Kawhi Out

[tullabye]

Right knee soreness. Not good.

[jglanton]

Kawhi Leonard had the right knee soreness creep up after last game in Charlotte and is not with the team in Sacramento tonight after going back to Los Angeles to get it worked on.

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[jglanton]

Starting Norm in his place is interesting 🤔. Look for the Over on the game totals, lol.

[v-ice]

We done.

[hitnrun24]

Never know with Kawhi, but at this point our goal should just be to have everyone completely healthy. Any realistic seeding differences don't matter for us. I guess that's the one positive for us instead of the more important seeding battles. We're 4 losses up on a play in spot with 8 games left and minimal different between being 4-6 at this point.

[babyradar01]

He also has a bad case of vaginitis

[nuraman00]

Don't know if this is the game thread. But lack of size today was one of the biggest reasons for the loss.

Clippers could not get rebounds most of the time. Kings kept getting shot attempts.

I'm checking the box score now for the first time. Clippers 76 FGA, 27 FTA.

Kings 92 FGA, 25 FTA. 16 extra shot attempts was one reason the Kings were able to pull away.

[hitnrun24]

Apr 2, 2024 20:43:43 GMT -8 nuraman00 said:

Don't know if this is the game thread. But lack of size today was one of the biggest reasons for the loss.

Clippers could not get rebounds most of the time. Kings kept getting shot attempts.

I'm checking the box score now for the first time. Clippers 76 FGA, 27 FTA.

Kings 92 FGA, 25 FTA. 16 extra shot attempts was one reason the Kings were able to pull away.

I liked seeing Zu get 14 shots, I always thought he could contribute more consistently especially when things get predictable or the Clippers get too jumpshot heavy. Didn't pan out for him tonight, but I wonder if it was a point of emphasis. Other than that I didn't watch the game, but not surprised with the result without Kawhi. It'd be nice to see more fight from the team, but yeah when you're down Kawhi everyone else needs to go up a level. Subpar games from George and Harden. Glad Kawhi is locked up out of the 3. At this point I'm fine with a wait and see approach. It either makes sense to sign both guys or neither. If they both stink it up in the playoffs then it might make sense to go to plan B, whatever that is. George, as infuriating as he is, will have suitors. His shooting %'s are too good and he can defend. Harden's still a great playmaker, and his defense/effort was good a couple months ago, but it's slipped quite a bit lately. And his scoring is very inconsistent now, which is fine as long as PG/Kawhi are locked in and playing. If this team goes first round out, it'd be tough to get excited to re-sign those guys and have no other way to improve. The West is as stacked as it's ever been, it's unlikely we'll have any series that isn't really tough.

[nuraman00]

Apr 2, 2024 22:10:00 GMT -8 hitnrun24 said:

Apr 2, 2024 20:43:43 GMT -8 nuraman00 said:

Don't know if this is the game thread. But lack of size today was one of the biggest reasons for the loss.

Clippers could not get rebounds most of the time. Kings kept getting shot attempts.

I'm checking the box score now for the first time. Clippers 76 FGA, 27 FTA.

Kings 92 FGA, 25 FTA. 16 extra shot attempts was one reason the Kings were able to pull away.

I liked seeing Zu get 14 shots, I always thought he could contribute more consistently especially when things get predictable or the Clippers get too jumpshot heavy. Didn't pan out for him tonight, but I wonder if it was a point of emphasis. Other than that I didn't watch the game, but not surprised with the result without Kawhi. It'd be nice to see more fight from the team, but yeah when you're down Kawhi everyone else needs to go up a level. Subpar games from George and Harden. Glad Kawhi is locked up out of the 3. At this point I'm fine with a wait and see approach. It either makes sense to sign both guys or neither. If they both stink it up in the playoffs then it might make sense to go to plan B, whatever that is. George, as infuriating as he is, will have suitors. His shooting %'s are too good and he can defend. Harden's still a great playmaker, and his defense/effort was good a couple months ago, but it's slipped quite a bit lately. And his scoring is very inconsistent now, which is fine as long as PG/Kawhi are locked in and playing. If this team goes first round out, it'd be tough to get excited to re-sign those guys and have no other way to improve. The West is as stacked as it's ever been, it's unlikely we'll have any series that isn't really tough.

Yeah I'm fine with Zubac shooting more too.

The game changed when Alex Len came into the game late in the first, and the Clippers could not get a rebound.

That's when the Kings went from trailing by 7 or 8, to taking the lead.

I don't think there were many lineup options that could have resulted in better rebounding.

[hitnrun24]

Apr 2, 2024 22:28:51 GMT -8 nuraman00 said:

Apr 2, 2024 22:10:00 GMT -8 hitnrun24 said:

I liked seeing Zu get 14 shots, I always thought he could contribute more consistently especially when things get predictable or the Clippers get too jumpshot heavy. Didn't pan out for him tonight, but I wonder if it was a point of emphasis. Other than that I didn't watch the game, but not surprised with the result without Kawhi. It'd be nice to see more fight from the team, but yeah when you're down Kawhi everyone else needs to go up a level. Subpar games from George and Harden. Glad Kawhi is locked up out of the 3. At this point I'm fine with a wait and see approach. It either makes sense to sign both guys or neither. If they both stink it up in the playoffs then it might make sense to go to plan B, whatever that is. George, as infuriating as he is, will have suitors. His shooting %'s are too good and he can defend. Harden's still a great playmaker, and his defense/effort was good a couple months ago, but it's slipped quite a bit lately. And his scoring is very inconsistent now, which is fine as long as PG/Kawhi are locked in and playing. If this team goes first round out, it'd be tough to get excited to re-sign those guys and have no other way to improve. The West is as stacked as it's ever been, it's unlikely we'll have any series that isn't really tough.

Yeah I'm fine with Zubac shooting more too.

The game changed when Alex Len came into the game late in the first, and the Clippers could not get a rebound.

That's when the Kings went from trailing by 7 or 8, to taking the lead.

I don't think there were many lineup options that could have resulted in better rebounding.

Gave up 20 offensive rebounds, sheesh. Yeah looks like both teams didn't shoot it well. Definitely not surprised the Clippers got out efforted in this one. They have much less to play for than the Kings, who are probably fighting like hell to avoid the play in. And not that Kawhi is an elite rebounder, but if you look at the roster there's not much. Russ rebounds well above average for his size/position but he's still a guard. 

[corkscrew]

Apr 2, 2024 22:10:00 GMT -8 hitnrun24 said:

Apr 2, 2024 20:43:43 GMT -8 nuraman00 said:

Don't know if this is the game thread. But lack of size today was one of the biggest reasons for the loss.

Clippers could not get rebounds most of the time. Kings kept getting shot attempts.

I'm checking the box score now for the first time. Clippers 76 FGA, 27 FTA.

Kings 92 FGA, 25 FTA. 16 extra shot attempts was one reason the Kings were able to pull away.

I liked seeing Zu get 14 shots, I always thought he could contribute more consistently especially when things get predictable or the Clippers get too jumpshot heavy. Didn't pan out for him tonight, but I wonder if it was a point of emphasis. Other than that I didn't watch the game, but not surprised with the result without Kawhi. It'd be nice to see more fight from the team, but yeah when you're down Kawhi everyone else needs to go up a level. Subpar games from George and Harden. Glad Kawhi is locked up out of the 3. At this point I'm fine with a wait and see approach. It either makes sense to sign both guys or neither. If they both stink it up in the playoffs then it might make sense to go to plan B, whatever that is. George, as infuriating as he is, will have suitors. His shooting %'s are too good and he can defend. Harden's still a great playmaker, and his defense/effort was good a couple months ago, but it's slipped quite a bit lately. And his scoring is very inconsistent now, which is fine as long as PG/Kawhi are locked in and playing. If this team goes first round out, it'd be tough to get excited to re-sign those guys and have no other way to improve. The West is as stacked as it's ever been, it's unlikely we'll have any series that isn't really tough.

Clippers played a team that played defense, boxed out & rebounded, had active hands & caused turnovers, went after the 50-50 balls, blocked shots... You know... The fundamentals and all that.

[nuraman00]

Here's the stretch I was talking about.

popcornmachine.net/gf?date=20240402&game=LACSAC

After Alen Len came into the game, the Kings were +14, until he checked out. He played from late in the first, until 6:46 left in the 2nd.

He rarely plays that much in one stretch.

He did block 3 shots too.

Alex Len even got the postgame interview. He said that one of his old coaches told him that whenever he comes into the game, try to win +/-. Don't think about his points or rebound stats, but +/-.

I am not sure if that was an old Spurs coach, or one of his coaches from somewhere else.

[hitnrun24]

Apr 3, 2024 12:55:30 GMT -8 nuraman00 said:

Here's the stretch I was talking about.

popcornmachine.net/gf?date=20240402&game=LACSAC

After Alen Len came into the game, the Kings were +14, until he checked out. He played from late in the first, until 6:46 left in the 2nd.

He rarely plays that much in one stretch.

He did block 3 shots too.

Alex Len even got the postgame interview. He said that one of his old coaches told him that whenever he comes into the game, try to win +/-. Don't think about his points or rebound stats, but +/-.

I am not sure if that was an old Spurs coach, or one of his coaches from somewhere else.

Honestly didn't even know that Len was on the Kings, but there are these random break outs for every team. I'm sure that's how teams feel if Coffey has 5 3s against them.