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Kings vs Suns Preseason Game Thread

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By | 61 Comments | Oct 12, 2022

Mar 20, 2022; Sacramento, California, USA; Sacramento Kings forward Domantas Sabonis (10) deflects a pass intended for Phoenix Suns center Deandre Ayton (22) in the fourth quarter at the Golden 1 Center. Mandatory Credit: Cary Edmondson-USA TODAY Sports

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MillersCornrows
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October 12, 2022 6:54 pm

Restricted to viewers with 75 miles of Sacramento. Thanks Kings. That F-ing stupid. But I get my 4th Lakers game!

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October 12, 2022 6:57 pm

I’m 13 miles outside of the restricted area.

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October 13, 2022 11:23 am

At least you won’t get called for three seconds.

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October 12, 2022 7:05 pm

Looks like it’s available on League Pass. That’ll work. More convenient than streaming the website feed to some device and then casting it to my TV

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October 12, 2022 7:07 pm

Can confirm, the NBA League Pass feed from PHX is available for free.

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October 12, 2022 7:31 pm
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Not where I am.

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October 12, 2022 7:37 pm

Sorry man…I’m in Roseville for what’s it worth to others.

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October 12, 2022 7:10 pm

PHX starting with their 2nd line from tip-off.

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MillersCornrows
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October 12, 2022 7:11 pm

It’s live on YouTube (not YouTubeTV) here…weird.

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October 12, 2022 7:21 pm

Thanks for the heads up. Kings site is geo banning me even though I’m easily within 75 miles of Golden One

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October 12, 2022 7:30 pm
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Now there’s a big box with the NBA logo blocking the picture. This is maddening.

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October 12, 2022 7:36 pm

Lol yeah I noticed. Can’t a guy just watch preseason basketball without all the hassle?

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October 12, 2022 7:47 pm
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Not if it’s the Kangz. But every Lakers game is on national TV!

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October 12, 2022 7:11 pm

Lyles gets the start. I guess Keegan is a no-go

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October 12, 2022 7:13 pm

Murray and Holmes are out with an illness

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October 12, 2022 7:50 pm

That was horrible to watch. 1st qtr

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October 12, 2022 7:50 pm

Every year I try to watch on kings.com, and every year I’m reminded how absolutely awful the service is. Highly recommended if you’re into pages trying to load.

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October 12, 2022 8:00 pm
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I have to keep reloading it. Ugh!

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October 12, 2022 7:53 pm

So kings.com/live works on my desktop but not my TV or my phone. Makes perfect sense.

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October 12, 2022 7:53 pm

Clearly Vivek has appointed another family member to operate the website.

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October 12, 2022 8:07 pm

For all of you complaining about not being able to watch the game. Be careful what you ask for.

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October 12, 2022 8:10 pm
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It’s a preseason game, I could care less if I’m able to watch it or not

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October 12, 2022 8:35 pm
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So you came to the game thread to explain that you have no interest in the game?

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October 12, 2022 10:22 pm
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i mean I’ll watch it if it’s available but I’m not gonna bitch about not being able to see it, sir

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October 12, 2022 8:12 pm
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I don’t know, I’m really into the refs making the show about them, and this game is a gold mine.

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October 12, 2022 8:10 pm

There’s a big lid on the rim

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October 12, 2022 8:14 pm
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Kangz in mid-year form….crapping their pants against Suns 2nd unit.

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October 12, 2022 8:17 pm

Kings became interested in the last two minutes and closed it within 3.

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October 12, 2022 8:18 pm

The Suns 2nd unit starting against our 1st unit really tampered my hope. I am encouraged how we did not fold and closed out that first half. Now let’s get that 3 quarter monkey off our backs.

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October 12, 2022 8:21 pm

No Suns starters playing. Of the three preseason games, I think that this one should tell us the least.

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October 12, 2022 8:28 pm

Look who Monte found at the game!
https://twitter.com/mmcnair/status/1580396411094343680

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October 13, 2022 9:09 am
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They need to get Monte here for a Q&A. Given the beard game that is being shown here, they could call it “Chin Mail.”

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October 13, 2022 9:27 am
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Keegan rocks the GOATee.

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October 12, 2022 8:53 pm

Trey Lyles has lost so much weight that after reviewing the tape, the refs have downgraded him to Dos Lyles.

Sabonis looks leaner to me, too, but he’s got a new haircut, and frankly, I’m not all that observant.

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October 12, 2022 9:12 pm
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Next year Uno Lyles

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October 12, 2022 9:05 pm

Terence Davis is looking like absolute money. I’m not certain at all that at some point, he won’t jump Monk in the guard rotation.

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October 12, 2022 9:08 pm
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Looks to me more like he’s gonna play that backup SF role with Mitchell and Monk in the backcourt.

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October 12, 2022 9:09 pm
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That works for me!

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October 12, 2022 9:10 pm

I can already tell that I’m going to hate Jock Fucking Londale.

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October 12, 2022 9:11 pm

Davis looking like a guy fighting for, and making a good case, a spot in the regular rotation.

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October 12, 2022 9:15 pm

Lord help us if Davion or Fox are hurt. Can we put Huerter in to see if he can be a primary ball handler, because Monk cannot handle the responsibility.

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October 12, 2022 9:24 pm

Quinn Cook making quite a case for himself.

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October 12, 2022 9:41 pm

Everybody gonna be runnin tomorrow

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October 12, 2022 9:44 pm
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This is one of those games where TKH should skip writing a game summary.

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October 12, 2022 9:56 pm
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Game Summary: it ended.

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October 12, 2022 9:45 pm
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Game was ugly. Energy was not what the first two games brought. We saw a lot of the “old Fox”. Definitely seemed like the team wanted a night off rather than an “off night”. The third unit brought good energy and intensity to close it out, but this game was a meaningless one. No excuses, but they eeked out a win against a D-league lineup.

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October 13, 2022 11:27 am
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What I find interesting is that the starters look great on +/- and the backups, less so. Having watched most of the game, my take was that the numbers would be exactly the opposite. The starters were a bit flat, although certainly not bad, and the bench seemed to be making things happen. But here we are.

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October 12, 2022 9:41 pm

Even without all world MVP Keegan Murray, the Kings still end up on top. This team cannot be beat.

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October 12, 2022 9:44 pm

Weird game… interesting to see the Kings 3rd string and g-league guys finishing out the game for the win. Did Washington play 45 minutes?

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October 12, 2022 10:00 pm

Wasn’t that take foul actually a clear path foul? If so why wasn’t it called one? I hope the refs just got it wrong, otherwise it seems the new take foul rule has obsoleted the clear path rule and its extra free throw.

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October 12, 2022 10:04 pm

Box score suggests an ugly game where we shot really poorly, even from the free throw line. Glad I didn’t see it.

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October 12, 2022 10:06 pm

Okay folks, remember the rules!

When we play badley against second stringers, it’s only a meaningless preseason game.

When we win convincingly, it’s only preseason, BUT [enter outrageously positive prediction about the Kings despite the SSS.]

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October 12, 2022 10:19 pm
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I can’t stop thinking about how much larger our margin of victory would have been if they played their full squad and we had a healthy Murray and Holmes.

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October 12, 2022 10:25 pm
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It’s clear that without Keegan, we won’t be a championship contender.
Another ECF exit, tops.

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October 12, 2022 10:34 pm

Ellis had the least amount of playtime. He had zero points converted but was the only positive player in the plus/minus category of the nine other players who didn’t start.

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October 12, 2022 10:42 pm
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Username checks out.

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October 13, 2022 6:14 am

It looks like they are trying to make quick decisons (to pass, i.e. ball movement) which is in principle good (no buddy-esque pounding of the ball into nowhere), but often they are getting hasty & over-excited and turning it over (Monk). I liked Huerter.

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October 13, 2022 8:02 am

Ugly from both teams. Cook really carried us late for a while. Glad we got the W but our free throws were atrocious and nobody got shots to fall. Felt like Tim Donaghy refed last night.

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October 13, 2022 9:11 am

It felt like every referee in the league was making calls last night.

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October 13, 2022 9:24 am
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Unless it was Fox getting fouled.

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October 13, 2022 11:28 am

Yeah, the refs are already in midseason form on that bullshit.

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