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NBA: Sacramento Kings at Chicago Bulls
Feb 3, 2024; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Sacramento Kings forward Domantas Sabonis (10) defends against Chicago Bulls center Nikola Vucevic (9) during the second half at United Center. Mandatory Credit: Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports
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No White or Dosunmo, might be getting Fox back. It just gets trappier
White the Kings slayer is out. Does Zach light us up to try to convince Monte to trade for him? Let’s see how the Kings respond this game.
Let’s go 3s and D
Can we get a game with Mark Davis and Kyle Draper as the announcers?
Hotter than fish grease in the weight room!
Lol I think they would have good chemistry like 5th period
Not a fan of Sabonis constantly switching off of Vucevic
Kings starting Fox, Monk, DeRozan. Bulls comfortable. Kings down 15-10.
Wow Bulls with pace
Seems like Patrick Williams is gonna be the random role player to put 30 on us
Don’t worry, he’ll run out of talent soon.
Keegan!
Loving the hustle from our bench. Ellis, Carter, and Lyles are everywhere.
Seems like Fox is just gonna walk around and chuck threes all game
If he does he needs to sit.
I hate when Fox just stands there and jacks up a three. He needs to be running and driving to open those up
That was a great three by Fox out of movement
Deebo almost had a charge and then got scared
Pick up the pace and defensive energy.
Lavine is one of the league’s finest purveyors of bullshit that goes in
That was an uninspiring 1st half of basketball. The defense was not good. Kings energy seemed lethargic.
something about that Fox, Monk, DeRozan combo?
Seemed like monk and domas were the only ones with the consistent motor
The Bulls only committed 3 TOs, so we weren’t out on the break as much as we had been recently
The kings have looked confused defensively. Many times they are communicating late and out of rotation. Luckily the Bulls haven’t finished at the rim well, or this might have been a double digit deficit at half.
I love Fox. But that end of half play is exactly what we don’t need him doing
That seems like it’s becoming his game. I think he’s trying to increase his longevity by becoming more of a shooter than a cutter but he just…can’t shoot that well.
Feels like scrimmage.
Keon obviously should be starting, but I just don’t think DC is willing to make that big of a shift that puts Fox or DeRozan on the bench.
Monk is the logical choice, just sucks for him to finally be a starter only to get relagated back.
Monk’s production starting next to Fox vs coming off the bench isn’t that dissimilar, so yeah, bring Monk off the bench and start Keon.
I don’t think there’s a coach out there that would start Keon as of right now over those two. Only us fan who like to react over a few games or even a few possession would make that move.
Kentucky Konnection (Fox, Monk, Lyles) only 1 for 11 on 3PAs with Fox the only one to make one so far
And now they start making everything (although they have been pretty weak contests)
They need to borrow those smelling salts that Doug takes.
12:30 start time here on the best coast, so I expected some lethargy.
The Kings got this if the Bulls cool off a bit.
Or if the Kings just ratchet up the defense a notch or two.
Kinda hard to defend a lot of the bullshit Lavine throws up
LaVine is going to get his numbers. That’s the kind of player he is, much like DDR and Fox. Allowing Ball to hit from deep and Giddey straight line drives is the problem.
Nice end to the 3rd.
Let’s go snall ball and 3s
Kings have allowed 30 or more points through the first 3 quarters. That needs to change if they are to win this game. Coach Doug needs to light some defensive fire.
Need to pull away the same way they did in the 4th quarter in Boston.
Get an early 4th run and never look back.
Catching up on the posts from the game and this one turned prescient.
Come on, guys. Just hang on for one more quarter and let’s get back over .500.
Well that’s certainly a way to start the quarter….
Raining three’s.
Just get some stops!!!
As usual, too many three’s that we’re allowing.
Need to blitz Lavine or get physical with him. Too comfortable, getting where he wants
Seems like every time we get ahead by one then the Bulls take the lead right back. Need to pull away.
Trading buckets. This would probably be fun to watch if you’re not a Kings or Bulls fan
Can’t stop Lavine. First to 130 wins?
And 1 for Fox!!!!
Let’s go Clutch Bros get it done
Nice steal into an alley-oop.
5 is our biggest lead of the game, lol.
Ellis needs to be on LaVine the rest of the game.
This.
Defense ramping up. Put this game away.
I don’t enjoy DDR’s game that much. He really is a ballstopper and ruins the flow of the offense. Also has severe tunnel vision. The fit just seems awkward.
Agreed.
“He beat that like an allegation!” – Mark Jones
Ugh. Really? That’s a super shitty catchphrase.
One thing Christie did not do well is challenges. He needs to work on that.
Ugh….need to stop LaVine.
LaVine looks like a video game right now.
Fox’s eyes lighting up when he sees Giddey trying to guard him.
Come on, we’re right there, let’s put this game away.
Oh Jesus. Need to get a stop and we win the game.
I’m wondering since we’re up by three, do you foul on purpose so they only shoot two free throws?
PTSD Detroit game… lol
I don’t really trust us to execute an out of bounds play down the stretch
Trust Josh Giddey to execute one for us!
JFC move the ball!
Hate when Monk tries to draw the foul with no other option
Kings need to stop looking for whistles….they aren’t coming.
5 SECOND VIOLATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Five seconds violation?! Wow
At least the Kings got stops the last three possessions or so.
Amazing!
Make the first one
Just make your free throws.
LTBx7!!!!!!!
LIGHT THE FUCKING BEAM!!!!!!!!!! SEVEN IN A ROW!!!!!!!!
SEVEN IN A ROW!
LFG!
Sketchy as hell, but LIGHT THAT SHIT
SWEET WIN! Kings pulled it off! Great job guys!
Screw a 2-1 road trip. I want 3-0 now. Keons last 5 D the difference.
You aren’t going to put your best product on the floor every single night, and when that happens, it comes down to grit.
Can you get stops when you need them? Can you make a shot or two when you need it?
That’s what we saw today.
Grit in the presence of a day when they didn’t have their best.
#LTFB
It wasn’t very pretty but it’s a win on the road. Good enough.
Didn’t think after the 6 game losing streak with a 13-19 record, I didn’t see the Kings ever going over .500. Only took 7 games. Amazing.
Did not realize Fox had 26. Seemed like he was really unproductive today.
9-16 from the field, 4-8 from three. What game was I watching?
He passed Nate Archibald for 4th place on the all time franchise scoring record. You will be able to say one day you watched him do it.
Under DC winning time belongs to the Kings!
Bulls held scoreless in the last 2:28.
This is becoming a theme, and might be becoming a major part of the difference with DC at the helm.
If you can keep yourself close night in and night out, you’re going to win a lot of games if you can get 3-4 critical stops when it matters most.
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