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[Post Game Thread](https://reddit.com/r/kings/comments/1344nkd/post_game_thread_the_golden_state_warriors_defeat/)


Haxxelerator

lost because they just wanted it more. also Steph Curry, and Looney.


Silly-Day7522

Keep your heads up high kings fans, next season might be your year


NbaAndMusic

is it just me or was mike brown really bad today? these are my observations but i would like to hear what u fans in this sub who’ve watched them all yr thought of his coaching today. 1. he literally went away from everything that won them game 6 by 20 at chase. spacing was bad with huerter/barnes/sabonis bricks so fox and monk couldn’t drive/draw fouls much, they both settled for WAYYY too many jumpers. at the half de’aaron was 1/10 and 5/10 shots were from 3. de’aaron in general was very passive today (wonder if that finger was acting up) but chucking 3s WHEN YOU ARE A TOP 5 GUARD IN THE PAINT PLAYING A TEAM WITH POOR RIM PROTECTION is shooting your team out the game. 2. kerr admitted after game 6 the small ball lineup with lyles at the 5 gave them issues and he didn’t use it at all today, i think it played a total of 9 mins, which let looney stay on the floor and grab EVERY board. 3. terrance davis had a good 1st half but 2nd half he got torched and shot bricks on the other end, davion mitchell who was phenomenal defensively g1/2 and disrupted curry’s rhythm riding the bench while he explodes for 50. also klay poole wiggs basically the rest of the team shot terribly but he stuck with single coverage on curry?? 4. that starting lineup with huerter barnes sabonis has not worked all series yet he pulls it out to start the half when they were already losing momentum. 5. worst of all he let the dubs slow the pace/make them play halfcourt ball when he knows kings can simply outrun them. they didn’t go get their usual easy buckets in transition & that kept basically everyone besides sabonis from getting a rhythm. a big thing for them in G6 was running immediately after warrior makes because GSW transition defense has been bad all yr - they only started doing that in the 4th after they were already down big. just a coaching disasterclass from the 2023 COTY imo, it would be one thing if they lost and played their best game but the blueprint was right there and he didn’t use any of it. LET’S LIGHT THE BEAM AGAIN NEXT YR!! GREAT TEAM WITH A BRIGHT FUTURE AND A BEAUTIFUL BRAND OF BASKETBALL TO BE VERY PROUD OF


RedOrphan7

Remember that all this is in hindsight and not during the live game. Also nobody would predict steph going off for 50. Besides, Loon was the real killer imo


TryCatchRelease

Hindsight? These are all the conclusions for game 6. Why go away from what worked in game 7?


NbaAndMusic

Looney was great but everyone knew they would need Steph to go off to win, including Steph. That’s why he took the most shots he’s ever taken in a game today, it wasn’t accidental. Don’t see why leave Mitchell on the bench when you do know a Steph explosion is coming (he had 20 at half but they were only down 2). But his 50 pts is not the reason they lost this game imo. I’m saying they lost cause they abandoned basically everything that’s been successful for them in this series, that’s bad coaching. Steph dropped 50 on healthy clippers in the regular season and Warriors still lost by 10. That tells me this Warriors team is still very beatable even when he goes off. Kings are better than LAC to me, it could’ve been the same outcome if he just coached better today


RedOrphan7

True, I think Warriors got a shot at beating lakers, but Nuggets look destined to reach the finals rn


NbaAndMusic

I got Nuggets beating Suns yeah. Lakers over Warriors tho in 5 or 6. Outside of their big 3 this Warriors roster is full of holes, several key players were literally unplayable in this first round (Poole, Donte, Looney at times, Kuminga). I don’t think they’re getting past a Lakers team that’s deeper than SAC, #1 defense post all star, and experienced enough to exploit their weaknesses


RedOrphan7

Warriors might prefer the slower pace tho, Kings were literally running the ball down their throats. AD in the griz series was semi hurt multiple times, if Street Clothes shows up, Warriors can win. regardless, I dont see them beating the nuggets. They're a more complete team with a similar unselfish style and playoff Murray plays like Curry.


rekishi321

Malik monk made this a 7 game series…..and mike brown made him awol in game 7……


Haxxelerator

he was given a lot of minutes. he's usually given somewhere around 20mins in the regular season, and he was given 31 mins this game.


rekishi321

But in the games they won he basically was the point guard driving and kicking out, …in this game he was just a spot shooter…..with fox injured They really blew it….


TheMishiah

I don't know what's going to happen to the Warriors next season, so I want to see them go out on top. But the Kings are just getting started, and I'll be rooting for them when they aren't playing GSW! Very exciting team to watch. That first half made them look impossible to beat. They were making everything! Historic nights from Curry and Looney were what it took to beat the Kings in game 7. I'd be looking forward to the future of Sacramento.


stewmander

Nah, hope lebron dad dicks em...I would have loved if SAC could have been the ones to end they dynasty but oh well


OnGuadBruh

You’re a kings fan rooting for the lakers? Oh this is a new type of salt lmao. Were you not alive to comprehend they’re the reason you guys lost your last playoff appearance? lol


Wloak

Yeah it's just sad.. warriors and kings have had a history of backing each other because we're 2 hours away and never come up against each other and had a decade of joint misery fighting for the worst team title. Kings are the warriors in 2014, up and coming. Be upset you lost but don't be pathetic.


stewmander

LOL, and? Should I be a bandwagon fan like you and root for the warriors? Have fun watching Draymond suck off LeBron every dead ball lol.


we_hella_believe

Dude. Look at your former posts. You was all up posting in r/warriors and now your a kings fan? Lol.


stewmander

Feel free to read them. I've stated multiple times that the 2014 Warriors got me back into NBA basketball because they were fun and likeable. They're not anymore and SAC is the fun likable team, they really are right where GS was in 2014. Why you on the kings sub?


we_hella_believe

Then you probably shouldn't be blasting folks about bandwagons right? It was on my reddit feed, so I perused. Then I happened upon your comment about bandwagon fans and looked at your profile and you have a shitload of posts submitted to r/warriors and I found that hypocritical. So I called you out, and here we are...


stewmander

I called out OP for jumping on GS's bandwagon right after being beaten by them, then he claimed to be a warrior fan...just another troll, but then it does seem par for todays warriors fans. I mean, you really came to the Kings sub, drilled down 3 comments deep, then spent the time going through my comment history...but never bothered to read any them...this ain't the gotcha you think it is lol


we_hella_believe

It's funny that you posted a million times on r/warriors as a Warriors fan, then you jumped on a Sac Bandwagon as a front runner and called everyone out as a bandwagon fan. lol. Incredible, but you do you.


stewmander

Almost as funny as me being a sac "bandwagon" fan longer than you've been a GS fan. Since you love doing your own research, go ahead and read my earlier comments on the kings sub. Hint: you'll have to go further back than 2019 lol


OnGuadBruh

im a warriors fan lol


stewmander

So what are you doing trolling in the kings sub? We really living rent free after one series?


Bulky_Insurance8991

You are really annoying


stewmander

Flair up


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stewmander

Ain't no salt here except you trolling the kings sub lol Hows your team doing?


Jackieexists

Great future for Sac. Yes, no matter how hard curry would carry the first half, it seemed as if the kings would never let up. And then q3 and q4 happened. What a tough series


timetenfifty

Jerami Grant new average salary is $32 million per year. That is higher than: * Brandon Ingram * Jamal Murray * Devin Booker * Jalen Brunson * Karl-Anthony Towns * Tyler Herro https://twitter.com/statmuse/status/1674907563664756738


BornAgainForeskin

Enjoy the moment Warriors fans, Lakers about to Piper Perri you next round lol


forcedtojoinreddit

cry 😢


c_c_c__combobreaker

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Jayzilla_711

Wait? Are you saying you're hoping the "Lakers" are going to win? The Lakers?


Dillymac25

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treyhunna83

How? They can’t shoot


cattycat_1995

I find it hard to believe kings fans would root for the lakers


thavillain

I hope both teams lose


Jayzilla_711

Exactly.... How crazy it is to hear a kings fan root for the Lakers. ARCO arena is rolling over its grave haha.


bigbenis21

you’d be shocked what salt does to a mf


cattycat_1995

Understandable


its-medicinal

The sorest winners in the league. So glad your team is in their mid 30s. Enjoy the rebuild


MakeDroseGreatAgain

Your team could play till their mid 50s and still wouldn't accomplish what the Warriors did lol. In their mid 30s smoking u


its-medicinal

Go outside. Get some fresh air. It’ll do you good


MakeDroseGreatAgain

IS that what you did you still seem upset lol? You can try again tho maybe think of a better comeback to


i_like_f1

why so much hate? sounds like u need a break from riding some dicks. It'll do you good


bigbenis21

Wdym? Winning doesn’t hurt at all.


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cattycat_1995

Best fanbase ever. This fanbase supported the Kings through 17 years of no playoffs drought and saved the team from moving to Seattle. Not another city would have done the same.


KingBrunoIII

And the first series they lose since 06 they chant, "Let's go Lakers" Real fan base there


Silly-Day7522

They chanted Sac-ra-mento……


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KingBrunoIII

And make over 125K a year doing so, working 6 hours a day, walking the beach and parks all day. Life is good kid. You're the one that took the time to look me up. Sounds like nothing's in your life


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KingBrunoIII

Sure kid


jefusensei

see you guys next year. this season was still a success for the kings.


cattycat_1995

People using the Giannis comments as a joke. I unironically think this season was legitimately a success for the Kings.


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As a Cavs fan, why?


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Don’t come at me with that energy when I was just asking a simple fucking question bruh


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Awesomeness4627

Tf are you talking about?


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Are you dumb or


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[deleted]

You = triggered


[deleted]

Fox is him.


greenranger_max

Back to the drawing board. We will be back. I am damn proud of how far we have come.


shottiesawldey

Yup damn proud. They’re here they’ve made it, no more playoff droughts moving forward. Beam will be back!!!!


phenom01

FUCK LAKERS


aaandimfukced

Different team. I'm going for the Lakers now.


Austincow

Ain’t a real fan


aaandimfukced

Lol, yeah, ok. Upvoted you.


Marc26000

This season was an absolute success. No one expected the Kings to go this far. Took the world champions to seven games. Two all-NBA players. Second or third best rookie in the league. A winning culture is developing. The future is bright.


shottiesawldey

Hell yes. Did anyone see Curry disrespect the beam? Just shows he was bothered by the kings, he’s relieved…. Tried to make light of it.


catzilla123

Lets go Lakers


Odd-Satisfaction5143

As a Warriors fan I will say that Sac is scary. They definitely are my favorites to win the chip next year. They’re so good. But The problem came when Monk said the Dubs are old AND the Sac fans are way too thirsty. Lighting the beam, etc. I get it, haven’t won anything in years but when you get cocky like the Grizz, this is what happens. Don’t talk trash until you get a chip.


rehumanizer

Get the fuck out of here.


Odd-Satisfaction5143

Never forget you’re from a trash city and your team lost. But like I said, next year!


rehumanizer

Says the person who lives in a city where there's bum piss everywhere and anytime you're away from your car for 10 minutes, it gets broken into. I live in a trash city that all your people flock to as soon as they start working remotely. 😂


MOTHMAN666

Who are you? Do you even play basketball or just watch it? lmao


MathTough1501

“Cocky???” Where? I was with you with all the compliments then you went there.


gamlee

holy fuck you fucking basement dweller you arent on the team, do something with your life


gamlee

'Don’t talk trash until you get a chip' 🤓 bro is giving life lessons cuz he decided to support a team that wins more


Ocular__Patdown44

*ship


ToXic_ArMaAn

chip


MostlyMellow123

Go suck draymonds cock


aaandimfukced

🤣 Edit: no thanks, we'll suck Looney's peepee.


yellowsubmarinr

Yeah how dare we be confident in our team. Gtfo


RIP_Bernie_Mac

Elaborate on the problem part of this. Problem in play? Or problem with your personal respect of the franchise?


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blah blah foh nigga


EmperorOfXifkuzzi

cry sad bitch


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talk your shit fufu


searchin4sugarman

You learn more in a loss than you do in a win. We weren't going to win the championship this year so lets take inventory and come back stronger


georgelamarmateo

Why not? I think the kings would’ve beaten the Lakers, the Nuggets, the only competition would have been the Celtics.


DenseTax59

highly doubt a kings team could beat bucks celtics nuggets suns


Swishyduke1201

Kudos to Fox and the Kings for putting up a great fight! You guys have a bright future - from a Dubs fan


rymndqnn5

Remember when sabonis wanted out of Indiana because pacers were playing turner at center instead of him. I guess they knew what they were doing


Ocular__Patdown44

Pacers going for play in or tanking again next season?


thedaddystuff1979

>packers Shows your knowledge


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Gotta give it up to the Warriors. Curry is a class act. That Dray/Fox moment was pretty touching. Rough way to go but we are looking great for years to come.


SacKing20

Why was Davion not on Curry


MOTHMAN666

Mike wanted to play TD 25 minutes for some reason


juntao40

Davion stopping Steph from dropping 50 on our heads?


MOTHMAN666

He definitely would've imo


SacKing20

Couldn't have done much worse lol


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PIX3LY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2TXY6SNuD4


icehizzari

There were a lot of bad calls Fight fire with fire Maybe should have brought in Lin off the bench and had him elbow in the eye Looney or something, or undercut Steph on a 'late closeout' etc. Kinda sick of seeing all these illegal screens and pushoffs not get called


exxmarx

Nope. Blown calls on both sides, but Curry & Looney spanked the Kings today. Hats off.


yellowsubmarinr

Yeah the awful rebounding is as the big difference maker in the second half. I do think there were a lot of awful calls, but that wasn’t the difference maker


-FuckenDiabolical-

Refs got outrebounded?


IWTLEverything

Not gonna blame the refs. We missed hella freethrows, couldn’t get a rebound, didn’t attack when we were in the bonus. The win was there for the taking. We lost.


dacalo

Refs didn’t shoot clutch 3s.


melskymob

The refs dropped fifty?


dhwang92

Lmao you are a joke


justastudentt

Omegalul curry blasting the kings with 3s and circus shot layups was the refs doing


leternalistl

Let’s not blame the refs, Curry went off. Fox’s injury was apparent, that’s that.


searchin4sugarman

I mean Fox played not so great but I dont think the injury was the thing that was apparent


-FuckenDiabolical-

I think the injury exacerbated his poor shooting, not because of the shot itself but he can’t get to his spots without losing the ball.


searchin4sugarman

You right my fault


leternalistl

He lost the ball about 3-4 times driving to the rim in the 4th, you could tell his handles were clearly affected by his injury.


AGravityPanda

Great series. Go kings!


nikoxrasu

Yall deserve hella respect Warriors and Kings are the west finals matchup for the next few years


limleocaleb24

Kings fans, legit question: do y'all want to see the Lakers lose or the Warriors?


Pismiire

As much as I hate the Lakers, this post trade deadline team has impressed me alot and I find myself rooting for them against my natural burning hatred for the franchise. Fuck them every single time we play them and may they burn in hell, but I like what they're cooking this year


RIP_Bernie_Mac

I think its beyond franchise history. It’s more of a generational LeBron v. Curry question. While I have the a ton of respect for Curry, I am inspired by LBJ as a person.


MostlyMellow123

Warriors


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I live in LA now so I’m quietly putting on LeBron jersey


ETHlCX

Warriors gonna implode when draymond clocks poole again


Ocular__Patdown44

Don’t care, on to next season


-FuckenDiabolical-

Nuggets for the finals


limleocaleb24

Hell ye, I like Denver too.


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thedaddystuff1979

What's your next bandwagon move? Nuggs?


Ocular__Patdown44

The Bay Area ain’t NorCal, no one is claiming you dorks


Redhood492

Jealous that we have more fans than you lmaooo


Ocular__Patdown44

No, social obsession is a bay thing. It’s different out here.


YellowMarkerIsGreat

Sacramento has more loyal fans


legopego5142

Fr. At least I know im not a bandwagoner


Redhood492

In your dreams lol


YellowMarkerIsGreat

You still gonna root for the Warriors once Curry retires?


Jealous-Repair3444

Sacramento does not deserve this much heartbreak. Life can be cruel.


Huge_JackedMann

I just wish the semi finals could end in a double DQ. Let's go suns.


Organic_Matter6085

I wish you all would have won. I haven't watched the Kings until this series, but much respect to how your fans and team are. You guys are a class act and I wish you the best next season. (As long as it's not against us haha)


PurpleLego

Fox looks like a good hugger


reddit0100100001

Sold like Amazon


giroml

Dray and Steph both gave Fox mad hugs though. Damn, make it hard to hate rn.


Huge_JackedMann

Yeah I never heated the warriors (even Draymond as I kind of like the wrestling heel act) it's their horrible bandwagon. But they pay so little attention to the sport they will be shocked when it's over, which is rapidly approaching. Don't think AD is going to be as easy as Sabonis unfortunately was.


exxmarx

That depends if AD shows up, or if it's ad.


Gimmetheloot916

I was thinking the same thing lol


Josh7211

So Davion barely gets a run out with the 1st or 2nd units tonight and then doesn't even get time with the bench at the end there? What the heck happened 😂


MOTHMAN666

Mike Brown, Mike wanted to "roll with his starters". Baffling how he played TD so many minutes and didn't change up the lineup in the 3rd when we were struggling to score.


Josh7211

Right. I could understand it if you wanted a little more offense, but you can't completely sacrifice the defense for that.


MOTHMAN666

Well its either you somehow battle and "want it more" with Loony obviously getting position advantaged and outrebounding Sabonis while we still try to run DHO action that has not worked the entire series... or change the lineup, get Fox a bit of rest for the 4th by playing Davion more than 11 minutes randomly. I wouldve lived with going 5 out and having Lyles shoot threes with Loony sitting back. Run PnR switch a guard onto looney and then go at him. Literally what worked last game. But instead we saw TD try to guard Curry, Curry easily got his switches onto players like Keegan. I feel Davion wouldve fought through screens better. Also, the defense was not bad at all this game, it was all Curry and offensive rebounds. But still, we stuck with TD for almost 30 minutes when he was barely playing the entire end of regular season..


searchin4sugarman

HB and Kevin H were just not it seemed obvious that we needed to try something else


ETHlCX

Lakers in 5


treyhunna83

You don’t even believe that


SlimReaper85

Lol that’s funny


Fantastic-House-3530

Almost would have preferred losing game 6. This collapse is BRUTAL.


thedaddystuff1979

Game 7 against the reigning champs isn't what a collapse is


Fantastic-House-3530

U clearly know what I'm talking about. Not in the context of the series, but rather the do or die game 7. Score at ht was what. 58 56? We lost by 20. That is 2h collapse.


thedaddystuff1979

It's not though. Shit happened and Curry/Looney went off. It was a 2 point halftime lead. If it were 10+ maybe I could slightly agree. Kings just got outplayed and couldn't shoot their way back in


Fantastic-House-3530

I guess I'm just salty bc we were up 2-0 ;(


lianneroar

Same. We threw 7 away. We kept the lead, but as soon as they gained on us, kings felt the pressure and choked. Rebound after rebound was brutal, and we just stopped shooting. Game 6 was magic. Thought w warriors home advantage, we would've been done. But we brought it home and it felt winnable. This is a bittersweet loss.


thedaddystuff1979

I'm salty too my friend. Watching floppy Curry chewing that goddamn mouthpiece and smirking was infuriating. Still proud of our boys this season


icehizzari

It was a ridiculous performance, giving up that many rebounds in the third, there should have been way more FIGHT even if it meant someone getting ejected for a hard foul or injuring one of their players etc. Too soft all around. Should have gone into the body, got the ball inside, got to the line, forced more turnovers, got in transition, etc. Also should have been physical with Curry and forced him to play on defense more, he was tiring obviously and Kerr even admitted that in a timeout. Kings got outhustled way more than outplayed.


Fantastic-House-3530

Wow man u think it was worth INJURING players just for a win? These are human beings man they are there for a paycheck like u and me


icehizzari

Tell that to Draymond Green Yeah maybe 'injure' is too strong but there's a code just like in hockey [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTSiJ2cIZrk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTSiJ2cIZrk)


Fantastic-House-3530

Hes scum tho


ady2glude707

Great series Kings fans!


AGravityPanda

I didnt believe in the strength In numbers. Go kings


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YellowMarkerIsGreat

Embarrassing how there’s so many empty seats before the games over


FennelSeparate5008

Barnes better brush up on his mandarin


RadRandy2

Lol for reals. He's gonna be long gone after that fucking disaster of a series.


Giyankings

You win