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NBA: Sacramento Kings at Memphis Grizzlies
Jan 29, 2024; Memphis, Tennessee, USA; Sacramento Kings forward Harrison Barnes (40) drives to the basket as Memphis Grizzlies forward Xavier Tillman (2) defends during the first half at FedExForum. Mandatory Credit: Petre Thomas-USA TODAY Sports
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Light the Beam!!!
Bear trap?
My only hope is that this one isn’t too boring.
Watching the Grizzlies feed.
For the hell of it, I am also going to hope for five impressive Kings plays on defense, a Keegan dunk, a Monk dunk, and a Fox back-tap steal.
it’s so weird that the Grizzlies without Ja are favorites to win against the Kings at home.
Don’t know if you’re kidding. The Kings are 10.5-point favorites.
sorry, I’m dyslexic
All good.
Let’s go Kings! May the refs be fair!
Yeah, what he said.
Last game was ref robbery.
Ouch, Huerter wrist didn’t look right
It did not.
KH hurt, hope for the best.
Bane gonna go off for 40.
Jackson Jr. could go off too.
That doesn’t look good. Hope its not a fracture.
The way he grabbed it and the way the medical staff covered it up, looked very worrisome.
Hope not either. Any Occupational Threapists in the house get a good look at it. He didn’t even want to be helped up.
Kings going big
It’s because Memphis chose Len to shoot the free throws.
Well that’s rare!
Call it karma, a higher power, or whatever–it decided to veto Mike Brown about Huerter.
Anyway, hope his injury is not serious.
That looked pretty gruesome. Pretty sure he broke it right above the wrist
That’s too bad. I didn’t see anything.
I backed it up and it looked *really* broken when he was rolling on the floor. My wife agrees with the assessment – doesn’t look good.
Yeah, I saw a different angle online with Huerter laying on the floor. You could see it in his face and the reaction by the medical team.
Thanks. Ever since Joe Theisman, I think I reflexively look away when it looks like an injury.
looks like the Kings game plan is to give Bane an open lane to drive, draw defenders and spray to any number of open shooters.
Damn. Wanted Keegan to dunk that.
Shooting woes carried over it seems. Get into the paint. Keegan’s shot is flat
Domas has been posterizing guys all season in a way I never expected from him
Sabonis dunk attempt is what Keegan should’ve done too.
Sadly, I am not surprised at how the Kings have started this game. It’s par for the course this season.
Players need to get their asses chewed out by the coaches
paciencia y fe
y cerveza
Huh?
Duarte looking good.
Two big threes by Duarte! Hey, JJ Jr. sure falls down a lot after his shots doesn’t he!
Reminds me of AD.
Embiid as well.
The Chris Duarte game?
Sounds better than the GG Jackson game.
eye roll at an early 8 points to another G League project
Let’s get a few more fouls on JJ Jr!
Barnes has been well worth his contract of late
Domas did his Chewbacca yell again lol
in a parallel universe he’s the next Arnold Schwarzenegger
Left shoulder injury for Huerter? Wow.
Shoulder injury? It looked like he had a second wrist from my view – weird.
Kings just reported a left shoulder injury for Huerter, according to Grizzlies crew.
Huh???
Two OPEN threes in a row for Memphis.
shooting practice for the Grizzlies
Memphis with seven 3s in the first quarter…they average 13 per game for the season.
Sacramento Kings basketball!
Make that eight 3’s
Playing to the GD opponent every freaking game. What gives?
Of course the worst 3 pt shooting team makes 7 in the first quarter.
I don’t get the defensive plan so far. Doesn’t seem very good. Of course, the actual defense doesn’t look good either.
Their defense is to over help and over switch, which leads to them getting burned when other teams move the ball.
Grizz down 10 guys and out play the Kings defense and offense. Pathetic!
Kings are so good at hosting other nba teams.
Hey now, only Steph can be on the line and not be called out.
The Kings once again choosing the dramatic route.
Drama Kangz
one of the things a good host does is let their guests get comfortable
Len has been a real bright spot this season
Great hustle play to tip that ball out to Malik.
did Keegan pick up an HB move there?
How the F did a ref see Monk grab JJ Jr. when they miss so much?
Kings poor shooting keeping them from blowing out this qtr.
There’s that Keegan dunk.
The refs call chicken shit calls and miss the mugging calls.
do IT and Ben McLemore still consider themselves “pizza guys”?
I’ll ask them next time I see them.
WTF? What a late call on Ellis. He didn’t even touch Bane’s face.
Fox cherry-picking and LaRavia hits a 3
From down 7 to up 10, nice turnaround. That no 3 pointer helped. Duarte and Len with great contributions.
My attempt to make the game more interesting for myself. At halftime:
___ Monk dunk
_X_ Keegan dunk
___ Fox back-tap steal
0/5 Five good Kings defensive plays
What happened to K-Von? Wrist or shoulder ?
That’s the question.
Thanks bro. Same thing my son said
It sure as heck looked like a wrist injury but the official report is shoulder
That had to be a missed coverage by Keon there.
If there’s ever a team that can fuck up a lead, it the Kings.
This team just doesn’t hold leads period.
Kangz Koasting.
Good grief. Were they getting their St. Patty’s on at halftime?
JFC. 5 consecutive turnovers?
Nice block by Keon.
Murray steal and dunk. There’s two good defensive plays, at least lol
Grizz just refuse to go away. Kings need to stop turning the ball over.
Too close for comfort, but the game is also more entertaining than I thought it would be.
I feel like the Kings can never play a boring game.
Sweet anticipation on that Keegan steal.
Fox is on fire!
Fox is officially on fire
Sweet Keegan steal –> Fox three –> Fox three –> Fox three.
It’s a stretch to say so, but it all started with defense.
Considering how it started only losing the 3rd by 2 is a win
I thought Sasha was back tonight?
There’s a lot of adds on the floor! Ruffles and Toyota? LOL
that’ll make tonight’s top 10
That was a high pass! Not an easy finish for Monk!
For sure!
Fox and Monk are really exciting together.
I have a lot of reluctance about paying Monk $20+ mil/yr but his chemistry with Fox might be worth it in itself
As long as Vivek is willing to write checks he can spend as much as he wants. I do wonder what his personal threshold is though
Alley oop of the year???
Malik! Holy crap!
_X_ Monk dunk
_X_ Keegan dunk
5/5 Five good defensive plays
___ Fox back-tap steal
Why is this taking so long?
F1 is fair for that. Just glad he wasn’t ejected
since Len has LOVE written on his right arm, that foul was flagrant love
Ah……yeah bebe
Fucking turnovers
HB missing that uncontested layup …
NBA officiating just sucks. Across the board. Makes every game a crapshoot.
This team needs to find a way to respond to physical play, and hit back.
that missed layup by HB was blood in the water
The lack of taking care of the ball hasn’t helped either.
That third Fox steal was the best one.
Now just close it out.
Holding on to that sixth spot with a very thin thread right now.
How did I know this would be a close game in the winding minutes?
How would I know
Kings playing slop ball now….????
Way to blow that block. Turn it over and then and And 1
Oh come on. This is pathetic.
Disgraceful display on the heals of that bad Knicks game.
Kangz. Must play against fully healthy team
A good fully healthy team at that.
Good lord. We just keep letting them score…
Seriously, why can’t Fox play a little more like Monk?
Before that Malik dunk, I don’t even remember the last time the Kings made a field goal.
It’s fine. You get 3 of these all playoffs so it’s fine ????
This team is ridiculous. Just awful in so many ways.
Overtime we go. Jesus, why do the Kings have to make things so difficult for themselves?
Fuck this, no way I’m wasting my time watching OT. Hope they win it, but what a joke.
Should be blowout but just Kangz over and over. Who knows which team shows up OT
At least Keon getting crunch time experience mins
LOL Drama Kangz
Can they PLEASE take care of the basketball and not fling it around the court without a care in the world?
Yeah, so many careless turnovers in the 4th.
They’ve been very reckless the last few games.
Wow. That was clearly out on Jackson. WTF are these refs smoking?
Right in front of blind blondie
At least Malik finally started to hit his shots.
If they get stop the next possession, that’ll probably do it.
Do-mon-tas Sa-bonis! WOOOOHOOO!
W is a W. Pay Monk His Money.
This the way they should have played all night.
Epic dunking night for Monk!
Marcus Smart ejected!
Lol, double tech
happy they called an offensive foul on JJJ when he barreled into Sabonis like an nil fullback … because if not, we might have seen Zach Charbonnet in an nba jersey soon …
Oooof, sloppy turnover there….
Man, Keon has gotten so many deflections.
Keon Ellis is the MAN!
Ok that Monk dunk made me forgot Kangz tonight lol
Keon Ellis is firmly the Kings starting off guard for the remainder of the season.
That injury to Kevin Huerter looked bad. I’m betting he will be missing a lot of time, so looks like we might be seeing Ellis starting at SG.
Absolutely!
WTF, Duarte just dribbled into a trap at half court. Dumb.
This team’s BBIQ is middling.
Duarte almost turned it over.
Malik Monk!!! Pay the man. And pay Keon, too.
5-1 in overtime. That’s good right?
The math nerds say, “yes”
It is indeed. Winning by 10 in OT is also kinda good. Going to OT against a broken Grizz, not so much.
They literally had 10 players not playing tonight. The Kings had to do everything to beat a bad team missing more than half their roster.
Well, they never make it easy for themselves, and they drive me crazy how consistently inconsistent they are. But I’ll simply just take the wins at this point. Light the beam.
Quit your grumping…….just LTFB!
There’s no such thing as a bad win but this one came close.
Monk bailed the team out.
No wonder The Grizzlies have so many injured players. They play dangerous and out of control.
You are the clearly the only one who understands basketball.
Keon Ellis did his best Wilt Chamberlin impression with 4 blocks!
5
Hopefully it happens.
I’ll take the W any way I can get it. Ugly as your mother in law in her morning pajamas with no make up.
Keon had more blocks than JJ. 5 to 4
Just to be still at 6 rather than 8 is huge. Kings need to go 4-1 over the next 5 games. Then it gets rough. Bank those wins now.
The Kings are a playoff team.
Last game, Keon really dropped the ball at the end of the game when he let Brunson fake him out for an easy bucket.
Tonight, he was back to his disruptive ways. I don’t think he needs to take more than three or four shots a game.
Yep, just the easy ones that come in the flow of the game. He’s been pretty good with open 3s lately too.
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