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Game 65: Kings (33-31) @ Warriors (37-28)

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Game 65: Kings (33-31) @ Warriors (37-28) 

Post#1 » by codydaze » Thu Mar 13, 2025 10:38 pm

After a thorough beat down last time these two teams played, Kings look to redeem themselves in the Chase Center as they face off against their Pacific Division rival once again. Sounds like Sabonis will be back for tonight's matchup so the squad should be at full strength. Warriors have been hot since getting Jimmy so a win tonight is huge, again not even factoring in we are directly competing with them for playoff seeding.
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Re: Game 65: Kings (33-31) @ Warriors (37-28) 

Post#2 » by codydaze » Thu Mar 13, 2025 10:41 pm

I take that back, apparently Sabonis will remain OUT for tonight.
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Re: Game 65: Kings (33-31) @ Warriors (37-28) 

Post#3 » by OxAndFox » Thu Mar 13, 2025 11:44 pm

Kings still take the season series with a loss under 12, is that right? Not that it would matter much anyway, because lose this and you're not going to end up in a tie breaker with the Warriors.
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Re: Game 65: Kings (33-31) @ Warriors (37-28) 

Post#4 » by codydaze » Fri Mar 14, 2025 2:10 am

OxAndFox wrote:Kings still take the season series with a loss under 12, is that right? Not that it would matter much anyway, because lose this and you're not going to end up in a tie breaker with the Warriors.


I think it would move to division record after h2h record since we're in the same division. Point differential is last resort since it would move to conference record after division if that was a tie too.
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Re: Game 65: Kings (33-31) @ Warriors (37-28) 

Post#5 » by LightTheBeam » Fri Mar 14, 2025 2:33 am

Wish we got butler instead of lavine. Not sure he would have stuck around, but man...
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Re: Game 65: Kings (33-31) @ Warriors (37-28) 

Post#6 » by codydaze » Fri Mar 14, 2025 2:48 am

Whatever this is we're doing defensively, do something else.
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Re: Game 65: Kings (33-31) @ Warriors (37-28) 

Post#7 » by OxAndFox » Fri Mar 14, 2025 2:51 am

codydaze wrote:Whatever this is we're doing defensively, do something else.


I mean Brown is gone. Then everyone puts it on Luke for the defensive strategy. Now Luke is gone. Still the same old thing. The actual strategy can change. The actual effort can change. GSW are proving this right now themselves. Moody is a prime example.
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Re: Game 65: Kings (33-31) @ Warriors (37-28) 

Post#8 » by OxAndFox » Fri Mar 14, 2025 3:43 am

Win or lose. This game has just put yet another magnifying glass on what's wrong with this Kings franchise.
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Post#9 » by OxAndFox » Fri Mar 14, 2025 3:48 am

I get the Kings suck. But FFS I can't stand Stan Van Gundy just crapping on the team with absolute false things every minute.
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Re: Game 65: Kings (33-31) @ Warriors (37-28) 

Post#10 » by LightTheBeam » Fri Mar 14, 2025 3:57 am

Not that the kings help themselves, but I'm so tired of the refs getting involved everytime we play a good western team.

Looney clearly pushes laravia in the back to rebound, and then mauls lyles and we don't get either call. Result goes from likely 7pt game to 13.
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Re: Game 65: Kings (33-31) @ Warriors (37-28) 

Post#11 » by codydaze » Fri Mar 14, 2025 4:12 am

Mentally preparing myself for a 9 seed finish, losing the play in and still sending our pick to Atlanta.
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Re: Game 65: Kings (33-31) @ Warriors (37-28) 

Post#12 » by LightTheBeam » Fri Mar 14, 2025 4:15 am

codydaze wrote:Mentally preparing myself for a 9 seed finish, losing the play in and still sending our pick to Atlanta.


The worst case but that's what's going to happen. Hopefully organization didn't delude themselves into thinking beating Utah and Charlotte meant anything.

Blow this team the hell up this offseason. Keegan, Carter, keon, laravia are the only ones I'd consider keeping

Domas asking out seems very likely.
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Post#13 » by OxAndFox » Fri Mar 14, 2025 4:32 am

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codydaze wrote:Mentally preparing myself for a 9 seed finish, losing the play in and still sending our pick to Atlanta.


The worst case but that's what's going to happen. Hopefully organization didn't delude themselves into thinking beating Utah and Charlotte meant anything.

Blow this team the hell up this offseason. Keegan, Carter, keon, laravia are the only ones I'd consider keeping

Domas asking out seems very likely.


Oh. Domas is asking out. This is a crap show at this point. They haven't even been playing THAT bad but its just a terrible, shocking, disgusting mix of talent.

I swear the Kings want to put out the greatest looking offensive talents in history and just say, there, look at us. It reeks of Vivek.
Get some damn D in there. Keon is a baller. Keegan is a baller. Just because these guys are tasked with doing TOO much on the defensive end doesn't mean they are just defenders. This franchise has left these guys high and dry. Pigeon holed them into being defensive players only because of the effort it takes to pick this lazy bum team off the ground.
All of them are in this, not just Mike, not just Monte, not just Doug, etc, etc.
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Re: Game 65: Kings (33-31) @ Warriors (37-28) 

Post#14 » by BoogieTime » Fri Mar 14, 2025 4:41 am

Domas is clearly the teams best player and needs to be back but this team will be ninth anyhow
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Post#15 » by BoogieTime » Fri Mar 14, 2025 4:44 am

Monk has been so bad post trade that it goes well beyond the issue of starting, maybe he is just broken post Fox and needs to be moved
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Re: Game 65: Kings (33-31) @ Warriors (37-28) 

Post#16 » by KF10 » Fri Mar 14, 2025 4:45 am

codydaze wrote:Mentally preparing myself for a 9 seed finish, losing the play in and still sending our pick to Atlanta.


This is likely to happen tbh

This core has been unserious for the last 1.5 to 2 years now.

Same deficiencies, same issues.

Rinse and repeat no matter what bandages Monte puts on this team.

This roster needs an entire shake up.
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Post#17 » by BoogieTime » Fri Mar 14, 2025 9:00 am

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codydaze wrote:Mentally preparing myself for a 9 seed finish, losing the play in and still sending our pick to Atlanta.


The worst case but that's what's going to happen. Hopefully organization didn't delude themselves into thinking beating Utah and Charlotte meant anything.

Blow this team the hell up this offseason. Keegan, Carter, keon, laravia are the only ones I'd consider keeping

Domas asking out seems very likely.


The team is better now, so why would anything need to be blown up? team is better now than before the deadline so where were you with this then/ Check the Spurs forum, they know they would rather have Zach's consistent input (and the Kings were handily better without Fox this year unlike with Zach). And the majority of Kings fans know this too, would you like a poll on Kingsfans.com? And the team still has its best player, Sabonis.

Domas, Zach, Ellis, Carter, Keegan, LaRavia, JV etc can be competitive in future years. Team has looked a lot better recently before the skid than dilli dallying with Fox during the teams easiest schedule stretch. The play has to be looked at in terms of schedule

Nothing is being blow up, the team just lost to the hottest team in the league without their best player, they don't need you here crapping on the players.
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Re: Game 65: Kings (33-31) @ Warriors (37-28) 

Post#18 » by BoogieTime » Fri Mar 14, 2025 9:12 am

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LightTheBeam wrote:
codydaze wrote:Mentally preparing myself for a 9 seed finish, losing the play in and still sending our pick to Atlanta.


The worst case but that's what's going to happen. Hopefully organization didn't delude themselves into thinking beating Utah and Charlotte meant anything.

Blow this team the hell up this offseason. Keegan, Carter, keon, laravia are the only ones I'd consider keeping

Domas asking out seems very likely.


Oh. Domas is asking out. This is a crap show at this point. They haven't even been playing THAT bad but its just a terrible, shocking, disgusting mix of talent.

I swear the Kings want to put out the greatest looking offensive talents in history and just say, there, look at us. It reeks of Vivek.
Get some damn D in there. Keon is a baller. Keegan is a baller. Just because these guys are tasked with doing TOO much on the defensive end doesn't mean they are just defenders. This franchise has left these guys high and dry. Pigeon holed them into being defensive players only because of the effort it takes to pick this lazy bum team off the ground.
All of them are in this, not just Mike, not just Monte, not just Doug, etc, etc.


We dont need an obsession with defense. Zach is a baller. Putting up ~25 a night on efficiency is that. A mix is fine. Zach has actually been solid on a lot of nights, and don't get me started with Fox's advanced stats, so where was this prior to the trade when the Kings weren't better defensively?
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Re: Game 65: Kings (33-31) @ Warriors (37-28) 

Post#19 » by OxAndFox » Fri Mar 14, 2025 10:05 am

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codydaze wrote:Mentally preparing myself for a 9 seed finish, losing the play in and still sending our pick to Atlanta.


This is likely to happen tbh

This core has been unserious for the last 1.5 to 2 years now.

Same deficiencies, same issues.

Rinse and repeat no matter what bandages Monte puts on this team.

This roster needs an entire shake up.


The only shake ups that are coming though are putting in more offense only players. Monte mentions this.
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Re: Game 65: Kings (33-31) @ Warriors (37-28) 

Post#20 » by BoogieTime » Fri Mar 14, 2025 1:15 pm

OxAndFox wrote:
KF10 wrote:
codydaze wrote:Mentally preparing myself for a 9 seed finish, losing the play in and still sending our pick to Atlanta.


This is likely to happen tbh

This core has been unserious for the last 1.5 to 2 years now.

Same deficiencies, same issues.

Rinse and repeat no matter what bandages Monte puts on this team.

This roster needs an entire shake up.


The only shake ups that are coming though are putting in more offense only players. Monte mentions this.


The best players on this team are offensive players. Ellis is good, but the third best player on the team, and Keegan has been a inconsistent role player for much of the year.

Nobody cares about the defense only prism

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