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Kings vs Lakers Game Thread

Go Kings!
By | 111 Comments | Jan 7, 2023

Dec 21, 2022; Sacramento, California, USA; Sacramento Kings forward Domantas Sabonis (10) shoots the ball over Los Angeles Lakers guard Dennis Schroder (17) during the third quarter at Golden 1 Center. Mandatory Credit: Sergio Estrada-USA TODAY Sports

Go Kings!

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notdeaaronfox
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January 7, 2023 7:20 pm

Did Monk get injured on Wednesday?

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January 7, 2023 7:21 pm

Lakers playing at the Kings’ pace so far.

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January 7, 2023 7:25 pm

Come on Kings. This isn’t going to do it.

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January 7, 2023 7:26 pm

Why no post play for Sabonis on offensive end?

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January 7, 2023 7:31 pm

This looks like a very bad Lakers team.

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January 7, 2023 7:31 pm

ooh, that looked like a charge

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January 7, 2023 7:32 pm

Westbrook bulldozes Mitchell and gets a blocking foul out of it. Idiotic

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January 7, 2023 7:33 pm

look who can knock down the corner three …

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January 7, 2023 7:33 pm

What is Davion supposed to do there?

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January 7, 2023 7:34 pm

SHARPSHOOTER MITCHELL

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January 7, 2023 7:35 pm

Effort

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January 7, 2023 7:36 pm
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And then some more effort

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January 7, 2023 7:38 pm

Kings outworking the Lakers.

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January 7, 2023 7:39 pm

why are Germans so good at brewing beer?

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January 7, 2023 7:40 pm

Nice to see Okpala getting some playing time.

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January 7, 2023 7:41 pm

Kings haven’t played defense of late and this has been why they’ve allowed inferior teams to steal wins from them.

They haven’t been taking them seriously and thinking they can close them out in the 4th quarter but you’re not gonna summon a late comeback every night.

Every team in the NBA can score, especially the Kings. Where you create separation from your opponents is by consistently getting stops.

Sadly, it seems this is a personnel and not coaching problem. I’d like to see McNair address that this deadline.

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January 7, 2023 7:44 pm
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They were about league average at the end of the year, so I’m trying to figure out what happened. All I know is that I’ve already seen this team in years past play zero defense and just try to outscore opponents and.. well I’ve been a pretty sad fan for a while

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January 7, 2023 7:44 pm
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Yep. Pretty sure they are bottom 2 or bottom 3 in defensive efficiency these last 10 games. THey had a stretch where they were trending up for a bit but it’s since bottomed out again

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January 7, 2023 8:03 pm
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Yeah they were 14th for the month of December. The defense bottomed out during the second half of the month and into January because they’re 26th in their last 12 games

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January 7, 2023 7:46 pm

nice tip out by Holmes

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January 7, 2023 7:57 pm

Neither team interested in playing any defense this half, but that should benefit the Kings since they’re offense>>>>Lakers. Of course, Bron is Bron and can go off for 40+ to make up for that difference

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January 7, 2023 7:57 pm

No way the Lakers survive this pace.

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January 7, 2023 7:57 pm

Good T on Lebaby. He was barking all the way up the floor.

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January 7, 2023 7:58 pm

HB always so steady

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January 7, 2023 8:02 pm

JFC. Slow down for a second and put Sabonis on the block against Bryant.

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January 7, 2023 8:03 pm

Lakers really 8/12 from 3PT because of course.

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January 7, 2023 8:04 pm
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I feel like everytime the Kings play a bad three point shooting team, they leave guys completely open to drain threes.

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January 7, 2023 8:07 pm

HB drawing the foul

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January 7, 2023 8:09 pm

Sick of seeing LBJ jawing at the refs.

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January 7, 2023 8:10 pm

wow, what a touch pass by Keegan

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January 7, 2023 8:10 pm

Is there any player that whines to officials more than LeBron? It is so annoying

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January 7, 2023 10:04 pm
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Luka maybe

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January 7, 2023 8:18 pm

so, if Davion hits 45-50% on long twos, there’s no reason why he can’t hit 45% on the corner three.

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January 7, 2023 8:22 pm

Need more points in the paint. Both their 5s have 3 fouls so press the issue and take it at them.

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January 7, 2023 8:24 pm
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Yep. Lakers doubling up the Kings there so far. 32-16.

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January 7, 2023 8:27 pm

Kings defense was terrible, let’s see if they can get better.

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January 7, 2023 8:30 pm

Beverley saved that possession for us

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January 7, 2023 8:32 pm

Sabonis with 4 fouls 2 minutes into the 3rd quarter uh oh

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January 7, 2023 8:32 pm

Kings shooting lights out from 3 and getting to the line a ton but they can’t pull away from a bad Lakers team because they’re playing no defense.

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January 7, 2023 8:38 pm

There is an utter lack of defense being played on either side

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January 7, 2023 8:43 pm
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I’d say that’s good for the Kings but the Lakers are scoring a lot of their points in the paint while the Kings are relying on their hot 3PT shooting.

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January 7, 2023 8:43 pm

Jeeze Bryant is on the verge of exploding every possession.

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January 7, 2023 8:47 pm

why do players keep thinking Holmes is a lob threat when guarded? it’s a turnover every time.

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January 7, 2023 8:50 pm
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carryover from those Bogi and Hali years

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January 7, 2023 9:03 pm
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even then, Holmes was such a small target for lobs that there was no margin of error. about 92% of the dimes were for his push shot.

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January 7, 2023 8:49 pm

ooh boy, TD is having a rough night

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January 7, 2023 8:49 pm

Kings are so inconsistent at the FT line.

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January 7, 2023 8:51 pm

They’re shooting 79% from the free-throw line in this game.

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January 7, 2023 8:51 pm

so, if Monk is out and TD is not playing well, why not give TD’s minutes to Davion/Huerter.

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January 7, 2023 8:51 pm

Lakers shooting 63% and the 3rd quarter is nearly over.

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January 7, 2023 8:55 pm

Sabonis!

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January 7, 2023 8:55 pm

Defense where art thou

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January 7, 2023 8:55 pm

The score is making me feel like this is the final minute of the game and I’m getting anxious lol

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January 7, 2023 8:56 pm

Nice lineup now. Davion and Okpala on the court at the same time. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Kings are up double-digits in a few minutes.

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January 7, 2023 8:56 pm

wtf was that last comment about leg day…shoulder day….etc…..

He is an embarrassment to this team.

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January 7, 2023 8:57 pm

KZ and Davion out there now. Hopefully this group can string some defensive stops together

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January 7, 2023 8:57 pm

Gabriel already fouled out? Wow

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January 7, 2023 8:58 pm

And suddenly, with Okpala and Davion on the floor, the Kings are playing good defense.

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January 7, 2023 9:04 pm
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Okpala has done a great job setting defensive tone in short spurts but he’s just not a viable player to get heavy minutes.

We need a trade for a guy that can play defense at his level while also contributing on the offensive end (one of the Raptors forwards please and thank you, Monte).

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January 7, 2023 8:58 pm

Now need to get 3 more on Bryant so keep going in there.

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January 7, 2023 9:08 pm

Why can’t this team just run the offense through Sabinis in the post?

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January 7, 2023 9:09 pm

Yikes. Can’t let this deficit grow with how incapable the Kings are of generating stops

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January 7, 2023 9:10 pm

i think its GG with how the team is playing

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January 7, 2023 9:10 pm

Looking bad

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January 7, 2023 9:12 pm

This feels like a loss Jones.

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January 7, 2023 9:13 pm

5th foul on Sabonis so it is over

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January 7, 2023 9:12 pm

Defense wins championships so Let’s Go Kings!

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January 7, 2023 9:14 pm

Totally disjointed slow game with two top 4 offensive pace teams. WTF is going on?

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January 7, 2023 9:14 pm

There’s a start the job Murray

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January 7, 2023 9:15 pm

LeBron actually argued that offensive foul call.

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January 7, 2023 9:15 pm

7 minutes left for the Kings to avoid dropping their 4th home game to a sub .500 team(3 of the 4 on the backend of a b2b) over the last few weeks.

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January 7, 2023 9:19 pm

Gotta like we are scoring in the paint here

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January 7, 2023 9:20 pm

Well they did their job of closing the gap with Bron out, but now he’s back in and you know he’s gonna be going right at Sabonis to foul him out as often as possible

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January 7, 2023 9:21 pm

Quit leaving your feet, Fox!

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January 7, 2023 9:23 pm

Over the back on Bryant?

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January 7, 2023 9:23 pm

So now the refs aren’t calling every single foul?

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January 7, 2023 9:26 pm

Kings making Thomas Bryant look like prime Shaq

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January 7, 2023 9:27 pm

First team to 140 wins.

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January 7, 2023 9:29 pm

Every Kings game for the past 16 years have been “who low to mid talent will kill the Kings”

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January 7, 2023 9:29 pm

That’s your head kid

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January 7, 2023 9:29 pm

Need coaching staff to make these guys run for this shitty defense

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January 7, 2023 9:31 pm

That oughta do it

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January 7, 2023 9:31 pm

Just giving Bron a lane to the rim there.

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January 7, 2023 9:34 pm

That was absolutely terrible.

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January 7, 2023 9:35 pm

Somehow still not worse than the Kings defense tonight

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January 7, 2023 9:35 pm

Did covid messup Mike Brown? Terrible stuff these pass games

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January 7, 2023 9:35 pm

Worst loss of the season. Wheels are starting to come off. Really need to take care of business the rest of this home stand.

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January 7, 2023 9:38 pm

Bron right to the rack incoming

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January 7, 2023 9:38 pm

Can the Kings play 6.8 sec for a change of OT?

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January 7, 2023 9:39 pm

Won’t get overturned. Fox got him with the body

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January 7, 2023 9:40 pm

Shouldnt’ve challenged, plenty of time for a catch and shoot off a side inbounds

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January 7, 2023 9:40 pm

clear foul by Fox. now the kings with no timeouts

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January 7, 2023 9:42 pm
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No timeouts is so killer here. Shouldn’t have challenged

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January 7, 2023 9:41 pm

Refs with the classic Dick Bavetta call to decide the game.

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January 7, 2023 9:42 pm

The refs didn’t even watch a reply did they? There was nothing on the screen but a paused play.

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January 7, 2023 9:44 pm

Kings 0-2 since Sabonis got kneed in the nuts.

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January 7, 2023 9:44 pm

Terrible game by the play-in Kings. Wasn’t fun at all to watch.

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January 7, 2023 9:44 pm

The ugly losses continue to mount. Thought they had a shot at going 11-5 or so during this 16 game stretch but they are now sitting at 4-6 while their defense seems to get worse and worse each game

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January 7, 2023 9:45 pm

“This was not an easy match-up with the Lakers.” -Kayte. Dude, they started Schroeder and Pat Bev. Come on!

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January 7, 2023 9:51 pm

Lakers might’ve had 100 points in the paint if AD was playing tonight

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January 7, 2023 9:46 pm

It’s Fox’s and the Kings fault for letting themselves be put in a situation to let the refs gift and gift and gift and gift and gift the LA team.

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January 7, 2023 9:46 pm

Exactly Barnes. Comes down to a weak ass call on Fox guarding Schroeder. Plus terrible defense.

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January 7, 2023 9:49 pm

It comes down to weak-ass D for a majority of the game.

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January 7, 2023 9:48 pm

Any loss to the Lakers instantly becomes the worst loss of the season, especially one in Sacramento.

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January 7, 2023 9:49 pm

Can’t play a lick of d

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January 7, 2023 9:53 pm

We need an interior Defender so bad.

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January 7, 2023 9:57 pm
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100%. Don’t deserve a W when you let a team shoot 60%. Sabonis needs help. Myles Turner???

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January 7, 2023 10:14 pm
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don’t have enough for him. plus I think Hali earned Myles an extension probably

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January 7, 2023 10:25 pm
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It’s a stretch. I know.

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January 7, 2023 9:56 pm

Refs tend to swallow their whistle on those end of game possessions when it comes to minimal contact, so yeah, that Fox foul was some BS. Still shouldn’t have come down to that if the Kings could simply put in any stretch of good defensive play that game. They scored 134 points on their home floor and still lost to a shorthanded, sub .500 Lakers team on the backend of a B2B.

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January 7, 2023 11:49 pm
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Agree, and until Kings start defending the wings rim protection means little . Ask the Timberwolves .

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