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Feb 6, 2023; Houston, Texas, USA; Sacramento Kings forward Keegan Murray (13) and Sacramento Kings guard Kevin Huerter (9) block out Houston Rockets forward Jabari Smith Jr. (1) in the second quarter at Toyota Center. Mandatory Credit: Thomas Shea-USA TODAY Sports
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Looking bad early!
Don’t matter who your opponent is with this level of defense the Kings are playing right now. Disappointing start after how well they played on that end vs the Warriors last game. Rockets getting to the rim and getting open shots with ease right now
The Kings are only 2.5-point favorites.
Brown is really pissed!
Mike Brown is not amused
Defense has been bad and the offense has looked even worse. Ooph
Colby Jones needs to work on his left hand
4 straight turnovers by the Kings. Nasty work
Kings generally don’t have much success when they spot their opponent 20 points in the 1st quarter
Welp…as long as we don’t play that badly all 4 quarters we should be fine
by “fine” do you mean win the game or just not go full kangz
Update: they played that badly all 4 quarters.
Now throw that quarter out and start playing your game please and thanks
Colby Jones continues to impress with his minutes
MaGee is fun to watch.
Javale with a couple “and 1″s
Kings bench is just so deep. Bringing them right back in this game with the starters struggling early on
Monk is easily this teams worst defender
now Davion is moving
These Rockets guards keep attacking Monk on the defensive end and he lacks the strength to prevent them from going right by him
Starting unit looks like trash this game.
1st: D-
2nd: C-
That’s what you call trending in the right direction!
Starters sleepwalking out here. Bench did all that work to get them back in this and the starters come back in just to give up easy drives to the basket over and over
Starters have a hitch in their giddy up.
Davion just has to get the ball across half court and out of his hands faster.
Only down 6 despite how sluggish they’ve looked. We’ll take it. Just need to get the starting group going and they should be fine in the 2nd half
Thankfully the Rockets are what’s known as “extremely bad”
Can Dillon Brooks just go away? Like never to be seen again, all memories wiped from the face of the earth?
Who wants to lose this game more?
Starting 5 stop playing like doo doo already
when you write “doo doo” are you saying it with Gene Wilder’s level of emphasis in Young Frankenstein?
Not quite that level just yet but if they keep playing like this into the 4th and are still losing to this team then the irritation will only grow
Rockets been begging the Kings to take the lead and it finally happens. Now keep pushing vs them
Kings with the lead. If everyone turns off their TVs at the same time, the game ends instantly.
what if the channels we are watching are not all in sync?
Then half of us are disintegrated.
so the risks are pretty high, … but so is the reward
Some bad basketball from both teams these past few minutes.
Rockets have a decent starting five but their lack of depth is staggering.
*Rockets don’t score a point for 7 minutes*
Kings: Challenge Accepted.
Monk swished a 3
Well, they are going to need Monk to do his best 4th Quarter Fox impression tonight.
Monk’s great plays and screwups all somehow feel inevitable and great or boneheaded.
Monk is just if Javale McGee played guard
Which somehow makes their two-man game so effective.
Kings won the 3rd quarter 15 – 12
Rockets scored 12 in the 3rd and still lead. Kings offense just been a struggle all game long
They had Javale down low with VanVleet on him and they didn’t get him the ball. Come on man
Nah, just throw up a contested 3
Getting chippy.
I miss those Fox buckets that happen so fast you forget it happened
Monk to take on the 4th quarter Fox role? Gonna need somebody to bring some offense
When is Sabonis going to take charge and score the ball? He needs to step up this game, and especially with fox out.
I’d expect that to get overturned. Used the off arm to shove Davion
No start is in double figures scoring with 8 minutes left in the game, that’s not good
not a foul on Davion there
Wow no overturn call? WTF are these refs looking at man? Rockets been getting away with a handful of pushoffs
and now they give the Rockets the ball when it was clearly off them. 4 point swing for them with bad calls right there
Fox could win this game on one leg
Slipping away. Thank God for Monk.
Really need more from both Huerter and Keegan the rest of this game or this is trending towards a really bad loss
Keegan only 1-8 on 3s this game. His struggles are pretty steep this year so far.
Man do we need Fox!
Kings making a compelling case for Fox’s MVP campaign
without Fox, someone has to make shots
What happened to our best-in-league offense? Does it only work if Fox is playing?
Apparently
Honestly rather see the 2nd unit in crunch time here. Game is getting away from them at this rate and the starters haven’t had it all game long
I guess technically there’s still a chance to win this game but gotta actually start closing the gap at some point.
When the 3s aren’t galling, they need to get to the rim.
This is unwatchable.
In Fox’s absence, I think the team has to start Monk
I get that he’ll make some shots and get some assists, but Monk also is a turnstile on defense and turns the ball over regularly. I’ve not been a fan so far this season.
someone on the court has to be able to get his own shot
Put in the new kid Petrusev!
Brooks cooking them. That’s a wrap for this one. Putrid performance
The Kings simply do not have the personnel to finish in the top half of the league on defense. Monte needs to bring in some two-way difference makers. Are the Raptors ready to sell yet?
It’s why I keep rooting for the Raptors to keep racking up losses early and often lol
I was told Keegan Murray was going to make this a big three
Huerter is not a good player
Full Kangz
just stop the game
That was a putrid effort. Absolutely fugly.
Morgan Ragan’s dumb comment after the game, more or less.
”Oh I told Mike, I’m not worried. Right?”
Mike Bibby: “Oh, this was a game they should have won. I’d be pissed.”
this loss was on Keegan also. I don’t know what he’s waiting for.
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