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Oct 15, 2023; Sacramento, California, USA; Sacramento Kings guard Malik Monk (0) dunks the basketball on a fast break against Golden State Warriors guard Gary Payton II (0) during the fourth quarter at Golden 1 Center. Mandatory Credit: Neville E. Guard-USA TODAY Sports
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Go Kings!
This Celtics game can’t end fast enough.
Keegan doing it all right now!
What a pace.
Watch them old men wheeze by Q4
It’s crazy after watching another game first. Kings just seem so much faster by comparison.
Davion is gamechanging.
Keegan looks reinvented in terms of the optionality of his offense shot selection and his aggressive on body defense
Yeah we were all excited about him taking a next step on offense but it’s his defense that’s wowed me early on
And the complete 180 in confidence and risk-taking.
He has had three shots just miss by a thin horsehair rimming out when the ball was on its way down.
It’s weird watching commercials. It feels a little like 2010. It’s so easy to settle into programming that does away with that stuff.
Sasha is a flamethrower
Kings just looking for any excuse to play faster
Fox playing like I have a controller in my hand.
Great finish, especially Fox and Sasha
Very entertaining first quarter.
With perhaps the sole exception of the Nuggets, there is not a team in the league more dependent on its superstar than the Warriors. These guys are a 30 win team without that dude.
Leave this group in there.
Should be Fox and bench guys. But yeah.
Coach listened to you, and rightly so
“Ref, they’re playing defense on me! Do something! :'(“
Fox and McGee acting like cousins.
Oops, Monk, not Fox.
Monk and Fox are brothers, so you are spot on. Fox is McGee’s Cuz too.
Coach Brown has turned these men into killers good lord
Yeah, the defense definitely looks better.
Sasha is impressive so far.
Duarte has been playing tenacious defense
Mitchell vs Curry
Fox could’ve dunked that twice.
Mitchell definitely affecting Curry
Curry just flopped without the ball when Duarte was shadowing him…. no call… lol.
refs here to save the day
Duarte playing top flight D on Steph so the little tricks come out of Steph’s bag.
I’ll listen to the NBC crew after halftime
I love Keegan and he’s been incredible on both ends. But not taking the shot at half pissed me off. I know there is a .001% chance it goes in. But that is still better than zero. Chuck it up. Why not?
Turnovers hurting the Kings. 9 turnovers in a half is not characteristic of the Kings. The Warriors have 16 points off those turnovers.
Curry is shooting 71% from the field…
Leaving Huerter on him to get cooked this quarter is….definitely a plan
Curry takeover again
Can someone put a hard foul on Curry? I’m getting tired of his showboating already.
Warriors minus Steph have 49 points….this dude is the bane of the Kings existence
Kings have come back from much bigger deficits.
Like the double team on Curry. Wear him down
Another zero from Huerter. How long will he stay in the rotation?
Kings FT shooting been rough this quarter, and obviously the turnovers are killing them
TOs and missed FTs have been the difference in this game, even with the Curry heater.
Afraid it’s over.
Yup. Stomach churning.
What’s was that about Davion being able to stop curry?
wouldn’t know, he hasn’t guarded him
Yes he has. Just isn’t effective staying with him
Turning this one off. Pathetic showing. Total zeros from Huerter, Mitchell. Bench offense looks terrible in the 2nd half. We need another quality guard and a real backup center. Both of which were clear needs coming into the season.
Just terrible finishes to both the 2nd and now 3rd quarters by the Kings. Getting ran by the Warriors now
Come on Doc. That’s not a flop?
Time to go watch some paint dry. More exciting than the kings this game.
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definitely the most despicable thing about the Warriors is all the showboating from the bus riders. Curry single-handedly wins games and then you get a whole gang of mfers saying ‘we did it!’
Team has one of the best offenses and yet they always seem to go cold vs the Warriors. Get very little from HB, Huerter is a ghost, and Davion just doesn’t offer anything on the offensive end. Hard to make up ground especially when Steph is shooting like this
Curry should not be allowed to play with his mouth piece hanging out of his mouth. It’s just dumb.
Fox needs to show up. He’s not playing like a star.
I like iow Duarte plays defense.
Won’t be long until he’s replacing Huerter in the starting rotation because of it
this is fucking ugly
Just completely fell apart this 2nd half in all facets
Slumps must be rough. It’s painful to watch Huerter play.
Meanwhile, Fox doing what he does best, regardless of score. Huerter could learn a lesson from him.
Can someone or some team in the league foul steph with some type of authority? He gets all these tiny taps/swipes and still gets shots off. Body him up and knock his ass down, earn that foul and put him on notice.
Can’t just let him run around and do what he wants all game. It’s mind boggling.
I second this. Make him stop dancing.
Nominate the rookies, send him in for two quick hard (not flagrant) fouls just to make a point.
A few observations:
-Keegan has regressed back to his old style of play, based on what I’ve seen the past 2 games – he is always choosing to pass the ball to someone else whenever he gets the ball. I rarely see him creating a shot for himself, like what we saw in summer league and he keeps disappearing.
-Defense has not improved. GS is running with the same game plan from game 7 constantly attacking the rim and it’s working.
-Lots of wide open shots that haven’t been going down after the half.
-Curry going off again because of no perimeter defense.
-Sabonis needs to throw down his shots, way too many misses at the rim because he decides to throw the ball up as a layup rather than dunk the ball.
Ok Mike, time to get the starters out and get ready for the next game. No need to have somebody roll an ankle or something down 15 with 3 minutes in the game
I rescind my request
Kings playing with a lot of heart.
they’re not quitting, I’ll give em that
Needed more heart in late 2nd and 3rd.
Kings trollin?
It’s a game thread. The trolling is expected. And unintentionally funny.
Fox with 34. Playing like a star.
Fox is just……
A star.
Better than watching paint dry. ????
For a time it wasn’t, haha
If only the others would just step up, Fox wouldn’t have to keep doing this every 4th quarter.
Fox trying to drag them back but the clock is against them. Might have to keep pitching a shutout these final 1:15 to pull off this miracle
Brown why did you not challenge that?!
Why did Fox go for a three?
Fox rushed that 3 there IMO but I get it
nobody else earned a right to shoot the ball anyway
Yeah, and he’s the one that’s been carrying them into this actually becoming a game again
Curry dagger
Steph WIDE open for three. WTF?
That sequence was so dumb. Obviously off Golden State and Brown doesn’t challenge. That would have changed the trajectory of the game.
idc if you couldn’t see the replay – it’s under a minute! Use the challenge!
We died because of Steph and his refs… again
Very entertaining
Yep. Very fun game.
Doc (on ESPN) is criticizing Fox for not knowing when to turn it on. Dude, he’s got 40.
I appreciate the irony of you taking a break from criticizing Fox to criticize Doc for criticizing Fox.
That’s next-level stuff.
Fox had a good game in terms of stats. He turned it off, though in the third and didn’t play the game like a star the entire game despite the numbers. You know what? I actually agree with Doc. Thanks For checking me!
You know man it’s like WOW and my head explodes and all I see are stars
man… I hate losing to this team
Huerter is 3/14, 0/10 from deep to start the season. Yikes.
Stuck in playoff Huerter mode still
I think Duarte and Mitchell may be worse
Poor FT shooting, sloppy unforced turnovers, and that disastrous last 5 or so minutes on the 3rd quarter were too much for them to overcome in this one
I hate the warriors. Curry is… Curry. There are no adjectives.
I’m glad this is a lesson in game 2.
This is the equivalent to losing to the Lakers back in 2000’s. I fucking HATE the Warriors and their insufferable fans.
Warriors are still better than the Kings…. today
was that a regular season game or a friendly?
prediction: Colby Jones will win the starting SG spot by season’s end.
Hot take alert.
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