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Mar 12, 2024; Sacramento, California, USA; Milwaukee Bucks guard Damian Lillard (0) controls the ball against Sacramento Kings guard Keon Ellis (23) during the second quarter at Golden 1 Center. Mandatory Credit: Ed Szczepanski-USA TODAY Sports

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Xfinity not working. Anyone else same issue?
They announced recently you have to pay for their most expensive tier to get NBC Sports Network games. Try YouTube TV or Hulu
Fking bastards. Signed up YYTV free 10 days while I figure it out. Thanks for heads up
Kings don’t seem to be getting a friendly whistle early.
Yep, Keon barely touched Dame
Meanwhile, all sorts of contact from Bucks defenders and no calls.
Kings have zero answer for Lopez + Giannis, plus the shots aren’t falling and a bad whistle. Gonna be a long night
Bucks are highly focused after their blowout loss to the Knicks a couple nights ago
This
Kings announcer annoying af. Shut up with the damn cute comments “like rotisserie chicken” its way overplayed and not what im teying to hear going down by 14.
Fox needs to push the damn ball up the floor. Come on man!
Yeah, and that was a lazy ass rotation to let Green hit a three to end the quarter. There’s being physically outmatched, and then there’s just not trying.
Giannis is unguardable, maybe try some Len minutes?
Maybe try to stop him or make it more difficult for him a little earlier.
Another big body – even Isaac Jones – would be good against Milwaukee.
I forgot how much ball watching Fox does defensively.
Also, the offense looks bad without Monk.
Just need to keep ‘em under 40 per quarter lol
Welp ya can’t come back if you’re not down
wow this is ugly
they aren’t even playing all that bad, just absolutely nobody can make a shot and the Bucks can’t miss a shot
Again, Fox showing us he’s not a leader. I hate to say it. And maybe take less threes?
Man you have a bone to pick. What does this have to do with fox’s leadership? Why stop at fox. Sabonis clearly not a leader. Christie clearly not a leader. Monk a terrible leader since he can only lead if he’s playing.
Fox doesn’t get calls. But he also has never learned or doesn’t want to learn how to draw fouls.
Kings building a nice MVP case for Monk tonight
Monk would not make much of a difference in this game
I jest
Did Mike Brown group text the team this morning or something?
F
The Velvet Ouch….
goodness
-24 to start and the eyeball test matches the stats there…
Had to login to comment. Never been a fan of Huerter. But I’m thoroughly done with him. At one point had as many shot attempts as Derozen and Fox while making none.. err.. 1. Why he keep shooting if they never go in? Why he keep playing when it’s a free defense-to-offense possession for the opponent? Kings need to ship him out fast.
You’re absolutely right Baker. It is PAINFUL to watch right now. Especially as he is target on defense
Well, they were bound to lose at some point, I just hoped it wasn’t like this.
They get tomorrow off, then a home game against a tough Rockets team. That’s going to be a pivotal game for the season, the big question is how will they respond? Don’t need to win that one but do need to be competitive.
crazy that the Bucks need Dame and Giannis to be elite every game for the team to simply not be terrible
That foul on Deebo’s an and-one if it was Dame
What’s up with Monk?
Sore groin, if I remember correct
Well, shit.
It’s just all falling for them, man
the basketball gods are frowning on the Kings tonight. Missed shots, bad bounces, long rebounds, bad calls – just the works.
Keegan, Keon, KH, Carter, and Lyles are a collective 5/20 and 3/13 from deep. Yikes.
Fox has 15 pts on 7 of 11 shooting. Why isn’t he letting those other guys make more of their shots?
Let Fox keep shooting. Ride the hot hand
Good point jman!
Came out slow and sluggish, poor ball movement, defensive rotations looked pretty bad. Maybe some fire in the 2nd half and they can get back in to this one.
Christie about to uppercut some bodies in the locker room at halftime
Bucks bench outscores ours by exactly 21 points. We’re down by exactly… 21 points
giving minutes to Huerter over Ellis is not good for your job security Doug. There’s no world where Huerter should get the same minutes as Ellis.
Only a small part of the reason they are down at half, but it’s concerning that Ellis is getting his minutes cut last 2 games.
Ellis picked up two early fouls and a quick third one when he came back in.
Who are these players in white jerseys? Did Monte make some trades or something?
Your classic Fox 1-9 from three game.
1-5 but okay. Also add in the 10 rebounds and 4 assists. But go on with you bias
Respectable 2-1 roadtrip. Bucks too good
Fox setting up a great drive and kick play without the kick
DDR is absolutely soul sucking to watch. Fox and Domas are useless when DDR has the ball.
Just started the game – ugh. Clear from the jump that this was some Mike Brown-era crap. After a few mins, I decided to fast forward to live and here they are down 20. Looks like today is the crash back down to Earth.
Having Len on Giannis is kinda pointless if you’re gonna pull Domas and leave Keegan on an island against Portis or Lopez to get dunked on. (constantly screwing up rotations and switches also doesn’t help)
If you’re gonna try and match Giannis’ athleticism with Len’s sheer size, you need Domas out there to just keep another big body on the other PF/C the Bucks are gonna have
Domas has 4 fouls
Giannis gets so many calls. Dude travels, no call.
There’s that one hilarious video where he literally took one dribble across the whole court for a dunk and the refs swallowed their whistles. It wasn’t a travel at that point, it was a journey.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KafEc2bR_OM
Honestly the Kings have fought pretty hard. Shots haven’t fallen. Defense has been pretty bad, but a lot of that is the fact that Giannis and Dame couldn’t miss early and have had two black holes’ worth of gravity since the 1st. Totally distorting anything the Kings have tried to do on defense.
Giannis is a better passer and decision-maker than at any point I’ve seen in my career. I was on the Jokic MVP train until tonight. He’s made me reconsider. He’s made the right play all night, either taking it himself or feeding the open man, while playing DPOY caliber defense. Freak.
If the deficit is too big, I’d say just wave the white flag and pull the starters and get them rested and ready for the game on Thursday. Kings just haven’t been in it this game, no sense in playing them heavy minutes if the game continues to be out of reach.
Looks like a completely different team in this game
Giannis is just cooking them. No answers for him.
Mark Jones is so freaking bad. I don’t get why he is employed as an announcer. Corny one liners, forces words that nobody else ever uses. I hope the Kings find someone next season and let him go back to ESPN full time.
Not a flagrant, just a sloppy hard foul
Given how this game’s gone, the hands on the face are gonna be enough
The fact that Fox hasn’t gotten the FT line says it all. He is in the paint drawing contact and no calls.
Well, at least the Sun lost today.
It’s without Giannis, but there’s a glimmer of hope kinda creeping back
They gotta deny him the ball and make someone else take the shots. It’s too comfortable for him all game.
He just dribbled to the elbow with no resistance and made a middie. What are they doing out there?
Trying to stop him from driving straight to the hole, because Domas isn’t fast enough to recover and best case scenario with Keegan down there is free throws. I agree though, it’s annoying as hell to watch him walk straight into that
Who can stop Giannis when he gets back in? Key
No one.
Starting to think Mark Jones isn’t capable of calling a game straight up. He seems to lean on increasingly ridiculous metaphors because he literally cannot call an NBA game without them.
God I miss Bill King.
The only thing that can stop him is a restraining order!!!
It’s just tired. He is terrible
I only miss Grant! A breath of fresh air in media. No filter.
Had no issue calling out players,
coaches, ownership, GM’s etc.
He was the best. A hardcore fan. But not a tiring homer.
Met him while he was living in Miami.
Love that guy. Will always support him.
I “met” Grant inside the media cafeteria in Arco back in the 90’s, long story, but short version I didn’t know I’d be be down there and dressed like a normal fan in a Kings T-shirt instead of more professional attire. Anyway, he basically berated me at the table I sat at, “I guess they let anyone in here nowadays.” The dude is an ass, he was an ass on the radio, an ass on twitter and an ass in person.
Luckily S T R E A M E A S T has the Bucks broadcast crew tonight.
I could have used the Bucks broadcast on League Pass. I usually have the game fairly low volume, but his voice was piercing my ears tonight for some reason.
Oh well, it is what it is. If someone told me the Kings would go 2-1 on this road trip, I would’ve gladly taken that. Just get ready and rested for the game against Houston Thursdays (on national TV too). Just not our night tonight.
Why are the starters still in?
Sabonis only had 9FG attempts?
Over the last decade no player has owned the Kings more.
Giannis 17 wins
Kings 1
That’s all Folks. Dbl him triple him. He will beat that azz every single time.
We haven’t won at Milwaukee since 2015.
No size…no length…it matters…wings still needed. What happened to I. Jones?
Can we pretend this game been postponed and be ready for the Houston game?!
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