Kings-Mavs Preview! Will Kings win season series?

Kings-Mavs Preview! Will Kings win season series?

Morgan yes you want to be playing meaningful basketball late in the year yeah you do tonight has that feeling Kings Mavs on TNT both teams tied you hear sabonis after the game Mike Brown Davon Mitchell all talking about how this is kind of like a mini playoff series with these teams playing tonight

And Friday night playoff positioning on the line Kings win won they win the season series dude I feel like this game has intensity for it totally does and that’s I mean I’m sure all the players both teams feel the same way because both teams have been playing some pretty

Good basketball right I mean you look at the Kings and I know you look at some of the Duds with Washington you go okay who are the real Kings there’s been more good than bad in this stretch for the Sacramento Kings and against some better teams now you look at the Mavs and

They’ve also have been playing some better basketball together figuring things out and it makes things a little scary both teams second night of a back toback tonight the big difference is the Mavs had to travel from Salt Lake City the Kings they at home last night they

Didn’t have to play their guys big time minutes Luca played 41 minutes last night so that’s something to watch the MS by the way have won eight of nine and during that stretch they’re fourth in defensive rating they’re eighth in offense I know the Kings have won both

Match ups against him Kyrie didn’t play in one of them but this is a different map te to and I think it’s worth knowledging like they made some moves at the deadline to help improve their team getting Daniel Gafford who’s added a huge presence inside with Rim protection

Him and Lively are a nice com combination with their Rim protection they got a deal with sabonis tonight uh they also add PJ Washington so more athleticism some more depth for this team and I feel like they’re clicking right now they are clicking and you look at even you know playing against Kyrie

Tonight and you look at how the Kings need to defend multiple people people at such a high level now I feel like even the way that they made adjustments last night on someone like Tyrese Maxi they understand what some of these fast good score first guards can really do out

There and how they need to slow them down I know Keon Ellis got in foul trouble early on in that game but then they were lucky enough to have Davon step up and dearen was that perimeter pressure as well and Luca is obviously a difficult matchup duhh he and Murray’s

Done pretty good job on him this year when you look at Luca’s raw numbers against the Kings Triple double this season that’s what he’s averaging Jesus but he’s doing it on 35% shooting 25% from three he is someone that you have to make work now it’s worth noting that

When Kyrie’s not playing yeah it makes a little easier to Blitz and try some different things but with those two out there I mean it’s it’s just there’s a lot of dynamic options there King’s defense needs to be elite and hon a string tonight and you know you go oh

Second night back toback how the legs going to be you said it last night they got a little bit of time because of the way that uh they were dominating that game against the Sixers and also they’re at home they’re at home you got to just

Make sure you’re on a string talking it up all together I mean you saw we keep talking about deflections in March I I’m not sure exactly what everyone’s averaging right now but I know dear’s over uh three Keon’s over three and domas is almost at two or is almost at

Three per game right so you’re looking at these guys they’re Ed on the defensive end what are they going to bring against a good team like the Mavs that are truly clicking I don’t know I’m excited but I think all the angles like we can talk about what’s going to go

Down tonight but I think you’re right like everything is about the drama of this week this being that mini playoff series and what these teams are going to look like mentally we talked so much about how the Mavs are playing some better defense right now well the kings

Are six in defensive ratings since the All-Star break they’re doing some great things for the last eight opponents they’ve held under 100 points this is stuff like hasn’t happened in Sacramento a long time their defense has been dramatically better with Keon Ellis in the starting lineup everyone’s on a

String like you said the communication’s been great it’s going to have to be great tonight and I think too rebounding is going to be a big focus with the length that Dallas has now with some of these moves that they’ve made it can’t just be sabonis collecting the rebounds

Tonight it’s got to be gang rebounding and that’s been a challenge because Trey La is out and that’s been a big loss for them another big body that can go in there bang around get some rebounds box out Sasha still out so that’s going to

Be key but for me it’s about pushing the pace I know Dallas likes to run but I’ll tell you this Sacramento is a really good team when they get out in transition and on the break if they can get some stops push the pace you know

Give Luca make Lua work on both ends I like their chances 41 minutes last night for Luca run on them you’re exactly right can those deflections lead to a lot of Fast Break points and a lot of just transition points for this Sacramento Kings Squad can Keegan be

Aggressive on both ends of the floor as well and I’m talk you know you just mentioned it what can he do defensively well if he’s getting those stops if he’s getting those deflections they going the other way and they’re making things happen and and the the other thing that

Dallas tried to do in that last matchup was they were trying to get Keegan off of him so who are they hunting Kevin herder y well herder is out for Sacramento right now so that’s one option that you take away for him to hunt out there and he’s still going to

Get his you know you just don’t want him living at the free throw line he’s so good at creating contact and getting to the line I want Luca settling tonight I want him tired so he’s settling for threes tonight and I think that would be a good thing for Sacramento but take

Care of the ball win The Possession battle compete defensively rebound you got to lock in tonight this is like a mini playoff game and I just noticed this game preview has been super serious you know why cuz we’re reaching playoff Deuce levels now I’m getting more serious I’m getting more focused I’m

Juiced for this game The Players better be Juiced not only that I realize that we’ve named every single category that they just that they need to be El lead in and it’s every single category on the basketball court rebound take care of the basketball the fast break all the

Things but it’s so true it’s one of it’s that time of year where if you’re not playing close to perfect basketball another team’s just going to do better well let’s us know how you’re feeling about these two games against the Dallas Mavericks can the kings are you cool

With the Kings splitting one winning the season series Dallas makes up no ground or do you want both well that’s a dumb question of course you want both uh what are your predictions Mass fans how are you feeling if you’re watching this let us know in the comments below we’ll be

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Deuce and Mo look at the big time showdown between the Kings and Mavs in Sacramento.
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