Game 47: Sacramento Kings (17-29) vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (28-20) - 10:00 PM ET

ducler · Post #1 » by **ducler** » Wed Jan 29, 2020 12:37 pm

kalenclayton · Post #2 » by **kalenclayton** » Wed Jan 29, 2020 6:49 pm

The Kings are streaking. Can they make it three in a row? Is this real? Probably not. OKC is probably too good to lose this one. Bagley will be incredibly important in this game if he plays. He and Fox would be pivotal in getting Adams/Noel into foul trouble. If Bags doesn’t play, the team will have a very tough time. The keys need to be:

-Get to the line. OKC is the 2nd best team in the league at limiting Free Throw attempts (18.3/g). The goal here is to drive hard and get to the line at least 18 times. Any less and you can probably chock this up as a loss. You need to put pressure on this team. Why? Because that will open up the 3, which they are tied for 8th best at limiting.

-limit OKC offensive rebounds to 10 or less. This is the worst offensive rebounding team in the league (8.1/g, but not the worst when you consider their Adjusted Off Reb Chance% which is 42.3% - 19th in league), so the Kings need to take advantage of that. This has been a serious problem area for the Kings this season.

BoogieTime · Post #3 » by **BoogieTime** » Thu Jan 30, 2020 4:02 am

Fox just doesn’t have the leadership qualities to take over games.

kalenclayton · Post #4 » by **kalenclayton** » Thu Jan 30, 2020 4:57 am

Through 3 quarters, the Kings have 7 FT attempts and have allowed 9 offensive rebounds. These are two of the three main reasons they are losing by 20. The other is defense.

Post #5 » by **City of Trees** » Thu Jan 30, 2020 5:44 am

I turned it off at halftime. Had dad duties.

So, uh, that one got away from them.

kalenclayton · Post #6 » by **kalenclayton** » Thu Jan 30, 2020 7:20 am

City of Trees wrote:I turned it off at halftime. Had dad duties.

So, uh, that one got away from them.

This is just not a good team right now. I see no adjustment from anyone outside of Fox. Everyone is just making the same mistakes every game. The zone defense isn’t working. Nobody is getting to the line. Boxing out is only of importance when it’s convenient. Players are turning the ball over in stupid ways. They are taking bad shots often. It’s just a mess.

BoogieTime · Post #7 » by **BoogieTime** » Thu Jan 30, 2020 7:35 am

I really am not happy with Fox’s development this year or what he’s shown.

Whatever the counting stats are, he IMO doesn’t have much impact or infuse much energy on the team

The team has been much better without him, which says it all

I’m really not happy with him, point blank

jazanetti · Post #8 » by **jazanetti** » Thu Jan 30, 2020 1:26 pm

BoogieTime wrote:I really am not happy with Fox’s development this year or what he’s shown.

Whatever the counting stats are, he IMO doesn’t have much impact or infuse much energy on the team

The team has been much better without him, which says it all

I’m really not happy with him, point blank

It's hard to argue. I'm very disappointed in him too.