Game 36: Kings (16-19) @ Warriors (18-16)

Post #1 » by **codydaze** » Mon Jan 6, 2025 1:26 am

Kings head down the street to San Francisco for a matchup with the Warriors who will be without two of their promising young players, Kuminga and Podz. Kings will be without Fox in this one but Keegan is available.

OxAndFox · Post #2 » by **OxAndFox** » Mon Jan 6, 2025 1:29 am

Keep them to under 17 made 3s and it can be a W

BoogieTime · Post #3 » by **BoogieTime** » Mon Jan 6, 2025 1:50 am

good start, may have to start crediting Keon's influence more

Post #4 » by **codydaze** » Mon Jan 6, 2025 2:05 am

Ox is 4/5 for his wish tonight if a Carter/Keon/Keegan/Lyles/Sabonis lineup even if it was on the floor for 10 seconds lol.

OxAndFox · Post #5 » by **OxAndFox** » Mon Jan 6, 2025 2:06 am

That's a good start. Good ball movement on offense and the defensive intensity is there. Just keep defending the 3pt line.

BoogieTime · Post #6 » by **BoogieTime** » Mon Jan 6, 2025 2:44 am

pretty shocked what the coaching change has done... maybe they are just playing for a new coach, time will tell..

OxAndFox · Post #7 » by **OxAndFox** » Mon Jan 6, 2025 2:51 am

That was an impressive fightback after the Warriors got back to withing 7 I think it was.

Sabonis and Monk are balling and the other guys are following their lead.

LightTheBeam · Post #8 » by **LightTheBeam** » Mon Jan 6, 2025 3:23 am

This is a game we 100% blow the lead by now with Mike Brown. Doug's timeouts are perfect. Rotations are so much better. This team is poised to do something 2nd half of the season.

LightTheBeam · Post #9 » by **LightTheBeam** » Mon Jan 6, 2025 3:23 am

BoogieTime wrote:pretty shocked what the coaching change has done... maybe they are just playing for a new coach, time will tell..

Some of us knew Mike was trash to start.
Bad rotations
Zero adjustments
Terrible to end games
Bad timeout management

He did nothing above average for a coach

OxAndFox · Post #10 » by **OxAndFox** » Mon Jan 6, 2025 3:26 am

LightTheBeam wrote:This is a game we 100% blow the lead by now with Mike Brown. Doug's timeouts are perfect. Rotations are so much better. This team is poised to do something 2nd half of the season.

Yep. Absolutely spot on. When a team threatens a run he puts a stop to it, or atleast trys to.

LightTheBeam · Post #11 » by **LightTheBeam** » Mon Jan 6, 2025 3:28 am

OxAndFox wrote:
LightTheBeam wrote:This is a game we 100% blow the lead by now with Mike Brown. Doug's timeouts are perfect. Rotations are so much better. This team is poised to do something 2nd half of the season.

Yep. Absolutely spot on. When a team threatens a run he puts a stop to it, or atleast trys to.

ITS SO REFRESHING. I used to yell at my screen nightly knowing Mike would let the opponent go on a 9-20+pt run without calling a tineout. And that's not an exaggeration.

OxAndFox · Post #12 » by **OxAndFox** » Mon Jan 6, 2025 3:36 am

LightTheBeam wrote:
OxAndFox wrote:
LightTheBeam wrote:This is a game we 100% blow the lead by now with Mike Brown. Doug's timeouts are perfect. Rotations are so much better. This team is poised to do something 2nd half of the season.

Yep. Absolutely spot on. When a team threatens a run he puts a stop to it, or atleast trys to.

ITS SO REFRESHING. I used to yell at my screen nightly knowing Mike would let the opponent go on a 9-20+pt run without calling a tineout. And that's not an exaggeration.

Correct. It's also the reason why this team stopped blowing other teams out. Sometimes its on the players, but majority of time its the coach that needs to strategically call timeout and stop the opponents flow.
This is the first blowout W that I can remember. I have missed some games earlier this season, but last season was the same. Not many blowout Ws which is absurd with a squad like this.

OxAndFox · Post #13 » by **OxAndFox** » Mon Jan 6, 2025 4:03 am

I know the Warriors would have been tired, but the Kings just held them to 12 made 3s and 3 or 4 of them came in garbage time.

It's a work in progress and lots more to do, but it not only looks better, the results are there.

LightTheBeam · Post #14 » by **LightTheBeam** » Mon Jan 6, 2025 4:12 am

OxAndFox wrote:
LightTheBeam wrote:
OxAndFox wrote:
Yep. Absolutely spot on. When a team threatens a run he puts a stop to it, or atleast trys to.

ITS SO REFRESHING. I used to yell at my screen nightly knowing Mike would let the opponent go on a 9-20+pt run without calling a tineout. And that's not an exaggeration.

Correct. It's also the reason why this team stopped blowing other teams out. Sometimes its on the players, but majority of time its the coach that needs to strategically call timeout and stop the opponents flow.
This is the first blowout W that I can remember. I have missed some games earlier this season, but last season was the same. Not many blowout Ws which is absurd with a squad like this.

100% agree. I said at halftime this is Doug's defining half (so far). Mike for sure would have let curry come out 2nd half and get momentum and kings would have fallen apart going iso demar with no fox.

Instead Doug called a timeout at every run, and kings properly responded. Wire to wire W. Love to see it.