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Kings vs. Suns: Open Game Thread II




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Fouls

Too many gusy with 3 fouls. Not good.

RUN SOME OFFENSE
Bad first possession, but nice D back to back
Come on, DMC!!!
only need a few possesions to get this game back
Suns dont even play defense

Why are we shooting 36.2% 25.0%

OH COME ON, REFS
Fuck

Cuz w/ his 4th

lol, channing frye
Oh no. Not good.
nice tipin by Cuz

followed by a stupid stupid foul

Ha ha Gortat did the pushing.
Seems like JT is getting fouled on every shot
They are calling those for the Suns.
its hard to tell

it does always seem like it though

maybe he’s just really bad though

wow are you kidding me
this is some terrible basketball
They need to get their heads out of their collective asses.

Playing at a “B” level is enough to beat the Suns. Currently I give them a “D”

i know its killing me
We're attacking, but need to hit some shots. May need to mix up our lineups
Wonder what Smart is going to do.
IT/Jimmer time
I wouldn't mind pulling Salmons for Jimmer and spreading the floor. Put Evans on Dudley.
Once

We go down by 15 im gonna start drinking

OOOHHH!!

I like this idea. But I’ll start now.

I'm with you

i got a 24 in mu fridge

Screw that I'm drinking apple juice
start now, they come back sooner
Stay thirsty my friend
pack the paint

good idea Phoenix. Dribble into traffic, bad idea Kings

We're bullshiting it right now

My 6 year old little brother and my 9 year old sister can play better basketball than that.

Easy tiger. Long game.
I don't know why every team doesn't play the Kings like this

Pack the paint, let the Kings try and hit jumpers. It’s not rocket science. Unfortunately.

Shhh. Don't let them know :)
Gortat gets away with moving screen every time

no wonder Nash can get into paint to dish so easily.

ive noticed that while watching suns games myself kinda

its a league wide problem though

That screen on IT earlier was rediculous
I was gonna have sex after they win

but now I’m not in the mood lol

Honestly, I have better 3 point shooting than the Kings.

Anyone want to pay me? I’ll take 500,000. Not even pennys on the dollar for what these guys are paid.

LOL now Garcia is the backup SF
Er, PF

Or something.

At Least

Its not Outlaw

He he Gortat got another foul
Cisco!!!

The answer to all of life’s little problems

It's the homer line. The cause and solution to all life's problems
Indeed

Especially when your problem is that you’re not fouling 3 point shooters enough.

DMC gets away with major traveling

I’ll take it.

he deserves it

thats my streetball rule, if you foul me i get to travel

there ya go cuz, take it at em

they cant block you, only foul you

Shake off the rust Cisco
Oh dear. That made me think of the Tin Man.
Glad Smart kept Cousins in the game.
GRAGAFGFASGDGFADFDS
We've gone to calling Dudley a smart player.

Anyone think of Dudley from HP?

Garcia was scared bc he had the ball
If Reke can't get to the basket, he is useless.
Garcia on pace for most boneheaded plays in NBA history
He's forced three TOs and commited two. Speechless
good defense though garcia
I love this team

I hate this team.

Ball Hoop

Need to meet go on a date COME FUCK ON

Why is garcia in

This complete, not partially,this COMPLETE idiot is doing everything wrong out there.

nvm

gj drawing a foul.

This little sequence epitomizes the good Cisco/bad Cisco.
cant give it to cuz every time
Good god get Garcia out of there

What did Donte do at halftime, kick Smart’s dog??

Dogs are easier to replace than SFs
Garcia needs to exit the game
Thank heavans for marcus thornton!

Need those darn 3s.

New Game Plan

Give to Cuz until they show they can stop it

NO MORE GARCIA PLEASE
Reke 1 of 9?

smh.

David Copperfield couldn't have a better vanishing act.

Going to look for gif for postgame.

He needs a jumper badly
Yup. That fadeaway stuff doesn't work. It's a last resort move.
omfg score
ok free throws.... thats ok i guess
PW ruined Cisco

He used to be productive

I think his accident messed him up. He hasn't been the same.
Hasn't been the same since the medicine ball incident
Errr. Swiss ball
Clank

only thing i’m hearing for the kings.

wow reke has 4 points
Should've traded him for Lin when we had the chance
i wanna post a "not sure if serious" gif
When am I never serious?
Grant Hill has Tyreke's number

Major, major ownage.

oh man, kings fans have to watch alot of charges
i hate this 11 point lead so much
I like it better than the 25 that the Kings deserve to be down by
I hate this game more than the nuggets 92 points in the paint

Absolutely HATE steve nash, screw his cockyness, look at how he plays, thinking tyreke sucks and cant make anything so he doesn’t even defend him when hes at the 3 point like. FK u nash.

Well, to be honest,

Nash is making Reke looks like he sucks.

SCOOOORE YOU FOOLS
Ask and you shall receive.
Think the Kings need to go with IT/Jimmer/Thornton/Greene/Cousins
goddamn

thornton just make a 3 every time please, we suck

I'd rather have Thornton shoot every time than watch this garbage.
MT23 carruying us right now
MT with the hot hand.
This defense is horrendous

Get Garcia out of there!

Heard the crowd there for a second
why didnt he take that shot?
why didnt he take that shot?
He should take that EVERY TIME! Best 12-17' shooter on the team
MT23 carruying us right now
so many guys look awful tonight

IT, Evans, Garcia

fuck you gortat, go complain somewhere else
Gortat - Scrub of the night? (STN)
Huh? He's a good player.
Yeah

Definitely not a scrub

Excuse my ignorance. What is a scrub?
A scrub is

A guy that can’t get no love from me
Hanging out the passenger side
Of his best friend’s ride
Trying to holler at me

Wow. Well done sir.
Typically referring to an unknown or not so good player

I guess I’m a little off on Gortat!

Correct me If Im Wrong

But his #’s and Cuz # for the season pretty even

Ok, need these FTs, and a stop

If we can enter the forth down by single digits, we are very fortunate. Grant and Jerry are right. Suns can’t break away and we are one run away from being back in this.

So Kenny Smith was right when he said the Kings only get up for good teams and not for the game of basketball!
yup.

We dont like words against the kings.

Get your ugly ass out of there gortat

Freaking cannot stand him. Look at his face, looking at cousins like that, wtf is your problem gortat, all cousins is trying to do is score and you, with your terrible manners playing defense on him. Fk u gortat.

You'd love him if he was on the Kings
Finally Cuz gets a foul called

Thank God PHO doesn’t have chainsaws. We’d be calling Cuz Stumpy

This.

Gortat is Pekovich from a few nights ago.

I thought I'd buried that memory

It’s all coming back now

That will happen

Our problem is lack of shooting with them packing the paint and bad D. We need stops so we can get some easy baskets on the break. Nash is playing beautifully.

No celebration gif thread tonight

Phoenix brought their A+ game tonight.

I'd give Phoenix a B-

And the Kings an F+

get garcia out of there.
Why the eff is Garcia still in???
thanks for the misses DMC
building character with every brick
we never get a call
I hate the charge, such garbage defense
MT, stay with the 3 pt. shots
How the fuck was that a charge?
Garcia still has no reason to be out there

And hell, maybe no reason to even be on our squad. He hasn’t played well all year.

It's him or Outlaw

both bad options

What about donte?

Hell, what about Honeycutt?

offensive foul AFUSGHOFDIOAIOSHQ!!HOI!

my suicide note is going to say “charge”

I don't think you can charge suicides.
I HAATETETE CHARGES
this gameplay is disgusting. i wanna throw up .
so you're saying there's gameplay tonight

How did I miss that?

I remember when Garcia played really well

And wanted more playing time. Now he sucks and doesn’t even deserve it.

so true.
Garcia is done

he moves in slow motion now and is sooo soft, and his shot has not been there all year

put in Jimmer

Garcia and IT and Evans dont have it

Going

To grab my bottle of JD Be back in a minute

Already started sir.

Went for homemade burgers with homemade JD bbq sauce, with JD on the rocks afterwards.

I'm going with Scotch
Well, we cut the lead to 15. On a roll.
Bad end to the quarter. Need to start the 4th well. This is still winnable, but not if we play like this.
Good example of the Kings beating the shit out of themselves tonight.

Suns aren’t doing anything to win, Kings are doing everything to lose.

I would disagree

Suns have been standing in the right place the entire game

Tend to agree. Give credit to the Suns, but think we are the more talented team

We are playing lethargic and forcing too much in the middle tonight. Not our best effort.

the kings are the reason i down beer like an animal while watching their games...its not for fun
ssssuuuuuuurrrrrrrreeeeeeeee
man.

We are not even close to a playoff team. We don’t deserve to even say we are close. Another wasted yeat

Who said we were a playoff team?
FG% is awful...

35.5% Just horrid.

Ironically that's almost the good news. If we start hitting our shots, this isn't out of reach.

But that’s a big IF right now.

who wants to cry with me?

I just wana cry this is so sad

We started this season

to be considered a great offensive team and after watching this game our offense is as bad as our defense

kevin harlan gave us a shoutout on tnt on the thunder night and said playoffs are reachable.
WHY IS GARCIA STILL IN??????????

I think Keith Smart is trying to kill me.

this is true bullshit

and now a turnover

Remember when we all didn't want Jamal Crawford?

Yeahh…..

any scorer would be nice
Another 35% shooter?
he's def not 35%
Ok, 39% before tonight and shot 6-23. Not sure where he will be tomorrow
He's been playing great recently
16 pt quarter.
Get. Garcia. Out. Of. There.
Tonight is starting to go south.
it doesnt feel like they have the the energy to come back

they’re just….. shitty

they need to cut garcia. and send him to bighorns. let him get all the mins he wants there.
This game is really going the wrong way

Let down after a big win

How embarrassing is it

When men who are pushing forty are running circles around us?

they have no energy at all.
IT....time to sit
Cisco not dead yet
They look very frustrated. Need to snap out of it
Lmao garcia nice one

Fk u markief morris!!!! SUCK IT!

We

Want Honeycutt!!!!

YES!

Get honeycutt and show the world why hes a top 5 SF under 25 years old!

bout time cisco did something
Alright Cisco, well done
thank you garcia

start scoring you idiots, your on a basketball court remember!?

That was Cisco!!!
god damn it Hayes
why is chuck getting the ball
and then hayes screws the pooch.
and he banked it
Chuck wtf is your problem? are you an idiot yes you are.
bank? are u kidding me?
There's our night in a nutshell
Wow. You have to be kidding. Dudley
garcia swished it liek a REAL MAN
yep

that shot describes the Suns entire night

jj thinks that's a great pass lol
Yea, went right by Hayes

dudley = super star

vs the kings
Cisco again

how about a comeback

get couzins and thompson back in there
Nice shot Cisco. 13. Do we have one more run in us?
Havent had a run all night
No. Now would be a great time though
You mean is our first run of the night a possibility?
Chuck E Cheese
Chuck has been eating too much cheese.
I WANNA DANCE DAMN IT!!!
I think I am having some problems with my glasses.

I thought I saw Cisco score again.

they need to change up the rotation but I'm not sure who to take out because random people keep making shots
16 point comeback!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
beginning to think that Hickson and Hayes

are really a weakness as our 3rd and 4th bigs

i think we have another run. reke is hot for some hits and you know DMC is going crazy to play with JT
i wanna dance soo bad.
Nude gifs please
brah u shld lyk toatly poast sum in dis thred ryt now
nasty porno will do
the warning jinx it
Nothing makes this okay.
did jerry just say that?
Pepsi?
uhhhhhhhhh no
i hate how hickson always makes an impressive rebound followed by a horrible play
wow. hickson is one of the biggest disappointments to me so far this season.
And then that happened.
BANKED IT AGAIN

WHAT THE FUCK

Wow. Not making this easy. 2 bank shot threes
Are you fuckin' kidding me??

banked again! omg

straight horse shit
IT no more shots
i wanna cry. my gf hates when the kings lose. im a baby. haha
Why is Smart sticking with this lineup?

It’s completely sucked. What is he doing?

Suns bank in a three then Kings shoot airball. Wow. Sigh
IT is having an awful game

and stays in, Jimmer has a bad game and gets killed and pulled, double standard

Yeah, I don't get it
i agree

IT has had alot of good games though

What the fuck????
if hickson doesnt make both of these. im gonna freak out.
Wow, they almost didn't call that foul.
JJ hickson SUCKS
Kings can't even put a dunk through right now
Skill and valour still count for something in war!

I carry on my body many great scars, honourably earned in battle! I have fought many a foe in open combat! I come to fight today! Who stands with me?

give Jimmer 1 minute and if he doesn't screw up let him play. Need some shooters
who do you take out?
Smart heard you
Change this lineup!!!!!!
GET REKE OR SOMEONE BACK IN THERE
IT

is awful tonight

we suck tonight!!!!!
That's a reach. No call.
Kings cannot buy a call

Jimmer better hit some Shots

JIMMER

5 quick 3s, here we go ha

lol then Jimmer turns it over

Okay I give up.

that was some funny ass shit

i actually laughed when he turned it over

way to fuck the dog jim
this game is like a cruel joke
haha okay nevermind
THAT IS A GODDAMN REACH IN THE NBA
Can't dribble like that in the NBA

Jimmer

Beginning to feel like a blowout.

i was like JIMMER!! then i was like BUMMER

hickson has a little delay on his outlet shots

After he rebounds on defensive end…anyone else notice this?

His entire game is like everything I hate about NBA 2K12.
PErfect description
Oddly

He leads the league in rebounding on my “My Player” mode, and is responsible for me leading the league in assists. Baffling.

Was thinking about buying 2K12

Don’t know if I can still get the Kings, or if the online vs works at all.

Probably never expected to be a bencher

May have lost whatever confidence he had

shit...i meant outlet passes!
embarrassing to have the kings do this on nbatv nationally right after they just stood up for themselves against okc on tnt
Not happening tonight. Guess we only win 4 of 6.

Better come out with a better effort next game

...

I thought they had a legit chance in 4th. This suns team is actually turrible but they’re older and wiser than kings.

Agreed. They played a solid game. We didn't. End of story
My brave men! Victory shall be ours

by grace of my inspired leadership. But this means I can not risk myself in the front line. I must remain safe, guarded by you my loyal warriors! This is not cowardice, oh no. It is prudence, the handmaiden of victory!

I say let Tyler in
No reason not too. Let's get him some minutes
Please. What have we got to lose?
if they didnt bank those 2 threes it would be single digits
Time to put all your dance gifs away in your toy boxes.

I don’t think we will be dancing tonight.

imagine if we drafted knight and signed crawford we would probably be better and not see that salmons play

Is that the spurs mascot at pbp?

Get back to 10 with a little over 3 minutes left we have a chance
Chuck is the guy who was a good football player on your hs team and you got to play hoop but didn't let him shoot
Bringgg Bringg

Stern called. He had to have the refs go after the Kings after beating the NBA darlings.

After the CP3 thing, I don't trust the man at all.
At least when he decides to arbitrarily screw over teams its the [redacted]
Just leave Jimmer in. Give him some minutes.
agreed. Honeycutt to...at least if its still bad at 3 mins
yes. see what he looks like.
Defense

Time to step up!!!

Lol. Why bring Evans back now
should have brought him back sooner
get hickson out get tyreke in at the 4?
Starting with the 1v1 ball again.
game over!!

Turn out the lights the game is over!!

Insert Dirk Nowitski announcing here.
Whos that mother fucker whistling when cousins shoots FTs

I want his head on a pole!!!!!!!!!!!

Kings need to not do that at the sign of defensive pressure
jimmer should start launching it
seriously i have heard those whistels too
funkin a thornton.
Yeah. Reke is no all-star.

When he vanishes, he vanishes.

MT23

DUMB SHIT

yeah hes great but just needs to slow down a bit.
tyreke 4 points, technically his scoring average is still going down,

lower than last years even

when he's on he
post fail

when he’s been on though, he’s look better than ever, its frustrating

Really? What was it last year?
rookie year 20.1

last year 17.8

this year 17.4

FG% is up though
turnovers down too
from 40.9% to 41.5 %

After this game, if he doesn’t shoot anymore, his FG% is at 40.8

I'm surprised. I didn't think he would have a repeat of last year's low.
our team is just so weird.... i mean

some games this year he has look down right amazing, and nobody can look that fucking good with it being a fluke

We will beat the bulls

I knew we would lose this game because we lose surprise games and win unwinnable games. Bulls will be shocked by our win.

guess thats better than opposite.
we play bulls next?

…….shit

Christ.

This road trip is hell. Chicago and Miami vs king James?

Glad I have him on my fantasy, at the least.

thats right, this is gonna suck

we should have had this game tonight

Nice passes by Nash

Could have sat the rest of this one out. Might as well give the Suns credit for solid effort

Gentry is a good coach.
Never seen someone pull down boards between a group of opposing jerseys like DMC does, though.
And often with only one hand. Pretty damn impressive
kevin love?
The foul should have been called on the rebound.
Suns have been allowed to mug all night

Has been a big difference in the game

did he just say greene and garcia are coming in?
Fuck yeah cousins. ANGER. He is mad. Who the hell are you morris.

Get out of cousins way, hes pissed the kings are losing and I love that. We need his hustle.

Morris looks like a prick
i really dont like the suns
Anyone else looking for fail gifs rather than watching this game?
Already have mine.

Decided to just go with the jpg.

there is a fail gif thread instead?
I watch til the end

I Also love long painful torture… Oh the pain of being a Kings Fan

id rather poke my eyes out with a sharp stick.
got myself a fine one if I do say so myself
Tyrke gets hit on the show, no call. Donte breathes on Grant Hill, who flops... foul.
yep

all game …

I feel our weaknesses are exploited more by fundamental and technical playing teams rather than those with athleticism and super-stars.
yeah thats very clear.

Except for Denver. But at least its something to work with.

This is what good veterans do

They beat us, even though we’re the more talented roster. They had a great game plan against us.

totally agree
agree here too

You can see hoe the results came down to the plan, which was simply based on packing the paint early…and the lack of ability to adjust on kings part.

We always lose when tyreke shoots terrible...

goes to show how important reke is to the team. Freaking need him to deliver or we will have a super tough time getting any rhythm rolling.

i know reke needs to play well every game sooooo bad

we’re practically an incredible team when he does, it kills me thinking about it

too little, too late
This game

was painful to watch.

wasnt that painful but it was boring.
Painful = boring

for me.

Especially the second half. Nothing got going.
second half was a real letdown
We just didn't seem to have that much energy or intensity.
no, energy and intesity were great

execution sucked

exceptions

are cousins and Thornton.

I hate how we make a 3 and immediately after we do something stupid

we gain a little hope and immediately the suns kill it. Fuck I hate them SO MUCH

Kings are a playoff team with a PG like Nash
many teams are playoff teams with Nash
yep

Passing has been exceptional

Maybe we should petition Stern to just wear the black all the time.
im outta here, nothin to dance about
you were preaching blowout to start the game
Ok can garcia please punch markieff moriss

We deserve some redemption, I mean who cares hell get suspended for a while its not like he plays much anyway . Come on Garcia throw a wild one at em!!!!!

What would they call this one?

Pandemonium in the Pavilion?

These old guys are making our young guys look old.
Nash = Sac. Kings in Assists (and almost in points)
Well that sucked.
Well that was a great reminder of the Sac Kings two weeks ago

I thought we dumped them

And...now we know why TNT and NBATV doesn't pay attention to the Kings.

I hate when we seemingly prove a point Shaq makes. I hate the guy.

lol remember at the beginning of the game how everyone thought this was a cakewalk

and we were supposed to blowout an old team? Thank god I didn’t have high expectations for this game. There are NO gimmes for this team, NONE. Learn it, know it, live it.

Night all.

I think I'll hang around for the post-game remarks.

I doubt Smart will have anything positive to say about this loss. I’m having trouble coming up with a silver lining.

quit watching after 3rd qtr. Came back to see what Smart can possibly say about a crummy game like this

Some nights you play like crap and get beat, Short memories. Next.

Yeah. He will probably say something like that.

He is big on putting bad experiences behind you, fast.

Smart needs to

get Tyreke more involved in the offense, find a rotation that’s productive, and look to milk the hot hand.

Tyreke needs to figure out how to be effective when the other team is packing the paint
Yup. I'd make him shoot jumpers all night after this game.

He needs to get something, or he’s not going anywhere in the NBA.

Tyreke IS involved in the offense.

That’s all he has, and when the lane is clogged, he’s worthless because he has not developed a good jumpshot.

We need to give what their defense gives us

We force trying to get shots in the paint, which is absolute BS. They kept packing the paint like a bunch of lifeless pigs in a slaughter house. Move bitch, get out the way. Tyreke needs a consistent mid range jumper and more importantly a confident one. The entire game tyreke was passing up good outside looks in order to drive into a suns infested paint just to rimout or turnover the ball. Disappointing with Smart not being able to do ANYTHING to get us ANY run at all. Whole game we played in the sand.

Can anybody tell me why JT only played 18 minutes tonight?? Only 3 fouls on him.
Smart went small a lot of the game with Garcia at PF

Even still don’t know why Smart played Hickson and Hayes so many minutes at the expense of JT. The rotations tonight were terrible.

Hickson did nothing and Hayes looked terrible tonight.

JT wasn’t at his best but better than these two combined.

Want to place an over/under on how much Linning will be done

Against the Kings on their back to back after the Bulls?

I knew this would happen

Beat a great team then lay an egg against a horrible team. That’s our MO & that’s why no one gives us any respect.

6 games on the road coming up against hot teams. We desperately needed this win & they acted like it was a gimme. Just like the Minny game. Terrible. Just terrible.

Yup. Kings need to realize that they can't slack against bad teams.

They are one themselves, or not far out from that label if they aren’t. There’s no rest, even for the weary.

Smart: Wasn't the night we wanted. We will regroup and get ourselves ready to go.

He explains that Tyreke was shut down by Phoenix. This was a different type of game.

I can honestly say that I am glad I wasn't at the game tonight.
Very disapointed in tgr lack of effort

Our perimeter defense was awful. Tyreke is so lazy on defense its sad. He can really bring it when he wants to. I can’t stand watching him fall asleep on d or never fighting over a screen. Thornton always gets back doored atleast once a game. Jimmer just is helpless on d unless his on shooting its not worth him out on the floor and I really want him to suceed but dam he is a sieve on d.
Really thought they would of played a good game this is the most frustrating I’ve been Si far this year. Coming off a good win and playing pretty well they thought they could just show up and win. Sad , they have as a team the lowest basketball I.q. in the west.Tyreke still 3 years in is no better of a shooter than his rookie year. It’s impossible to not improve if yoy work at it. I really question his dedication.He is absolutely not a p.g. they need a p.g. so bad its sickening.
Demarcus is by far our best and most consistent player player we have . He needs to learn how to use his big body to protect himself from shot blockers.I’ve never seen a big man get his shot consistently as he does.
The outside shooting is nothing short of pathetic. We pass on so many wide open looks and pump fake and bring it into a packed lane which results in a tough shot or turnover. Salmons is always doing that and Evans does to cause he can’t shoot any better than a high school player.
Hickson has the worst hands in the history of basketball. Hayes is a nice guy but it makes me so upset thinking of we could of signed Dalembert last year and probably this year if we didn’t wait til the last minute. Hayes is a bench player at best and its sad he was our big new free agent. Our best pg is the 60 th pick in the draft he’s way better than the 10th.
Really disappointed in Petrie getting rid if Beno our most consistant player and shooter for
Salmons is disgustingly irresponsible.
We need a trade for a shooter at sf,a veteran point. I love the Kings and needed to vent had a chance to really get people excited and put bursts in the seats and to get humiliated like that turns off a lot of people who aren’t die hards. Which OS fine but they buy tickets too.
P.S I hate the Jimmer , Thomas,Salmons,Hickson,Hayes line up its pretty weak .

I meant Cousins gets swatted more than any big man Ive ever seen its hard to understand

Why a skilled big bodied 6-11 man can get stuffed so often atleast 2-3 times a game. There are plenty of big who can’t jump a ton who still score a high percentage. Al Jefferson, z. Randolph,M. Gasol,c. Kamen,D.West,C.Boozer.Cousins is so awesome once he cleans that up and stops rushing his putbacks he will be over 50%

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