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Dec 11, 2023; Sacramento, California, USA; Brooklyn Nets guard Cam Thomas (24) defends against Sacramento Kings guard De'Aaron Fox (5) during the fourth quarter at Golden 1 Center. Mandatory Credit: Ed Szczepanski-USA TODAY Sports
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Of couse the first Kings shot of the game is a long 3 by Fox against the zone. SMH.
Was it a spray 3?
LOL, no.
Whelp, that’s gonna be an issue, lol
Those Nets jersey’s are ugly.
Two already on Ellis.
Everything about the energy in this game suggests a workmanlike, forgettable win.
Keegan could have pump faked that three with the defender flying by
Seemed like MB had it in his head forever that Davion and Keon couldn’t be on the floor at the same time. I’m glad he got over that.
And now I wonder about the Kings +/- with them both out there.
1st quarter minutes for Colby Jones! Makes me not regret watching this instead of WrestleMania
Colby Jones sighting early.
got a steal
He does a little of everything. I’m excited as to what he can become.
Nice dime to Domas also
Domas with nine boards in the first quarter.
Who the hell is number 20? He’s playing like his family is being held hostage.
Is this what we can just expect from Davion from now on?
Hope so!
Monk and Huerter out for the season, Keon sitting with two fouls, and Colby Jones is making it look like the Kings have a glut of guards.
Kings shoot 37.5% from the field after one. Would not expect them being up by ten.
Here’s something I never thought I’d say: the Kings’ season has been buoyed by their player development.
Fox and Colby miscommunication on D there?
The Nets court is easily the ugliest in the league. Looks like it got hit with overspray.
This Len-Lyles-3 guards idea looks pretty good.
Correction: This Len-Lyles-3 guards idea looks fantastic.
Struggle for the win and hope everyone else loses.
The ultimate strategy of the organization.
Hopefully the Nets remember how to lose.
Trying to win and hoping the competition loses.
In other words, what every time in NBA history has done.
Got it.
Championship are built on random luck.
Odd translation for “teams try to win and want the competition to lose,” but you do you.
You didn’t read. Nothing new…
You aren’t really making much sense, also nothing new, but I’ve seen others pout with random unrelated complaints at halftime with the Kings up 25.
I understand that we all fan differently.
…again..you don’t read.
Who is complaining about the game?
You are.
Where did you see that happen?
When you post.
…you don’t read. We get it.
Kings starters: 22 points.
Kings bench: 22 points.
Most of the starters are from the bench.
Don’t pull a muscle.
Ha, I think I slightly pulled one working out at the gym a couple days ago. Luckily the soreness seems to be subsiding.
Well, that sucks. At least it’s an excuse for taking it easy during a good slate of sports today. Get well soon.
It’s not too bad. But I had to tilt my head to the right the last two days or else I’d feel it in the back part of my neck.
Good to hear it’s not bad at least.
So relevant.
Well, one could point out the obvious, namely, that most of the starters are not from the bench, but then you’d pout about your posts not being allowed.
There you go.
You said something relevant.
Pull a muscle?
Me, no, I’m not pouting. I’m enjoying the game.
Davion drew a foul on the shot
Davion D > Cam O.
I’m liking what I see from Colby Jones. I have a feeling we will be seeing him getting a big bump in his minutes going forward.
Agreed. Whose minutes does he take? It’s good problem for MB to have.
Writing seems to be on the wall for Huerter. Everyone is producing at his position except for him, and he’s due $14 mil. Flip him for maybe a second rounder and salary filler and give the reigns to Monk/Ellis/Jones.
Agreed. I hope there’s a market for Huerter.
Joe Ingles has a team option for $11 million. Magic could use a shooter on their timeline. Ingles + two 2nds seems like a good deal for both sides.
I don’t keep up with the NBA as well as you. I know the face but little about his game. Or age. I’ll have to check him out.
15 games is the max?
Sir, this is a Wendy’s. Would you like to order something?
the way things are going now, he can take Duarte’s minutes. Gives the Kings another ball handler, facilitator, and someone who can run the pick n roll.
That does sound good. Hope he keeps it up.
didn’t see the travel there
great cut by Lyles
Even Davion’s misses look like they’re going in.
What a change.
Amazing what happens when they play good defense.
You are going to get shamed for saying that.
(Posted in the wrong place.)
You made my point.
It’s really nice for the Kings to have the kind of defense that let them lead by ten after one, despite lousy shooting, and then to turn it into a blowout when the shots started falling in the second.
Does this restart the “last 15 game” count?
Because this is different than the last last last 15 games.
Defense is winning a game.
Crazy.
Now that Jones has played more than three minutes he is the next darling.
You should’ve seen the Kings last 15.
Welcome to the party. Nobody minds how late you were.
Why not answer the question you didn’t read?
Does this change the 15 game count?
Oh, it was such a dumb question that I guessed you thought you were being funny.
Everyone else sees 82 games. You see 15.
Trying to understand your unique experience.
That is dumb?
You don’t socialize much do you?
Yes, that is dumb. But we’re all allowed to ask dumb questions here.
I want to make sure that you understand that before complaining once again about not being allowed to ask dumb questions.
Answer: yes, it changes.
Like when someone talks about “last week,” that will change as each day passes. They’ll mean the last seven days, you see.
If I talk about “last night,” for example, I mean the night of April 6th, not the night of February 16th, 1987.
Any other fastball questions for the crowd?
So what 15 games matter?
Clearly, the ones ending February 16th, 1987.
I thought I made that clear.
You make sense now.
15 random games forty years ago is the basis for this team today.
Of course, that has always been the measure.
“The last 15 games” has always meant games from February of 1987.
In the same way, “last night” always means February 15th, 1987.
Any time anyone says “last month,” they mean the month of January, 1987.
Glad to help.
“Last year” is always 1986.
You get the idea.
…yeah
You don’t make any sense. That is always clear.
How about Jones?
The next All Star?
Ask dumb questions, get dumb answers.
Yes, Jones is All-NBA already.
Good defensive play, player development Davion is tied for leading scorer that half.
Is this real life?
No…it is the Nets.
Don’t sleep on them
I know..not my first Kings game.
They just beat the Pistons.
another sizzling 3rd quarter start
Only 31 Kings threes midway through the third. Time to get into launch mode.
What is the percentage they are shooting from three?
Math is hard.
They are smart not to shoot more.
31.3%
Exactly.
They’re designed to shoot 50, so hopefully they shoot at least 50.
But if they shoot less than 50 and win, I won’t complain about it.
It is the same as you. 70% percent of the time you are on another planet yet you never stop.
Winning!
I’ve never seen someone completely lose their mind from someone else talking about a team’s improvement over the last 15 games.
It’s been fun. Thanks for playing your part.
Oh, your bus is almost due for your nightly “fourth-grade defense” remark.
You wouldn’t want to be late.
Kings up 24. Winning indeed.
Yeah…it is great to see them play defense.
Should they shoot 400 threes for a loss?
Remember when we were just talking about dumb questions?
In Kings fashion Jones misses 2 free throws
He belongs!
Like Domas shooting that free-throw-line jumper with no hesitation. That has to be automatic for the playoffs, I’d think.
That Nets court is trash. What a disgrace
The Celtics and Nets are on a budget and can’t afford the good stuff.
Fox complains more than Luka I think now. Just play ball man.
Top three complainers:
Draymon Green
Lebron James
Luka Doncic
Yeah, it isn’t remotely close. None of the Kings complain a lot compared to other teams.
Who has the playoff victories and rings?
I always forget those are not allowed.
OK, Cyndi Lauper
Can confirm that Cyndi Lauper has all of the playoff victories and rings.
Fox trying to influence referees is bad?
Not really. Just speaking the truth and for the lack of calls for the 6th player in league to score in the paint. He has the right to let the refs know. It is what I want from the leader of my team
love seeing Keegan in attack mode
Very aggressive…love it.
Davion to Fox for the acrobatic alley oop. Nice.
I assume it’s safe to empty the bench out for the rest of the game?
Okay maybe not quite yet.
Yeah……maybe not quite yet
Now I see the bench players coming to the sideline.
Defense is winning this game.
Too bad we are not lobbing up enough random threes for misses so the Nets can get more possessions than us.
points off turnovers the difference in this game
and slightly better shooting
Colby Jones is a dog on defense.
He’s got size and strength, for sure.
Indeed. He has been a joy to watch.
Hopefully he puts in a lot of reps on his corner three.
Why does Brown not clear the bench up 24 with 5min to go against an Eastern non post-season team?
Good game.
After this one, the Kings numbers over the last 15 games are going to be even better.
Improving their improvement.
Love seeing all the Kings fans in the arena.
Light the beam chants!
And that’ll do it.
Hopefully the Lakers lose tonight against the Wolves.
Now the TWolves need to help us out by beating the L****s tonight.
LeBron isn’t playing tonight, so maybe that’ll help ’em.
Just LTMFB……….after you stick a fork in it.
Nets never scored more than 24 points in any quarter.
Love the LTB chants
We played defense preventing the other from scoring more points than us. The three was not falling so we went away from it.
Good to see this team figure that out at the end of the season.
Good point, defense will win playoff games more than those spray threes that they keep missing.
You are right.
…be careful saying that around here though.
The Kings shot 15 threes in the fourth, more than any other quarter.
Yeah…they were up 20 plus and using clock before launching random threes.
Math is hard . We get it.
Would a pace of 15 a quarter get them to 400 in a game?
Are you complaining about winning?
Wow if the refs didn’t make the Kings lose the Celtics game, which I don’t blame them that team has Allstars, then the Kings would be 2-1 this road trip.
Definitely the refs…the 48 minutes of basketball was all the refs.
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