[Game] Kings @ Hornets - 11/23/15 - 4 pm PST, 7 pm EST
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This is going to hurt for a while.
I am answering the wrong comment but I absolutely despise having Rondo and Collison on the court at the same time. It's not necessary for any reason that I can see. But, just as I think it is wrong to tell a player to play against his strength, what would anyone expect with Karl? It should be expected and that's not my fault, your fault, or Karl's fault. It's the front office's fault.
Play by play is quite an interesting read from this point on in the 3rd quarter:
"Casspi Substitution replaced by Collison 02:47"
The Kings were up 89 to 69 at that exact point. The Kings would give up 5 points in the next 2:30 or so after only giving up 8 points up to that point. From that substitution and playing small with Rondo and Collison the Kings gave up 43 points in the next 14 minutes of game time.
"Casspi Substitution replaced by Collison 02:47"
The Kings were up 89 to 69 at that exact point. The Kings would give up 5 points in the next 2:30 or so after only giving up 8 points up to that point. From that substitution and playing small with Rondo and Collison the Kings gave up 43 points in the next 14 minutes of game time.
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Bingo. That's the basis of the complaints regarding it. It once again gave the momentum to the other team and it started with our inability to defend and get boards, compounded by the ultra-perimeter play a Rondo/DC lineup brings as we go small 1-4.
And that's why some were so angry it even came down to a final shot, then OT. Never should have gotten to that point.
I guess some don't see Rondo/DC hurting us almost every time it happens?
And that's why some were so angry it even came down to a final shot, then OT. Never should have gotten to that point.
I guess some don't see Rondo/DC hurting us almost every time it happens?
There are two problems with this point of view: the first is that some people appear to act like they think that, as long as they're not using slurs, it's not "hate." Which is axiomatically wrong.
The second problem is that Gay did not, in fact, have a bad night. It's just that, some people have their chosen targets and, in a bad loss, all those people can see are what their chosen target didn't do. Gay had 28/10, on 62 percent shooting, and it seems like he's getting a disproportionate amount of blame for the loss.
The second problem is that Gay did not, in fact, have a bad night. It's just that, some people have their chosen targets and, in a bad loss, all those people can see are what their chosen target didn't do. Gay had 28/10, on 62 percent shooting, and it seems like he's getting a disproportionate amount of blame for the loss.
Damn, when will we ever learn how to close out games? feels like we have no character whatsoever, no big team can or should lose by 22 points deficit, really a big embarrassment.
Kemba Walker was a beast, and as much as I loved Rondo's effort tonight, it seemed like he wasn't giving his heart out when it came to playing good defense, and the Kings were burned because of it, and because of many other stuff obviously.
Those kind of loses are morale killers, I hope the Kings will come to their senses and move on and be prepared to the next game.
Kemba Walker was a beast, and as much as I loved Rondo's effort tonight, it seemed like he wasn't giving his heart out when it came to playing good defense, and the Kings were burned because of it, and because of many other stuff obviously.
Those kind of loses are morale killers, I hope the Kings will come to their senses and move on and be prepared to the next game.
Karl has to stop it with these small-ball line-ups. I know that Rondo and Collison are both good players, but we need size, length, and muscle. Give Rondo less minutes, he's playing to exhaustion. We can't be small on both the guard side (two PGs) and small on the forward side (Rudy Gay at PF) at the same time.
