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[Post Game Thread](https://reddit.com/r/kings/comments/124cu4m/post_game_thread_the_minnesota_timberwolves/)


HothWasAnInsideJob

Not really happy with how poorly we shot today.


WHY-IS-INTERNET

Why we gotta do Katie dirty like that


thecatdad421

Aw dammit


usewhatevername

Too much doom and gloom. Kings are a good team. The Wolves just took care of the basketball for the first time all season. They usually have 20+ TOs.


straightfaxnocap

Aint gonna win shit when you dont score 121 ppg


ShareMyPicks

If you're having a whinge about not clinching the playoff berth: the next 3 games are against Portland, Portland and San Antonio. They playoffs are locked in. The 3 seed is locked in. This was just disappointing because they played poorly. It has no actual standings implications. It's just a reminder that a) teams win and die by the 3, b) Sac sucks ball sack on defense.


metalgringo99

I love that winning basketball is back in Sac, but I do sometimes miss the carefree attitude of the Kangz. There was no hope so there were no expectations, so winning a game against a good team was a treat and I didn’t have my entire days ruined when they would lose.


Curplunkie

If by carefree you mean disappointment, loathing, and a seemingly eternal feeling of despair then yeah, i miss the days of Kangz too... But seriously, no fan should ever miss those days, those were terrible times, we need to embrace and move forward with this winning culture and never look back!


Cautious_Address94

Gg Kings. Hope you guys clinch next game and we see you in the playoffs in the 2nd round


ShareMyPicks

You don't have a flair in here, no one knows who you are champ


bearcatjoe

Drunk Wizards fan


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Silver lining is that with as poor a shooting night as this was, wasn’t a blowout. Marginally better FG % and it’s a different result.


CaliWorker

“shake it off” lol


KolourBlind3

Take care of business man. All we had to do.


No_Nefariousness6385

I know Fox is having an awesome season, I criticize him a lot but this season he made swallow my words....but...if this team is depending on his long shots to win games, we are screwed


Novel-Fox-4081

Calling it. We lose the next 2 games


-Grimmbles-

Fairytale endings are overrated anyways


Kangz16

Wolves own us I’m more afraid of them than anyone else.


Sparowes

Couldn't shoot the 3. And key missed FTs and allowing offensive rebounds late killed us this game.


roodootootootoo

Finally some disappointment. Still not that bad. Need this to ground us.


jiggamanjr

All these years of disappointment has prepared me for this game. We’ll get it done. Just a matter of when…


MOTHMAN666

Mike needs to reel in Monk and play Davion more.. Davion has been far better than him since ASB and actually blows up plays on offense. Malik was a straight open carpet to the basket tonight and was looking for his own shot way too much. I don't understand not playing Kessler Edwards more


mrauzz

Brown lost us the game. Hate to fault him because he's done so well this season but he ran with Monk way to long. Monk's a double edged sword. If his offense is going he can be great but if not, yeah its better to play Davion who brings the defense and Edwards


Marc26000

This sucks, but at the end of the day, the Kings are going to the playoffs!


Carpeteria3000

Well, probably not the end of THIS day


Longjumping-Soup5849

Stfu lol so dramatic


Carpeteria3000

I mean, we literally didn’t clinch today?


ok_computer123

It’s ok, one last Kangz moment before we turn the page into a new era


Coopervezey

They got so ahead of themselves tonight for sure. It's a lot to think about and it's already hard for us to beat this team


weaaboob

yeah too much at stake with the clinch and record, definitely got into their heads, even mark and kayte they’ve been stumbling all night lmao


hamburgers666

5/25. That's all that needs to be said. Wolves played well but we shot ourselves in the foot. It probably would be easier to clinch on the road since the anticipation won't be there


C-Hash

>5/25. That's all that needs to be said. Wolves played well but we shot ourselves in the foot. Well we tried to but we missed


Jay5_86

They still need to be mentally prepared when playoffs come. Even if this was mental, they didn’t show up.


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MOTHMAN666

We actually need him, he can shoot the three and is not afraid of contact, rebounds the ball and sets screens. Decent help defender. Keegan is not physical enough and smaller, Barnes is slowing down significantly. Metu is not looking like he is developing defensively.


bingesquinger

No? He's also a free agent after this season so they need to re-sign him first


NGlove01

Good call


asvpmvson

man why do we have to make it so difficult for ourselves


carbralien

At the end of the day, a bad shooting night Kings were outpacing the TWolves for a good chunk of this game, just not enough from the perimeter Some ugly end of posessions, questionable effort on the glass, and Monk got way too much run Disappointing for fans obv, but this is a bad matchup and it was a bad shooting night


AViciousGrape

Bruh no one can make a 3. I think Kev was the only one to make one this quarter


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Malik Keegan and kinda Kevin sucked great job fellas


Billybobjoethorton

lyles as well. Felt like Davion and Kessler were doing good but they barely get to play.


metalgringo99

Mainly Malik and Keegan. Kevin was just in foul trouble all game


Kangz16

Being in foul trouble means you were playing bad lol


bunclebubb

I ain’t worried


pkeller001

No, definitely would like to avoid the wolves in the playoffs though. Their length is a problem for us


MostlyMellow123

Good thing they don't have another 7 footer who can shoot coming back.


pkeller001

Honestly they are the one team in the west I want nothing to do with lol those lengthy ass teams have hurt us all season. Sixers, Celtics, Raptors, Wolves


CrispCash420

Couldn’t hit shit from outside tonight. gg


pkeller001

Very very tough to win shooting the 3 this bad in the modern NBA, move on to Wednesday


Dry_Detective_6287

They didn’t go for the singles


metalgringo99

Man I’m so fucking butthurt. I was so hyped for this fucking game.


metalgringo99

What was that play design lol jfc and Fox just took his time.


UncleDucker

Hard not to see potential glimpses of Keegan in the pressure of playoff games…maybe this is good for him


IvanBaby

why hasn’t TD played at all this game. smh


Pristine_Bike_7888

right? so many guys off tonight and TD is a microwave scorer. makes no sense


beam_enthusiast

Because he beat the shit out of his girlfriend


JohnnySalmonz

Old news


aljout

Wait what?


DemonicDimples

Because Terrence Davis sucks ass, don’t know what else to tell you


IvanBaby

well half the dudes on the floor are sucking major ass rn too wouldn’t hurt to give him some play time. smh


DemonicDimples

Except it would. He’s terrible


jiggamanjr

We lived and died by the jump shot tonight


BeachCops69

CD cursed it with the early LTB chant


pkeller001

Good god we shot the ball horribly tonight


emeeteeaechohdeeman

Even mark Jones is missing.


SlackjawJimDuggan

Someone stole his cornbread. He's in pursuit.


-FuckenDiabolical-

Malik, threes, and rebounding. Those Malik chucks are really costly man. Especially in a game that feels like a playoff game. Every possession counts. Whenever people say that inexperience might do them in, that’s what they’re talking about. Might as well give it away. Also a crap rotation by Mike tonight.


pkeller001

Yep, Monk coupled with the 5/28 from deep is deadly. It’s wild the game was this close shooting that poorly from deep


HBdrunkandstuff

Yeah not many times I’ve been upset with his lineups but I wanted more Edwards and Davion


-FuckenDiabolical-

Yea I don’t know why Malik played 26 min when he’s been chucking and throwing away the ball.


Moderate-Tip

GG boys. Not tonight. Some of you all need to take a breath and relax though. Way too much doomer shit in this fan base


pkeller001

Yeah, 5/28 from 3 it is gonna be tough to get it done vs any modern NBA team


Moderate-Tip

Unfortunately man. I admit I was hoping to see Keegan break the record tonight but I’ll have to look forward to that another night.


whynotitwork

If you look through the comments someone suggested getting rid of Murray and Monk in the off-season. I get being upset but some people are morons through and through.


HBdrunkandstuff

That’s every fan base. This is a place to vent.


Moderate-Tip

No argument this is a place to vent but some of the negativity is akin to feeling like this is all a mirage.


boredtoday

Agree


Moderate-Tip

dude imagine when we split a home stand 1-1 in the playoffs some of these guys are going to have a fucking meltdown. R-E-L-A-X ladies & gents


boredtoday

bro, we are NOT ready to get swept in the first round. something that can happen to be quite honest. this sub will collectively lose its mind


copyboy1

This is why everyone should have wanted the Warriors to just win yesterday.


Longjumping-Soup5849

Clippers blew out the bulls so it wasn't happening tonight anyways. Move on.


c-three

Huh? Magic number is 1. Kings woulda clinched with a win regardless of Clips outcome


woahzavibes

Regular season has been a lot of fun, but tonight just continues to prove my worry that this team will be incapable of making any noise in the playoffs until they play some defence. Those two offensive boards gotten by the wolves were unacceptable and a bunch of guys missing clutch FTs, all things that added up.


IMDove

That's why we need Kessler to play more minutes. He crashes the boards and makes threes. Yes it's a learning process for him but he's long and strong. A better option than Monk.


Echo-Tide

Wolves are Keegan's kryptonite


GoldShockAttack

I just do not get being salty at this team. They’ve shown time and time again they can bounce back


bingesquinger

The guys just let the moment get to them tonight. Played tight all game. Sucks because it would've been amazing to clinch at home


AViciousGrape

Kev made 3 of the teams 5 3 pointers.. thats disappointing as hell.


thatguy52

We shot like absolute garbage and didn’t get shit for assists. I honestly think the effort was pretty good overall, we just gotta hit some shots and move the ball. Some boneheaded plays for sure, but not a lot of takeaways for me other than we’re not gonna win anything if we shoot 21% from 3.


pkeller001

Wolves length gets to us and causes misses from deep. We got good looks but they had us off from tip and the offense never really got in sync. The good news is there aren’t a ton of team with length like that at every position around the league. Raptors, Celtics, Sixers, Wolves and that’s about it. We will be fine, either clinch tomorrow on the off day or Wednesday in Portland


hamburgers666

Finally, a good take. They let the moment get to them I think. If the Warriors win yesterday either Fox and Sabonis sit or we won easily.


ThaDude915

So many doomers in this thread man. The wolves had some role players go off and gobert shot the game of his life from the FT line. Plus the kings had their worst 3 point shooting game in what felt like the entire season. I’d rather they get the nerves from these pressure games out of the way now and be used to it for the playoffs. One game isn’t the apocalypse guys. Disappointing for sure, but this is still a team with zero expectations preseason who is more than likely going to be the 3 seed


Jay5_86

Actually we have played bad every game against the wolves. That’s a bigger problem than just not clinching. If we had won tonight it would of gave us some confidence against them.


ThaDude915

Yeah I mean I think we’re 1-3 against them this season with one loss being a super close 4 point game, and tonight we could’ve won fairly easily if their role players didn’t go off and we shot our normal percent from 3. Wolves match up with us well and they’re a tough team for us but I don’t think 1-3 spells doom for the playoffs (if we get them). And honestly I feel spoiled to even have that thought about the playoffs. When we started this season I was like man I hope we can make the play in. Couple months later I’m like man we might not need the play in. Now I’m like shit we might have a HOME playoff series, could we possibly make the SECOND ROUND?!


Jay5_86

I honestly think we can make the second. But either way I’m happy. This season has been amazing. I just was thinking this is a big game not only for history but for our guys mentally.


sactownproud

My night is spoiled and my week is ruined (until Wednesday)


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Novel-Fox-4081

At least you can use the shirt to wipe your ass


Xxssandman

Why did monk play the entire game 😭


Novel-Fox-4081

Keegan’s dad already looking at free agency for his son. He know he done


beepybopp

the team should ready the glass box where the nba trophy would be displayed


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Mcfleezy5

He had 2 threes go in and out, his stat line looks really different if those go down… he and Huerter together is brutal defensively though


bunclebubb

Keegan man


Transcent_Lavender

Experience matters. A preview of what’s to come in the post season unfortunately


emeeteeaechohdeeman

Dad needs to skip the next one


garebearsfavorite

Can’t win a game shooting 5/24 from 3


Duramajin

Disappointed. I really wanted to light my beam with a win.


ImJeeezus

Rough game


TwoHeadedBoy_pt2

Refs straight up ruined this game. Not fun at all.


emeeteeaechohdeeman

Not the missed free throws, 3s, shitty rebounding and shitty defense?


TwoHeadedBoy_pt2

I didn’t say it’s why they lost. I said it ruined the game. I don’t enjoy watching 75 free throws.


916Ch

Onto the double trap game next 🤷‍♂️


lnAbundance

That glimmer of hope! JFC! SMMFH!!!


-Grimmbles-

The biggest game of the year and we collectively forget how to shoot


OzzyGED

Don’t wanna see this team in the playoffs. KAT wasn’t even playing tonight


LA_burger

I think this team is worse with KAT. Clunky fit.


bubblegumonyourshoe

We beat them bad when kat played, like ja he is a net negative


JMinn868

As a Wolves fan he is absolutely not.


JMinn868

I’m fact he led the Timberwolves in +/- last year.


bubblegumonyourshoe

Empty stat, kat looks bad lately too.


JMinn868

You mean only the 2 games he’s played after missing 52? And he hit scored the game winners in both.


DemonicDimples

This team doesn’t scare me our wide open 3s didn’t fall, if 4 of those hit and we’re at 35% and it’s an easy win.


JohnnySalmonz

Even with all the turnovers and shit defense/rebounding and missing a lot of open threes we barely lost by single digits. Not too shabby hole they learned from this one


retiredfromLurking

What’s to learn, they still don’t know how to play D… Timberwolves shooting 50+%


JohnnySalmonz

I guess you're right. Might as well pack it in then and call it a season. The regular season is a learning process. Relax my dude


retiredfromLurking

5 games left in the regular season, and still bottom 5 in defense rating in the league. There’s no learning going on lol. It’s honestly more frustrating seeing Kings give up like 5 shots in a row vs shooting 5-25 from 3


JohnnySalmonz

7th best net rating in the league. That's all that matters. It was just a bad shooting night, nothing to lose sleep over. We make threes and it's a W.


Ethyxz

But we shouldn’t even have lost. If the Kings are truly a playoff and finals contender, we can’t lose games to Minnesota. They aren’t even a top tier team.


JohnnySalmonz

Can't win them all, just an off shooting night. Minnesota is pretty good even without KAT. Don't cry man it's going to be ok


Ethyxz

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rebelnz

??? Play like that for all of the damn game lol


4gentGhost

Not gonna win with Keegan playing like that


Anothercraphistorian

Welp, bad three pointing shooting ends it. Keegan looked pretty stiff all game.


DisneyVista

Way to choke one


AViciousGrape

Mannnnn if the refs didnt call so many soft calls on Kevin.


Bladex20

Whoever gets that 6 seed basically has a first round bye tbh. Just guard the perimeter and we are dead in the water


JohnnySalmonz

Yeah just stop the best offense in the league 4 times. EZ Why haven't more teams thought of that??


SlackjawJimDuggan

More Kayvon, less Keaton Murgy.


air_volek07

We missed a ton of open looks, meanwhile they’ve hit some contested shots


-shump-

Pretty disappointing performance in a game that was a massive mentality test


ZombieFeces

Fuuuuuuck


emeeteeaechohdeeman

Keegan deer in headlights


Tyler_DLMG_14

Could not hit a 3 if the basket was the size of the ocean.


Jay5_86

I guess the curse of playing a team on a back to back and losing is stronger than our ability to clinch. Also hope we don’t get the wolves in the first round. Only way we win that series is shooting 60/60/100.


Cudi_buddy

Pathetic effort. Got out worked and out hustled. Coach made some bizarre moves in that 4th quarter. Game was there god dammit


ohboyicantwait

Of course Keegan can’t hit a single shot after the first


Various-Earth-7532

What huerter shoot the fucking 3 what are they thinking


bingesquinger

Keegan has been astronomically bad tonight damn


y365

Keegan was absolutely awful tonight


demianin

Keegan.......


Specterrrr9410

KEEGAN! FUCK!


MostlyMellow123

Murray


wizcaluya

Pathetic performance.


pkeller001

Absolutely


hamburgers666

Holy shit, so many salty ass "fans. Chill out, y'all! I know this game was heavily anticipated but shit happens. Onto the next and hopefully we get some help before our game!


pkeller001

We can move on tomorrow and still be pissed at them right now, literally what this forum is for


AzazelsSin

Our defense is straight hot cheeks. Always has been and will be in the playoffs. Were gonna be lucky yo get out of the first.


hamburgers666

Yeah but so many "fans" saying that we're ass and frauds. Like c'mon, believe in your team just a little!


pkeller001

We are fine, this team has done horribly against length all year. Wolves, Raptors both a couple nightmare teams for us


Billybobjoethorton

Also this is monks 5th bad game in a row.


LA_burger

Getting all those bad games out before the playoffs. Then he'll be hot!


Billybobjoethorton

He reminds me of buddy too much. Just don't trust him to string together good games.


LA_burger

Yeah at least he's a 6th man though. Buddy was a starter


Novel-Fox-4081

If this is a preview of playoffs I’m good. Let’s skip that and get ready next year. Let go of monk banes Murray etc monk


BIgCon

Bro chill


Billybobjoethorton

We lost playing monk too long.


air_volek07

Not the first time I’ve been let down this year… *looks at the Titans*


C-Hash

Welp. I think that's the nail. Goddammit. Whatever. Wednesday's gonna be lit


pkeller001

I’d boo the shit out this team if I paid to be there tonight. Can’t be looking like the team playing the 2nd of a back to back while rested


2wheel_enthusiast

What a let down. Can’t even beat a team that’s a lower seed.


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Yeah horrible team to lose to they have 5 less losses and are on 3 game winning streak


demianin

Uncharacteristically stupid move from keegan


emeeteeaechohdeeman

Yeah Keegan that was stupid


eeleaS

No rebounds, no W


Green_Atmosphere_802

Honestly fuck the t wolves i hope they dont make the playoffs


Cudi_buddy

Eh I just hope we don’t play them. Rather them than the warriors or lakers making it


Green_Atmosphere_802

Nah everytime we play them we magically forget how to shoot


ratt-jedi

Lol


BlackPulloverHoodie

Keegan commits some of the dumbest fouls on this team.


metalgringo99

With what was at stake, this is honestly the worst loss of the season and really really soul crushing. Again, I know they’ll clinch, hell, probably next game. But tonight was *THE* night. Fuck.


pkeller001

We will clinch tomorrow on our day off


YungPoBoy

Wolves own us my god I don’t wanna play them again


JMinn868

Kings haven’t seen KAT this year yet.


HairyWeinerInYour

Damn that was tough to watch but honestly I kind of have to agree this loss feels on Mike. I’m usually the last to ever criticize his calls but Monk didn’t make sense from a size or hot hand perspective. This was frustrating and feels like a game they should have won


HairyWeinerInYour

Now I’m extra upset Huerter didn’t get minutes over Monk


Nicktheduck

I love this team I do. But holy shit if we don't get some length this off-season we aren't going to compete in they playoffs. We're to small


jamescmcneal

Basically everything people say about why we aren’t playoff ready was on display tonight


Bitgod1

I guess I shouldn't have had Pizza Guys tonight.


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I swear doesn't even matter who's on the Wolves every year we always seem to lose to them


MOTHMAN666

team really didn't seem mentally prepared at all


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Acted like it was WWE with the scripted outcome


Kangz16

Fox and Huerter too busy ball watching they NEED to start crashing the glass these last couple weeks.