Kings-Sixers reaction, Sabonis makes history & a big week for Kings

Kings-Sixers reaction, Sabonis makes history & a big week for Kings

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The be do some and that’s the end of the thing do more when it come to the ks how are we doing on a Monday night after the Kings so weird still weird what up do hey hey hey hey Morgan hi here uh I’m ring for y’all yeah but how about

The M bonus and those kings let’s go King oh what is you’re doing a LeBron thing huh my goodness hey you know what one of my favorite things about tonight what it’s kind of bored at times kind of a boring game huh a good I need a boring game in my life is demonus sa bonus m

That dog got hit about 17 times in the face J blood coming down the side hit in the face he’s takings yourself in the face because sabonis does so we all take bumps together h no kids no break my nose Morgan okay that’s what sabonis

Would do and you know what he keep doing what he’d keep playing 54 consecutive double doubles my God the most shout out Kevin Love I don’t know why I point to the guy he’s still with us right definitely a lot yes he just tweeted about he did he tweeted about it shout

Out Kevin Love and Miami and South Beach watching sabonis pass him up 54 consecutive double doubles but that’s not all that’s the mosten ABA NBA merger then tonight Morgan yeah his 25th triple double only five players five in NBA history have done that so let’s just

You know what if I were him I’d grab the mic I’d do a little Roman Reigns and say acknowledge me nope because NBA coaches you need to acknowledge that man NBA media you need to acknowledge that man that’s true fans around the basketball World acknowledge him because he is the

Most underrated and underappreciated star player in the game he is Shout out uh to Tyler uh and Montana who gave us at the game tonight how cool is that he welded them yeah welded them hey well done well done good job thank you thank you thank you thank you very much such a this is for you demonus sa

Bonis give me the bu oh yes yes you did you’re not an Allstar but guess what you set a record 54 double doubles in a row okay 25 triple dubs this man better be all NBA he did it in front of the commissioner of the NBA tonight yes and the Sacramento Kings most

Importantly they’re winning a season best 13 games above 500 and for the only the 10th time in their history secured a season above 500 shout out Mike Brown shout out the Kings they’re playing some defense again what a Vibe What A vibe oring Gam notor I better be playing this music tomorrow

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History was made at gold one Center in the Kings Club ass the Sixers were in town coming off a big win on the road against the Clippers how are they going to Fair tonight well Tyrese Maxi got up to an amazing start but Sacramento held him in check down the stretch Deon sabon

Has made history his 64th consecutive excuse me we’re starting over sorry but but it’s not 64 it’s 54 why do you why’d you let me mess that up I thought you were going to say that’s how many double dou I know but he’s more than that I but he hit my

Music tell you what they know de and mo de moo the podcast that you know welcome into the doo podcast recording this on a Monday night after the Sacramento Kings and Kings fans saw some history made at Golden One Center the Sixers were in town no Joel andb but they were just

Coming off a nice win against the Clippers yesterday Tyrese Maxi Came Out Swinging but the Kings held him in check in the second half but the headline tonight is deonis sabonis who made history the most consecutive double doubles since the NBA ABA merger surpassing Kevin Love with 50 four

Straight double doubles but that wasn’t all he also had his 25th triple double only the fifth player in NBA history to ever do that and the Sacramento Kings held another opponent under 100 points for the fourth time in nine games Sacramento is now a season best 13 games above 500 after this

10896 Victory and oh by the way what for only the 10th time in 39 years they have secured a winning season eight under Rick Adelman and the last two under Mike Brown yes hey I’m juice Mason that’s Morgan ring this podcast presented by our friends who are Northwest exer check out trust

Northwest.com how you doing Mo so good fogged in which is just means that it was a big win big way to start the week h and a big week and some drama around the NBA tonight the Suns lose to the Spurs with no W shout out Spurs tonight

Let’s some love to the Spurs tonight suns were pretty much healthy yes nerkish left that game with an ankle but they dropped to eighth the Kings up at six tied with Dallas the Clippers lost again they’ve dropped the fifth Sacramento two games behind the Clippers and the Pelicans this is a massive week

With Dallas looming Tuesday and Friday in Sacramento can’t wait all right Morgan Kings beat the Sixers 108-96 kind of one of those like a it was a boring game we haven’t had many like boring games I know wins are technically boring but do you know what

I mean by that that it didn’t really feel stressful and the Kings handled business tonight yeah no and I get what you’re saying but at the same time like with that first quarter and the way that Tyrese Maxi started the game I was like ah [ __ ] 19 he had the 19 first points

For the Sixers right and no one else hasor Paul Reed finally scored at the basket had a dunk whatever but the 19 first points for the Sixers was Tyrese Maxi just going off and I was like okay this is what we’re going to see even though it was still a close game

Obviously the kings were still up for most of that but it was like how are you going to let this one guy get go off and then what’s going to happen next the Kings the in-game adjustments that were being made in this game were fantastic I think part of that was just them

Guarding him better denying him Davon Mitchell played amazing and there’s so much talk with Dave youngon it’s about his defense and his ability to play good on ball defense he did that tonight got some help from his team teamates the Kings communicated well again defensively but Daven also got it going

Offensively tonight 18 points Off the Bench um yeah Maxi was unbelievable early first of all he’s a great young player and he is so fast his ability to finish with contact with arms around him hitting step back jumpers finding mismatches which he tried to do at times

Tonight but in that second half the Kings held him in check he had 26 points at the half 26 points he finished with 29 he was one of three in the second half love it love it so life was much more challenging each and every game we we’ve

Been spending time Morgan talking about the king’s defense and it’s dramatically better now it seems like these guys are embracing being physical I think they’re kind of vibing off playing and winning this way where in the past if the King shot 44% in the game and 26% from three

They’d lose everything would look bad and that’s it Deuce it was the fact that you I was I think we’ve talked about this before maybe in the beginning of the season is you know this King team how can they find a way to make in-game adjustments especially when we saw the

Ls you know the the big runs teams would go on and then they wouldn’t respond or answer back and it felt like Tyrese Maxi was playing a certain style of baskball and the kings were like oh hey let’s make this adjustment this adjustment and this will change things up and a few of

The adjustments that were made was the way that they started blitzing Tyrese Maxi making his life a little bit more difficult making him to make a quicker decision the other thing was Davon Mitchell like you said and we’ve talked about this with Davon so many times so

Many so many players in this league have the size advantage over him can shoot over him they see a shorty and they’re like cool I’m good but Davon Mitchell with his activity disrupted Tyrese Maxi’s game so he couldn’t even get where he wanted what he wanted and it

Made all of the difference in this entire game for someone like Maxi it’s just trying to make him work and it’s trying to make him work defensively too I was really interested to see that Nick nurse decided to have him check Keegan Murray at times in this game like really

Keegan Murray we talked about the start that Tyrese Maxi got off to in that first quarter Keegan Murray was awesome in the first quarter too Morgan he came out aggressive Keegan on the night finished with 23 points n got up 20 shots 20 shots he was three of 11 from

Downtown cooled off a little bit also had four assists three rebounds played some great defense again at the end of the first he had 17 points and that but it’s the 20 shots he was being so aggressive and he was being efficient nine of 20 you know you love to see that

But you love seeing him knock down some of his threes he was three of 11 but I felt like the way that he started attacking the basket started attacking the paint curling off of domos perfectly off those dhos understanding I’m going to be a Score first person I’m going to

Be a threat because if you don’t pose as a threat then you’re just one less person on the offensive end that the defense has to worry about and tonight they had to worry about Keegan Murray they weren’t ready for Keegan Murray he was great and it makes a world of

Difference like you said when he is aggressive offensively I think there are so many times we have seen him throughout his first two years where he gets the ball his first thought mhm is to give it up yes yes and I I don’t like that mindset it’s like you be a team guy

But I want you at 68 69 you’ve added to your frame you’ve got shooting ability you’ve shown the ability to put the ball on the floor you still got to work on your handles and all that going forward but you have the ability to be aggressive I mean he’s got that step

Back mid-range shot he likes he’s got the three-point shot he gets dunks now you have to be a threat with the ball look to score Keegan Murray and the fact that he got 20 shots tonight was one of my favorite stats of the game and that’s

What you want to see going forward right and espe I mean if especially these are the shots that this team is looking for but it’s like what Keegan Murray is looking for and when Keegan Murray is looking for something it this game could have been much closer if Keegan decided

It wasn’t even just about you know scoring 23 points but if Keegan decided not to be a threat I just think all around the board you would see different numbers for everybody because this team this what we saw them how they how we saw the six played defensively against

The Clippers yesterday I was like oh they’re going to be able to slow down everybody they’re going to find a way to stop dear and Keegan monks domas whatever they’re going to have to do but they didn’t instead because you had so many guys willing to be confident out

There on the offensive end that was great to see and Keegan still does what he does defensively he’s been the most consistent Defender for the Kings this year and the Kings defense holds another team under 100 points I know it’s a short-handed team but I watched the Sixers team yesterday Kelly Uber didn’t

Play either tonight we should acknowledge that he was he was knocking down shots yesterday and everything but they were clicking against the Clippers yes I’ve got questions about the Clippers just so you know I’m I’m out I’m out anyway they looked awesome they were flying everywhere defensively they

Were knocking down shots they hit like a season high in threes in that game so you you can’t take a team like that lightly especially when you have an explosive score like Tyrese Maxi and Tobias Harris has given the Kings fits over the years especially this year he

Was five of 15 in this game with just 12 points but defensively Morgan Keon Ellis again man I mean he makes should happen Deen Fox playing good defense Davon Sacramento since the All-Star break is second in the NBA in deflections give me D tonight they had 15 as a team dearen

Fox had five deflections in this game Malik monk had three deflections you give a couple of to Keegan Murray as well these guys were so active defensively and I think to see that type of jump where they were before the break was nowhere near second in the NBA they

Tak a big jump It’s and the jump is because of a different Focus it’s a a different mentality it’s not like oh are they just trying harder what’s going on no they’ve shifted something with their mindset in their technique and the way that they angle themselves the way that

They do everything I mean you see dear and fox just his instincts alone understanding where when someone is looking one way and going okay they’re probably going to pass that way using their eyes as a weapon against that offensive player and getting their hands in that passing Lane

You’re just seeing them see the game different maybe at a slower pace for them on the defensive end because they are locked in the efforts there it looks amazing Keon tonight had five points he got into some foul trouble tonight he ends up only playing 24 minutes but I I

Feel like some of the fouls are kind of cheapy I he he battled tonight I I love he was doing some John dudee it was oh the joh the campaign the campaign situation when he went down on the ground and campaign tried like jumping on it and like Keon like HIIT him like

What the [ __ ] are you doing like get off me and then it was a jump ball but I’m so with you just Keon does a great job of making himself belong and usually you don’t feel that identity from some of these guys that have the journey that

Keon has or sometimes it’s they rely on a certain chip on their shoulder or whatever Keon stays so under control and that’s why when he does have that edge I’m like hell yeah you love to see that from a player he was doing great things uh he got some Ticky Tac [ __ ] calls

Too Morgan if I would have told you before the season that in March the Kings on the season would be 14th in defensive rating you sign up I I you’re damn right I would be like where where are they in the Western Conference I mean the West they they must be great

The jump is crazy uh they are 14th on on the season in defensive rating that’s awesome that’s a big jump for the group that was 24th last year since the All-Star break yeah tell me sixth in defense oh in the month of March oh don’t do this to me fourth oh it’s

Trending it’s trending in the right way you know and it’s opponent threo percentage they getting killed on that earlier in the season the Closeouts have been better I asked Mike Brown about this before the game and I’m like you know the defensive ratings improved deflections are up your opponents aren

Knocking down everything for from three do you think it’s sustainable and he says he thinks it is he’s not trying to put that type of pressure on them to be like a top five team but he’s like we’re doing the things that we weren’t doing early he’s like I’ve never had a team

Where I had to teach the fundamentals of closing out properly and I had two with this team and this team has learned it they’ve embraced it Keon’s impact de’arra embracing things Keegan Murray the whole team and I even talked about this with you earlier like domus I think

Last podcast about domus sabonis you know I heard JJ reick and Tim legler talk about domos and hey you know can you win if he’s anchor anchoring your defense and that that’s always been the rap on sabonis is oh as a Defender and I’ve never quite understood it if you

Put the right pieces around sabonis this guy is one of the best defensive rebounders in the game best rebound ERS he works hard he moves better than he’s ever had ever in his career because he’s in such great shape he communicates it’s about having the right defensive pieces

Around him and being able to just defend the ball well when you’re the second line of defense you know and you’re at The Rim you’re expected to just block block block especially if you have a shitty perimeter defense right that’s not his role in this league you know his

Body type is just not going to be that so not long he’s just not long like I even say like he has the T-Rex arms right so but he stays vertical and knows how to use his strength and now he even knows how to use it more but now because

He’s worked on his body so much he can also come out on guys he came out on Palo B banero and he was moving from side to side laterally and you don’t feel nervous about it you’re just like oh this man’s meant to move then on top

Of that it’s just like you said the perimeter defense taking a leap from dearen Fox to Keon Ellis so even if it does if people do get by him I saw this other that I was breaking down by deflections Davon Mitchell lost Joe Eng Les just trailed behind him domas comes

Up to help and what does domas do it’s not a block it’s a deflection and he completely just gets this in his in the passing Lane Taps the ball to someone who pushes up the floor fast break point and my point is that defensive play alone was like what gave the Kings two

Extra points in that entire situation great example of that was in this game when he went vertical and took a shot to the nuts right and and Mike Brown ended up challenging that play they won the challenge but KJ Martin LED with his knee but sabonis was straight up Y and

He did the right thing the other stat that blew my mind in the month of March we talk about their deflections Fox is leading the team in deflections he’s also second in the NBA but in the month of March he he’s close to four deflections a game then you’ve got Keon

Ellis who’s 3.5 deflections a game doing that in fewer minutes and sabonis is that nearly three deflections a game you’re B you’re you’re Center yes you’re Center and this isn’t again this isn’t just like being down at the basket and deflecting whenever he can this is him

Getting people who come into the lane and figuring a way to get his hands in the passing Lane again Instinct basketball IQ yeah I this jump defensively I don’t think anyone would have predicted and you know you wonder okay is it sustainable I mean why

Wouldn’t it be I if you stay locked in there’s going to be some matchups that aren’t good for this team we’ve seen some of the bad matches but this is what’s going to be fun the final 11 games some of the tests that lie ahead how’s this defense look against the

Celtics coming up again against the Suns again uh how’s this defense look against the Pelicans playing some great basketball you’re going to be tested but I’ll tell you this style of play to me is more sustainable than the style that they had last year where it was like Hey

We’re just trying to outscore everybody I think this Kings team is still capable of being a really really really good offensive team they’ve got the weapons around them but you know it’s a little different right now without Tre ly spreading the floor even though Kevin

Herder has had a down year he’s got he’s a threat to spread the floor having those guys out Sasha that changes things and they’re they’re winning in a different way right now and it looks pretty damn good this is their best basketball they played and that that’s

The thing you know asking is this defense sustainable I if you were if it if I saw little pieces of this in the beginning of the season and saw some of the [ __ ] games that we saw in the beginning of season 2 I’d be like no probably not but

Because we’ve now seen a stretch of basketball where you started seeing the growth of it and then it was still up and down then you saw a stretch of it come together then you saw like a dud you know or to Chicago and then wizards but you’ve seen a big enough sample size

Of this defense and where they can actually take it and what they have grown and learned and done from it that you go yeah this is this can be real like believe your eyes in what you see um but it’s going to it’s going to keep taking everyone and I think everyone

Buys in and actually believes in this style yeah we mentioned the six in defensive rating since the All-Star break that’s 17 games the the kings are 11 and six during that stretch and you know you you go to March what’s their record in the month of March now um the

Month of March Sacramento is 9 and four in the mar month of March so it it is super encouraging to see how this team is playing right now uh for for the month and since the All-Star break it’s it’s massive it’s absolutely massive what else should we hit on specifically

About tonight uh turnovers for the Sacramento Kings I think that’s another thing that they just did such a great job of I mean we talk about the defensive Focus you just talk about the focus in this the all-around focus in this game and they took care of the

Basketball for the most part they finished the game with eight turnovers right like I’ll take that number and I’ll take that number especially again you and I were watching the Sixers take on the Clippers yesterday and we’re like oh [ __ ] this gonna be tough this is

Gonna be a game and really kind of maybe shows more to where the Clippers are right now with all their guys even healthy out there playing but I thought the Sixers were going to come up this was the last game of their road trip as well you know sometimes you don’t know

What you’re going to get but you saw the defensive effort there right away the way that they would double down on domos and every time that happens I’m like get rid of the ball quick decisions let’s go and I felt like he got better with that

As the game went on you know buckle up that’s what you’re going to get sabon it’s like when you get the ball PE teams understand how important he is to the Kings and when he’s in the paint how many times did you see three four Sixers players collapse on him sometimes it

Would be right when he made made the turn to toward the basket they collapse on him they’re swiping down they’re making life challenging for him to pass out and so he’s got to be locked in Def you know and decisive in those moments and be prepared for that especially when

Teams are are smaller they’re like they know you’re going to try to take advantage inside so that’s how they’re going to counter it and sometimes teams have had success we’ve seen the Houston Rockets have success the Knicks had success we saw it the other night um against the Wizards had some success

With it so and if you do get to the postseason and make the playoffs there are going to be postseason teams that have success with this and understand and so the adjustment that you need to make just as an individual is making sure that you’re just making that quick

Decision getting rid of the basketball doesn’t even have to be the best decision right the but the best decision is not turning the ball over and what I love is that’s kind of what we saw tonight the ball just being taken care of um they were pushing the pace I

Thought they became more decisive like you said not only domos but the rest of the team as well and they were like no we’re attacking the [ __ ] out of the paint like let’s do this and um not just settling they did shoot 38 threes and they made 10 of those only shooting 26%

From three-point land well and the the free throw percentage has been way better they shot 78.6% at the free throw line tonight 22 of 28 that’s a number that’s jumped up dramatically too they were dead last in the NBA most of the season now they’re like top 10 in free

Throw percentage which is Big Focus sabonis uh just on the night before we get into everything he accomplished tonight uh he had 11 points 13 rebounds 10 assists he only took five shots he used three of five and it speaks volumes to what was happening defensively against him that only took five shots

Out there in this game um but a triple double so that’s where we go now a trip du deonis sabonis makes history amazing 54 consecutive double double surpassing Kevin Love’s record it’s the most double doubles since the ABA NBA merger I mean you’re going back a long long time to the mid

70s that record has stood D Monas sabonis does that tonight and with the triple double his 25th only five players in NBA history have ever had 25 triple doubles in a season Deon sabonis is one of them I think he is the most underrated and underappreciated star player in the

League and I think the good news is King’s fans see what he does every night since he’s come to Sacramento he has helped change the culture he has helped make this a winning team something we haven’t seen a lot of in 39 years of Kings basketball

I admire his toughness how hard he plays all the time this guy makes people better he’s a good guy he plays with an edge he deserves all the love for this he didn’t make the All-Star team this year he better make the all NBA team but

To be honest I’m not even counting on that at this point what can you say about what sabonis has accomplished not only this year but as a member of the Kings he’s he’s special and you know I think I I I think you and I like we watch a lot of

NBA and what’s fun to see is when you want to compare and see what else is special out there and there are some special players in this league there are players that see their ups and downs throughout the season you’re like oh are they playing good yet what is what’s

Going on with them BL domas sabonis is doing this every freaking night it has been so consistent for him there’s been triple doubles this season I will tell you that even we’re going sometimes we’re like H there was something there was like it was it wasn’t his best

Triple double there’s like maybe two of those that happened this season and it’s hilarious talking about a triple double that wasn’t giving you what you needed but all these other games all these consecutive double doubles has led to so much success and I think that’s what I

Don’t understand when he doesn’t get the love that he deserves I go he’s not an [ __ ] he’s a good guy and he’s a team player that everyone seems to like that plays with him or around him and they are winning games they are winning games in a very difficult Western Conference they are

Winning more games than the Lakers and the Golden State Warriors that get talked about 247 all the time by the national media but domas sabonis doesn’t get that love and I don’t even think he gives two shits about it because he just comes the work and he does his job and how the

Hell do you not give someone love like that well guess what that’s our jobs and that’s what we’re going to do and I want to give him all the love in the world he has 67 double doubles in 71 games give me that and you’re right you know I I

Don’t like spending we spent so much time complaining about him not getting love in this league that I’m like I’m not trying to make it about that tonight about acknowledging what he’s accomplished and I I think ultimately the one way you get people to wake up is

By winning you win you have playoff success then he’ll start getting the love that he deserves but I mean the guy’s been doing it for a long time in in this league now and for him to come to an organization that has been a perennial loser a joke one of the

More embarrassing teams in sports and help Shi that and he connects with the fan base the fans dig him it’s F actually kind of goes perfect for Kings fans because Kings fans have always felt disrespected they always have a chip on their shoulder as a small Market we’re born and raised in

Sacramento we know that how this works and so he’s kind of getting the same thing that we’ve all experien in Sacramento I’m happy for him uh before we continue on let’s hear what sabonis had to say to you and grapes after the game like that what’s the approach night

In and night out to get to this point just you know making myself available for for for my teammates to to play every game and uh coming out here and playing hard you know my teammates make it easy for me and I just try and go out

There and do my job yeah of course he just says teammates teammates teammates well after the game dear and fox talked to uh the Gman Gary Gerald and here’s what he had to say about deona sabonis he’s out there playing hard man we we came back from All-Star break and he had

Like food poisoning or something and uh we were originally going to we were preparing to play without him uh and then he came in on the day of the game he’s like I’m playing he’s like there’s no way I’m sitting out so I mean just

His toughness and uh he wants to be one of those guys that play all 82 games he goes out there and he doesn’t take a like you said he doesn’t take a possession off he plays hard both offensively and he’s been great for us defensively this year um I think people

Haven’t taken notice because he’s in Sacramento but I mean he loves it here man he he he comes out here he plays for the city he plays for the name on the front and obviously his name on on the back of his jersey but um he comes out

There he does whatever it takes to win if it’s putting the ball in the basket used one of the hands to tip the ball perfectly to like Keon Ellis to push it up the floor on this defensive set he has just seen something before it even happens all the blitzes all the

Different and that’s why it is so funny when when his decision making could be slow sometimes when he gets the ball and then he gets trip with the team but I also do sometimes believe that he believes I could power through this [ __ ] I don’t care who’s in front of me and

We’ve seen it happen we’ve seen him get hit in the face 15 times in a game and sometimes I’m like is he really getting hit look at his face at the end of the game look at his face at the end of the game blood bashed bumped everywhere will

Z had some great numbers about sabonis numbers during the streak on the season it’s been crazy right but uh during this 54 consecutive double double streak that he accomplished tonight in Sacramento he’s averaging 22.2 points per game 14.4 rebounds 8.7 assists on 61% shooting he doesn’t take a lot of Threes but 40%

From three efficient making his teammates better and I he’s the type of guy that always talks about his teammates whenever you try to talk about him he hates talking about himself but you it there’s something very genuine about it it’s not this um oh just got to

Talk about my team because that’s the greatest thing I can do it’s like no he truly understands and believes how his teammates make him better for example you and I were talking about how this defense has been better and why he can anchor this defense and it’s because the

Perimeter defense is getting better with even just adding key on there and he truly I believe understands that’s what’s making him even a better Defender and the kings in my opinion long term are going to still have to upgrade around to be a consistent defensive team

But based on the pieces they have now there’s no reason why they can’t be a good team defensive team and we’re seeing that on full display he’s a big part of it his ability like you said deflections but be vertical he’s tough I mean the rebounding thing too doesn’t

Get talked about I I I feel like we go oh defensive rebounding yeah whatever it’s like no that’s part of defense is completing a position possession what did I just say position completing a possession by securing a rebound yep that’s that’s part of Defense the play and he’s one of

The best at it in the league it’s yeah I think and I think sometimes when we talk like that I’m passionate about talking about it because I don’t I honestly I know sometimes we talk about the disrespect the hate I don’t really give a [ __ ] I just more like as a basketball

Fan I I love being able to push this out there and get so excited about especially because Sacramento hasn’t seen things like this uh for that long and now consistently well he averages the most defensive rebounds in the league there’s no no player who averages more than 10 except deonis sabonis 10.2

Defensive rebounds per game my God on the season he’s averaging 13.7 that’s number one in the NBA way um and I mean if you if you start going to like the total stuff I mean since I’m I’m going to double check this number Morgan because remember this I told you

About this earlier about his assists yeah and rebounding since the start of the Year let’s just double check this it might have dipped but okay okay I just want to see where where he lies right now since January 1st sabonis has the most rebounds in the

NBA and the most assists in the NBA so since 2024 yes since January 1st we’re talking about 40 games deonis sabonis has the most rebounds in the NBA and assists and the most assists in the NBA who’s right under him under just to give people an idea so he has 30 357 assists

Since the start of uh 24 next uh we got James Harden 339 Luca 333 Luca’s missed some games though he’s missed games over that time but you get the point I mean yic at 317 you guys you guys I mean so it’s not a Sacramento thing where it’s like oh they all love

This guy sa bonis it’s it’s not a stat patter thing the guy plays hard I just I would CH I know we have NBA fans around the world who watch Shar podcast we appreciate you we appreciate everyone hanging out with us hit the Thumbs Up And subscribe but I just if next time

You watch a game or if you’re going back and watching a Kings game just watch sabonis the whole time like just just focus on him even when he doesn’t have the ball orchestrating fighting for rebounds playing with physicality what he does on both ends because I think you

Would appreciate him more does he have limitations yes no one’s saying he’s a perfect player but he does so much good out there that I don’t think gets enough love so yeah I think especially for so many like basketball not even a basketball Pierce because you want your

Big to do what traditional bigs could do you know you look at like a Rudy goar or whatever if you’re basketball Pierce but if you’re just someone who’s obsessed with the game and you love the way that the game evolves and only gets better it’s the little things it’s your Center

Being able to Corral rebound and push it up the floor not even having to outlet it to a point guard and finding the in the fastest way up the floor is with a pass but with domas and a push dribble ahead while everyone’s some of the fastest people in the league are running

Right by his side it has created so much success and a lot of fun basketball so yeah a lot of special basketball being played by this man and the numbers are showing it left and right breaking records all the things someone watching us from New Zealand right now now David

Says no disrespect to domas but without winning a championship under his belt ain’t no way in hell he’s better than Chris Weber stop that right now people are comparing Weber to him well look Weber’s a Hall of Famer there’s no doubt but just it doesn’t have to be a ring

Either I mean sabon still has years left in the NBA also Chris Weber did not win a ring here either so that’s something that we should acknowledge for sure um something uh battle rep says more assists than every point guard in the league since January 1st is crazy

Yeah Alexis says he has limitations but show me a player who doesn’t exactly that’s that’s such a great point right there I mean and I think when we talk about anyone right I it’s you know so and I don’t want to get into this argument or this debate at all but so

There’s so many people who talk about Tyrese halberton especially this year and especially what he was doing at the beginning of this year on the offensive end I mean you watch even his game yesterday and what he’s not capable of doing on the defensive end just doesn’t

Get nobody talks about it and and I’m fine with that he’s a great guy all the things but I think if you are if you are truly into this game you better be pointing out his flaws if you’re pointing out that he’s the next Up And

Coming Star as well who is uh your Rock and Soul player of the game of course it’s this guy sabonis or Rock and Soul player of the game if you’re in Sacramento you got to go check out Rock and Soul Diner just six blocks away from

Gold one Center go there during a game go there after a game and you get hooked up I love Rock and Soul Diner you can get breakfast all day I know so many people are like wait I am always looking for a place to get breakfast all day

There’s no place like it yeah Rock and Soul Diner does that and like Duce said during King’s game you can get 25% off appetizers 25% off drinks if you just go watch the game there hell yeah hell yeah Deon sabonis moment of the night I I think

It’s simple sh Jeweler’s moment of night sa bonus securing the double double and the triple double that’s it yeah unless you have another one I I just a side note that I did like as a longtime Kings fan what Bobby Jackson getting a video tribute we got to see Bobby Jackson

Before the game I love Bobby Bobby Jackson one of my favorite players growing up but then getting to know him later he is just a gem and I’m sure there are people fans who have met him over the years he is as real as they come of course he’s an assistant with

The Sixers yeah I mean and he deserves all the success that he keeps seeing and all the roles that he keeps getting as uh NBA assistant coach you know when he was the Stockton Kings head coach just what he created the type of culture his basketball knowledge and just like you

Said all around great human being of course we’re also presented by our friends who at Northwest exper check out trust northwest.com let me try that again we’re also presented tonight by our friends over at Northwest Exteriors check out trust Northwest exteriors.com Morgan yeah you definitely should does

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Yeah what else you got Darren Fox 23 points in this one he also had eight rebounds six assists some of his passes lately have been incredible was there one to Davon that it was cutting or whoever it was yeah yeah yeah that bounce pass and just slicing through

People I was like yes please some sexy basketball yes he was eight of 18 uh two of six from downtown but he’s five of six at the free throw line we mentioned sabonis Keegan Murray had that great start finish with 23 points in the game Off the Bench Malik monk after going 0

For 11 he had 11 points four assists four rebounds four of 11 shooting he missed all five of his three pointers three-point shooting was not good for Sacramento tonight just 10 of 38 crazy enough the guy with the best three-point percent tonight was Davon Mitchell who was three of four from

Downtown he had 18 points six of nine shooting some great finishes he had that one really tough one over Paul Reed that was incredible too uh he was aw awesome in this game I thought he really provided a spark I thought Alex Len had some nice moments again how about some

Of his blocks dude dude he is having some nasty blocks it seems like every single game yeah and Tristy Rodriguez with NBC asked Mike Brown a little bit about Alex L before the game like hey you’re missing that toughness with Trey lyes like are you kind of getting that

With someone like Alex Len you know you don’t see him all the time but when you do see Alex Len get some of these minutes and when he contributes like that with some of these blocks with some of these big moments in the paint you go oh yeah you feel that toughness from

Someone like that and it’s big it’s really big to have that coming off your bench so I I think the other thing that’s worth mentioning just in general with the Kings during this stretch is doing a short-handed you know Kevin herder out ly’s out Sasha out Sasha seems like he’s questionable before

Every game but he did not play again in this game I don’t know when he’s coming back we still haven’t heard an official word on Kevin herder I don’t anticipate him coming I’m just I’m working under the assumption he’s not coming back that’s how I’m working and and and we’ll

See but you know in some ways it’s him being out has given Keon this great opportunity and I think if Kevin ended up coming back he’s off the bench I think there’s no doubt about it and his scoring could help his shooting can’t help coming off

The bench I think there’s so many people that want to [ __ ] on this guy this year and it’s been a tough year there’s no doubt but I thought he was great January and February his spacing can still help this team if you were to come back I’m

Just not counting on him coming back that’s fair that’s fair but yes how he posed as a threat whether he was missing everything or making a few shots um was big and then there was like those moments that you saw his size actually contributing on the defensive end not

Enough moments but you know hopefully it’s something that he realizes when he does finally come back whether it is this year or not that what he what is needed from him on both ends of the floor well up next for the Sacramento Kings a quick turnaround the Dallas

Mavericks come to town Dallas was in Salt Lake City tonight taking on the Utah Jazz they did get the win 115 to 105 the Jazz got to a really hot start they were tough in this one Markin that had a big night but Dallas was able to

To survive Kyrie had 27 points in the win uh Luca 29 Points 13 assists 12 rebounds in the game as they were able to get their 4 second win right now they are tied with the Sacramento Kings record-wise but the Kings have the tiebreaker why because Sacramento has

Beaten them twice this year both of those games were in Dallas so Sacramento Dallas going head-to-head the next two nights Tuesday night it’s a TNT game exclusive TNT game um these are big games and you look at the the opportunity Sacramento has here I remember last year when they played

Against the Mavs twice in AOW in Sacramento King split but it felt like a shift when Sacramento won that last one this is a chance for them to put some big pressure one you could secure the season series with one more win huge but also you win both you got a two game

Lead on them you’re doing great I mean that’s the goal is you got to get one you got to get one but I want both well of course we want both but you I think they’re better than Dallas I do too and I look at a game like tomorrow

Luca played 41 minutes in tonight’s game so it’s a back toback for everyone Luca I do feel like is in one of is in better shape than we’ve seen him and I say that because when he’s not in good shape you just see where it has slowed down in his

Game but um wow he played 41 4 run run run Pace Pace Pace they’re traveling from Salt Lake both teams aren’t back to backs but Sacramento they’re at home you to drive home sleep they’re they’re chilling most these guys are at home already Dallas has got to

Land in Sacramento 41 minutes they got get from the airport get to the hotel adjust uh it’s just that’s tough so Sacramento tomorrow push push push that’s the key that’s the key be decisive take care of the basketball you saw the way that you were focused tonight only eight turnovers do the same

Kind of thing tomorrow push the [ __ ] out of the ball try and slow down uh Kyrie and Luke yeah this was a fun one of course we’re on the second night of a backtack tomorrow so more of a condensed one for you guys tonight we appreciate

You you know we’re going to be live again tomorrow night make sure to hit the Thumbs Up And subscribe we’ll do it again and hopefully there’s fog tomorrow hopefully we’re feeling good it’s a big one and I can’t wait I think the building is going to have energy Luca

Kyrie in town yes taking on two teams battling out two teams playing some better basketball bring it on it was a fun Monday night with with all of you so thank you so much for joining us and um I guess we’ll see you tomorrow night too

We love you but we gots to go you all have a wonderful R night see You

Deuce and Mo go over what went well for the Kings in their home win over the Sixers, how the defense continues to thrive, Sabonis makes history and they discuss why he’s the most underrated and underappreciated star in the league and they look ahead to TWO big games against the Mavs.

0:00-LIVE stream starts
3:04-Pre-show starts
9:50-Podcast starts with Kings-Sixers reaction
18:30-This Kings defense is playing at another level
29:58-Sabonis makes history….respect him!
44:14-SPONSOR LOOOVE
44:47-Davion Mitchell was fantastic
47:58-Kings-Mavs preview
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