Matt George breaks down the Sacramento Kings’ 135-115 home win over the Houston Rockets, and shares why he doesn’t feel a great 4th quarter erases the struggles the Kings had.
Not All Sacramento Kings Wins Are Pretty
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Fuck that, a win is a win. We gotta be grateful we can finish these games because last year we would’ve definitely dropped these types of games.
The Kings 👑 are doing the best they've been able to do in years dearon fox 🦊 is special but he needs another standout player to help get sacremento more wins, someone they can depend on "the Kings are usually food"? Not the way they've been playing lately, stop overreacting "the Kings executed the game 🎮 plan" so what more can you ask for? I don't 💬🤔 think the world 🌎 needs more overachievers, the world needs more people to do what they are supposed to do. I'll tell you a secret, I'm a retired 36 year old black 🖤🐈⬛ home 🏡 owner born and raised in the city 🌆 of Chicago Illinois, I'm still in Chicago but the sacremento kings are playing way better than the bulls 🐂, the Pistons maybe 🤔 even the Pacers and how about the way Sacramento has moved on and moved away from that scandalous would be star player I forget the guys name right now, but that is exactly the way it should be. Right Now is the Best Time to be LOCKED 🔐 ON KINGS. WAY TO GO MATT GEORGE, YOU HELP MAKE ME LOVE SACRAMENTO AND IVE NEVER EVEN BEEN THERE, SALUD AND CONGRATS 👏🏿
I live in Atlanta. Sometimes after the game goes off; if I’m still up… I’ll wait to see if locked on kings dropped a recap. It’s late but it’s worth it this season with this new team. ! I’m from sac but moved to Atl for college. I love the content; I feel you give a fair assessment but you can be hard lol. Which is good because we kings fans deserve a winning culture after so many years. Go kings. Light the mf beam! 💜 Baddie Thursday !
4th seed !!!!
A win Friday erases a lot about tonight
THIS IS OUR TIME SACRAMENTO! KEEP THE HOPE! ALWAYS #SACRAMENTOFAITHFUL FOREVER & EVER !
This trap games are giving me heart attacks dude but this win builds something if we head to the post season if God forbids. One thing I don't like is the rebounding
Matt , could teams playing the Kings be bringing their “A” game ?
change the title to something better Matt George I don’t like this title
Wasn’t this game supposed to be on ESPN and they switched it for the Denver vs Suns
When you don’t have any talking points just make up a negative narrative right? 🙄
You lost me tonight Matt . I can't wait 4 minutes for you to dive into the positives in a long 82 game season. We haven't even been a .500 team in 16 years and thru 40 games in, we are 4 games over . We should be enjoying all of this so far .
Thanks for the Pod.
I feel this game was a perfect example of the bad habits the team has adopted from some of Fox's bad habits, like choosing not to play defense until the 4th quarter. It's not playing down to the competition, its not putting effort on d for 40 min. Mentally weak, this team could be so much better if they just put effort on D for 40 min instead of 10.
I think the rockets were just hitting threes 🤷🏻♂️ I don’t know what they shoot but it’s not 39% like tonight. We turned it on when we needed to. The dynasty warriors always did that. Relax y’all enjoy the win.
Matt, would you agree that seeing the Kings playing at 90% and still holding a lead is a GOOD sign? Knowing when it’s time to turn it on and close a game out is a sign of a mature team, in my opinion.
Spot on
Maybe they just want davion to focus on defense. He showed vs CHA when fox went down he can run the offense and score. I’d like to see him get more attempts too
Here's an idea Matt:
Jerry Reynolds used to say an NBA game typically consists of ebbs and flows.
A game consists of runs and struggles, which are inevitable but the damage can be minimized by turning up the defensive intensity.
So maybe it would be informative to interview Jerry Reynolds on Locked on Kings?
Are your/our expectations realistic over the course of an entire game realistic? Perhaps Jerry can provide some clarity on this issue?
Maybe Jerry can save us from getting ulcers over the course of watching a Kings game?!? I hope so!!! LoL!!!
Long time watcher, first time commenting here. You can be a bit pessimistic at times but not necessarily in this video and it's always valuable to listen to your perspectives. Personally, I'm just flying high at the moment with this team because what they exhibit is not just form or something temporary. We are 4th seed yet we all know these guys can play even better! Imagine adding a couple more pieces that really fit the culture of the team. I think it is clear that the Kings are aiming to be one of the big dogs for the years to come! The will achieve that when they are able to go into games knowing they are getting from most of their guys. Your Lyles, your Murrays, your back-up centers. Coach Brown requires some baseline things from his players and that's when these players consistently produce them that's when we will be competing. I hope this happens this season but even if not I'm positive for what the future holds. Personally, I just can't believe I'm so invested in this team again! I have never been to a Kings game (or the US in fact) yet the team spirit is so attractive right now. Shoutout to the fans in the arena btw. The team clearly feeds off your excitement and this unity will be so key. I draw a lot of parallels between this Kings team and what Arsenal is doing in the Premier (soccer) League. They came through a similar route after a looong drought, a coach building a culture of accountability, challenging young players to be consistent etc. There is an Amazon documentary about last season if anyone's interested. Back to the Kings, I think the next 4 will be key and with some added consistency who knows what the level of this team can be?
Matt, HUGE FAN
listening to your podcast has become a morning ritual for me
I don't blame you being upset
But keep in mind the Rockets are on a loosing streak and THEYRE HUNGRY
I'm not surprised they're playing hard rn
I'll give it to Houston, they played hard and I think they might play harder on Friday.
King however need to play more defense and get that back up wing and center ASAP
I encourage everyone to go watch the NBA 10min highlight video of the game. It really shows alot of these easy baskets we gave up in the paint. Youtube "Kings vs Rockets Highlights" but will show you basket by basket of the game to get an understanding of what he's talking about.