Fox 40’s Sean Cunningham, Brenden Nunes from the Kings Pulse Podcast and The Kings Beat’s James Ham join forces for coverage of the exciting Sacramento Kings.
Topics include the Kings’ Game 6 win over the Warriors, Domantas Sabonis’ black eye, De’Aaron Fox fighting through finger injury, Malik Monk vs. Jordan Poole, Keegan Murray plays 45 minutes, Kevin Huerter hits some shots, questions from the audience and another edition of The Business of Basketball centered around the Warriors and the potential for their run to end.
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The refs shoving the kings wothoit calling the foul…watch it again. ESPN ANALYST DONT AGREED ABOUT THE CALLS..
TBH I think if the Warriors played the younger players like Kuminga, Moody, Lamb, and Poole more, that would scare me more because they have fresh legs while the Kings have exerted a lot of energy the last few games. I believe that is how the Warriors will counter. It also lets Curry, Clay, and Draymond rest, saving them for when it matters. However, Mike Brown has acclimated on the fly all year long and if a player on his team is not producing, he'll sit him for one who is playing well. Plus, the Kings have chemistry where these young players could make a lot of mistakes for the Warriors, esp on the road. This is going to be a chess match between Kerr and Brown, and I think this game will go down to the wire and who plays their game plan well, has discipline and poise, trusting their teammates while playing smart basketball. I still favor the Kings at home but in NO way do I think this game will be easy. The Kings will definitely have to have that same determination they had in game 6 and even more imo.
I'm also worried after a huge win, can the Kings keep up this momentum and stay focused? You know Kerr will have a counter move (I believe playing the young players more and mucking it up for the Warriors like hustle plays), so does Brown have a counter for Kerr's next move and can the Kings adjust when this happens? Let's see.
15:10 RE Davion… I feel like covering Curry for 5 games Davion prolly came clean was like " I'm gassed! " but he will be fresh for Sun.
Hmm
Games we won, hb had 6 and 7 rebounds. 4 in game 6. Games we lost 3,3,1. He's just not good enough rebounder
I think Lin is actually really good as a backup against larger people, like Jovic and Embiid, Steven Adams, etc. But if the opposing Center is athletic, then you go with Trey. I think Lin brings us something, but he's not the "every-game" center, and I don't know if Trey is either.
When Monk is active defensively and Trey is rebounding and shooting when he’s open, the Kings look really good. Go Kings
OOHHH NOOO NOT SCOTT FOSTER!!!!
Let's go Kings in Game 7! Shock the World baby!!! 😀
finish them off light the beam !!!!!!!
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I find it crazy that the Warriors fan base is trying to paint this narrative that Sabonis is a dirty player. Especially when they have Draymond on their team. Nobody has ever said anything negative about Sabonis or him being a dirty player. If I learned one thing from this series is that Warriors fans are delusional but they love their team. I can respect that.
The reason it took so long to play Lyles as the small ball 5 is because we won the first 2 games with Len and Brown was trying to recreate that. He should of made the adjustment in game 4 or 5. If we lost game 1 or 2, the change probably comes sooner.