Kings-Sixers Preview! Will Kings snap the BIG losing streak vs. Philly?

Kings-Sixers Preview! Will Kings snap the BIG losing streak vs. Philly?

12 games to go Morgan Reagan geez this is a big week though Sixers tonight tomorrow maths Friday mths I’m going be honest what were you going to lie otherwise I’m feeling Juiced right now I am no it’s it’s exciting I this is a big week these games matter so much and I

Don’t know if I’m still on the high of the Orlando win there we go I’m feeling good I’m feeling good about this week and the opportunity that lies ah of course we know the Kings can let us down we have seen it this year but I start

Looking at the month of March Morgan I started looking at those numbers I’m bouncing to my seat thinking about it okay I’m going to let you get excited because I think the number one thing throughout this season that has felt inconsistent at times yeah I watched a

Lot of NBA basketball yesterday a lot and when I saw some of these other teams that always get talked about I just wasn’t very impressed I and obviously they’re even below the kings in some of the standings and I just wasn’t very impressed and it made me feel even more excited about the

Sacramento Kings team how hard they play obviously coming off of the Orlando game we’re still like maybe in a little bit of that prisoner of the moment but either way Deuce I think feel all the feels what you got let’s talk March okay let’s talk March because there have been

Some losses the wizards one you can’t just like brush aside you have to acknowledge it sure they bounce back against Orlando and in the month of March Morgan the defensive rating is fourth in the NBA and their second in deflections but if you want to take a bigger sample size bigger sample size

How about post All-Star break okay the kings are 10th in defensive rating they’re second in deflections okay now are you starting to believe that this king’s defensive Improvement is real I am I I truly am and I think you know even when we see the ls and we see the

Mistakes that they are making I think sometimes it’s their homework and not I mean it’s all the things it’s not understanding your personel the right way are you closing out the right way it’s communication and also now you’re seeing a little bit more consistency with where Mike Brown wants to go and

Needs to go with the lineup because of injuries with Kevin herder with Trey Lyles and what the rotation is going to look like so yeah adding Keon Ellison there has probably helped where these numbers has gone I think it helped big time when you look at the deflections in

March Fox is leading the way with 3.8 deflections Keon Ellis is at 3.4 playing fewer minutes now he’s starting but 3.4 and 3.8 from your guards and then sabonis is just under three deflections so it’s that perimeter pressure Mike Brown talked about it actually after the

Orlando game and he he thinks a lot of the guys are learning from how Keon Ellis is positioning his body because a lot of his deflections are just coming off pure not not in just active hands but how he is positioning his body he’s understanding it’s a game of angles yes

Love it all so I don’t know I I don’t know if they could keep up being a top 10 team but I’m watching the intensity Fox plays with what Keon Ellis does defensively Keegan Murray and it allows sabonis not to be exposed as much because guys aren’t getting blown by

Left and right you could see the makings of a competent defensive team yeah no I love and you know you say sabon is getting exposed as much I mean it just goes to show when you have a perimeter defense actually doing their job it’s going to allow the second line of

Defense to do their job you know not come over and help and then let another big just get that little uh pass to them and then throw it down and then it looks like Sab bonus’ fall defensively right you’re seeing a lot of activity not only

When it comes to hands but also with the communication so I love what we’re seeing from the king’s defense now it’s going to be still tough tonight against the 76ers yeah the is of course playing without joah embiid they still don’t have DeAnthony melon they’ve been banged

Up to this year without embiid since he went down at the end of January they’re 10 and 15 they’re coming off a really nice win yesterday afternoon against the Clippers watching that game I was so impressed with the pace they were playing with I mean they were active on

Both ends flying around the defensive communication was good and let’s be honest they beat the out of the Clippers yesterday they beat the out of the Clippers they were making all their shots every single time they dropped to three I was like wait campaign’s going to shoot like this

Against the Sacramento Kings tomorrow like what is it going to look like and so you know a lot of shots were made now is it one of those games where it’s just like good shooting game or is it going to be one of those things like they are

Trending in the right direction together and I feel like obviously that has to be your approach with Tobias Harris with maxi uh even if it is campaign you know Kelly UB Kelly UB Kyle Lowry didn’t play yesterday it was a rest day birthday today you know so he’s just getting

Older and older so how you stop the old man slow him down as well the kings are favored Heavenly in this game but that doesn’t matter the king’s approach has to be the right way I saw a stat that is beyond fascinating what the Sixers have

Won 10 in a row against the Kings g m b did not play in five of those games oh come on SO perspective is don’t start looking at oh this is a short-handed team the king should would now the Kings have to prove it right they have to

Prove that they can be consistent I would say with how they’ve been playing in March if they play to their defensive capabilities of this month yeah they should get a win on the home floor and they need it you know Philly’s coming off a back toback you get Dallas

Tomorrow these games are massive anyway let us know what you think about tonight’s game in the comments below are you a believer in this king’s defense with Keon Ellis let us know in the comments we’ll be live tonight after the game they tell you what they de and the podcast that you know

Deuce and Mo preview the Kings matchup against the Sixers and the start of a massive week for the Sacramento Kings.
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