ESPN “goes crazy” Sacramento Kings fall to Houston Rockets 112-104 despite Domantas Sabonis’ 25 Pts

ESPN “goes crazy” Sacramento Kings fall to Houston Rockets 112-104 despite Domantas Sabonis’ 25 Pts

Houston Rockets come into the building and they get the W by a drapes Morgan here with you and um I don’t even know what to say right now Morgan N I don’t need a box score I I don’t need the box score I don’t need the darn rundown right now I don’t I

Don’t need anything right now I need some time to myself that’s how I feel about this one because this is you know what Morgan take it away go ahead I’m frustrated right now I and I I love this I you know it’s like I hate this Kyle and I love

This Kyle because I feel bad and I’m like I want you to be happy one of my favorite things is when the kings are winning and everyone is happy but right now this game was not lost at the end it wasn’t lost in the first quarter it was

Lost in the third quarter and the Houston Rockets said hey we’re going to play our style and we’re going to make sure to never look back in the Kings eight turnovers no fast break point no three-pointers made I mean it was just ugly basketball all around you know

What I’m glad you’re here right now cuz I’m Legit speechless I don’t I mean get it it’s like we got to break down all right you know what I’m going stick to what happens in the game okay I’m not going to talk about emotions I’m not going to talk about feelings I’m not

Going to talk about disappointment I’m going to talk about X’s and O’s and what happened into this game and what happened is the same thing we’ve seen time and time this is the NBA ladies and gentlemen every team has three or four guys that can go off for 30 points every

Team has guys that if you allow allow them to get comfortable they will gas you they will go go off on you Fred Van vet jayen green both those guys went off you know I I mean they had bench guys amen Thompson not necessarily an offensive player he had 13 tonight I’m

Just frustrated Morgan and it’s like all they did was simplify simplify the game for themselves like you go and look at anything from just making a simple pass to shenon at the high post and then someone would be cutting in that dunker spot and they would make another simple

Pass and it’s like the king’s defense was never locked in in that second half and never really engaged and it was so confusing because it felt like they came out super engaged and aggressive and playing their style but then the Rockets had a timeout and figured it out I just

Don’t understand how that happens with a team that is so bad on the road you know the Rockets outscored us 32 to4 in that third quarter but let me tell you this yeah Houston only shot 46% in the third quarter Houston only shot 25% from three

In the third quarter early on and then the bat shot selection from the Sacramento Kings late in the shot clock just looking ugly just any three that they could shoot up there they would and there shooting 20% from three-point land uh after that third so no you you you

Said uh they lost this game in the third quarter I’m going say they lost this game at the end of the second quarter I’ll take that that when van v got hot Houston they’re down double digits you’re feeling good you’re up by about 12 or 13 and then bam Rocket’s going to

Run to end the quarter and then they go in down only five E’s like guys we’re okay we’re we’re feeling good about our elves and then in the third quarter we saw what happened and uh I I think that stretch to end the second quarter was critical yeah that’s a great Point too

Because I know you and I came in at the half and we get to celebrate a little bit of domos and what he was doing triple double watch double doubles oh my goodness he does it all and then you looked at his turnovers and then they

Just kept adding up and it was like for the Sacramento Kings they needed domas and dearen especially when the Houston Rockets started taking off at the end of that second second quarter and they weren’t there they weren’t available they weren’t attacking the rim enough and I got to give credit to the Houston

Rockets defense top 10 defense in the league but it still doesn’t give you any excuses no one can stop ear at times all right let’s continue to break down this game 112 104 is your final score to Kings falling for the third time this season to the Houston feeling good he

Was such a good point guard just and when I say that I mean he managed the floor well he led this team and this team we already knew what they were going to do with a veteran player like van v but it was like a day like today

Against the Sacramento Kings that he really just took over became efficient 10 for 10 at the free throw line doing it all nine assist as well he and and that’s the thing when you got a veteran guard like him a championship level guard a guard that’s won a a

Championship you’re not going to speed him up or get him out of sorts or I mean this is a guy that went head-to-head with Steph Curry in the Golden State Warriors a few years ago and won a championship understand the warriors were banged up but Fred Van vet is that

Dude and my problem with a game like today is we remember what happened back in early November yeah and I thought the kings came out with the right mindset what really needs to be discussed is how and we talked about it pregame how come this team can’t sustain and play at a

High level it doesn’t even have to be 48 minutes Morgan I walk into this gym and I don’t know which King’s team I’mma see I go from quarter to quar and I don’t know what these guys are going to do like as a coach if you’re Mike Brown

Like you got to keep plugging away I get it but it has to be frustrating it’s so inconsistent you’re exactly right it’s it you know there’s so many games this season that we’re talking and we’re going okay this is uh one of those games you just got to take care of business I

Think we said that in the pregame um knowing how bad the Houston Rockets are on the road I mean whether this was a bad matchup in the beginning of the year or not it’s two different teams now at the end of this year right or we’re

Coming toward the end of this season so yeah the inconsistency is very frustrating I do not understand if it needs to be someone’s voice if it needs to be leadership if it needs to be coaching what it is who it is but they’ve got I they’ve got to figure it

Out and that sounds so cliche you got to figure it out but you do you’re you’re a professional NBA team yeah yeah here we are 63 games in and and this team still has not figured out uh let’s talk about alpr shenon you saw the injury late hoping everything’s okay if we hear

Something we’ll bring it to you what did you think about him because he was their big name coming into this game yeah I mean he started off slow and I think you got to give credit to the king’s defense and the way that they were rotating over

Locked in making sure that they were going to make his life a lot more difficult but then end of the second quarter at the entire second half it felt like shenon figured out exactly what he needed to do he was dropping dimes I mean actually he only actually

Finished with two assists but it felt like the way that he was the anchor of their offense and was just creating have that hockey assist and would make all the defense collapse on him leaving that dunker spot open like we were talking about and just a lot of back door Cuts

Uh just some really ugly defense from the Sacramento Kings and because this was you saw how they played in the first quarter on this team what why couldn’t that continue I just don’t understand yeah 63 points combined in the second and third quarter for this Houston team

So they got it cooking into the second and the third you know Damonte sabonis 25 points 15 rebounds eight assists another triple double is I mean a double double is 46 straight check this out this is single season double double streaks tying Jerry Lucas the great Jerry Lucas for first all time 46

Straight what do you think of domas tonight hey no big deal there I’ll take that a yeah yeah no and and you know domos you expect those type of numbers from him and going having 25 points 15 boards you’re like all right he’s battling out there doing what he need to

Do he stayed strong but at the same time Kyle he finished with nine turnovers nine turnovers those were so tough and it’s if it’s one of your best players with the basketball it be it becomes even more deflating when they end up turning the ball over cuz then you just

Lose confidence in your entire team and right there it felt like sometimes the pressure was on him too much and I’ll say this Houston Rockets very physical but I thought the refs let both teams remain physical throughout yeah exactly nine turnovers the team as a whole only

Have 13 think about that so he had nine put that together yeah I mean you got to do the math you know I see it right here in black and white and I’m going keep it real with you uhoh it’s hard for me to talk positive after a game like this

Doas you know had the double double that’s nice but I I guarantee you right now in that locker room like you said he’s looking at the nine turnovers he’s looking at the final score right now he’s not a happy camper right now and so

We got to do this show we got 28 minutes total to fil a 24 whatever it is but man this is one of those shows where I want to hear from Mike Brown I want to hear from the players we can’t say anything that we haven’t said all season long and

That’s what’s frustrating about this Kyle I I think too when I look back at King’s other Seasons other coaches and everything and there’s those nine game losing streaks after loss after loss after loss you do have the same things you’re saying some of the same things

But now with this team where I go this is a better team this is a better team in the Western Conference they have shown like Improvement and obviously we know growth isn’t always going to be linear but at the same time when it’s this big of a roller coaster up and down

That’s where it’s just like okay where do we go every other every other game it feels like we’re talking about the same things how would you grade dearen Fox tonight h a grade oh no I mean you know grest performance if you will you know

What it’s you look at his stats and you go okay not bad right but like I’m going C I’m going average because they needed him to step up big tonight and he finished with 18 had nine BS one assist right but then this is the number I look

At two of nine from three-point land the team as a whole shot 18% from three-point land and Daren Fox he’s the one that you need attacking you need him going to the paint because only better things happen spray threes guys are open so many more things happen when dearn

Fox is creating and getting into the paint six three-pointers as a team that has to be a season low right I I think that might season low I thought eight was the season low before that they had six tonight and you know we could talk about defense all we want you know when

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ESPN “goes crazy” Sacramento Kings fall to Houston Rockets 112-104 despite Domantas Sabonis’ 25 Pts