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Jan 16, 2024; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Sacramento Kings guard Malik Monk (0) drives to the basket against Phoenix Suns guard Eric Gordon (23) during the third quarter at Footprint Center. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
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I think Keegan has a good game
good defensive play by Huerter
Domas needs to be a beast with Lyles and Sasha out.
Here we go with a national TV game where every Kings play is mundane and every opponent play is treated as one of the greatest plays ever.
Following the script
I guess I should just be thankful that there’s no JJ Reddick
Swallowing the whistle already. Uphill battle from the start
Settle down Domas! The dude on TNT just said Beal “basically broke his face.” Wut?
Fox and Huerter looking good early
This announcing crew makes ours look competent.
Suns only favored by 4.5 in this one at home. Surprised it was so low.
Looks like the old Fox.
it really makes one wonder if it is simply an effort thing with him
all the stars have shown up in peak form tonight (brad beal is injured in the first)
Bradley Beal could be injured by the wind.
Fun listening to a broadcast that talks about the action on the floor .
Bradley Beal broke both legs and his collar bone walking back to the locker room. Then he turned to dust and a janitor swept him up.
It was such a terrible trade.
When Washington dumped Beal, everyone in the GM’s room opened a bottle of champagne.
Nurkic is gassed
Reggie Miller with very high praise of Sabonis. Keep it coming.
Runs into Davion back, shoots over him as Davion just stands there, foul on davion???
that’s a charge on Booker. Keegan had position
That would have been okay to challenge as it is now 2 fouls on Keegan early.
Brown can still challenge.
Keegan must have been inside the circle.
Two fouls on Keegan and Huerter, I believe.
Yep and only 1 total for PHX
Not good when already shorthanded
Sure did look like Keegan took a charge there…but no replay by the broadcast
Ref had absolutely no idea what to call after Booker crashed into Keegans chest in the paint and just went “uhhhh, I guess Booker gets free throws?”
Royce O’Neal…all these teams that picked up new pieces and we got Keon Ellis on a three year deal. Well done Monte.
Really, and now Sasha will be out six to eight weeks.
Oh dear, I didn’t hear about that! What happened?
Grade 3 ankle sprain
And it happened at practice.
Davion and Ellis are quite pesky together
Kevin Durant farts, and Bradley Beal ends up on the injured list.
“Glimpses of defense” in the first quarter. WHHHAATTT?
Monk cannot get taken to the rim by Eric Gordon….
Happy to see the delay of game call on the Suns. They’re hitting the ball after makes on almost every possession.
Hassan Whiteside has announced his retirement today.
still cannot believe he earned more in his NBA career than Boogie Cousins.
He hasn’t played for a few years right? He didn’t earn more than Cuz did he?
$13M more
Bring in the Ukrainian.
like the energy out there
Seems like Phoenix was way ahead, hut the Kings end the quarter up by 1.
Lol wait Bradley Beal seriously got hurt again? It’s just not happening for this Suns squad. KD will probably force his way out a year from now
Damn. The Suns hit or kick the ball after like every made shot.
Defense hasn’t been good but we’re also just seeing some high level shot making by both teams so far
Kessler getting some extended run
With Keegan in foul trouble, need somebody with a bit of size who can try and limit KD a bit. Of course, it’s KD so even with good defense, dude still hitting some tough shots
Kessler had a huge defensive game on Booker last year.
is Lyles out?
Yeah, illness
okay, so without Lyles and Vezenkov, looks like Kessler is getting those minutes.
Maybe not for long. Durant is cooking. Kessler is making the shots tough, but it just doesn’t matter.
Yep, illness.
So, no more Beal tonight.
A team versus isolation guys.
Sensational block by Monk!
Can’t believe how high he jumped to get that block.
TNT must have a mandate from the league about not showing fouls.
Yeah, they never show replays of fouls!
MONK!
He lives for the spotlight
I think that might have been his politest dunk this season.
you guys think Utah fans are pissed that all their former players have the best records in the nba?
Reminds me of the Oakland A’s
you had to do it
I know, I know.
Please don’t remind me.
What’s this defense? Never heard of that before
With the Kings up by seven, the broadcast crew is going to have to bring up its notes on the Kings.
Or in other words, a 3×5 card.
I like that Monk is getting to the paint and not settling for 3s
who’s the lanky guy guarding Monk?
Bol Bol, the lankiest of guys
oh yeah
Bol Bol
Bol Bol
Beal has got to be a hard pass. He makes way too much money to be so fragile.
Wow Monk
Monk is going to give Bol Bol nightmares.
And a facial tic.
You da man Monk! Take it over man!
Monk is feeling it
There is a reason why Bol doesn’t get consistent on any team. Just undisciplined and lacks some fundamentals.
Pretty much everywhere he’s been his box scores look great given his minutes and then he gets benched
Does it contribute to winning? He gets benched for a reason.
Oh, of course – that’s kind of what I was getting at. Orlando was much better last season after nailing Bol Bol to the pine
Monk and Fox are dealing tonight.
Kings ended 1st quarter 19-9 run.
Kings started 2nd quarter 19-9 run!
Ayo! Monk Bol Buster
WTF? Booker can’t tell the officials to review it. That’s fucked up.
that was off Booker
Refs just overturned a call without a coach’s challenge because Booker asked that they do, and they were wrong.
I hope they keep cutting to the hoop on Royce O’Neal.
OMG the Suns coach looked at the ref and nodded and the ref changed the call and it was a bad call Kings are playing the corrupt refs tonight.
Clearly off Booker and the refs reverse the call due to his crying. WTF
If I didn’t know the score, according to the announcers I’d say the Suns are up by 20
Nice makeup by Davion on that corner three after two misses FTs.
That was one of the most messed up overturned calls of the season.
Wow this Suns team is really slow
I wouldn’t be shocked if the Suns end up the nine seed.
Sabonis having a block party
thought HB could have attacked when he got the ball at the FT line
Kings are clearly the better team, imo.
I love the Kings attacking the paint… They have to get fouled 4 times before a foul is called but good work.
So Eric Gordon gets to bounce the ball twice after he scores?
Did not have an O’Neale alley oop to Eric Gordon on my bingo card
Suns camping in the paint for days
Halftime can’t get here soon enough.
Shit ending to a quarter number 32.
Terrible finish to the quarter by the Kings
Let’s hope that’s not a sign of how they’re going to play in the 2nd half
scratch that way of doing a 2 for 1. it’s okay to try for it, but when Fox is attacking a double-team, throwing up a prayer and everyone is out of position to guard the Suns running back up the court for a KD dunk, only to toss up a contested three. it’s two low percentage shots in exchange for a clean dunk. hmm.
and the Suns crowd is all fired up.
I don’t like the 2 for 1. Find a good shot and take it.
Yogi Berra once said, when you reach a fork in the road, take it.
You can say that again.
Like that fox tries avoiding contact. But doing that and looking for calls ain’t gonna work cuz he never gets calls. Keep attacking but look for contact.
Worst studio crew in the NBA right here.
Candace Parler and AD are siblings…change my mind.
No production from Murray and Barnes.
Murray’s gonna hit one…
he’s playing. nice cut and finish off the dish from Sabonis. good D on KD,
Dude Reggie, the Suns have complained about calls ALL GAME. Namely Booker.
Every possession
And Vogel is the ring leader. He complains as much as the players, sets the culture and tone for the team.
there’s HB
They just need to get rid of replay. It’s awful.
Lead up to 11. How big will it swell up to; and how badly will it be blown?
Domas not being an All-Star remains absolute comedy. Bad look for the league
Keegan has been really bad for the past week or so.
4 fouls in 3 minutes in no bueno
If you knownyou are going to commit a foul on a shot, make sure they don’t get the ball up for a shot.
getting sloppy
big 3 from Fox, on the 2nd attempt
Monk, Ellis, and Davion?
weak foul call on Ellis
I wouldn’t have hated a challenge there
Questionable foul on Keon.
Soft ass whistle there
Monk gonna Monk!
Monk doubling up Booker.
zebras on the payroll tonight
would be a nice time for HB to step up
Fucking lucky Allen
Meanwhile, Booker almost knocks down Monk and no call, monk drives and KD has his arm on monks chest, no call.
Booker creates some slight contact against Ellis, foul.
bull shit
Booker was out of control
That was poppycock
absolute horse shit
Guess Booker’s constant whining got through to the refs because they are giving him every whistle now
FT disparity is fucking ridiculous.
Sabonis held down on a rebound, swiped on the way up, no foul.
time for a coach to get T’d up
So Brown goes the opposite with challenges tonight. Not challenging obviously bad calls.
You know there’s gonna be must challenge later tonight base on what’s going on
Doesn’t want to mess with his %
Mitchell pulls the chair out on Booker and Booker gets another free call by the refs.
yeah, I’m losing my mind
Was enjoying the game listening to Gman on radio app. Log on to my max account to watch the game and immediately be pissed off how the game being called lol. Back to Gman
It’s like Reggie and Eagle just found out how good Domas is. Typical East coast bias.
too sloppy. call a TO
ooph Davion
Can we finally get Davion out of there?
Can we see some Keegan action?
His confidence seems shot. Just going through the motions
4 fouls makes it tough.
Come on Brown, Davion is not a positive on the floor at either end.
Pull the plug, he’s a liability right now.
And nobody else has stepped up for those minutes. Back up PG is choosing between a turd sandwich and a giant douche. Both suck.
Get Ford up from Stockton!
Keon gives you the same medicore D, but with much better O
the last time Davion got benched for air-balling a three, the Kings lost 4 straight. just saying.
Every national game interviews the Kings opposing coach. Bias, or does Brown refuse to do in-game interviews?
Missing some Trey
Uh oh, Suns starting to build a lead
Hey, how about not leaving that Durant guy open. I heard he is pretty good.
Might want to guard Gordon as well.
Is Keegan playing 5 right now?
slipping away
Fox midrange attempts aren’t going to win this game.
this team is so annoying
I either hate or love them. Really no middle ground
Eric Gordon is tonight’s scrub turned all-star
You let Gordon get hot and he gets hot.
Hot, cold, or injured. He chose hot tonight
What is happening right now?
We’re doing what we do best.
Experimenting with new lineups in the cusp?
And the Kings forgot how to play defense in the 2nd half. Predicting a 15 point Suns win.
not closing out the quarters, sleepwalking the last minute or two of every quarter
Starting to look like last game where the Suns just take over in the 4th….just without the Kings blowing a 22 point lead but instead an 11 point lead. Down 9 just like that
It’s like the Kings ran out of energy the last couple of minutes.
It’s like the Suns were gifted a bunch of free throws.
coach should have ripped into the refs in the 3rd.
Wow. Amazing how irritating it is to watch this team.
Fox is hurt obviously, but is Keegan ever going to step up or coach Brown going to make that happen. Run sets/whatever.
if they don’t make adjustments and I don’t see them, it feels like a death march towards the playoffs. Provided that foxes ankle and injuries are better. They’ve got nowhere to go.
How is Fox obviously hurt? I’m so sick of that narrative.
He’s only hurt when his stats slump. That’s the rule.
3 game losing streak, here we come.
Durant like 9 seconds in the lane
I’m far from sold on us making the postseason.
THey should stop giving up wide open looks from 3PT imo
Sabonis gets hit in the face, no call
flagrant!
“Sabonis got knocked in the head… no call.” from the play by play on TNT
That should be a flagrant on Grayson.
God Damnit Grayson. Nothing malicious my ass. Greyson has gotten more dirty over the last few minutes.
At some point, Monte really needs to see what Keegan’s market value is.
Or kill his puppy.
That’s a flagrant.
Allen is dirty player and always has been.
Theybfinally called the 3rd foul Allen committed on Fox
flagrant 2 – ejection
That’s a flagrant for sure
Isn’t Grayson Allen a giant douchebag like Draymond? I forget.
Yep
Grayson should be kicked for that bullshit.
Clearly a flagarant.
Classic Fox bricks.
crowd is taunting the crap out of Fox because he ain’t hitting FT’s
Fucking hell, what’s the point of getting free free throws if you can’t make any of them?
Fox will miss these.
Fox being a 70% FT shooter as a guard is just inexcusable man
He’ll be a 65% shooter by the end of the year.
And he’s not just a guard. He’s a max contract player.
The whole suns team should just start flagrant fouling Fox. It’s literally a good strategy.
Come on guys, keep this run up.
Woooot Wooooottttt!
Domas is the best player on the floor by a wide margin
This team gonna give me a heart attack. I would be ripping my hair out, but that went away years ago. Lol
Monk and Sabonis in the paint is dead sexy
mb should tell Keegan that’s it’s okay to hold the ball for a second before passing.
Kings punch back
It’s games like these last three that show why Sabonis is not an all star. He simply gets too many triple-doubles.
Booker travel no call
Jesus, my heart rate man.
This game is going to kill one of us. LOL.
One of Fox’s best games. One of Domas’s best games.
One of the refs’ worst games.
Big three right there by Fox.
Looks like Huerter is back in the doghouse
I don’t think so. probably just the closing matchup.
He checked out with 10 minutes left after an argument with Brown
oh, didn’t see that.
Okay, bench Monk then lol
He was yanked after the blown assignment, and blew off Brown.
Now I know why the arena sound is so loud compared to the TNT crew’s mics… It’s because the TNT call is garbage.
Of course Booker makes it.
Not sure I like the timeout there
No foul?
Booker riding all over Domas back and no foul LOL
How is that not an and one?
Never gets calls
Horrible.
Booker fouls Sabonis’ make and no call. Literal, visually perceived corruption seen by everybody.
Ref shitshow
how did the Suns get one shot and the ball?
Foul before the in bound
Jesus, can’t even get the freaking rebound.
Free throws, free throws, free throws, for the Suns.
This team is epically bad at finishing games
coach should have got T’d up in the 3rd when they called a foul on Davion because Booker went out of control
He didn’t even challenge. It was so freaking obvious it wasn’t a foul
it’s okay to save the challenge for later. but rip those refs a new asshole. sick of it.
Coach of the year though ????
I’m still a big fan of coach Brown. don’t get me wrong. I think he’s great.
He’s the #3 coach of the Sacramento era, I’ll give him that much.
Well that’s a wrap.
Don’t shoot the 3 when you need to. So kangz
Watching our playoff chances get dim
The Kings could have played better, but they got hosed by the refs in the second half. The game was nowhere close to being called evenly. Not even close.
Maybe the Kings aren’t used to close games and don’t know how to close them out.
Kings weren’t allowed everybody… Were not allowed. I loved it. Very very optically obvious. Great win. I mean non-win.
At least I’ll be in Disneyland during the play-in games.
What’s at Disneyland?
Lots of places to leave my money.
The new guys the Suns picked up helped win this game. Meanwhile Monte did fucking nothing.
Beal or the refs?
Outside of Monk, the bench scored 3 points. That is so damn bad, even without Lyles playing. 3 points!!!
At least TD could step up and be a spark plug at certain points. Now all we have is Monk.
I mean the entire game the court noise was so loud on the broadcast I could barely hear anything from the crew except when the Kings were winning.
I really don’t blame the refs but that weak call on the Phx inbound was garbage. But of course our missed FTs and our usual D cost us.
Kings got hosed by the refs in the 2nd half, especially the 3rd.
This is a game you had to win because tomorrow is pretty much likely going to be a scheduled loss. If we lose tomorrow, we are going to be 1-4 for the five game stretch, which includes losing to the worst team in the NBA at home. Our loss column could potentially get ugly.
In all due respect this game was a scheduled loss.
Uh….how? They obviously could have won it.
They obviously could have won… I agree.
The Kings need an additional spark plug guard off the bench. Rostering Davion and Keon is so redundant it’s literally stupid.
I’m shocked Davion is still on the team (or the league)
They are both not rotational players for top team. I don’t care how scrappy they can be defensively, they just don’t produce.
Davion isn’t even scrappy defensively anymore. That’s the worst part about it.
when the other team looks like they’re just at shooting practice, um, yeah, Davion puts an end to that.
Not this year.
We must be watching two different players
end of the 2nd and 3rd quarters. lost the lead there.
5 turnovers on Monk has to be partly on Fox because Fox delegates to Monk way too often.
Fox should have taken more than 30 shots in this game?
Oh Come on Candace. No mention of all of the Suns’ free throws?
Kings drop to the 8th seed and now play Denver tomorrow
Candace Parker trashing Fox and Sabonis….lol. Chef’s kiss for this shitty studio crew.
Sabonis and Fox are too good to be Allstars and too bad to win a game…. Got it.
Keegan didn’t have a very good game.
Please Don’t tell me a rotation player or 2 wouldn’t have made a difference with this team. I saw Royce O Neal making plays all over the floor and providing lock down D.His offensive numbers weren’t anything to speak of. His impact was. That’s winning basketball.
He was a +13 tonight and outscored every kings bench player, except for Monk, combined. But Monte rolled with Davion and Keon for some reason, and didn’t address the wing position at all.
Monte clearly likes what he’s built.
Which is also why I don’t buy into his supposed plan.
I buy into it. Chess vs Checkers and Stripes.
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