NBA Gametime reacts to Kings beat 76ers 108-96 to improve 42-29; Sabonis triple-double, Fox 23 Pts

NBA Gametime reacts to Kings beat 76ers 108-96 to improve 42-29; Sabonis triple-double, Fox 23 Pts

All right so 10896 Sacramento with the win here an important win as you heard Mark Jones say they’re uh playing Dallas next a team that they are fighting for uh as far as the standings are concerned tied with Dallas in the standings in the west but Tyrese Maxi went off for 21 points

In the first quarter finished this game with 29 Points coach they did a great job on him in the final three quarters we’re tired man like you say we talked about last game on the road trip late in the season guys half their mind in Sacramento the other half is

Philadelphia top man that’s what the road does to you it just beats you down man and that’s why home teams have such an advantage yeah when you look at Philadelphia it’s been a slow but steady decline without Joo embid on the flip side you look at Sacramento they have

Their Center triple double for sabonis yeah his 25th triple double of the Season that leads the NBA but even bigger 54 straight double doubles now that is the most since the NBA Aba merger I mean just putting in perspective what that means and how difficult that is to do well first of

All we have to say that Wilt Chamberlain probably has a gazillion of these but this is since the merger but keep putting that in perspective I mean here’s a big guy in the game right now where big men are almost extincted right but he’s been able to find his way to

Find his game he can pass from the high post he’s going to re rebound and he’s going to score whenever they need him to score he is really has found his way in this game uh double double machine one of the best centers in the NBA and he’s

Only getting better yeah let’s drop that graphic it just kind of gives you an idea at home what the man sabonis have been able to do breaking barriers powered by Shopify and I mean again 54 and Counting passing Kevin Love uh who did it in 2010 2011 had 53 Moses Malone

Anytime you’re on a list with a guy like Moses Malone Kevin Love is pretty special yeah but they don’t play the CER position like the centers when you start to I hate when they compare these guys to MOS Mal long and wi chambering and Kareem they’re not low post cers they

Don’t dominate the game from the Block they don’t force guys to come down and double team them they out there running dhos and stuff and things of that nature they’re not low close players so I get it but the guys that they’re comparing them to was workhorses they got down in

The paint and control the paint they controlled the game from 15 ft in these guys at three-point line all this big more than do that Big Mo went right down there on the Block and said throw me the ball in with to work so it’s a different

Era and a different game right now think about it when I was in the league if there was a triple double the night before we came in practice the next day that’s all everybody talked about now I don’t even acknowledge a triple double everybody gets them you got Sinners you

Got guards you got I mean you got a center in sabonis who’s leading the league in triple doubles right now now now think about that the two guys who are leading are two centers so I mean it’s just totally a different game now uh just bigger picture wrapped us up

What are Sacramento’s chances here we saw what they did against the Warriors last year a little bit of a different team this year but as you look at this team and kind of look forward what do you think Sacramento can do in the west well I think right away let’s have this

Conversation after the next two games against the Dallas Mavericks during the dog fight right there trying to stay out of the playin tournament situation um I I like them I I I think they’re healthy number one they’ve been playing together for a long time this is not a new team

That’s been patched together like the Phoenix Suns for example uh and I think they can still recapture what they had last last year of course it’s much more com competitive in the west you have a healthy Clippers team obviously Minnesota Oklahoma City and everything but I think Sacramento of all the teams

Right there on the cliff right around 6 Seven 8 n in the west I think Sacramento is probably has the best chance of moving up in the top six yeah I agree with that it’s just going to be tough right now they sitting at what are they

Seventh or sixth yeah they came into the game seventh well you know if you get to that sixth spot you sitting there looking at Minnesota I mean dude it doesn’t matter where you are in the west you gonna have to play man it’s going to be tough I would say the only team

Probably that won’t be nervous in the first round is Denver because they’re that good even if they play the Lakers even if they play the Golden State they’ve handled these teams year in and year out for the past two three years so and the Joker understands that’s nobody

Can guard him and then they got those book in forwards they just they’re just good man but other than Denver other teams are going to be nervous I was I would putting Minnesota people keep forgetting last year in the playoffs who gave Denver the the the toughest scare

Minnesota right Minnesota played them as tough as anybody so people keep forgetting that that’s why after the Tim wolves get healthy and they got a dude Anthony Edwards man he ain’t afraid of nothing and nobody he’s going toak it you’re going to have to beat him he’s

Not going to lay down he’s not going to make it easy for you he’s not going to roll over you’re going to have to beat this timw team people keep forgetting they’ve been the best defensive team all year and last time I checked Sean what does defense do it travels you can pack

Your bag with defense it’ll go with you that offense it may stay at home and wait for you to come back but defense travels all right so Sacramento updated standings now sitting sixth in the west Dallas right beneath them and then Phoenix dropping to eighth after their

Loss on the night busy night in the NBA DX pregame show to Bill Kim alongside Sam Mitchell sha Powell double header coming up here on NBA TV starting with Boston and Atlanta followed by Philly and Sacramento and in every game every night just so important in the NBA right

Now I mean just look at the Hawks I mean they’re in 10th place in the East they’re probably a lock for the playin situation right now but yeah you look around the NBA particularly in the west you know know 6 seven 88 n 10 it’s just

It’s just crazy right now well if you’re Boston you got to like where you are right now you can rest guys you can play more guys on your bench to get them ready just in case you have some injuries because we all know once that playoff roster is set there’s no

Changing so if you Joe Missoula do what he’s doing Drew holiday got L Nagin injuries setting Pingas Jaylen Brown set him let him get some red but you’re still playing them every other game now this is the way you Lo use load management okay when you got a big lead

You don’t have to run your guys into the ground you can space out the time you can you you know cut their minutes back you can start you can keep them ready to play without running them into the ground so because they don’t need to win

Any more games they got the East locked up sewn up put away so they can they can start planning for the playoffs yeah let’s get into the Boston Celtics here because as you mentioned they have a lot of wins so far this year they have been absolutely dominant 38 and seven in the

Eastern Conference you look at the point differential that is by far the best in the NBA mentioned that nine-game winning streak uh and then averaging 124 points per game during that streak but they also play defense they really have it all going for them right now but when

You talk about that point differential it’s the fourth largest in NBA history and the three teams that are higher all won an NBA championship you see where I’m going here I mean look if you’re the Boston South it’s this unbelievable dominance the other thing is that the distance between them and second place

In in in the East is 11 games right now if you go to the West uh Denver’s in first place the difference the 11 game difference you have to go all the way down to number nine the Lakers that just gives you an idea of what the dominance

Has been for the Celtics and look they’ve got a franchise player they’ve got incredible depth uh their top what three or four offensively and defensively you put all that into the mix and just the the overall dominance in the East that they’ve shown all year you look at this team and you really

Don’t even look at the regular season anymore you’re just trying to figure out how can they possibly lose in the playoffs coach you made some waves in Boston with the comments you made over the weekend you compareed to this team to what you saw from the Warriors in

Their Prime is that correct yeah I mean I think this team has a chance to go on a run for a four or five year stretch where they competing for championships think about it they’re young but they have experience this young team with Tatum and brown they’ve been to a finals

They been to the east they’ve won the East they’ve done everything in basketball but win a championship so when you look at this team they have all the components to go on a long run look at the look at the the the Youth of their team Tatum Brown new holiday white

Pingas all these guys not even all them in their Prime yet so they can really go on a run and if you look at the rest of the Eastern Conference who’s PA is to catch them who right now have the infrastructure that the Boston Celtics they got Brown locked up they going to

Lock Tatum up to a longterm deal they just gave Pingas an extension Drew holiday white so they got their core players locked up so who right now is in a better situation which you know you who the players you got under contract than the Boston Celtics you can’t say it

About Philly you can’t say it about Cleveland they don’t know what’s going to happen with Donovan Mitchell this summer you can’t say that necessarily about the Knicks you don’t know because you’ve been hearing some Rumblings about some trades and possible things Boston right now is set up for the next 8 to n

Years cuz as long as they have tatm and brown together they got a chance to win those two guys they are the best forward combination in all the NBA true or false is this the best basketball you have seen from Jaylen Brown in his career not

Only is it the best basketball I’ve seen from him but it’s the kind of basketball he had to have particularly after signing that big contract over the summer uh I just think that in the games where Tatum missed Brown has just been just taken over and played like almost

Like a franch that’s your second best player numbers yeah I mean look at that second so I mean the bottom line is again when I look at him the same thing when I Tatum the playoffs will prove what you have done this season and and

And I hate to do that I hate to put players in that situation and teams you know because a lot of things can happen injuries or whatever Denver could come out if injuries don’t occur I mean give them give look man I look at like this they’ve earned this this is for spee Spe relax you can totally trust me First Blood Your team has destroyed a Tower Slims At Your Service an enemy has been Defeated have been defeated enemy double kill an ally has been defeated SL your tower has destroyed fire and will relax you could totally trust Me an enemy has been defeated double kill E Spee E can’t be late now I can break them blood enemy double kill and they’re off Enemy ultimate and they’re Off an ally has been defeated keep your mouth shut you’re done for here we Go you have been defeated an enemy has been defeated an ally has been defeated and they’re off Your tower has been destroyed An enemy has been defeated I must protect everyone love enemy Ultimate Enemy onot can’t be late

NBA Gametime reacts to Kings beat 76ers 108-96 to improve 42-29; Sabonis triple-double, Fox 23 Pts