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Jan 30, 2023; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Sacramento Kings guard De'Aaron Fox (5) tries to work around Minnesota Timberwolves forward Anthony Edwards (1) in the fourth quarter at Target Center. Mandatory Credit: Bruce Kluckhohn-USA TODAY Sports
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Let’s extend the season and the beam… not necessarily in that order.
Ant man going for 50 today
What a dime by De’Aaron to KVon!
What a play by Keegan to save that possession!
These refs are fucking horrible
2 early fouls by Jaden McDaniels. Big advantage for Sac with the Wolves not having him.
Minny is taking it to Sac right now. They are the aggressors.
Yep we should be up by atleast 30 with only a few minutes played
50.
Why not 100 since we’re being emotional and demanding?
agreed.
That’s not how this works JP.
Ha.
Sabonis gets mugged and Gobert gets a touch foul. Wow.
Kings playing some real bad defense to start. Out of control on these closeouts and leaving their feet way too quickly. Even let one of the slowest players in the league in Kyle Anderson to get dribble penetration on multiple possesions.
In other words, typical 1st quarter for the Kings
Davion entering the game just in time to get the defensive intensity up. Already draws an offensive foul on Gobert
I love Davion. I just wish he scored just a bit more often.
Yeah, hoping to see some big time improvement on that front next season with another offseason of heavy work on that jumper.
There’s a possibility he isn’t here next season. But yeah, I think he needs more confidence than anything else.
Great. 2nd foul on Domas now.
Good lord these Domas foul calls…
I love when TD gets out in the open court.
Me too but man that was a stupid foul
It was stupid.
it was also an on floor foul.
You’re right
It was really stupid by TD
Nice strip and score. TD gets going if he has early success. Be nice to see him have a good game.
That was a weak ass call on TD.
Especially since McLaughlin initiated that contact.
HB teaching
Ant reaching
vet gets the better of the young guy there to draw the foul
Ant wins round 2 by forcing the turnover on HB
Ant got the better of HB the next time. LOL
Kings just cannot help themselves on these closeouts. Routinely just flying by their guy
We better start playing better d or these guys are gonna start getting hot
To your earlier point, wouldn’t Edwards be great on the Kings. He can flat play.
TD what are you doing man….terrible foul
That was a terrible foul by TD on the Ant FB layup.
20 to 14 paint points Sac. 10-14 from the line for the Wolves and 5-7 for Sac. 4-6 from 3 for the Wolves vs 1-3 for Sac. There’s your game.
And, I should point out, the Wolves have 8 points off 4 Sac TOV’s. That’s just not going to cut it.
Sloppy with the ball that quarter.
Quite so.
Man this is some rough, rough defense by the Kings this half.
Wolves being hot from 3PT isn’t helping things either. 8/13.
Gotta give them credit for keeping it close though, they look a little tired
Which tells you how winnable this is if they can figure SOME things out on the defensive end. Been entirely too easy for Minny
3rd foul on Gobert while Domas goes to the line for 2 FT’s (and who has 2 PF’s himself).
Rack up them fouls on Gobert! Nice work!
Gotta make those shots in the lane Domas!
Feeling a bit like one of those halves.
Even though it’s not pretty, I’m happy to see Domas getting 10 shot attempts this half. The Kings need to use him more frequently more often early. He’s too good at scoring near the basket to not figure out a way to get him in the 12-15 shot attempt range consistently.
3rd foul on Jaden McDaniels. Big call there.
God our defense sucks
74 points, four wolves in double figures, 11-17 3 pointers, and 65% shooting.
Gawd.
I’ll take a 10 point deficit with the kind of defense(none) the Kings played that half and Minny hitting all their 3’s. Need to be a whole lot better in the 2nd half if they wanna pull this one out
HB is hype
Fox unnecessarily made that shot attempt more difficult for himself there.
Good to see Huerter scoring. Kings badly need it right now.
Defense has not gotten any better to start the 3rd
One of those nights..yuk!
Kings looking VERY weak against a 7th place team. They’re getting punked.
Feels like the Wolves are getting the bounces tonight combined with the great shooting is just too much to overcome. Sigh.
Plus, the Wolves are killing the Kings in transition tonight. All bad trends.
Wolves shooting great. Ant E is everything you want in a BB player
Those Timberwolves shots got to stop falling at some point. Right?
Maybe next game
Way too early to count the Kings out. Have some faith, they earned it.
Today’s NBA no lead is safe and the Kings offense is the best, so there’s still plenty of time. Need to see something on the defensive end from them though at some point to even have a chance at coming back. Shot quality for both teams is night and day difference from a difficulty standpoint.
I have a lot of faith in this team. What I don’t like tonight is that so many of the Wolves 3’s were undefended
Pairing terrible defense with Minny being hot from 3PT is a bad combination IMO
Add in poor Kings 3PT shooting and a subpar Fox game and welp….get it out of their system tonight and move on
Gallo this night doesn’t really like our chances. Hate to be negative.
Oh my goodness. Gallo is in da hizzy!
Chalk this one up as a L
What’s sad is that the Kings don’t take leads like Minny has against both good and bad teams often enough.
Everything about this team feels off tonight. Not sure why, but just feels like one of those nights.
Although that HB And1 is always good news!
Kings have the Timbers right where they want them. Way ahead and over confident.
Time to push for the lead Kings.
I’d love to be wrong on that one JP!
Hope and a chance is all the Kings need.
They have No quit in them. Well coached team. I think they make a game of this.
Hopefully so! I’m willing to believe in this team. They’ve proven me wrong so many times this season!
With Morant “suspended” we need this one
Chris Finch calls time as soon as that Lyles 3. He clearly knows the Wolves are on a slippery slope. Hoping I’m wrong about the Kings being off tonight because at times it’s felt that way….but it’s maybe just a matter of making/missing shots.
Cut it to 7 or 8 by the 4th quarter and we got this
Let’s see who has the better Edwards
We do……..tonight his name is Red Velvet
Hopefully this And1 gets De’Aaron going!
Here’s the Kings run
When Fox gets to the hoop like that he’s unstoppable
RED VELVET!
Ok not game over
Wow
Lyles………I’m a fan
Hard not to be with the game he’s having. LOL
Not just this game
Goodness no. Trey has been fantastic a lot of this season. It’s been fun to watch.
A solid, solid, solid acquisition for the team by Monte
Huerter Channeling Clippers Monk.
Kessler edwards plays better defense than others…..(except Davion)
and he is tall with long arm
23-9 run to finish the quarter.
Lyles for 6th Man II for the Kings.
Davion!!!
I. Heart. Davion.
I’m not a huge fan of ISO….but that ISO by Malik was so crafty and herky and jerky. Brilliant stuff. The Kings absolutely need a big game from both Malik and Kevin…and that’s fun stuff to see.
3 Lyles
Jeez they just keep hitting their 3’s
Fucking Wolves are unconscious from downtown.
Slow-Mo and N. Walker are killing us….shit
Conley left completely wide open for a corner 3. Can’t happen
they just run the same play and find a man wide open in the corner
From down 1 to down 12 just like that
3pt shooting has changed everything in this league.
And from 12 pts back to 4…..just like that
Sequenced
Keep finding Huerter!
It’s amazing how many swings this game has had. I’m hoping the Kings can climb this hill. This would be a fun come from behind win.
Love those minutes from Kessler edwards
How the F does an All Star point guard who relies partially on driving to the rim only get three free throw attempts?
then what should he do ?
this better not be a shot at the refs
We are hanging in.
No quit. Just like you. Hope all is well with your wife.
Sorry, I have the wrong commenter here.
No you don’t. She has ALS, and that ain’t gonna change. Her hands don’t work no mo. But she guided me through a computer conversion yesterday. Gallo’s hands work fine. His brain is questionable.
Your brain is just fine. Good on your wife.
Kayte, no it was not still in the rim.
It wasn’t? It looked like it was still slightly over the rim but it was close. Kings don’t get those breaks.
It wasn’t really that close
Gallo agrees, dawg. It was off.
They keep making it close but just can’t grab the lead. Gotta find a way to break through.
No breaks for the Kings from the refs.
Edwards 3… ok
Kings 3 pt shooting is is 3% higher than the Wolves
Shot clock violation!!!!!!!!!!!!
Need to get stops!
That was a man move by Ant Edwards.
HB WTF?
I mean he is open, but a bit far from 3 pts line
He wasn’t that open. And there was plenty of time to get a better shot. No need for a 25ft three. Didn’t the clock just reset?
Terrible Terrible Terrible shot by HB. That sealed it.
HB literally kept us in the game in the 3rd so I guess it’s his game to give away.
I don’t like that step back 3 by Fox , which against a good and stronger defender like Ant
Don’t think that was a foul.
Terrible shot selection from Fox there but Ant bails him out with a foul. Looks like it’s not even a 3PT as his foot was on the line
Why foul right here?