Kings-Mavs PREVIEW! Will Kings bounce back in BIG game vs. Dallas?

Kings-Mavs PREVIEW! Will Kings bounce back in BIG game vs. Dallas?

W round two Mavs Kings Friday night Golden One Center in Sacramento it’s going to be an incredible atmosphere for this showdown in a monster game there’s no denying it the kings are one game behind the Dallas Mavericks right now in this battle to get into the top six and avoid the

Playin if the Kings win they win the season series meaning they’ve got the tiebreaker well the tiebreaker only matters if you’re tired anyway you got to win no matter what but this is a big time game for the Sacramento Kings but it’s a big time game for the Mavs Who

Coming off just an allout blowout dominating win in Sacramento where they won by 36 they demolished the Sacramento Kings and not just because they won by 36 points it was the way that Kyrie was playing in the second half Luca was playing in the first half the way that

The Mavs altogether shot lights out from three-point land and then the Kings couldn’t figure it out from anywhere on the floor felt like No And I think the offense was a big problem for Sacramento warning put a disclaimer up this is not an excuse I’m curious to see what the Kings

Look like after play they just went through a stretch where they played five games in seven nights we know Dallas was on a back toback to that’s not why they lost but these are human beings we’re talking about the Kings just didn’t look like themselves part of that was I

Thought Dallas did a great job defensively PJ Washington when he was switched on to sabonis dude he played him physical sabonis any time he’s on the paint it was like they were collapsing the length impacted the Kings Gafford was great I thought Dante exm size messed with Fox picking him up full

Court same with Derek Jones who’s super long too who could forget Derek Lively there’s a lot of length out on the floor but the Kings just offensively they got to the paint and the defense would collapse and it would be like they don’t there was no off ball movement there was

Just no quick Decisions by you talk about them you know disclaimer them being you know possibly looking tired even physically at times which is not an excuse but just fact right but they also could have been physically or mentally tired as well because I felt like their decision- making was not

Quick at all and you’re exactly right you saw the way that the length really affected their offense dearn Fox even had opportunities of going downhill past Luca donic but then we get a little bit too deep so then someone like Lively would come up use his length take away

His vision take away his shot uh de would have to pass it out but then it’s not like it was a spray three everyone was still in place the defense was not shifting over collapsing or anything because decisions were being made just a second too slow so you’re hoping that

The Kings really figure it out especially in that mid-range area I know you and I have talked about this can the Kings uh set up some of their actions just higher up near the half court line so so then they can create more in the mid-range I want Fox getting downhill

And if they’re not going to defend the mid-range take the mid-range shot you’re a good mid-range shooter you can knock it down if not get into the paint quick decision spray out for three and keep moving the ball I want more cutting from Sacramento there was a lot of stagnant

Offense like a lot of standing around which was not good for the Kings they have to play much faster too and understand like dearin is going to be denied the ball on the inbound they’re going to pick him up full court they’re going to make him work but that’s why

You play Fox and monk together maybe you take some pressure off fox in that regard they have to play better part of it too is Sacramento’s got knockdown shots you know last year we we weren’t focused on the king’s offense because it was really good the shooting was good

Coming into this season we were focused on can the Kings defense be better ranked 24th last season could they make a jump It’s Made a jump it hasn’t always been pretty but they’ve been averaging since the All-Star break above average in March like top five top 10 whatever

They’ve done much better in that regard the shooting’s dropped off dramatically yes it has I was looking at the numbers today since the All-Star break Morgan Sacramento is 23rd and three point percentage at 34% from three in March 33% yikes let’s also remind you a couple of their three-point Shooters ly herder

Not there same with Sasha herder’s been up and down but still a threat from three mhm you’re three three main guys shooting the three right now Fox Monk and Murray well Fox is shooting 32% since the break Monk Is shooting 27% from three since the break Keegan

Keegan’s at 37% but has dropped to 31% in March so you’re not making shots right now next question I’m sure you’re wondering more I’m so wondering how open are these how are they’re getting some wide open looks they’re seventh in the NBA in wide open three Point attempts

Since the All-Star break but they’re shooting 35.8% from wide open three-point range that’s 22nd the NBA you got to knock down some shots so I don’t know I I’m very curious to see how the Kings show up I don’t think it’s going to be a blowout game although Dallas seemingly

Poses a lot of issues to the Kings because of their length and size yeah and and I think when you do look at some of those numbers you know just looking at the way they have been shooting the basketball and that a lot of these even have been some open threes it’s about

Just making sure you’re still playing your game and not allowing this Mass defense that is a good defense to just completely change the identity of how you usually play and I think that’s really going to start for the Kings on the defensive end we talked about how the masss were shooting so efficiently

From all over the floor uh in this last matchup the Kings obviously you got to control what you can control and I think what they can do a better job of Deuce is just making sure that on a lot of these possessions on the defensive end not switching everything dude they gave

Up to switch so easily at times it was absurd and Dallas was like cool thank you I got what I wanted yep oh okay you want to allow sabonis on to uh Luca or HB on the Luca okay we’ll take that matchup yep or they they have to mix up

The coverages let’s not get it twisted Luca is one of the best players in the NBA correct there’s no like secret formula to shutting Luca down you’re just not going to do it you have to make life harder on him mhm disrupt his game and it’s harder than ever when you’ve

Got Kyrie out there and if guys are knocking down shots yeah that’s tough to beat so that means you have to knock down shots but defensively that’s what I’m saying I’m I’m cool with a blitz every once in a while you can’t do it all the time he picks up and he

Will make you pay the king would Blitz and then your help isn’t there in time to get back to the open shooter that hurts you that’s the issue if you are going to try and Blitz someone like Luca donic he’s going to be able to make that

Quick decision find that open man your defense is not going to rotate fast enough okay so then what do you do differently well you make adjustments from what you were doing and what you were doing is just switching everything um try to pick up Luca maybe in the back

Court slow down his game we’ve have seen him still go downhill and still create and get to his spot but it’s just about slowing guys down slowing things down because if you can help make things better on your defensive end this next game by just creating more missed shots

For this MAV team you can grab that rebound and go don’t need so many open looks there just wasn’t enough opportuni to grab a rebound and go and that’s why the Kings weren’t able to push but even if the ball does go in as efficient as

It went in last matchup then take the ball out quicker and go I just feel like they just need to play a very fast-paced game on this MTH team yeah and I I would not put sabonis on PJ Tucker PJ Tucker PJ Washington PJ Washington uh I’m not

Putting him on PJ Washington because I didn’t like that matchup you know that PJ Washington Luca action and then you’re in a situation where you know you got sabonis dealing with Luca or PJ Washington that’s tough I’d rather put sabonis on Gafford and live with it

If gafford’s going to come up and set screens let Keegan possibly switch on The Gafford at least he’s got some length to deal with that but you know what was happening too you’re exactly right because when he was out on PJ Washington it was just pulling sa bonus

Out of the paint ex so then he wasn’t able to be that second line of defense make someone’s life more difficult down there so yeah you want to make sure sa bonus is still um playing down low and even if he is not some like crazy shot

Blocker he has done a very good job at getting vertical so yeah you’re going to have to throw different looks at at Luca hedge you know blitzing every on or sorry you got to fight through it you got to stay attached to the guy and make

Him work but I think the other thing for Sacramento is you have to make them work defensively right you got to make Luca work defensively so Kings have to play with Pace tomorrow non-stop I’m not saying this shit’s easy but your best chance to beat the Mavs tomorrow is

Pretty simple you got to knock down some goddamn shots and play with pace and then hopefully you get enough stops I love it we’re just naming like 20 different things hey you just got to do this this this this and how you’re going

To win the game I’ll tell you I got I I have some new found respect for the Mavs watching them play recently I I think these moves have helped them I think they’re more locked in um and it’s clicking it’s vibing it’s it’s dangerous we’ve always said like if Luca if you

Have Luca and Kyrie you better have some length and defense around them and it seems like they’ve got that and it’s like dude they go from Gafford to Lively yeah dude I mean it’s like got a lot Lively is so he moves arms and it’s like

Are you serious you’re like have a 90 foot wingspan that’s actually what it is um on paper so well let us know MAV fans you can chime in on the comments too Kings fans what do you want to see in this game what are you expecting for

This game two of this little mini pre-playoff matchup it’s a big one Friday night Sacramento Golden One Center will be live after the game to break it all down hit the Thumbs Up And subscribe do they tell you what they know and mo the that you know

Deuce and Mo preview the BIG rematch between the Kings and Mavs after Dallas thumped the Kings earlier in the week.
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