Kings @ Hawks Nov 18, 2015

teerfour+40LG · Post #1 » by **teerfour+40LG** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 12:26 am

Willie will play tonight. Darren will probably play tonight.

Tuesday was not a good day for us. Three teams needed to lose, but only one (the Rockets) did. The other two, Denver and Minnesota, went god mode in the fourth quarters of their games and won, leaving us further behind in the standings.

You should have seen Jameer Nelson in the Denver game. He threw up hot garbage all night, but it all went in.

blind prophet · Post #2 » by **blind prophet** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 12:38 am

Timing is real good tonight.

Teauge is out, Collison probably back.

Atlanta on a back to back, while we have something to prove and are rested.

Normally under fair circumstances we lose, but we've got a shot tonight. We need to play some great defense, catch some breaks that they shoot poorly when open from 3, and the refs have to let Cuz bang.

SacKingZZZ · Post #3 » by **SacKingZZZ** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 1:20 am

Quincy Acy is perfect in this defense scheme. He's just switching off on to anyone and they can't get any good looks coming off the screen. This is some Warriors style defense the Kings are playing and they are doing it pretty well with the exception of a few missed a assignments from Gay and Ben.

teerfour+40LG · Post #4 » by **teerfour+40LG** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 1:50 am

We are hitting some garbage shots at the rim... I don't really think we can win that way. The offense needs to find another gear.

SacKingZZZ · Post #5 » by **SacKingZZZ** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 1:52 am

Karl goes small with Collison and Rondo and first play out, Collison gets switched onto Millsap. C'mon man.

Also, the one major weakness I see with this team is the pnr defense with the bench unit. They need to go back to the drawing board on how they want Koufos to defend pick and roll. Right now it's almost a guaranteed hoop for the other team.

teerfour+40LG · Post #6 » by **teerfour+40LG** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 1:58 am

Yeah, defense isn't looking good at all. They have 50 pts with 3:30 left in the half.

SacKingZZZ · Post #7 » by **SacKingZZZ** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 2:07 am

And Rondo flushed that in a hurry, haha.

teerfour+40LG · Post #8 » by **teerfour+40LG** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 2:07 am

And now they have 62.

Website · Post #9 » by **Nicky Nix Nook** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 2:07 am

We were up by 1, my stream froze, I get it back and we're down 10.

teerfour+40LG · Post #10 » by **teerfour+40LG** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 2:09 am

I blame the Rondo-Collison lineup. It sucks.

SacKingZZZ · Post #11 » by **SacKingZZZ** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 2:15 am

Nicky Nix Nook wrote:We were up by 1, my stream froze, I get it back and we're down 10.

Well you missed some of the most puzzling Rondo ball we've seen. Consider yourself lucky.

blind prophet · Post #12 » by **blind prophet** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 2:16 am

teerfour+40LG wrote:I blame the Rondo-Collison lineup. It sucks.

That's been terrible all season.

blind prophet · Post #13 » by **blind prophet** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 2:17 am

The only positive I'm taking away in the first half was some good post play by KK. Team seems to be able to find him in productive spots, should become a more consistent scoring option over time.

teerfour+40LG · Post #14 » by **teerfour+40LG** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 2:27 am

They get easy shots. We don't.

teerfour+40LG · Post #15 » by **teerfour+40LG** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 3:07 am

Every single play it's wide open shot after wide open shot. Our defense is league worst embarrassing.

teerfour+40LG · Post #16 » by **teerfour+40LG** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 3:09 am

I really hate our defense.

blind prophet · Post #17 » by **blind prophet** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 3:10 am

teerfour+40LG wrote:I really hate our defense.

It gets better when we can score.

blind prophet · Post #18 » by **blind prophet** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 3:10 am

Big BOOOOOOOOO for Rondo and Rudy tonight.

Just terrible.

SacKingZZZ · Post #19 » by **SacKingZZZ** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 3:14 am

And with the way the Kings have played it shows you the importance of those Cousins 3's. They've been the difference in the games they've won, and appear to be the difference when they lose. Not sure that's a good thing.

SacKingZZZ · Post #20 » by **SacKingZZZ** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 3:24 am

Well, now they have to win in Miami. They need to come out at the end of this road trip close to .500.