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SEGABABA for the Pacers tonight. Last night’s one-point loss to the Lakers was rough after the Pacers held a double-digit lead for much of the game.
Pacers announcers just listed the height of Sabonis as 7’1″.
He’s 8’15” idiots.
Is that with or without the go-go gadget arms?
Sabonis first game in Indiana, Fox not playing.
Let’s get HB going!
and Huerter!
Be fun to see how Domas plays tonight. Also LOL @ Kayte at trying to tie why Domas missed last season’s game in Indy (injury) to Fox’s reason tonight (birth of a child).
Oh jeez. Domas picks up his 1st foul 23 seconds in. That’s something Pacers fans will likely recognize.
Nevermind. That’s on Keegan.
Easy there, Morty.
Thank goodness HB! That’s good to see!
Ugly start for both teams
Keegan!
Sabonis just had a great block and it wasn’t mentioned at all.
Sims’d. He and Turner aren’t doing shit offensively but defensively they’ve given each other the business.
It was an impressive block.
Beautiful 2 on 1 break by KVon!!!
Huerter should have a short leash. They can’t let him keep throwing up clanks without Fox’s offense to cover for it.
Are you suggesting that this team isn’t better without De’Aaron Fox? I’m shocked, shocked I tell you.
Sabonis not having much success against Turner 1v1. He needs to start facilitating more since the wings have a serious size advantage. I’d like to see Murray, Barnes, and Huerter really step up this game.
HB saw things going sideways and made a move to the rim. So smart.
Delladova isn’t the answer, coach.
I thought the Kings had released Dellavedova.
Davion needs to rest at some point. What’s the other choice at PG?
I’d rather see Ellis, honestly.
I think we’ll see some playmaking from Monk.
I like those odds.
Why does Mark Jones have such a hardon for anyone from Canada? It’s so repetitive.
He hasn’t gushed about Oshae Brissett yet, has he?
good strong move by Barnes
If the right trade came along I would give up davion
Only Sabonis, Fox and Keegan should be off limits in trade discussions, really.
Agreed.
If they get Thybulle for cheap then I could see them shopping Davion in another deal
TOO SMALL
Domas will take over this game. I believe that.
Mathurin is so fun to watch.
Davis defended him perfectly, and the kid still put his shot in. Really impressive.
Domas is entering beastmaster mode.
PDX is losing bad in DC tonight through 1 qtr.
A lot of 11th place teams don’t get an all-stars at all.
Have I mentioned before that I don’t care for the All-Star proceedings? LOL
(I don’t take that much issue with Dame being there.)
TD needs more minutes, I hope he gets a bunch tonight.
Mathurin leads all rookies in points scored? Did not know that.
I’m really enjoying Delly’s effort on the defensive end.
Ok put monk in already
He’s been in for like five minutes.
He is in.
I predict Harrison Barnes is going to be a very tired man after tonight.
I’ve seen far too many Metu 3’s this road trip
He’s darn near unplayable, IMO. One missed three, a TO, and a foul in 2 minutes.
I keep wondering why we aren’t seeing any Holmes minutes but it’s probably because they’re looking to trade him and don’t want to risk him getting hurt
I must have a delay
Trey fuckin Lyles
smooth trey
What a 3 by Trey!!!!
Oh damn my kid put on the recorded one so I’m behind my bad!
Davion is going to have to bring some sort offense or I fear this isn’t going to be a good night.
If he keeps Ty to thirty percent, he doesn’t need much else to make a difference.
He just keeps getting switched off
Who he ends up on isn’t scoring, either.
If u can’t score in this league u won’t survive. His defense is invaluable at the end of close games but our defense overall is still crap
DAMMIT my affordable steam is using the Kings broadcast team. 🤢
Are the Kings the only team whose color analyst never played in the NBA?
Oh no.
So, you’ve ruled out all women from the job?
“I called it odious. Look it up” Alright Mark Jones, I got you on that one. LOL
Mezie 4 tree!!!!!!
We all know Marc Jones has a man crush on buddy Hield
Huerter, finally.
Love seeing Kevin hitting that 3.
good D
Great defensive set by the Kings.
That screen/hand-off to K’Von might be the most lethal play in the association when he’s cooking
What a pass by Domas and finish by Trey!!!!!
Well, that was a dogshit stretch.
4 straight unanswered threes by Indy. Yikes.
This is looking like a poor effort game tonight
Barnes back in the game
LOL @ the Blazing Saddles reference in that graphic. Well played, production team, well played.
24 shot clock violation out of a TO. Ugly, ugly possession.
HB: THE CRUSHER
Jones is right. Davion needs to start to look for his own. He is a ghost on offense.
It’s like everyone is timid and not wanting to shoot. Get to the paint and just looking to pass
What the fuck was that by HB?!?!?!??!?
That was like seeing a mummy dance. Something you’d never expect to see in this life.
Kings are due to find their 3PT shot after how much they’ve been struggling lately, and with Indy hitting theirs, they’ll need to
They are due but it may not come due this game
Aaron Nesmith needs to retire now.
Sorry, I don’t make the rules
You need to be alive to retire. Nesmith has been pronounced dead.
He’s 0-3, but he’s eating up Haliburton, Mathurin, and Nesmith when he covers them.
Eathig them?! He just keeps getting switched off hali almost every play
And is his man lighting him up? Noop.
His man? There are constant switches. Indy is shooting 47% from 3.
On Davion? Or should he be guarding everyone?
Davion is scoreless, with 1 assist, 1 TO, and a team worse -14.
If he is guarding anyone on defense, he’s equally hurting the team on offense. He’s more than a net negative right now.
“If” he is guarding anyone on defense?
How should he go about improving his defensive play in order to meet your standards?
He’s out of the play most of the time
Eating up? He’s a team worse -13 right now.
That’s interesting, because Sacramento is -12 on its scoring average for the season. The team is 18/46 at the half. It has one player in double-figures.
Damn you and your empty defensive efforts, Davion!
Why on Earth would the Kings trade Harrison Barnes, FA or not this summer? Why?
Because you get something better in return.
I doubt he’ll move, but he’s not untouchable in the right deal.
What are the odds you think that happens? 5%? 10%?
Something like that, yeah.
I rest my case, your honor.
This is a Chuck E. Cheese, sir.
Not even that high
I happen to know it’s 3%. I saw it in a vision.I have no doubt that HB will sign an extension this summer
I don’t think they move him. He’s only getting moved for a legit upgrade. A Siakam type player.
Vintage Buddy handles on display there! I sure don’t miss that
He has thirteen points on seven shots. He’s +18 already.
Yeah he certainly can shoot it
Probably just a coincidence that Fox with his empty statshunting isn’t playing.
Kings need to improve their shooting or they will be down by 20 at the end of the 3rd. 39% from the field and 26% from three isn’t going to cut it.
Davion is not rising to the challenge
Agreed. I want to see him take some aggressive drives to the rim. Create some contact. Make the defense play honest.
yes, be more aggressive. trust himself.
Davion needs to be moved while he still has value this deadline. he isnt good at basketball
disagree 100%
show your receipts. Man I know if it’s an i before e word or the other way
Thank God GMs tend not to make those kinds of decisions based on one half of one game of basketball.
Ugly half missing their PG, no surprise there. Gonna need guys like Huerter/Monk/Keegan to really find their shots in the 2nd half if the Kings want to keep this game close and have a shot at pulling this one out
Yep, and being down in the third is familiar territory for the Kings. Unfortunately, Fox won’t be around to bail them out this time around, so I’m curious to see how they adapt.
I’m intrigued, even.
If I’m Coach Brown, I start Monk at PG for the second half. Kings need a spark.
Truly, the team needs a jolt.
This team is getting that from HB & Domas early. Gotta love that.
huh how about that
BOOM!!!! DAVION 4 TREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
points off turnovers
Keegan is terrible at the moment. Passing up good looks, turning over the ball.
Clearly he needs to be traded along with Davion. Maybe we can draft Keegan’s brother. Word on the street is he’s the better brother
yeah, bring in Monk
Empty the bench, let’s see the kids take a shot.
WHO IS TO BLAME FOR THIS?
*casts an accusing side-eye in the general direction of andy_sims*
What can I say? I’ve been around for sixteen years of bad basketball.
Gotta be a side eye cuz he will never look you in the eye. Be careful when you get the side eye it means he’s gonna go Dillon Brooks on you. Not all that tall but he’s ………mean, man
Triple double alert for . . . Buddy Hield?
god damnit fox make babies in the off-season
Strictly speaking, he did!
He did!
Kings have the Pacers right where they want them now. Way ahead and over confident.
jeebus.
A down 17 point trap game. Mike Brown is a genius
Here. We. Go.
Are you a wizard?
Yes. See that 3 pointer by Metu? Me.
I thought Coach had reined him in from shooting 3’s. He should not be shooting those shots.
Classic version of no……no……yeah ok…..or shit Metu who told you to start shooting 3’s. I prefer the no shooting 3’s Mezzie.
I am with you.
Get Domas going. Get Monk going again. Get any of Davion, Keegan or Huerter going and you are right there. Pacers cough up leads. They do it all the time. Last night was just the latest example.
Hate that possession. HATE IT. HATE IT. For fucks sake you have a man advantage, GO TO THE GODDAMN RIM.
Have the Kings lost every time they played a team on SEGABABA?
There has been a lot of it, that’s for sure. And against teams that aren’t particularly great.
Can the Kings dial up one of those 40+ point 4th quarters? That would be nice
Very interesting.
I’ll keep saying it: Davis needs to get more minutes.
TD the one stepping up to give the Kings some spark of life
we gave buddy away for free in the Sabonis/hali trade, and traded a first for Huerter. buddy has been far superior this game and possibly better this season
let it sink in
The trade doesn’t happen without Buddy’s salary, and oh, the Kings are third in the Western Conference.
This is why the downvote needs to come back.
doesn’t make it not true, because you dont like it
doesn’t make it accurate because you like it.
Thirsty not sinking in anywhere but to get his.
Ummm, wuh wuh wut?
What.
Well this post is going to keep me up all night just trying to make sense out of it. Like fucking algebra
His Kings teammates called Buddy “Thirsty” because he was always shooting the 3 and looking for his points and would abandon any adherence to the play. He is a great shooter but turn over prone and IMO he would stop the flow of the current offense. I like Buddy. He is not a fit for the current Kings no matter what his stats are. Glad it is working out for him in Indy.
I have no idea how they won that quarter by 5. The first 8 minutes were a complete shit show
TD ignited as only he can really do. The only other guys like that are Monk and Fox on this team.
keep playing whoever is playing well: Monk, TD …
Barnes
I think if the Kings broadcast is going to do the games remotely, they ought to get a connection where they’re seeing the action at the same time as viewers, instead of a couple of seconds later. Murray’s half-court shot had already hit a photographer in the face and Jone was talking about, it’s good if it goes!
13 points from 3 starters combined? Pull some strings Mike.
Too many layups by the Pacers at the end of the 3rd quarter, have to, have to, stop that.
These almost turnovers are just as bad as the actual turnovers.
Too passive. Nobody wants to be selfish and take a damn shot
Not gonna complete this comeback when you get 2 stops on defense just to come back and turn the ball over twice
If they miss FTs, that’ll help.
Can we agree that Davion is just not very good?
No.
He is a negative offensively and good at defense. Just doesn’t look like he knows what he is doing offensively.
LOL no
No. Not at all in any way you define good or basketball
Monk…don’t gotta throw the pass 100 mph when the guy is 3 feet from you
Get HB in so someone will drive to the fucking basket.
WHAT THE FUCK DID I JUST SAY
You clearly have the HB driving voodoo doll Sims. We the little people are quite proud of you for pulling those strings.
No kudos for stating the obvious.
Not really that obv ever daid to you.ious. When was the last time you acquiesced to any dang thing Kingsguru21 or any other iteration of the Guru
I don’t know what you said, but you’re a good egg, John.
I just typed in Kings in a text to my son and the text he got said government, I don’t even know who to spell government. Honestly sims I have no idea of what I was trying to say. If I ever say anything particularly offensive to you I want credit for using acquiesced in a comment in a game thread.
Or I have to admit I guess I don’t know how to spell how.
You earned a Get Out Of Jail pass.
God, please grant Bluejohn the serenity to accept the words he cannot spell, the courage to accept the words he can use in proper grammatical fashion, and the wisdom to know the difference.
Amen.
Stick a pin in any Pacer driving to the basket from twenty feet beyond the arc.
YOU’VE BEEN COMMANDED SIMS!!!!!
One-possession game.
This
That was a crafty move by the vet
Indeed.
interesting lineup. like it. great time to mix it up.
Huerter, Keegan, Barnes, Lyles, Sabonis. Let’s see if they stay with those 5 for a while.
What would Brown say?
he did stay with them for a while.
This may be taboo but I’d like to beat the Haliburton Pacers every time they play for the rest of his career.
A win is a win. Kill them all!
I think sims has started drinking Port again.
I’m really more of a pill-popper.
Works for me! I just want to beat the other 28 teams, too, if that’s okay.
Me three.
Just like that, 1 possession game with over 8 minutes to go.
One Pacers announcer is crying silently on air–all we hear is the occasional sniffle–while the other prepares a cocktail of Kool Aid and cyanide. They’ve locked the booth. Security is gathering outside.
Kings have 4 TO’s left, Pacers 2 TO’s left.
HB. Pay the man.
Is he untiuchabke now?
Til the end of the game.
Good defense by Huerter there to force the travel.
The black falcon… The only way to fly!!!
HB biggest All Star Snub
bird brain monk…….
Theis travels in the key, and a Pacers fan in the third row turns to his four-year-old son and says, “There is no Santa Claus.”
Dammit….they keep getting within 1 possesion and then it’s back to down 6-8. Turnovers killing their chance at breaking through
That baby better be delivered by the end of this game
You probably have kids I have a kid…..things for dads really don’t encourage dads to be home much the first 6 months or 18 years…..however you look at it. Foxey is gonna be sleeping at the gym fairly soon.
Dammit. Get within 1 with the ball and boom give up 5. Come on kings. Lock down. No turnovers.
Nice bunny by Kev
Lyles draws the charge!
Holy shit he glitched hahah
Huerter making moves LOL
Come on Kings dial up the D. If last nights game for the Pacers is going to show in their legs it is right now.
Huerter and his fucking free throws.
Pacers announcers: Don’t let Huerter get it.
Punch the clown, Trey!
Trey’s from Alaska. He’s punched bears and beavers and stuff like that
Alaska has clowns. They elected Sarah Palin, no slouch herself.
That’s why I mentioned beavers even the rodents in Alaska are mad, bad and dangerous to know. Their prior governor is a stone killer. Trey don’t notice when his head bangs on the floor.
Once when he was in 5th grade he got hit in the head by a 60 foot Sitka Spruce and he was sniffling just a little and when he got home his dad punched him out for being such a wuss. His dad is a beaverologist. He knows from tough……..missing 4 fingers and a thumb.
Who’s drinking port again now, Flanders!
LOL @ He clobbered the rim! Trey day!
Ouch, that’s a big 3 by Nesmith. Kings gotta start stringing stops together. Running out of time
buddy looks like he’s on crack out there
Lyles hits his head on the floor, Mark Jones calls it “whiplash.”
Holy shit what a 3 by TD!!!!
Lol… Was that an 8 second violation?
Ugh Monk….gets his shot blocked and then a bad turnover on the next possession
That TO hurt
Poop
That about sums it up but….it’s why De’Aron won’t be missing many games in the next two to 3 years worth of games. Dads are very familiar with poop and it’s not one of their favorite things even with the many surprising colors it comes in. That’s a dad secret….don’t tell your wife.
That was deeply unsatisfying.
Crap
Kings never quit.
Missing their 24 PPG PG and were down 19 early in the 3rd. Could have easily just looked ahead to the next game but they battled and had plenty of chances in that 4th to pull it out. Too many turnovers
Oh well
And the real difference in the game is the 3pt shooting. But the turnovers were killer by the end.
Sabonis took an elbow to the back of the head. No call. Dumb add turnovers sunk them.
finally I can go watch the NHL all star festivities
Ah, okay. Now I get it.
ha ha. Nice!
What’s the NHL? Is it a Canadian thing? Surprised Mark Jones didn’t mention it
Right? He gives his opinion on everything
Fun game. Kings never stopped trying. Just not enough this time around. Tough to win on the road without your starting PG.
Dr. Clutch would have taken over In those last three mins.
I feel like if Fox was playing, the Kings win that game. So my takeaway from this game is a reminder of his value.
I’m disappointed the Kings didn’t find a way. They are the better team and didn’t play like it for long stretches. Rather disappointing.
To me it’s obvious this team isn’t better without De’Aaron Fox.
Exactly. Fox is here in Houston now so he will hopefully be able to get some rest as his wife and he celebrate a new baby and he will be able to play.
Wait. Did they announce she’s had their baby?
Not that I heard.
It kinda doesn’t matter, I’m just curious if she’s been there during most of the pregnancy or just recently. Having a baby during the season is tough on all concerned.
Ten fingers and ten toes and some rest for Mom and it will all work out.
Spoken like a man who has been there! No, I don’t have kids.
All in due time. It changes your True North compass point in the best of ways.
There are always things you worry about, the scariest time is when you are teaching them how to drive. You and I are accustomed to someone in front of you driving 40 MPH, while the fella in the next lane on the highway is driving 80 MPH. Teenagers think everyone drives like them, and they don’t.
One of the best things you will do in your life. And, as soon as one is born your wardrobe goes to shit and you look down and fifteen years later you have the same polo shirt on you did on the day they were born.
My wardrobe already isn’t all that great. I guess I’ve got that going for me which is nice. LOL
Fox needs to induce that labor. Dads know what I’m taking about.
Hopefully Davion adds some offense next season.
Twenty Turnovers.
Goodness.
That’s it? Felt like 30.
Sure did. Stagnant on offense. TO’s.
They didn’t quit.
They don’t quit and the Pacers didn’t cough up the game. I’m disappointed by the result, but a bit of rest for Fox might not hurt matters in the final analysis. Especially if he’s been in Houston since the SA game.
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