Game 39: Denver Nuggets @ Sacramento Kings 10:00 PM ET

skywalker33 · Post #2 » by **skywalker33** » Sat Jan 6, 2018 8:30 pm

Find it funny the have TWO young lottery picks at C behind old man Z-bo. At home we should be able to beat these guys, think they’re already in tank mode

Post #3 » by **NuggetsWY** » Sat Jan 6, 2018 9:05 pm

3 of their top five scorers are at 3rd year or less.
2 of their top five rebounders are at 3rd year or less.
4 of their top five assist leaders are at 3rd year or less.
3 of their top five block leaders are at 3rd year or less.
3 of their top five steals leaders are at 3rd year or less.
3 of their top five minutes leaders are at 3rd year or less.

They have no one playing more than 27 mpg. 7 players are averaging over 20 mpg with 7 players averaging between 10 & 20 mpg.

All of those are indicators of a team either tanking or getting serious about building a young team - both of which amount to about the same thing.

Post #4 » by **THE J0KER** » Sat Jan 6, 2018 11:57 pm

They are not 12-25 because of tanking, but because they are that bad.

But the worst thing which we can do is to underestimate young Kings team because once they come into close last quarter they not feeling any kind of pressure because the result, and can beat everyone (so they beat Golden State and Cleveland this season). We played great on last 3 road matches vs 3 playoff Western teams (2 wins and 1 OT loss), but our overall on-road record is still pathetic this season (7-13), worse than Sacramento home record, and we should prove tonight that these 3 last (great) road matches are not accidental, but our new 2018 attitude towards away games.

HoopsMalone · Post #5 » by **HoopsMalone** » Sun Jan 7, 2018 3:36 am

Charlotte played them a few nights ago so i just saw them. The kings are so, so, so bad. Malone should be terminated if we drop this one.

Randolph is one of those guys that might walk away with decent stats but he does so at the expense of grinding your entire offense to a halt. Willie Cauley Stein can be effective sometimes when he plays as the main big, but they like to clog things up by throwing two bigs out there instead.

Buddy Hield is actually having a decent season. The rest of the team is so, so, so bad though. Just wait until you see their bench

Post #6 » by **THE J0KER** » Sun Jan 7, 2018 4:23 am

Still no reasons for a panic! It's time for another 3rd quarter magic... we are a 2nd best team in NBA by average 3rd quarter margins, and Kings are worst!

#1 (+5.7) - Golden State
#2 (+4.0) - Denver
#3 (+3.0) - Boston
#4 (+2.0) - San Antonio
#5 (+1.7) - Houston
#6 (+1.5) - Toronto
...
#28 (-2.5) - Chicago
#29 (-2.9) - Phoenix
#30 (-3.4) - Sacramento

Post #7 » by **THE J0KER** » Sun Jan 7, 2018 4:46 am

OK...

it's time for a panic button

skywalker33 · Post #8 » by **skywalker33** » Sun Jan 7, 2018 5:21 am

TWENTY-FIVE turnovers.....says it all doesn't it !

Post #9 » by **THE J0KER** » Sun Jan 7, 2018 5:22 am

@LAL 109-127
@DAL 105-122
PHI 102-107 (w/o Embiid)
@SAC 98-106

Worst defeats of the season so far

Post #10 » by **THE J0KER** » Sun Jan 7, 2018 5:26 am

skywalker33 wrote:TWENTY-FIVE turnovers.....says it all doesn't it !

Five of them is in opening two and half minutes, which best say about teams collective mindset today in this match.

skywalker33 · Post #11 » by **skywalker33** » Sun Jan 7, 2018 5:52 am

THE J0KER wrote:
skywalker33 wrote:TWENTY-FIVE turnovers.....says it all doesn't it !

Five of them is in opening two and half minutes, which best say about teams collective mindset today in this match.[/quote

You called it...underestimate a team and you'll get bite

HoopsMalone · Post #12 » by **HoopsMalone** » Sun Jan 7, 2018 6:37 am

I wish the NBA would just move away from back to backs altogether

Nuggets_Talk · Post #13 » by **Nuggets_Talk** » Sun Jan 7, 2018 6:49 am

embarassing

Post #14 » by **NuggetsWY** » Sun Jan 7, 2018 10:17 am

Nuggets_Talk wrote:embarassing

The word I was thinking of was "disgusting".

Game wasn't on until midnight here - bummer. Just finished watching it.

Harris, Murray, Lyles, Barton were the only double figures in scoring and they were all 17-19 points. Chandler was 1-6 and Jokic 3-10.

Chandler has a terrible first quarter so Malone starts the second quarter with Chandler and four bench players - just does not make sense. Malone still played 8 players plus 10 minutes for Craig.

Lots of turnovers in the first half. "No turnovers" message in coaches interview at halftime and there's a turnover on the first possession. Sure, those things happen, but with slow starts and things like this; are the players paying any attention to Malone? 25 turnovers for the game resulted in Sacramento taking 94 shots to Denver's 76 shots. Turnovers have once again destroyed Denver's chances to win.