ESPN react to De’Aaron Fox scored 23 Pts as Kings defeat Grizzlies 103-94 for fourth-straight win
Sack came back with a big second quarter it was tight then throughout but Sacramento making big bigger plays more plays down the stretch of this basketball game to knock off the Grizzlies welcome to Grizzlies live post game presented by your mids South Ford dealers I’m Rob Fischer brevan Knight
And Chris Vernon with you uh tight game once again we talked about it in the pregame keeping teams playing their starters the whole game keeping it that tight they just made more plays yeah and I think that’s why you know the win streak was super impressive because as
We talked you’re getting into these close games down the stretch and they were able to make the plays but we know that is that’s not going to be your advantage I mean this Kings team has played in a lot of big games they played in playoff games together they’ve been
In these exact situations and The Grizzlies are up four with less than five minutes left to go the Kings look at the shots that they got and the possessions they had in those last four minutes and then look at the Grizzlies and what they were able to generate and
A lot of that is a function of you got five random guys that are asked to play together as a unit in crunch time against the team that’s one of the best four or five teams in the Western Conference Grizzlies fall 103-94 the final score and it was a big
Night for damont sabonis who is a walking double double for sure he had one at Halftime tonight 26 re what makes him such a great rebounder well he’s always in position number one to rebound and he’s always going towards the basket even in the dribble handoff situations
That he has or drives to the basket he is always in the painted area so that he is able to grab rebounds and I talked about he does a great job with his hands where he doesn’t get foul calls because Hees he doesn’t extend his arms his arms
Are already almost extended when he goes to rebound and so he just gives you a little bit of a nudge uses his physicality also you give him credit for being able to watch the basketball and see where it is going to come off the rim to be able to score but he’s there
He’s a guy that keeps their offense moving rolls to the BK I thought tonight was the difference was the guards continue to turn the corner when they turn the Corner they were able to drop it down to him the rebounds were huge but look at his field goal percentage 10
Of 11 from the field goal from the field at one point in the game the Grizzlies had 18 rebounds as a team sabonis had 17 rebounds as an individual I mean that’s crazy yeah that was uh at halftime I believe uh because in that second quarter Grizzlies were out rebounded 20
To5 uh in the second quarter tonight a big second quarter for Sacramento where they outscore the Grizzlies 29-17 Grizzlies got off to a great start first quarter Grizzlies outscored the Kings 33 to 18 and they were being led by their leader jiren Jackson Jr uh who came out
Tonight and again didn’t have a the lead dog and you have been playing out of place I think it’s going to serve the Grizzlies very very well because it’s just another game where he’s having to go up against the defense that you know is intent on trying to make his life
Difficult yeah and he’s been able to score he’s been able to get the job done for Sacrament tonight it was a big night for sabonis and of course one of their stars is dearen fox and dearen Fox tonight for Sacramento he had an efficient night himself didn’t have a
Monster scoring night but had a very efficient night he have to be a big time score their their offense was predicated on everyone being involved and and tonight he didn’t have to do anything special he just had to keep their offense flowing and when they needed a
Basket he was able to provide the basket and when they needed big shots he made big shots he he’s one of those guys that when you watch him play it doesn’t look like he’s exerting much effort with what he’s doing but then you look down at his
Numbers you say oh yeah he’s 8 for 14 went to the free throw line 6 to 10 from the free throw line he has to be better in that instance they lost a couple games down the stress not making free throws he’s going to have a ball in his
Hands but he he is an upper echelon guard in this game for a reason who I think we used to think was just a blur yeah when he was talking about it effortless it reminded me of a couple weeks ago playing against the Clippers and we came in here and we’re like I
Don’t even remember Paul George it was just I think I I think he played as hard as he had to to get the job done tonight that’s that’s why he didn’t stand out and yet you look and it’s like the efficient great night he could have done
More if he would have cranked it up a couple notches but he did enough yeah Sacramento did enough to get the win tonight as well 103 to 94 over the Memphis Grizzlies tonight we will take a break here on Grizzlies live post at the end of the first quarter 33 to 18 and
What was a perfect first quarter for the Grizzlies Sacramento came back at a great second quarter and then it was pretty tight throughout the game until Sacramento pulled away late to Win It by 9 103 to9 before a guy who got going early for the Grizzlies and he got going
From distance tonight Grizzlies as a team got going from distance tonight seven of 10 in the first quarter three of them coming from Santi Alama and Santi would knock down five before it was all said and done blessing and a curse cuz any he fell in love with it
And this team was too small for him to be just taking threes the rest of the night it was you know amazing for the first quarter and then as the game went on then he fell in love with it and that’s the only shot he was taking it
And the big difference in this game was the griz’s inability to score in the paint against a team that is not a shot in the game it kept the crowd involved it was an exciting first quarter for this grizzly teams the start that they
Had to get off to he was a main culprit of it yeah double figures in six of seven for Santi he is in the locker room visiting with the media let’s hear what Santi has to say about tonight’s loss I mean it’s tough no knowing you’re not going to have many rotations you’re
Going to have to play hard against a team that you know is almost fully healthy so it’s just like taking pride in what we do and just trying to play as a team and I think we did a good job obviously we fell short and now it
Stinks but like probably when I wake up tomorrow I’m like yeah we we we we fought and that’s all you can ask for fought very hard uh I’m going to ask just about the player who had no practices with you guys was called up just today Matt hurt 10 points today
What did you like from him I mean I like that he was being aggressive and that he was ready obviously I mean he was getting ready to play against you know I think the Warriors G League team and he just said like yeah they they called me
They’re like are you in South Haven he was like No just drive here so you know just like not even having a heads up and him being ready and scoring 10 points and contributing for our game I think it’s it’s huge and I’m super happy for
Him obviously I’ve been with him for a bit and you know just just happy that he’s with us hey San Alama last time he scored at least 16 points was December 1st at Dallas when he had 17 he talked about Matthew hurt there at the end fun story
You can see some glimpses of how he’s been able to get Buckets and make his way he put the ball on the floor nicely always talk about guys always dead eyee shooter but what else can you do and so those two plays put on the floor to
Score to put on the floor to kick out I thought it was a very good first showing for him in the NBA game and there wasn’t enough of that like that play that he was able to pull off was you know how many times have we heard guys come in
Here and talk about paint touches paint touches paint touches that the coach says right it’s just the two dribbles get into the paint then kick back out right there was so much just passing it out around the perimeter and never getting that paint touch in order to
Stretch out the defense and get you a better look yeah 10 points uh for Matt hurt couple of uh rebounds as well in his NBA debut let’s hear from the head coach of the Grizzlies Taylor Jenkins following tonight’s loss decisive and aggressive uh thought he did some good things defensively uh
Made quick decisions on the offensive side obviously knocked down some shots early in the first half um but just you know he was trying to get acclimated with his teammates out there you know um hadn’t played with these guys in a really long time but I thought he did
Some really nice things uh got to the free throw line on a decisive move rebound assist um in his minutes he he was productive for us back there were a lot of reasons on paper where people would not think you guys would been competitive tonight against that team given how many guys
You were missing and yet it was a game all the way to the end what do you think that says about just the competitive Spirit of the group overall yeah we we got one of the best in the league our guys love to compete that’s how that’s
How we’ve always operated so I was not surprised by the performance tonight obviously disappointed we didn’t come out with a win but so proud how our guys have battled all season long but especially in these last two games you know even though they were losses well and and big shouts to those
Guys because I mean look Gillard would be playing with the hustle tonight Matt hurt will be playing with the hustle tonight GG Jackson will be playing with the hustle tonight Scotty Pippen will be playing with the hustle tonight and shouts to our buddy Jason March who’s
The head coach of the hustle I’m told they won on the old Dave Viger Alvin Gentry lob play at the buzzer wow his whole team just played against the Sacramento Kings and they wanted the buzzer on the lob play wow that once once we won with yeah congratulations to
Coach Mar and the Memphis hustle for sure uh yeah just not enough from the Grizzlies tonight as they fall 103 to 94 BK yeah it was a nice fight though was good game good game happy for these guys to battle eight bodies yeah they did a fantastic job yeah they were rewarded
For their hard work with a few wins there in a row uh just come up short in these last two but the fight takes taking them all the way to the end all right thanks man we’ll uh see you Thursday right Thursday Thursday thday I’ll try to make it back I don’t know
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ESPN react to De’Aaron Fox scored 23 Pts as Kings defeat Grizzlies 103-94 for fourth-straight win
