh, not good to start turning the ball over now…
Oh come on. Giaanis shoved him
Stupid foul by Huerter
HUERTER!!!!!!!!!
You had to know he was dying to make up for that foul on Lillard.
2 POSSESSION GAME WITH 34 SECONDS LEFT, LET’S GOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Light the Beam up these refs’ you know whats!
I have a feeling Mike Brown is going to be ejected a lot in the near future.
Bucks have one foul to give, Kings have none. Foul shooting game now
Just hit your free throws and we will get out of here with a win.
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Lillard should get a flopping fine.
Are you freaking kidding me Monk?
Shit
Zero time outs for Bucks.
If kings score they can not advance to front court.
Just get the ball in.
Come on guys, please don’t lose this one.
I love endings like this.
That ate a lot of clock there.
God fucking dammit.
God damnit.
Fucking missed free throws.
Apparently it doesn’t matter if it’s 2002 or 2024, if you are wearing a kings uniform you can’t make clutch free throws.
*Tips cap*
Awesome shot.
HOW DO YOU LET DAME DO THAT? WIDE OPEN SHOT.
Welcome to the NBA.
Should have fouled on the inbound.
I have never seen a team foul with 5 seconds to go up two
Only if they had one to give. Did they?
No
How do you deny him a 35 footer on the run? Just asking since you seem to know everything. It was an amazingly difficult shot.
that was a fun game
Zero ability to defend 3PT shots. It’s almost impressive in terms of how we can’t/won’t defend against the 3.
Brown needs to start making Fox shoot free throws until he collapses from exhaustion. Inexcusable.
He was 6/7 from FT line.
That’s a rare outlier.
The rare outlier is Monk going 6 of 10 from the ft line!
damnit
Monk just needed to hit one free throw.
Or Fox
Fox too
Missed free throws and not guarding the three. The game was right there in that final 34 seconds and we blew it, sadly. Shitty way to lose from an otherwise good game.
Trade Monk. Huerter is untouchable
lol attaboy! 😉
Then trade Huerter for Monk. Then release Monk unconditionally. Then sign Monk and trade for Huerter and sign both to six-year deals.
It all works out in the end in this scenario
Well ain’t that a kick in the head. Really fun game.
Can’t wait to see that shot on every corner of the internet for the next week
And he was wide open. Zero defense by Fox.
One of these days, we’ll have one of those….hopefully.
I think Fox’s shot in Orlando got a decent bit of retroactive buzz once people realized we were good last season.
It was wildly talked about locally (hell, still is), but not really outside of that.
Now that I think about it, yeah, the Green stomp had more national attention
Poor game planning on that last possession.
How so?
Should have fouled
Up two, are you kidding me? People here would have lost their shit about how silly that decision was had they made two FTs.
Instead we let yet another team absolutely kill us from 3.
So you rather send Dame to the line than have him make such an unlikely shot? That seems unconventional
He’s been openly rooting for the Kings to lose lately, so from that perspective, it makes sense for him to want the Kings to foul intentionally in that spot.
Any coach who tells his players to foul up two in that situation should be fired on the spot.
Indeed
Zero coaches in the NBA down to the YMCA leagues would install a
play to foul where the other team has 5.2 seconds and has to go the length of the court to shoot.
Kings can be criticized roundly for missing free throws. That cost them the game. Fouling in that context? Nope. Just my two cents.
Concentrate. They are free throws!!!!! Freaking Monk and Fox. Just trash. Gave it away.
So, in addition to Domas being trash, Monk and Fox are trash too?
Cool.
Trade all three for 40 second round picks
Brutal way to lose. Up 4 with 18 seconds to go and your best free throw shooter misses two. Then Mr. Clutch misses one.
Our league worst FT shooting was eventually gonna get us.
That one especially hurts considering the upcoming road heavy schedule. It’s not out of the question that the Kings could be just a game or 2 over 500 when the break starts.
Mike Brown post game interview is classic.
Should’ve blitzed Dame the moment he touched that ball and hindsight is 20/20. But clearly, they’d rather have anyone not named Lillard shoot that final shot.
Wasted the Huerter breakout game. Could’ve had a chance at a 4-1 road trip and break a 14 loss streak to the Bucks. Up 4 with two FTs coming with 18 seconds. Ugh
Brutal. In below zero Milwaukee for the game. Kings played good tonight and thought we had it. Had momentum and a 4 point lead with 20+ secs left and monk on the line. He misses both. Bucks make a 3 and then foul fox. He makes one of two free throws. Dame comes down at the buzzer and makes a 3 to win by one. We make our FTs we win.
Entertaining!!
Heartbreaking!!
Badge Legend