LeBron James & Terrible Defense Kills the Sacramento Kings | Locked On Kings
Matt George reacts to the Sacramento Kings loss to the Los Angeles Lakers, where LeBron James went crazy in the 4th quarter while the Kings defense completely fell apart.
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0:00 Intro
5:07 Defensive Lapses
10:11 Mike Brown’s Decisions
15:16 Praise for Sabonis
20:21 Game Analysis
25:27 Upcoming Game vs. Portland
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LeBron James & Terrible Defense Kills the Sacramento Kings
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28 Comments
Don't worry, the secret bag of secret hidden winning tricks is still in Mike Brown's back pocket. He'll whip it out when the games really, REALLY count.
Did you just call lafraud the goat?
You're an idiot
It's on Mike Brown and Fox, if it is so called "accountable", then both should be banned from appearing in next game, and next man up
It's time to Mr Brown wake up, season started already. Poor Sabonis…playing alone.
Matt. You're my fav Sac Kings reporter, & I love Hamm, D-Lo, & KC. However, we lost 2 close games vs. 2 playoff teams w/ only the 2nd configuration of this Top 8 players. After 2 of 82 games, we're just fine😊
The kings actually played AD pretty well the Bron matchup always concerns me cause our wings aren’t strong enough
Keon needs to start over Huerter
However, a Keon Ellis DNP is unacceptable. Did he offend Mike Brown. I don't get it. Keon's the most humble, unassuming player on the team
Stability left… HB and Mitchell. Defensive Brown is tripping 🤔 Mcnair/Brown has not been clicking. Russian hate, is why
Fox was on fire at the end of the 3 rd quarter. Why in the heck was he pulled when we needed him in the 4 th. Or even put back in the game with a TO during the lebron run. Calling a timeout earlier and keeping fox in the game we would have one. Terrible job tonight by Mike Brown
It's a No-Beam night! 😒😟😝
Derozan having Lebronto flashbacks
I am a lakers fan. I hated how national media treated AD. I can see Same way they are treating Sabonis. Sabonis deserves more respect. Domas is one of the underrated star player in the league
I agree that there are some things the Kings need to address. That being said, these last two games have been close, despite resulting in losses. I would rather see close, competitive losses rather than ugly losses by 10+ points, that are decided well before the final 2 minutes of the game.
Something that worries me, however, is the amount of minutes our guys are playing. I know its only been 2 games, so its VERY early to dissect this…but the Kings have three starters within the top 10 of mpg. If this keeps up, and the starters can't get off the floor and rest, I'm afraid of a long season with our starters being gassed, losing winnable games due to fatigue, and (God forbid) potential injury issues. I really hope we can secure more minutes from the role players, so the starters get a bit more time to rest. But the starters need to stay consistent, keep the team from falling into holes, so they CAN sit out and get that rest
Mike Brown is obviously rolling the dice with Kevin Huerter, in hopes that the guy will morph into vintage Klay Thompson. If Kevin gets hot, the team will have a better chance to move a player who struggled before getting injured. Dougie McBuckets is the deep-shooting insurance policy.
Im Suprised with coach brown
Fox limped off the podium…. He's jacked up, his legs are banged up, he needs to rest and sit out of practice. A healthy fox is a very dangerous fox
Too much for Sabonis and Keegan we need a PF position Keegan is good in SF put Demar at SG. We needs Big who could do defense like I said before, they should at least trade for Jonathan Isaac
Its funny how many people think keon is the savior? Did you not see him score ZERO ponits in a elimination game?
The problem with Sacramento is the management and coach Mike Brown they where trying to copy GSW which obviously they should not, trying to do small ball offense why not get a PF who played good defense like Jonathan Isaac Try to have a line up of Fox in PG Demar at SF Domas C keegan at SF and Jonathan Isaac at PF. This I can say is a very competitive lineups for two games already sacramento had a hard time defending big guys. Too much load on Domas and Keegan.
Kings = small in the big man world
You said terrible defense, but I've been watching since 86 and I thought the defense was outstanding – with lapses.
The Lakers are very good and Reddick appears to be a good coach.
But.
The officiating was not completely as egregious as it could have been – except for a pattern of no calls:
Sabonis gets shoved in the back. No call.
Trey Lyles gets absolutely trucked by LeBron. No call.
AD flattens I forget who. No call.
On the other side, AD gets his back gently caressed- foul!
And so on.
Both teams are good. It really doesn't take a lot to tip an NBA game one way or another in most cases. And I don't suspect this is anti Sac bias as much as it is a pro Laker one. I was reading an article about free throw disparity in the NBA, and the Lakers were at the top at +1000ish, while the next closest team was +300 something
I really really thought the Kings showed a lot of fight and aggression and toughness.
But the NBA is a little bit…..not fixed (besides 02) but rather biased.
And I'm not interested in trading authentic support of my team for inauthentic league management. It feels bad, it's manipulative and I won't do it
League Pass cancelled. Screw you Adam Silver. Good luck guys.
Where is this sabonis hate yall talking about in the national media? 😂The national media shit on AD way more than Sabonis even know AD is way better.
Mike brown is a solid coach but his rotations are trash
I'm a lakers fan but I am also a fan of Sabonis. He's such an underrated passer
Embarrassing to say the least. I know it’s early but 0-5 to start the season including preseason, doesn’t feel right !! Hope we can turn this around fast or it’s going be another long season
Oh boy this sounds like a red flag. Has to turn it around get a win
Fox is clearly not ready to play and not giving 100%. Trade him, for the good of the Kings and his own good. Great player, but needs a change of scenery.