Kings Offense Runs Out of Steam: Orlando 109, Sacramento 88

To make matters worse I had a rotund Magic fan that cheered loudly for everything the Magic did , baskets, farts, whatever he cheered like game 7. An attention whore who went ignored and I think that pisses him off.
I was go to tell him my NYs resolution was to get in shape and was going to ask if I could take a few laps around him, but I thought better of it. i’m almost 60 I have a 1 lap max.
The game sucked.

This reminded my of that Kings vs Jazz fourth quarter collapse a few seasons ago.

So last night I told Ryan Anderson that Jon Brockman was going to give him a bloody nose when i got to see him when he came home to El Dorado Hills. He did tell me that Brockman was quite the player and he didnt want to have to guard him. So after this game, my aunt [who went out with him at Oak Ridge] sent him a text thanking him for the free tickets, and now im awaiting for him to send her a text back bragging.

If Hilton was playing he would have won. End of story. hah.

no, we REALLY need K-Mart back.

I think you hit the nail on the head. We would have won if one of our “rotating cast of heroes” had lit it up. We have needed one guy to step up and fill the void of KMart and that has happened almost every game… but not this time. Excellent point. We need the sure thing and that is KMart.

just needs to cut out the goddamn eeyore routine. who told him he could go at dwight howard one on one with his nonexistent left hand? its getting to the point where they’re gonna start playing the sad trombone as his theme music.

he and spence need to grow a set. take a look at brockman – if you’re gonna go down, be a man about it. put someone on his ass and raise your hand. who the hell is spence whining and flailing his arms to after he commits every obvious foul?

the magic were nothing special even in the 4th. until 4 minutes left we were in the game even with the jr high offense. we couldn’t throw it in the ocean, and not for lack of trying (looking at you donte, that was shit)

howard is a beast. until this year he DID have no post game (hahaha grant making fun of your callers — you twat — NBA experts have been saying it for years — have a good laugh you dick) – if he’s making left handed 10 foot hooks – forget it. without him that team is deep lottery.

nice to see jwill back playing well, though I must say I didn’t really enjoy the reception our “defensive bigs” allowed him – a layup drill

well, clank, fuck it, it happens, night, y’all

-Didn’t like the defensive game plan, especially in the 3rd. Way too much doubling on Howard. I know you have to send guys at him, but all those threes got the Magic back in the game quickly and i’d much rather make Howard make shots with a lead than give the Magic open threes.

-Hope the Kings don’t face a Howard led team in the finals if they ever get there. That freakish athelticism would give Tyreke trouble around the rim.

- Jason just needs to keep things simple and go from there. Just do a Brockman and go after every offensive rebound and take the open jumper when it comes. Going wildly at Howard was a trainwreck.

“Fourth Quarter Collapse”

I went to this game ARCO Arena tonight and in place of the Warriors, the Magic watched the Kings offense burn down – all candle and no wick.

The first half was a nicely paced game – JWill looked to be in fine form and the rest of the Magic just didn’t look all that impressive – oh except for #12. I was upset at the non call goal tends (2) and the ridiciulous Joey Crawford ignoring the rules about 0.3 on the clock. Interestingly, Everyone – players, coaches avoided confronting him. I sat close to the Orlando TV guys and one of them stood up and said: “Wow, Joey Crawford doesn’t know the rules”. If this was a two point game, it would have made a difference – unfortunately, it was not.

Jason Thompsom was absent. His head is not there.Never thought I would say it. He seems to have lost his confidence. Sad.
This left Hawes v. Howard.,,,. Spencer tried, and the first half, his offense was there. Then he too lost confidence and reverted to the Spencer of 10 games back.

I give credit to the intimidation of Howard and the overall defense of the Magic but I felt like standing up and demanding they remeasure the rim height. And diameter.And polarity.Nothing would go in.
Tyreke recovered from his 1-10 first half, but no one else could score.As the game began to slide these young and scrappy Kings seem to listlessly watch the air go out of the ball. Game over.

Time to put this one behind them.

Even if he had one, a 17 win season will humble you pretty quick

I just want to say that JT is way more accepting of calls against him than he has been. I say this because there are those who still go off about this quite a bit.

Is he always accepting? No, but he is getting closer to 50/50. I have seen him not say a word and walk away. Or just take it, smack his hands and shake his head.

I say this to provide some balance. He is getting better.

They felt inadequate when they saw Ron Jeremy on the Orlando Bench.

Scored 9 points and grabbed 6 boards in 13 minutes. He didn’t play one minute in the fourth quarter.

End of game.

All the nonsense about Martin needing to “check his ego” and “understand his role” upon returning is laughable not only because it shows such a sincere misunderstanding of Martin as a player and teammate, but because it misunderstands the team and what it needs. It needs efficient scoring.

Amen…

The guy plays so emotionally, and that can be a good and bad thing. He’s still young to the NBA, and certainly has not exhibited any maturity issues off the court. But on the court, he still needs to learn to channel and focus that emotion if he hopes to become a more consistent player. Because when his head is right, he’s pretty good.

thought what we needed was defense, less turnovers, and some steady inside presence.

But here’s hoping that when K Mart returns things go well and he lights it up from outside, jumping into opposing players at will, leading us on scoring furies. ‘Cause if we start to lose a bunch (by larger margins) or can’t play as well cohesively, or Reke’s numbers plummet …. its going to get really ugly and boring real quick.

I wouldnt be surprised if the big trade Amick mentioned involves K-Mart.
And not because he’s not a FANTASTIC guy, and a real sweetheart and all, and he can score with the best, and you own his jersey.
No its because he cant play D or pass well, and Kings brass know that at his size and fragile frame, and with his limited game of speed, shooting well and runners—he will continue to be hurt with nagging injuries or he will soon lose a step—so why not improve inside where its really needed and go with the youth/power movement-

Or I could be wrong, and Martin could suddenly become the player I’ve been waiting for since they handed him the keys. Im holding my breath.

Trade = including KMart = brain fart

We’re one of the top teams in points in the paint, and we got out scored 52 to 26 in the paint, We were 0-7 from 3’s and 4-22 from the field in the 4th quarter. But, that happens sometimes when you become a jumpshooting team, and your shooters go cold.

The Magic have one guy, who guards the paint, and he does it better than anyone else. The problem with our offense last night, was that it’s the same offense we’ve used all year. Our guy with the ball attacks and trys to get an open shot. Well, surprise that doesn’t work well against a great post defender. Which is why most people on this site have been begging for a post defender for years, or at least in the last draft.

Teams usually work to get mismatches, and attack the other teams weaknesses. But, sometime you need to attack the other teams strengths. Orlando has one strength, Howard, and the Kings needed to attack him. No, I’m not suggesting that JT or Spencer go one on one. I’m saying that the way to take a great weakside defender out of his game is either take him away from the basket, or backpick him.

Pete Carril came up with a offense that works when your out manned in the post. But, the Kings aren’t running an offense with movement off the ball. They don’t run off screens or set picks off the ball to get someone open going to the basket. We run screens for the guy with the ball allowing him to go to the basket, but with a great low post defender waiting for him why?

What I wanted to see was Hawes being defended by Howard, and Tyreke setting a back screen on Howard and someone cutting to the rim. Hawes passes or if Tyreke’s man switches onto Hawes, Spencer take a short to mid range jumper. Either way Howard can’t defend the rim, and isn’t in position to rebound. There are plenty of ways to take a weakside defender out of the game, but we don’t employ any of them.

The Kings have some talented offensive players who can beat their man and get an open shot. That doesn’t mean they’re going to hit them at a high rate. At some point, the KIngs need to learn to implement a team offensive strategy that gets high percentage shots. Until they do, in the 4th quarter when teams turn up the defense and the pressure to score is high, the Kings are going to live or die on their outside game.

typical game kings are amazing kings are winning then they just give up.
Happens in every freaking game.

Go figure.