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Dec 31, 2023; Memphis, Tennessee, USA; Sacramento Kings forward Domantas Sabonis (10) shoots during the first half against the Memphis Grizzlies at FedExForum. Mandatory Credit: Petre Thomas-USA TODAY Sports
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A challenge right from the get-go. Even if he’s right, wtf?
Wanted to get his unsuccessful challenge out of the way early this game.
New nba record woo
Fox smokes a wide open layup?
I swear Aldama smokes the kings whenever he is healthy.
I would love him in a Sacramento jersey
Very lazy and low IQ play by the Kings so far.
Trade Barnes! ????
I mean, really? This is how the Kings are going to start against a shorthanded team on a back to back? Should I expect anything less by now?
I may regret not having taken the +360 on the money line.
I took the Grizzlies at +390. Was feeling pretty smug until just now. The way I look at it I either get a Kings win, or make a little money.
Couple of stops and we’re right back.
Kings pushing tempo, moving the ball, getting into the paint, and getting the wings involved early. If they stop turning the ball over and knock down a couple 3s I think this one will be a pretty easy win.
Ominous start.
This Memphis guy that does the timeout, in arena stuff needs a new hair style, lol
0-6 from three….will they start looking to go inside? My guess is no.
Matthew Hurt showcase game incoming.
This kind of basketball really pisses me off!
Welp, Fox has yet to show up. It really hurts the Kings when he plays a quarter and does virtually nothing.
Hell, nobody has shown up.
Um, check Sabonis’s stats.
Kaytee with the travel and being tired excuse already. Give it a rest
Kings are playing with that “we can coast and beat these guys” mentality.
Disagree. They’re down 15 even though the 3 point differential is currently +21 Memphis. If the shots were falling equally, I think they’re probably winning this game right now.
Well the Kings aeem to allowbother teams to shoot the 3 much better than their season average, so it’s really no surprise to me that Memphis is hitting the 3s at this rate
Sabonis is the leader of this team.
Hopefully he starts acting like it before we get down by 30.
Are you kidding me
JFC where is Brown’s defense?
This team is so stupid. Not making threes? Do nothing but take more!
Dude, they are wide open shots. Yes, you keep taking them, the last shot has nothing to do with the next shot.
No Kings fan is surprised by this start after we saw the Grizzlies injury report
0/10 from 3s
Wow. Just pathetic. 3 quarters left to fix this.
Am I the only one that thinks the Kings will win this game? Where is Yakshi when you need him?
It’s early….he’s not drunk enough yet
I think they will. That was just some ugly ass basketball. And still jacking up the 3s…
Nah. Kings shooting 0/10 from 3PT while Memphis is 7/10 is the difference right now, and that should not continue as the game goes on.
I’m not convinced it won’t continue.
Don’t worry about getting into the paint Fox!
There’s plenty of blame to go around so far.
Fuck these threes. Go to the basket
Too many stupid turnovers early on.
Kings are ice cold
Why is Javale getting minutes over Len again?
It’s like Brown plays one of them for 5 games and then swaps for 5 games.
Domas picks up the dumbest fouls
Monk just senselessly pushed Pippen Jr in the chest on a three that he bricked so now he gets FTs. Plays like this and Javale’s defensive 3 seconds are exhausting.
And so does Monk
Embarrassingly lackadaisical play, all because they think all they need to do simply show up to the arena to smoke a G-League squad
What an incredibly stupid game by the kings.
We’ve seen this many times before. It will likely only get worse.
Then Colby Jones will be the only one on the postgame podium.
This first half so far ranks in the top three shit first halves that the Kings have had this season.
This team packed with unfocused players. Fox/Monk/Heurter and Keegan at times. How can they be so out of it mentally so often.
They’re holding the Grizz to 39% shooting from the field and are +6 on rebounds. I bet they start hitting shots and clean up the TOs and this game ends up a blowout win.
That may be so, but that has nothing to do with showing up unfocused.
Why not just come out and take care of business? Makes no sense. Instead have to right and claw back into the game when they got the Heat and Pacers up next. This game is a MUST win.
More stupid turnovers
Really, zero excuses for going all out all the time and being focused. They can control that.
And watching the Fox interview w Cunningham makes me think something is severely off.
Can they trade Mitchell already? Tired of seeing him play.
Thank you for showing toughness Domas!!!! Good grief.
Alright, looks like the Kings finally showing up
Finally they’re showing up.
Domas gonna end up with 30 rebounds this game
Five offensive boards.
Too many missed threes, too many turnovers. Thank God they’re playing the Grizzlies on a night like tonight.
And Sabonis is playing like a beast.
Fox baited JJJ into that foul. Annnd back to the line.
Everything is gonna be fine
Domas has to learn to quit fouling people with his mouth
Grizz commentators: “[Ref] is giving him a long leash”
Still much better than listening to Kings announcers
I’m surprised that he still has his front teeth.
Oughta get a mouthpiece like little Stephie.
Should post up Barnes more in the 3rd.
Let’s go 2nd half
despite everything, the Kings could have even been up at the half. I think they will put it together and win by 12 or more. Stay positive.
Maybe don’t jump at Aldama’s pump fake from three? Same old story. Kings let a bad team get hot from three.
4/24 from 3PT. Good lord
And you can bet they’re going to keep chucking.
Kings making Pippen look like a legit NBA player. It’s comical at this point.
Scotty Pippen Jr. must have gotten his looks from his mom.
LOL.
1point down. Still. What a struggle.
I’ve never understood running to the 3 point line on a fast break
See if they can finally take the lead here
Cancel that Barnes trade
Lmao how the hell did they miss that obvious carry?
Davion Hield.
????
Quit shooting yourselves in the foot with unforced turnovers!
Kings take the lead on a Barnes 3 and they may never look back
Still uncomfortable.
Very!
The Grizz commentators, it’s safe to say, recognize the greatness of Domas.
Time for Fox to step up!
Yeah the Kings only have 8 FT attempts because they’ve been jacking threes like lunatics all game.
Just play within themselves in the 4th and get the W. Can’t keep dropping these kind of games
Does McGee have blackmail material on Monte and Brown? There was no reason to sign him, and even less of a reason to play him.
He starts a fast break for the opposing team at least once a game with back-tap rebounds. LOL
The Vlade special.
Can’t blame Vlade for McGee.
Never mind. Robert Horry reference. I’m slow tonight
LOL, bingo.
WTF is it that Fox doesn’t run any P&R’s? The dude has two freaking assists and 16 points w/ 60% from the free throw line. And he’s an All Star?
Just tuned back in after I walked away mid 2nd quarter. 79 points against the bench/g league team? Laughable
If you think that’s bad, just wait until you see the final score.
This line up stinks. Change it Brown.
And don’t bother putting Fox back in.
Nope, gonna let them play for another 5 minutes and call a timeout once we’re down 10
This game may come down to a challenge that we do not have.
Back to back stupid turnovers. Kings hellbent on trying to give the G League Grizzlies every chance to steal this game
And another just as I finished typing that. 3 straight possessions, 3 turnovers
Kings are gonna Fuck around and find out.
TIme to pull Monk, his night should be over.
He hasn’t contributed in a positive way for a few games now. Might need to just give him a night off in Miami.
News flash to Monk: This isn’t the time to get cute…
Monk can be traded. So many unforced turnovers trying to be flashy. Just make the basic pass to get the done.
Fox too, if he’s only going to show up to 50% of the games.
Should be nothing but Barnes and Sabonis posting up from here on out.
Did you say three point attempts and a few smoked midrange shots by Fox?
I hope Brown doesn’t put Fox back in. Please send him a message that says you can’t negatively impact the team by doing nothing. The Kings would have played better without Fox tonight.
Been a rough stretch for Monk the past few games. His chaotic play is a huge boost when things are going right but when it’s not….Should be about time to pull him because the ugly turnovers by the team have been far too plenty tonight, and Monk isn’t helping matters there
Jesus christ these turnovers
Barnes has turned back into a pumpkin. It was fun while it lasted, though.
F-ing come on Fox! WTF?
This is getting ugly
I guess how you define this……and ugly
5 fouls for JJJ. Go right at him
Okay, back to the basics in practice. Chest passes, bounce passes, stop all the slinging one hand passes cross court. Ya’ll ain’t that good to-do that
WTF, Fox? Why did you make that shot? And that next shot? And that next shot?
It would’ve been better if Fox stayed back in Sacramento, so the Kings would be down over 20 at this point.
Better to send him a message.
Is Fox an All-Star by average 27.7 points a game? Come on, Fox. You’re garbage.
He needs to show up earlier in the game dude and contribute to putting a team like this down earlier. That’s all I’m saying. You can’t rely as much as he does on coasting then showing up late. It’s not sustainable or winning basketball.
*Looks at scoreboard, shakes head, walks away laughing*
*That’s fine but this kind of performance by Fox this season has hurt the Kings quite a few times.
No, it’s not. You’ve posted several positive comments about Domas, dumped on Monk a few times and the rest are all calling out Fox for small real and/or perceived mistakes; you even said he should be traded.
\Where are the posts for ever dumb foul Domas commits?
I didn’t see you post anything when Domas turned the ball over?
Why do you hold Fox to different standard than everyone else?
You seem to carry a very personal hatred for Fox and you force everyone to hear it in every game thread. I’m not going to lie, I sometimes find it amusing that you devote so much room in your head to Fox rent-free but most of the time, you just bum me out.
Even if we win, I hope Brown does the no chain thing like after the Knicks game last season. This is bad.
Lyles!
Can we keep it together for 2 more minutes?
Fox clutch time
I hope they bench Fox. Losing is more important than him playing at his usual All-Star level, for reasons largely having to do with me pouting a lot for no good reason.
Damn they said BOTH Fox and Lyles shots were only 2’s and not 3’s?
Looks like they changed the Lyles shot to a three.
Kings wake up with 5 minutes to go. Now get two stops and put this away.
Make one more basket and it’ll probably be game.
This is when you hope Lawlor’s Law is an absolute
Domantas Sabonis is the centerpiece of this team. We are on his timeline.
So damn consistent
Sometimes Fox has an off night. But there is not a single night Domas doesn’t have about a dozen boards, 5+ assists, and double digit points. He is the engine of the entire team, and he does not miss games. Every roster decision around this team should be a matter of how you build around that.
Empty calories!
Exactly.
Ball game. All those missed threes and early turnovers gave the G-League Grizz way too much hope than they should have had.
Sabonis is a beast! 20 and 26!
Yep, there we go. Ugly game, and shouldn’t have been so close, but I’ll take any wins at this point. At least we got another win on a team we should win against…just need one more on this road trip to go at least 4-3. Light the beam.
7-0
Ugly as hell but they got the W. Domas was a beast
That was uglier than your mother-in-law’s mother-in-law.
Happy Sabonis referred to the Kings’ play as “kind of unacceptable.”
Translation: “Everyone’s play except mine was unacceptable”
I heard that translation as well! LOL
Damn ugly W but we’ll take it.
“My teammates helped. They missed a lot of shots”. Best post-game comment ever.
a dub is a dub. if we can beat the heat, we might win 9 in a row
If anyone wants to watch an actually good game, the Wolves and Thunder are going to the wire in the “who the hell is actually the best team in the West” game
Update: Minnesota wins, still no idea what the answer is since that Hornets loss
At 4:43 to go Kings are down by 4 and finish with a 15-2 run. Corresponded with Monk on the bench.
Glad we won, but agree with lots of previous comments that it was not a good night out for the Kings.
Did anyone hear the broadcasters mention Fox’s shoulder? Could this explain his stretch of poor play and recent free throw struggles? Anyone know if it’s been mentioned elsewhere?
Sabonis is such a beast, nights like these I thank the GM for trading for him we desperately needed someone down low. Praying praying we can trade for someone who can enforce defensively in the paint and share the rebounding load with the Ox
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