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Re: Game Day: Kings (14-23) @ Suns (14-22), Tues 1/7/20
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 7:30 pm
by iLLmatic
Okobo putting his stamp on this game.
Re: Game Day: Kings (14-23) @ Suns (14-22), Tues 1/7/20
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 7:31 pm
by The Bobster
Split T wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2020 7:30 pm
Okobo has been pretty good this year
He deserves the backup PG job.
Re: Game Day: Kings (14-23) @ Suns (14-22), Tues 1/7/20
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 7:35 pm
by phatmike
They came out a bit shaky in the opening minutes of the 1st, but the defense was markedly better. Hopefully the team (and Ayton himself) doesn't forget what he was doing in the opening quarter.
Re: Game Day: Kings (14-23) @ Suns (14-22), Tues 1/7/20
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 7:38 pm
by Split T
The Bobster wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2020 7:31 pm
Split T wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2020 7:30 pm
Okobo has been pretty good this year
He deserves the backup PG job.
Agreed
Re: Game Day: Kings (14-23) @ Suns (14-22), Tues 1/7/20
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 7:38 pm
by Split T
Ayton has also been nice tonight. We’ve done better getting him involved offensively.
Re: Game Day: Kings (14-23) @ Suns (14-22), Tues 1/7/20
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 7:39 pm
by JeremyG
Bridges needed to dump it off to a wide open Ayton for a dunk.
Re: Game Day: Kings (14-23) @ Suns (14-22), Tues 1/7/20
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 7:46 pm
by The Bobster
Ayton 6 FGA in the 1st quarter, 0 in the 2nd.
They just stopped feeding him the ball.
Re: Game Day: Kings (14-23) @ Suns (14-22), Tues 1/7/20
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 7:46 pm
by phatmike
Ayton showing some fire there going into the timeout. GOOD.
Re: Game Day: Kings (14-23) @ Suns (14-22), Tues 1/7/20
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 7:49 pm
by ShelC
Ayton got caught watching on the glass and Giles got some boards and a putback. Ayton fought back on the offensive end grabbing 2 ORs before getting fouls, then went cursing to the bench and kicking a chair.
Re: Game Day: Kings (14-23) @ Suns (14-22), Tues 1/7/20
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 8:02 pm
by INFORMER
Good.
Re: Game Day: Kings (14-23) @ Suns (14-22), Tues 1/7/20
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 8:02 pm
by phatmike
Book needs to try harder to get the ball to Ayton on screen and rolls, and Ayton needs to help by creating better angles. imo
Re: Game Day: Kings (14-23) @ Suns (14-22), Tues 1/7/20
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 8:04 pm
by phatmike
14 pts on 7/8 shooting for Ayton. Yeah let's keep feeding him.
Re: Game Day: Kings (14-23) @ Suns (14-22), Tues 1/7/20
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 8:04 pm
by The Bobster
Ayton - 7/8 FG, 14 pts, 8 reb
They went 11:30 into the 2nd period before getting him a shot in the quarter.
Re: Game Day: Kings (14-23) @ Suns (14-22), Tues 1/7/20
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 8:05 pm
by INFORMER
ShelC wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2020 7:49 pm
Ayton got caught watching on the glass and Giles got some boards and a putback.
This is what people are talking about. We had some silly reactions in other thread as if the case was being made that Ayton sucks at rebounding. At this point, the box score says Ayton has 7 rebounds; that is tremendous. But the boxscore won't tell you what Shel just referenced.
Re: Game Day: Kings (14-23) @ Suns (14-22), Tues 1/7/20
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 8:15 pm
by phatmike
INFORMER wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2020 8:05 pm
ShelC wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2020 7:49 pm
Ayton got caught watching on the glass and Giles got some boards and a putback.
This is what people are talking about. We had some silly reactions in other thread as if the case was being made that Ayton sucks at rebounding. At this point, the box score says Ayton has 7 rebounds; that is tremendous. But the boxscore won't tell you what Shel just referenced.
I went back and looked at the play, and it looked much worse in real time than it actually was imo. The first board Ayton had no chance - it was a quick bounce to the right. Giles went up with a ludicrously quick attempt that was basically a gimme and it just barely rolled off. - I thought it was going in watching live. Not saying that Ayton couldn't have been better there, but it wasn't as terrible as I thought.
Re: Game Day: Kings (14-23) @ Suns (14-22), Tues 1/7/20
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 8:29 pm
by phatmike
Finally. DA gets position and Rubio gets it to him.
Re: Game Day: Kings (14-23) @ Suns (14-22), Tues 1/7/20
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 8:30 pm
by Mori Chu
Where all the Ayton haters at tonight? Cat got your tongues?
Re: Game Day: Kings (14-23) @ Suns (14-22), Tues 1/7/20
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 8:33 pm
by phatmike
Mori Chu wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2020 8:30 pm
Where all the Ayton haters at tonight? Cat got your tongues?
He won't get hate when he's doing what we all expect him to do... This is a game for him to grow from.
Re: Game Day: Kings (14-23) @ Suns (14-22), Tues 1/7/20
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 8:39 pm
by Flagrant Fowl
phatmike wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2020 8:33 pm
Mori Chu wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2020 8:30 pm
Where all the Ayton haters at tonight? Cat got your tongues?
He won't get hate when he's doing what we all expect him to do... This is a game for him to grow from.
Thank you.
Re: Game Day: Kings (14-23) @ Suns (14-22), Tues 1/7/20
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 8:42 pm
by JeremyG
Trevor Ariza single-handedly getting the Kings back in it.