Sactown Sports Game Night – Sacramento Kings vs Orlando Magic
O Yeah o O Yeah O O Yeah Oh it’s game night coming to you live right here on sack toown Sports 1140 Scott Marshall along with the high flyer he is here he was just on with Kevin and drapes got up for a moment I know he will be back getting ready for this one
Tonight game two of the four game home stand Kings and Magic both teams coming in with a little chip on their shoulder we know certainly Sacramento is uh losing to the Hornets last night 111 to 104 if it was not a good finish for the
Kings let’s be honest it was not a good 48 minutes for the Kings they came out without energy they gave a Hornets team which had lost 11 straight games some hope early in that contest and Charlotte to their credit took full advantage Terry roier was the best player on the
Floor at the end of the game he finished with 36 points as Charlotte ends that 11 game losing sked and for the Kings they’re now 19 and 13 on the year as for the magic well they lost last night Golden State and so they’ve been struggling a little bit as well but they
Also have a very respectable record this is a team that’s on the rise in the Eastern Conference the magic 19 and 14 although they’ve only won three of their last 10 games Henry and I will be with you until 6:30 tonight getting you ready for Kings live pregame tip tonight 7
O’clock Gman with the call and for Sacramento the W of the night we’ll get into this in just a little a little bit it’s consistency I think we’re all trying to figure that out right now where is the consistency with the Sacramento Kings team they finished 2023 with maybe their
Best effort of the Season certainly on the defensive end against a Memphis team with John Morant back they only gave up 93 points in blowing out Memphis and then they come back out with a stinker to start 2024 against a Charlotte team that was terribly underman no Lamela
Ball no Gordon Hayward go down the line uh Charlotte a team that uh certainly struggling and injured but they came into Golden One Center and got the best of Sacramento and that was eily Remis reminiscent of some of the games we saw on the home floor here last year by the
Sacramento team as the Kings seemingly lost several Eastern Conference games Midway through the year as we remember the Kings finished with 48 once but they had a better road record than a home record and that was one of the things that they were going to be focusing in on this year trying to
Improve upon and we’ve seen that for the most part this season I mean the Kings certainly respectable coming in to uh last night’s game on the home floor Sacramento with an overall record at Golden One Center of 11 and5 before last night but again if you can lose to
Charlotte you can certainly lose to Orlando or anybody in this league so the Kings will have to write their ship obviously part of the storyline was Malik Monk and Mike Brown you could tell them having words in the second half of the game last night and they were
Unhappy with each other Malik only played five minutes of the first half and when you don’t beat a team like Charlotte all those things are going to come up Mike Brown addressed them in the press conference last night and certainly again today in the press conference that just finished all right
High flyer you said something to me down in the media room you said there’s one word for the game tonight it’s all about consistency I will tell you that Mike Brown started the pregame press conference with one word today we are searching for consistency so again you have written his script I
Mean Scott is like this you just you got on your laptop you printed something out for him and he went up to the uh the microphone I mean it’s it’s not rocket science when you look at this basketball club and you say okay what do they need they need consistency you know you’ve
Seen flashes out of these guys and what they can do and how they can be when everything is right but you have to be able to get some sense of consistency out of these guys so you can say okay I know exactly what I have I know what
They’re going to give me now let me look at my bench and see how can I piece together that to where we can start winning on a consistent basis yeah if we wanted to joke around we could throw out the old line what a difference a year
Makes because we saw how 2023 Ed with that great win against Memphis and we saw how 2024 unfortunately started for this team and to your point uh the Memphis win Mike Brown said it was as good a defensive performance as he had seen in his entire time in Sacramento
Right and then they came out last night lackluster seemingly not really into it they gave a Charlotte team a lot of Hope and once you do that any team can beat you any team any team you can come out and play against fosa middle school if you let those guys start scoring baskets
You’re going to be in a dog fight because they get confidence any ball player that sees the ball go through the net gets confidence I mean I’ve been in that situation you see that ball go through the net and I said this yesterday when uh Charlotte came out
After that first quarter and they had matched the Kings bucket for bucket I’m like this is this is a problem right right here this is a problem because if the Kings don’t make a Herculean run these guys feel like they can stay with them and you and I’m sorry but you are
Playing against other professional guys like I said you’re not playing against the Middle School to where you could just straight bully them you played against other guys who play professional basketball just like you good question and Terry roier is a very capable NBA guard he’s been on an All-Star team
Before and he was the best play player on the floor at the end of the game last night you know he took over the game and did what he needed to do I definitely will give him that take my hat off to him salute him all of that good stuff
But you know his compliment players showed up too you know PJ Washington showed up mil bridg mil Bridges showed up you know some of the other guys came off the bench and knocked down shots I mean some of the third string guys played extremely well and I said this
Too Scott I’m like you are playing against guys who are really showcasing for their NBA careers they’re going to come out and they’re gonna play hard if if anything else they’re going to play hard because that’s all they got until you can show what type of skill you have
Only the eighth win of the year for Charlotte win in 24 now they end an 11 game losing streak which was the longest in the league with the trait getting that victory over Toronto a couple of days ago so all in all it’s just a bad bad loss here was Mike Brown afterwards
Last night his quote was our execution down the stretch and our sense of urgency on both sides of the ball was alarming it wasn’t good and I say that because we probably had two or three unforced turnovers down the stretch we didn’t give ourselves a chance to shoot
The ball which led to them getting easy buckets in transition what about those turnovers 21 of them and sa bonis we’ve talked about how great he’s been and we talk about his triple doubles unfortunately he had one of those triple doubles you don’t want right you know he had obviously
Double points in scoring in rebounding but he also had 11 turnovers last night I will say this that’s very uncharacteristic of sabonis he usually don’t have high turnover numbers so okay I’ll give him a pass from that but it’s hard to say you give him a pass when
Everything else went wrong for the Kings on the floor the exact same night yeah you know so that makes it really really stand down you like uh you know it’s hard to swallow but all in the team just turned the basketball over at a very high rate and at very untune
Times you know even the king even though the Kings have played bad the whole game if they would have took care of the ball that last two and a half minutes they would have won the game yeah what happened with that execution late let’s we’ll get into the defense but they made
Two of their last nine attempts when they when they had a chance to close out the game they were up six late bad shot selection uh just missing shots you know I want to say dearon missed two yeah he had two layups out of the nine attempts four missed shots and
Three turnovers where they didn’t even get a shot monk missed a couple of shots uh sabonis missed a couple you know it was very bad turnover I it was a it was a turnover three-point shot turnover another another layup uh a bad shot a back door cut I mean it was just
Everything that could go for the king went wrong no doubt it was definitely a tough one to watch Mike Brown finishing up on the defense uh quote then our half court defense we were literally just standing on the weak side of the floor we give up some Stone Cold layup at a
Crucial part of the game so to not have an awareness a sense of urgency it was not a good feeling being out there and being a part of it and obviously I had a lot to do with it because I did not have our guys ready apparently I’m gonna point out something
Else that shows you how this game went Mike Brown calls timeout they come out of a huddle they had 3.4 seconds to get a shot off and they gave up a shot clock violation shot W even aware of it shot clock violation from a time out that should have been the first thing
That was said and the last thing that was said before you left the Huddle that’s sleepwalking right there yep that was uh basically summed up the night there’s no doubt about that all right our coverage of Mike Brown in the pre and postgame conferences brought to
You by fulam Lake Honda fsam Lake Honda your One-Stop Honda shop uh obviously a lot being made uh between Mike Brown and Malik monk they were seen having words in the third quarter of the game that after Malik monk only played five first half minutes um it’s easy to make things
In a game where you don’t play well and you lose to a team you should beat do we make any more of it than just that we’ll see tonight you know we’re going to see if everything is all forgiven and if the Kings bounce back tonight because uh
Well very strange very very strange when basically your third lead score only plays five minutes in the second I me in the first half yeah you know like I said very uncharacteristic another another part of the game very very uncharacteristic for Malik monk to only play five
No question and last year your theme was uh not losing three in a row right yep that was consistency by the Kings uhhuh this year has been seemingly a lot more of a roller coaster ride hasn’t it it’s been a roller coaster ride but they still haven’t lost three in a row true
The trend is still good overall 19 and 13 yes they still haven’t lost three in a row and you know what and I’ll roll with that I’ll roll I don’t like it yeah but I’ll still roll with that because it’s still a recipe for um a victory
When you don’t lose three in a row okay you got three games if you win two you’re good you know it’s gonna it’s G to keep you in the positive so the Kings have been able to do that but you know if you’re trying to stretch out and do
Something uh extra Scott that’s when you have to take care of business yeah and then that’s when you roll into you need to win the games you should win and I hate saying that because I know any basketball team can win on any night we
Just seen it you know Detroit got to win all right these guys coming here they get a win and both teams it wasn’t like you were playing you know uh another bad team Sacramento is a playoff team all right you know Detroit who did Detroit beat Detroit beat Toronto you know
Toronto’s falling apart but still you know an overall decent team sure so you know you have to take care of business if you’re trying to make that you know that extra push well there’s no question we said it last night it was the ultimate Trap game last night for the
Kings coming back home after the road trip after the New Year’s and all of that and a team that’s lost 11 in a row all the injuries and it it unfortunately turned out to be exactly that yep yep I mean exactly that you know and it’s
Scott you’re going to have bumps in a road you’re G to have bad games you’re G to have you know bad stretches it’s all about can this team if if this team bounce back and come out here and play the basketball the way we know where they can okay you say you
Know what the uh the Charlotte game was bad but they bounced back against Orlando they’re one and one on this trip we’re good yep All Is Forgiven uh but it is a second second night of a back to back and I know how you feel about
Backto backs but I have to point out the kings are 0 and four on the second night of back the backs ah you would bring that up those are just the facts no no I understand I understand those are the facts and that’s probably the one consistent thing that this yes they lose
On second night of back to back was on second night of back to back fortunately Orlando’s on a second night of a back to back as well both teams coming in with losses both teams coming in turning it over quite a bit Orlando had 18 turnovers in the game at Golden State
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Sacramento wanting to write the ship after the disappointing loss at home to the Charlotte Hornets 111 to 104 has for Orlando they lost the tough one in at Golden State last night 121 to 115 this was a game they were tied at the half certainly had a chance to win the game
But then a guy by the name of Steph Curry decided he wanted to take over and be Steph again as Curry had 36 points in that game he got it going from outside he was great in the mid-range game uh 36 points six assists had four steals in
The game as well and the Warriors get their 10th wi at home they’re 16 and 17 overall the magic 19 and 14 they’re seven- 10 away from home they’re on a four game Road swing they’ve lost their first here they lost their first stop in Phoenix and then last night at Golden
State but Henry we’ve talked a lot about this team it’s caught our attention because they’ve had some really great wins against the best in the Eastern Conference they’ve beaten Boston a couple of times they’ve beaten Milwaukee this is a good young team and obviously they’re coming in with the chip on their
Shoulder tonight too you know scooter let’s start off with the head of the snake Pao Ben Caro this dude is a man he’s a young player but he’s a man he has been getting the job done ever since he stepped on the floor this dude can play Big Time ball
He’s the head of the snake here and these guys really believe in him the organization believes in him and I would believe in him too if I was a big time Orlando fan because he gets the job done he’s playing good ball he is a really outstanding player of the Rookie of the
Year last year just his second year 27 points 12 rebounds six assists two Steals and a block last night in the loss and then the Vagner Brothers Mo and fron I tell you what fron is having himself a great year he had 25 last night six rebounds it’s a pretty good
One-two punch you know starting to find their way this is a young basketball team that kind of like OKC Scott they kind of marry each other you know a bunch of young talent that they throw off there and said okay you guys play you know you have fun you learn to play
With each other and we’re going to figure out who we’re going to keep and where we’re going to put different players and you know the cream is rising to the top and uh you’re starting to see what they can do out there yeah no doubt it’s impressive uh and this is another
Team Mike Brown made the point in the pregame presser and it’s something you and I have talked about too it feels like the league is kind of getting into a new era where it’s about length and athleticism you know there was kind of an era where it was all about
Three-point shooting and certainly this league is no question but if you look at the teams that are right now at the top of uh the NBA they have a couple things in common they have a lot of length they have a lot of athleticism Orlando is a very tall team they’re a great
Rebounding team they’re the worst three-point shooting team in the league but they get it done uh physically uh they can defend multiple positions and it kind of feels like this young team is kind of what the new age NBA starting to look like Scott you know what I like
About this basketball team and you just said it they’re not the best three-point shooting team terrible but they understand that if you get really efficient at shooting to you’re still able to win the basketball game yeah see this where a lot of teams in the NBA
They get it twisted that oh we got to be a great three-point shooting team we got to be a great three-point shooting team well what happens when those three-point shots don’t fall you know uh now you got to rely on twos and Orlando’s like okay we don’t shoot threes that well we don’t
Shoot that many of them nope so what we play to our strengths we rely on the two-point ball and if we get efficient enough in making them we can win games no doubt that’s how they win it yep in the magic constructed they’ve looked at the Nuggets they’ve looked at the
Celtics they’ve looked at the Bucks you know the blueprint there for for teams that are you know big on the front line 69 plus across all the way and uh you know this is a team I don’t know if they can contend this year in the East with a
Philadelph or a Boston or a Milwaukee not yet no but they’re they’re a team that certainly can make some noise in the playoffs they’re trending up yes and you know I will say this give this group another year together and they might be one of those teams where you talk about
Okay even if you still got Milwaukee and Philly and then Miami this might be you might be saying Orlando is that fourth team well the other thing is they have cap space too will they be buyers right in the deadline here you know will they
Get a veteran to mix in with this young roster you know and and and that’s usually how uh a lot of these small Market teams are doing it you know that you go out and you get a bunch of young Talent you cultivate that talent and
Then what you do is you go out and then you handpick you maybe one or two veterans that’s going to come and see this team and say you know what I’ll go to Lando and help I’ll see what y’all doing yep it’ll be interesting to see and obviously tonight uh with them being
On a back to back but not very far coming over from just Golden State they should be ready to go youth not a problem for them all right for the Kings uh again we talk about this a ton Henry but we have to because it’s a story a
Lot of times but uh Harrison Barnes last night again played 24 minutes and he took two shots two shots I know we on radio but if you would if you could see me right now you’re steaming I’m I’m I’m shaking my head I mean me that’s unacceptable it
Really is it’s it’s unacceptable HB because this team needs you you know if the team didn’t need his services and he was just the older guy that was just riding his contract out I would be like okay man you know what you gave us your service you’re a good locker room guy do
What you do on that end you know if you was like you know uh a UD down in Miami you just sit on the bench you help young guys out do what you do but this team needs Harrison if Harrison can give this team some consistency it would
Definitely make this team better y obviously sabonis and fox are the faces of the Sacramento Kings Murray uh the emerging star in his second year but right now is is Barnes really the poster uh player for this team in the sense of the the Kings have been up and down a
Little bit and Harrison Barnes has been up and down I mean is he kind of like you know really kind of the person who’s embodying what’s going on with this Kings team right now no no it’s three of them it’s three of them it’s Harrison Barn Kevin hder yep and kein Murray okay
Because neither one of those guys has shown some consistent play all of them have been on a roller coaster ride you know I’mma give Keegan a pass because he’s such a young player yeah he gets a pass but Kevin herder and and and Barnes you guys are veterans you guys know
Better you know what you need to be given out there on the floor and they’re not able to do it yeah they haven’t been able to do it so far at least and for Harrison Barnes it’s one thing Keegan Murray goes four for 12 at least he’s
Part of the offense you know what at least you’re giving yourself a chance that’s the main thing that bothers me with HB I love Harrison Barnes I really do I know you know but the the mindset of Harrison Barnes has to be and he has this leadway SC that’s what I
Understand I’ve been on teams to where certain players you can’t shoot that ball I don’t care what you do you better not shoot that ball that’s not what you do but on this team everybody has the green light to shoot and Harrison Barnes it would be nothing for Harrison Barnes
To shoot that ball 10 12 times right every night well and here’s the other thing too okay let’s just say he took two shots okay that you know we can debate that how many shots he he should be taking a game but you would at least expect okay seven or eight rebounds or
Six or seven assists or something else to complement it the problem is bars had one rebound and one assist one Scott I’m not gonna let him off the hook bro that still would be unacceptable for me if he had 12 rebounds you only take two shots
This is a offensive driven Squad no you have to shoot that basketball we need you to score fair enough all right we go to the break when we come back we are going to go around the league we’ll take a look at the other games from last
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Year they have not done all season along that’s Wi on a second night of a back to back they’re 0 and four hopefully last night’s lost to Charlotte will be a good motivator for them to turn this thing around Kings coming 19 and 13 Orlando’s 19 and 14 we’ll focus in on
That matchup in the next segment but right now we’re going to go around the Le the league game night being brought to you by National Garage Door call today for your basketball special 916 638 4554 last night Philadelphia beating Chicago 110 to 997 in that game embiid
Had a triple double 31 15 and 10 as the Sixers improve the 23 and 10 they’re 13 and four at home and for embiid it’s his 15th consecutive game with 30 plus points he’s one of five players in NBA history to have that honor one of those
Players is still active High F you want to take a guess on who that is probably yic yic would be a great guess it’s not it’s the beer James Harden had a stretch of 15 plus 30o games back in 2018 2019 the other players the late great Kobe Bryant 2003
Kareem Abdul Jabar back in the 72 season and of course my man will change of course will changer back in 1964 so in beat and rarified air as right now you’d have to call him the favorite to repeat as MVP uh the Grizz beating the Spurs
Last night 106 to 98 John Grant got it going again 26 points and 10 assists for the Grizz who are now 11 and 22 the Pelicans blowing out the Nets last night 112 to 85 the game of the night Celtics and thunder in OKC a battle of two of
The best teams in the league the Thunder went at home 127 to 123 SGA what a performance he put on 36.6 rebounds seven assists in the win for the Thunder who beat a very good seltic you know another Young basketball team has a dynamic star has a bunch of young
Players that they drafted and cultivated and now they’re playing very good basketball you know I mean they’re getting it done SGA is leading that Basketball Club and I told you I’d like what ched breaks yeah no doubt hren is certainly having a great rookie campaign as well uh and then the
Magic as we said lost to the Warriors last night in that game for Golden State it was unfortunate gp2 had just come back aggravated a hammy left that game early and Gary Payton is a a big piece for the Warriors he is you know nephew is really having a hard time this year
You know uh very much injury-prone I mean you know he had the wrist that was that was bothering him then the the the calf muscle now the hammy he had a echle injury early on you know and and and the way he plays Scott is that you know he’s
A very explosive player so when you get injuries of that magnitude uh they really bother your game is it’s not like you can just float and play through it it really bothers his game yeah and you hate to see a hammy because that usually indicates it would be extended and he
Just came back from an extended absence so hopefully it won’t be much more for him all right games tonight Cavaliers are just blowing out the Wizards 135 to 95 uh Pacers and Bucks this is a fun one right here Indiana Indiana 118 leading the Bucks who have a 100 giv
It to him yes and that’s just the beginning of the four the Pacers are on Pace to put up another 140 piece tonight uh Tyrese 16 points and 11 assists and three blocks so far in that game uh and that’s kind of the rematch game remember
The last time of course Giannis went for 64 the Pacers staff took the game ball Yannis went racing after them so you know there’s there’s a lot of tension tonight on that court in Indianapolis of course you know it it’s it’s it’s building up to be almost like you know
Another rivalry kind of like you know Sacramento Kings and the Golden State Warriors you know you have your dominant team in the Milwaukee Bucks but you got this new upand cominging team that’s saying hey you know what we’re young we play we play hard and we’re not afraid
Of you we’re here they’re here and they are standing up uh the Bucks are 24-9 off to a a nice start they’re eight and six away from home so they’re 15 and3 uh in Milwaukee what do you make of the bucks so far through 33 games my gut
Feeling tells me they’re not as good as they they were with the Drew holiday last year and that that’s no disrespect and I know how much you love Dame Lillard but I I feel like they’ve lost a defensive Edge to that team probably so but I still think that
When they get it all clicking together because you know this still the first year that all them play together sure you know and and you know and it’s not like you bringing in just a shooting guard or a small forward or a power forward that has to fit into the offense
You’re bringing in new point guard that’s running the offense yeah not only that one of the great players in the game right so it’s going to be a learning curve for day until they figure out okay this is how this thing really works as a whe oil machine but I think
When that happens you’re going to see a better version of the Bucks yeah and we all know that Dame time doesn’t really count until it’s late the game or late in the year that’s what Dave Ty really shows up well I like I said I think it’s
Still a learning curve for him and once he figures out how they work well together you’re gonna see a whole different version yeah I I agree with that uh thunder in action again tonight they’re losing in Atlanta to the Hawks 83-72 that’ss also in action on a second
Night of a back-to-back Better Effort tonight in Houston they lead the rockets at halftime 50 to 49 also at the half the Grizz on a second night of a back toback a lot of backto backs tonight on a Wednesday night in the league the Grizz trailing the Raptor 62 to 48 your
Man Pascal Yak with 16 first half points by the way how excited are you to see him on Friday night want to see him play I mean he only comes here once a year uh going to get a chance to see him close enough personal but you know another
Young button star in this league that you know can put a basketball team on his back and carry him and be a face of a franchise he’s a he’s a champion he understands how to win basketball games I I like watching players like that and it certainly feels like it’s the last
Time we’re going to see him here in a Toronto uniform maybe so maybe so you know I I I I I I still look at where can he go with that contract that’s the thing he’s got that massive contract yeah where can he go with that that’s one thing when you sign massive
Deals it’s kind of like the same thing with Dane yeah you know it was only a couple of suitors for Dane yeah and it was like okay well we can’t afford him and half half the the the the the the uh the teams who want to make a
Championship run can’t afford them yeah so you know I I I think it’s going to be the same thing with Pascal it feels that way the Raptors are 13- 20 overall 4- 11 away from home they’ve definitely underachieved and that’s why they’ve already made Moves obviously anobi being
Moved to the n they they get RJ Barrett along with Emanuel quickley we’ll see if they stick with that roster at all got a feeling there’s more that uh is going to be traded up from the north uh at the half also Pelicans also in a second
Night of a back to back they’re leading the Timberwolves 59- 46 at the half Brandon Ingram big first half he’s got 15 points second quarter action speaking of those Knicks they’re in action right now leading the Bulls 26 to 24 Bulls second night of a back to back big theme
Back to back tonight in the NBA what about the Knicks with anobi obviously Julius Randall is really starting to come on I mean he’s been an Allstar we know he’s a good player he started off slow but right now he is really becoming the Julius Randall we’re used to well he
Has another defensive minded guy another guy that does the Dirty Work you know and we talk about this with with with a bunch of stars on a basketball team I think Carl Anthony towns might be the biggest uh uh example that I can give you you know Rudy Gober goes over to
Minnesota and he takes a load off of Carl Anthony towns we see the best version of Carl Anthony towns and Ant-Man comes up and all of a sudden we looking at Minnesota and and they’re they’re big time you know where’s Minnesota now third Minnesota right now is leading the uh Western Conference
They’re number one you know who would have thought that over over over the Champs so you know when you get a guy that comes in that takes a lot off of your number one guy’s plate you get to see a different version of it yeah no doubt and uh Minnesota we saw how
Impressive they were they they beat the Kings without uh the big cap all right other games still going on tonight and we do have some other West Coast games that have not started yet uh Mavericks leading the Trailblazers 29- 21 again Kyrie is back we’ll see how that Luca
Kyrie back back court gels here in 2024 uh Clippers and Suns just about to get underway the Pistons are in Utah they take on the Jazz Miami is in LA to take on the Lakers and of course we have this game here all right for the Kings one
Thing um that uh we haven’t talked about in a while it hasn’t been an issue but certainly it’s become one again and that’s the free throw shooting for the Kings they have moved into 30th Place in free throw shooting now let’s be honest sabonis and fox are taking a lot of the
Free throws neither one of them are having a good year from the line sabonis in particular has been Dreadful in the last I love the way you put that lightly and say move into 30th Place that’s been their home they’ve been there for a long
Time well they just took it over in the last week in terms of being 30 but they’ve been they’ve been down the entire year thank you this basketball team has been atrocious as far as shooting the ball from the free throw line and you know Scott and it really hurts because when you’re
Uh when you’re offensive minded team such as the Sacramento Kings and then you try to find other ways to uh you know win basketball games the first the the first thing you look at is the defense okay we know who the kings are on the defensive end the next thing you
Start looking at is free throw shooting free throw shooting and when your defense is null and boy your free throw shooting is down it’s at an all-time low well you only have a couple other ways to manufacture some points and uh it makes it very hard to win a
Basketball game when that three ain’t dropping it does make it hard when you see sa bonus at the line are you noticing anything just from a a form standpoint that uh needs to be improved Scott at this at this particular point of your career you’re professional your
Shot is what it is you’re not changing it it’s all about concentration at the line you know I said this with uh with the KD and yd right now a professional basketball player should be able to take a basketball get to that free throw line
Get to his spot close his eyes and make three of five because it’s repetition it’s the same over and over and over and over again you probably shot more free throws than any other shot you’ve taken in your whole career because you get to that free throw line and you knock them
Down you knock them down you knock them down you knock come down it’s just repetitive so I honestly think the Sacramento Kings and the way they’re shooting shooting the ball from the free throw line is nothing but concentration yeah no I can’t argue with that and certainly dear it seemed like he’ kind
Of worked through that because he was becoming close to an 80% free throw shooter and obviously that’s falling back now yep and like I said you see that he’s capable of knocking them down it’s all about concentration at the line yeah it’s it’s hard to it’s hard to
Figure out a little bit because it seems it’s only a 15 foot shot nobody’s guarding you but sometimes looks can be deceiving but Scott you’re a pro bro and like I said you’ve shoten you’ve taken so many free throw shots and that’s the one shot that doesn’t change you get to
Your spot like I said you should be able to close your eyes and knock down free throws yeah it’s just going through that same motion and you’ve done that your whole life well hopefully it’s something that uh will improve for the Kings they can certainly use that help all right
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66% so you know when your best players who are getting to the line a lot are struggling obviously that affects your percentage a lot and uh you know we’ll see I think Fox certainly can be above 75% there’s no doubt in my mind about that sabon should be about 70% you know
What Fox as being a guard needs to be very close to 80% y sabonis needs to be very close to 75% yep that was our measuring stick back when I played all guards had to shoot at least 80% from the free throw line if you didn’t shoot
At least 80% you had homework to do every night and you had to go in and shoot your throws every night yeah well we’ll we’ll continue to track that but right now kings are last in free throw shooting percentage all right time to look at our injury report for tonight
The good news for Sacramento nobody on their injury report again health is becoming a good thing again for the sacramental team yeah you know when you have uh everybody at your your disposal that’s a good thing you know because just in case you have one of those games
To where you know Coach Brown has to go searching for someone to to you know give him something special you have all your guys choose from absolutely the injury report brought to you by Arnold Law Firm providing Justice for you since 1975 if you’re injured call the onor law firm 916
7777777 uh you know one player we haven’t seen a lot of of late that’s Sasha venkov uh Mike Brown was asked about that in the pregame presser and you know I think he just said sometimes there’s just not enough minutes to go around for everybody um and that’s true
Because when you do have health you got a lot of guys to choose from you can’t play everybody I think we are somewhat surprised we haven’t seen Sasha more so far this season that’s funny because when you’re searching for some guys for some consistency yeah uh he he has been
Going deep but Sasha hasn’t been one of the guys where he’s called No and we’re not in practice every day he is true so you know uh right about now uh probably you know the trust Factor probably isn’t where it needs to be with Sasha and rightfully so because
The time that he has gotten I don’t think he’s lived up to the expectations of the second Kings yep so far it’s been tough for Sasha who came over with a lot of hype obviously an MVP of the European League uh the Kings highly coveting him going over there giving him the threee
$20 million contract and uh King’s fans still to figure out what exactly they have with Sasha all right let’s break down the magic as we said it starts with uh Paulo benero in his second year the reigning Rookie of the Year terrific young player he’s 611 he handles the
Basketball he’s that new age type of player we talked about with a lot of height a lot of athleticism he can defend he can do so many things out there on the floor and what do the kings have to do tonight against him wow I mean he does a little bit of everything
Scott he does y you know um I think probably Keegan Murray will probably get the call on him uh I think Keegan can do a very good job I think everything that Paulo does well I think Keegan can deal with you know seeing that Keegan has seen a vast array of great offensive
Minded players I think that you know he should be able to stay with with Paulo you know sizewise he’s good lengthwise he’s good hopefully strength wise he’s good I think it comes down now to basketball IQ and just being overall Savvy out there on the floor yeah how
About the fogner brothers frons and mo the frons the FR is here tonight and he’s another guy who’s got a lot of size playing well likes to play inside likes to mix it up a little bit that’s going to be a sabonis call you know and you
Know is sa bonus going to come out which sa bonus are you going to get are you going to get the aggressive I’m going to the basket I’m scoring I’m banging sabonis or are you going to get the sabonis that okay I’m going to facilitate and I’m going to run the
Offense yeah so interesting combination up front the Kings will have they contend with coming off the bench Cole Anthony he used to be a starter now he’s running the point uh from Off the Bench that second unit’s been really good uh for Coach Mosley as well this is another
Team that goes deep they go 10 Deep almost every night they’re a young team you know and they like to go up and down and they have a bunch of weapons at their disposal so you know you could elect to go 10 Deep and then you know
Going at a half time and we always say going at half time make adjustments when you go 10 Deep and then you you go in and you have 10 guys that you can select from and say okay which one of these guys is on tonight that gives you a nice
Little nucleus to come out in that second quarter and say you know I mean second half and say okay I’m going seven deep now but these are the guys that’s giving it to me y exactly of course points in the paint will be important tonight against a very uh Point heavy
Team as we said the magic are the worst three-point shooting team in the league but they score a lot of points in the paint we’ll be tracking that our points in the paint uh brought to you by RT painting you’re reliable and trusted painter in the Sacramento Market since
1998 Kings will have to be strong inside the paint tonight they are you know the the main thing the Kings have to do is take care of the basketball yes you know both teams actually but yes certainly the turnning the turning the ball over is going to be one of those things to
Where the kings are going to really have to have that at a minimum because that’s what hurt him so dearly last night you can’t have two nights to wear you just come out and just turn the ball over at a very high rate yeah no doubt the Kings
Gave up 17 points on 21 turnovers the magic gave up 18 points on 18 of their own turnovers so and they both lost so yes they did that just goes to show that that’s a little bit of consistency if you turn the basketball over you lose yes that’s a golden world of basketball
At any level uh but tonight for the Kings it’s more about that it’s about showing some pride out out here after what was what was a a bad effort last last night it’s a bounceback game it’s a bounceback game okay you know what you you laid another egg okay it happens you
Got 82 it’s not going to be the last egg yay so understand that yes you bounce back you have to look at the overall totality of it now you know the the this four game home stand you just lost you still can go three and one yep
Everything’s still in front of them for them uh but it starts tonight against Orlando all right that’s going to do it for game night as always hi flyer good to work with you yes sir and of course have a great call tonight Kings live pregame coming up next Jason Ross will
Be here for that along with the high flyer the Gman is here as well he’ll have the call tonight it’s a 7 o’clock tip Kings and Magic only appearance for Orlando here in our capital city tonight keep it tuned all night long we’ll have you covered the Gman with the Call Kings
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