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Wolves @ Kings part 2...6 in a row for the first time in forever?!

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Re: Wolves @ Kings part 2...6 in a row for the first time in forever?! 

Post#81 » by winforlose » Thu Feb 10, 2022 5:35 am

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m2002brian wrote:Sac got 2 guys I really would have liked on our team. Showing it tonight.
Fox and Sabonis are legit.


Maybe, but a well officiated game has us win by 10. The goal tend, plus tech was a 6 point swing. The V8 steal turned kick and tech is another 3. Sabonis out of bounds another 3. That doesn’t even mention all the fouls they missed, just those 3 calls turn the loss to a win.


That's true on the officiating but you have to overcome. We had a meltdown late by missing shot after shot, hero ball by dlo at the worst time, and poor defensive rebounding.


No argument here. We definitely let down. But the added pressure and urgency doesn’t exist if the game is called clean.
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Re: Wolves @ Kings part 2...6 in a row for the first time in forever?! 

Post#82 » by Nick K » Thu Feb 10, 2022 5:53 am

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Maybe, but a well officiated game has us win by 10. The goal tend, plus tech was a 6 point swing. The V8 steal turned kick and tech is another 3. Sabonis out of bounds another 3. That doesn’t even mention all the fouls they missed, just those 3 calls turn the loss to a win.


That's true on the officiating but you have to overcome. We had a meltdown late by missing shot after shot, hero ball by dlo at the worst time, and poor defensive rebounding.


No argument here. We definitely let down. But the added pressure and urgency doesn’t exist if the game is called clean.


Yep officiating is huge but we've been screwed for years on calls.. It sucks because it was a meltdown. We took a step backward. We deserved to lose. Finch will get them back on track.

Holmes or Harrell would sure look good here. Especially Holmes. He's been out both games for Sac. Sac could use Beasley. I'd love to see that deal.
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Re: Wolves @ Kings part 2...6 in a row for the first time in forever?! 

Post#83 » by winforlose » Thu Feb 10, 2022 6:01 am

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That's true on the officiating but you have to overcome. We had a meltdown late by missing shot after shot, hero ball by dlo at the worst time, and poor defensive rebounding.


No argument here. We definitely let down. But the added pressure and urgency doesn’t exist if the game is called clean.


Yep officiating is huge but we've been screwed for years on calls.. It sucks because it was a meltdown. We took a step backward. We deserved to lose. Finch will get them back on track.

Holmes or Harrell would sure look good here. Especially Holmes. He's been out both games for Sac. Sac could use Beasley. I'd love to see that deal.


The reason I wouldn’t is that Holmes is not a 3 point shooter. Having him and V8 on the floor together doesn’t work. I am a firm believer that V8 is an essential starter because of his defense and rebounding. I also believe V8 would struggle on the 2nd unit without guys like KAT, and Ant drawing enough defensive attention for V8 to get open looks at the basket.

Holmes could come off the bench, but that would dent his minutes and his numbers. I mean we could do worse, but I would hope we do better.
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Re: Wolves @ Kings part 2...6 in a row for the first time in forever?! 

Post#84 » by Domejandro » Thu Feb 10, 2022 6:39 am

For the record, not sitting Anthony Edwards after his injury is bad coaching.
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Re: Wolves @ Kings part 2...6 in a row for the first time in forever?! 

Post#85 » by life_saver » Thu Feb 10, 2022 3:10 pm

Defense has been sliding for a while...a loss was inevitable considering how bad defense has been recently and the bench was also bound to have a poor game.

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