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NBA: Portland Trail Blazers at Sacramento Kings
Nov 8, 2023; Sacramento, California, USA; Sacramento Kings forward Domantas Sabonis (10) looks to pass the ball against Portland Trail Blazers center Deandre Ayton (2) during overtime at Golden 1 Center. Mandatory Credit: Ed Szczepanski-USA TODAY Sports
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Give me some Linsanity tonight!
Both teams look lethargic, but luckily the Blazers seem to have less energy.
Would be an absolute travesty to lose to this Portland lineup. Just attack the basket.
Malik with the polite dunk? wtf?
Thought the same thing. Maybe he’s just warming up!
Or protecting his sore foot
He can launch off of his good foot and hang on the rim please. I’m getting spoiled by his shenanigans and demand he throw.
I’m ok with it just keep playing d and keep them under 30 this quarter. He does certainly energized with those dumps, however.
If Huerter misses another three, I hope he gets less than 20 minutes tonight.
Scoot is straight dope with those shades. He should rock some stunners.
He looks like he flew in from outer space to play this game.
No doubt… or at least Nevada. Just south of Las Vegas.
Sabonis was born in Portland right?
Yes
Im so so tired of this team giving up 120+ points to absolute bums
11% from 3. Let’s keep going to the rack and play the middy this quarter and try the 3 again in the 3rd
Missed 4 to try to get 6
Kings now 10/45 from 3PT the past 2 games and counting. Still got most of this game to go but 2/12 early on.
why is mcgee still playing with Len available?
Smooth Drive by Link from the Mod Squad
Scoot looks like he played for the ‘73 Knicks.
Death by the three on live TV.
Fuck that. They’ve given up 57 points to one of the worst teams in the league in 18 minutes.
The “shoot as many threes as you can, no matter what” offensive strategy continues to be incredibly dumb.
This is ridiculous!
I’m betting that not a single player on this team knows what a charge is, or how to take one.
Another game where Fox just hasn’t bothered to show up yet. Zero assists or steals.
You must have woken him up!
What is happening? You see this is all because of the Malik soft slam.
This. Needed that energy now it’s swayed
Who called trap game?
King’s opponemt missing multiple starters, recipe for a king’s loss. Even against a weaker team like Portland.
Scoot. He’s a bad mother*** watch your mouth.
Just talkin’ about Scoot!
This is a scheduled change the channel at halftime loss.
get huerter off this team
Portland offensive plan: move the ball to the area where Huerter is defending.
Kings are on fire. Like a dumpster.
Kings on the SEGABABA or coming off having more than a few days rest routinely play like this regardless of opponent. Just ridiculous stuff
So Portland is better without Ayton?
Listening to Kayte spout excuse after excuse after excuse makes me want to put my head through a wall
Mute button is my friend sometimes.
3 TO’s and 0 assists for Fox.
And 21 points
And the reason the Kings are back in the game.
A couple of those TO’s were the result of McGee fumbles.
Fox and Sabonis the only two guys who knew there was a game tonight
Looks like they’re finally waking up and realizing they gotta show up even vs a team like the Blazers.
Yeah, that’s exactly what it feels like.
Down 20 at one point, and it still feels like a scheduled win.
Fox as a veteran now really seems to make the best decisions.
Except his heat check 3s and when he sometimes gets lackadaisical dribbling with the ball. Essentially when his confidence in his skill borders on arrogance is his number one flaw.
Not a flaw.
Our Bench has 8 points divided between Monk and McGee
Keegan has 0 points. WTF
His worst half of the season
nice run at the end of the half.
Warrior buddy of mine said this is a must win for a Kings. I said it wasn’t a must win but would be a disappointing loss as this is a time the Kings should/need to beat. Somebody has to step up in the third quarter in the scoring position besides Fox and Sabonis. Oh, and try to hold them under 30 points each quarter.
Are Deuce and Mo a couple?
I was watching that Pacers, Rockets game… at least the last of it and I must say the refs really love the Pacers.
Huerter is becoming unplayable lately. Not hitting many shots and gets hunted defensively.
I’m actually surprised that he’s still starting.
I’m not. Nobody has stepped up and played better. Unless they go bigger and start Lyles or Sasha over huerter.
Not sure how much longer they can run him out there tonight. Been a total liability on both ends of the floor.
get the rebound
Fox was wearing Grant
Allowing the Blazers to get too many second chance opportunities. Really hating this weak effort from the Kings tonight.
Sabonis should be able to get 50 tonight. Blazers have no answer for him except rest.
Sabinis should get every shot until the Blazers stop him.
They could literally put HB on the low block, let alone Sabonis, and score nonstop.
Nah man, just gotta keep jacking up 3s!
All right, six minutes to practice free throws let’s do it
Kings need to trade for Kris Murray. Get him out of Portland
This game is kinda crazy right now.
Kings I’m begging you to simply grab a damn lead vs this team already
Kris Murray outplaying Keegan tonight.
They’re really gonna allow 120+ to this Blazers team. Nasty stuff
Playing 3v5 with Huerter and Murray out there tonight. Could I PLEASE get a look at Colby???
Their 2 best players putting up 30 each in fewer than 3 quarters and they’re down 11 to a 7 win team. Getting nothing from anybody else and the teams defensive effort has been embarrassing for much of the game
Blazers average 108 PPG and they have….102 and counting in the 3rd quarter
Yeah Kings, go ahead and let Scoot flex on you.
Wouldn’t mind seeing Davion out there.
Kayte talking about how “dangerous” it is to be playing the 10-11th guys on one of the worst rosters in the league
Fox is hot heat with the ball.
At this point, trading for defense seems like a fools errand for this roster. Just go back to sprint and score game plan for the rest of the season. It would be better than watching whatever this nonsense is they’ve been doing for the first 28 games.
At this pace the Blazers score 38 this quarter. Pathetic
Well Duarte played good defense and scored in his 1 minute off the bench… Other bench players?
How is Duarte still on an NBA roster?
6 minutes 4 points 1 block 1 assist 1 steal 3 rebounds…. your takes are lol bad or at least bad timing.
Duarte, running away from the shooter.
Play Davion for the last 9 minutes
Empty the bench and take the L. They’re simply not putting in any effort.
Doesn’t matter the quality of opponent when you put this kind of defensive effort out there for 4 quarters.
Turning this one off. A fucking disgrace.
These are the kind of losses you just can’t have when you are in a tough conference like the West where a few losses can drop you from the 3 seed to the 7th. Gotta handle business vs the bottom of the standings and the Kings apparently thought they could just walk in there with a win. Blazers whooping their ass all game with their hustle and effort
That miss by Thybulle and the entire Kings team just standing around watching instead of getting the rebound
I still get the feeling Keegan is going to be dealt in an “all-in” deal.
Painful to see a Fox 40+ game go to waste on a loss to a 7-21 team.
5 TO’s and 2 assists is also painful.
He should commit even half as much on defense as he does on offense.
And we gave up this years first for Huerter? Time to bury him behind Davion on the bench. Let’s see what Colby Jones can do. Can’t imagine he’d be any worse.
Yeah, that’s continuing to look like a pretty terrible trade.
The Kings could have pounded the Blazers in the paint instead of going 10/37 from three.
Brown would never allow it.
Dunno if it’s just my perception, but a lot of the Kings misses look like they are rushing and missing. Like if they took another split second before firing their accuracy would be much better
Huerter does that every game.
What fucking embarrassment
Mike Brown has to take much of the blame for this fiasco.
His coaching this season has been almost…almost…Walton-esque
Fox just walking it up the floor ????….come on, he’s just hunting to build on that personal record for threes now.
Blazers just having one of those nights. But the Kings are also doing them a lot of favors here. On to the next.
More like the Kings are just having one of those nights.
Not with Davion hounding them they wouldn’t.
only watching now to see Fox get a career high.
Classic Fox. Career high when the team gets its ass kicked.
Bench finally being cleared, when it should have happened 8 game minutes ago
full Kangz
At some point the offense needs to stop jacking up 40+ 3s a game. It’s boom or bus. Getting their asses handed to them by a 7 win Blazers team.
Sure feels like this Kings team falls behind by 20+ in games at least once a week. It’s not a good look for a team that wants to be a contender.
WTF did Fox attempt 15 threes? That’s just stupid. And 2 assists for much of the game.
The Mike Brown system at work.
Hitting 46+% on threes when no one else on the team can hit more than one is just terrible!
Not the Davion trying to be Steph Curry. Come on.
No wonder he’s on the bench.
The only enjoyable part of this game is Len on the floor.
The Davion who sticks midrange pull-ups
“Well you have to give those guys credit. They kicked all our butts, including my own.” -Mike Brown
Wonder if he has to watch the tape.
Well on to Atlanta for that Kevin Huerter, revenge game
We’ve got like 20 coaches on this team and not one of them knows how to coach.
SMF-PDXConnection I am so sorry…
If you don’t think this roster needs some major changes after this game to get tonthe next level, then I don’t know what else will make you think so. Outplayed by a bunch of bench dudes in a 7 (now 8) win team.
At least two, and possibly 3 new starters.
The bench has been so underwhelming this season. Inconsistent all around.
Outside of Lyles and Monk, the bench has very limited talent. I like Ellis, but he should be on the cusp of a rotation spot, not a “key” piece of the 2nd unit
I disagree. It’s a good team. They just had a temporary Kangz relapse.
Yep. Overreacting is the point.
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