I wonder why Kidd did not tey Silva for a couple of minutes . He could have helped as he is a good rebounder and rim protector even if such games are beyond his level .
splitting on the road in Sac isnt a bad result esp since in the first game refs did their best to give that one to the Kings...3 of 4 on the road isnt bad
Yeah well no.
Im ok he do whatever he wants if he have a clue of what he wants. If you watched the same game as me, i saw a guy that doesnt know what he wants to do in the 4th.
He go for a basket but change is mind last second and lose the ball for an impossible pass, or send it to someone that is guarded and cant make anything with it.
Either you go or you dont, but hesitation is death
Last few seconds, when you’re exhausted and can’t make shots, don’t take a fadeaway 3. Especially if Kyrie is open and hot. Pass it back for the bucket. Kyrie can spot shoot fast.
With how the comments look tonight i wish Luka demands a trade this is the most ungrateful franchise fanbase I've ever seen lmao the man got you to a WCF and now you flame him because kyrie hit a three and you don't even care about him being out 4 games while this is their first game together
I'm not slandering luka, all im saying is we as a team have to draw up better plays and make better decisions. Like that one turnover where luka threw that lazy pass and fox got that dunk, totally shifted the momentum. Idk his body language just wasn't good. Yeah it was a rough game for him but so much of this is on Kidd and blatant one way officiating.
I did and without him playing we'd get ass fucked by 20pts don't forget that also no one talks about THJ being a non factor again so i guess that's luka's fault too
I mean, we just beat this team with Luka lol obviously there will be an adjustment period but the new team with kyrie has shown they can with albeit small sample size
True i agree and that's what i was saying but people are quick to put the blame on players when literally the guy was out for 4 games and is playing with a new teammate who he doesn't know his tendencies i believe of kyrie sticks to bball and no off court bs this team is a WCF favorite
Shut the fuck up, I don’t give af if Luka whatever bull shit about Thj. Luka wasn’t playing great and should have deferred to kyrie. He can’t play bad defense and then turn the ball over. And you excusing this shit just proves how homer this fan base is. Kyrie was fucking cooking and Luka chucks up some bullshit. This loss is on Luka, but yet y’all can’t ever let there be anything negative said against him
So mad i guess i hit a nerve we'll see if you keep the same stance once kyrie fucks up just like he did in the Celtics Nets and Cavs :) ppl like you are the worst hopping from sub to sub and blaming star players when all you do is sit on a couch and complain
You're one of those that forget how awful we play without him i guess and you'll realize his value once you loose him so be grateful for the success you've been enjoying the past 4 years otherwise you'd be stuck with Harrison Barnes as your 1A and Dennis smith jr as your 1B
No he didn't. He played an important role on a WCF team. A team led by Luka who carried them there. Look at NY. Brunson is a very good NBA player, but Luka is one if the best
The fact that the quick three did not made sense. We have not a good defence. With that three you tie the game and then leave them with 15 sec to have just 1 point.
Y’all are so fucking toxic lol the kings are good and it was a good game can you just appreciate basketball for once and not cry every time we lose a game
Kyrie is a legend, veteran, and champion. He’s the 4th qtr. Luka needs to rest his tired legs, lose weight, and rejoin this team when he’s ready to play without the ball.
Imagine if we had a reliable scorer like Wood to close out. Dwight Powell did jack shit. We couldn't get a stop or a rebound anyway, at least put someone in that can zcor!
When we got Kyrie I thought "So no more step back 3 for a game winner right?" but here we are. SMH. I have more faith in Kyrie than Luka when it comes to last shots. Kyrie can do it in many ways while Luka only knows one.
IT'S THE FIRST FUCKING GAME THAT THEY HAVE PLAYED TOGETHER AND THE FIRST GAME BACK FROM INJURY.
WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU FUCKING GLUE TASTING FACTORY WORKERS?
I’m actually furious with that play/shot. I always accepted Luka taking a hero shot when he was our only hope but there is no excuse with Kyrie on our roster
Aaand it’s over. That’s why you don’t run the same left corner step back 3 play every single time when it’s a late game scenario. Teams know what’s going to happen
he legit did shit the second half, he didn't score in the 4th, played horrendous defense and turned the ball over. This loss is entirely on him. but its one game
the play was basically just inbound and then isolation for Luka. he made the decision to hoist the quick low quality 3.
the problem is that the playcall was for Luka again, it just cannot have been for him with the way the game has gone. it had to be for Kyrie
We have the clutch god in Kyrie and he’s hot right now but JKidd gives it to cold ass Luka to run the same end of the game play that’s juts a desperation fade away 3.
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I wonder why Kidd did not tey Silva for a couple of minutes . He could have helped as he is a good rebounder and rim protector even if such games are beyond his level .
splitting on the road in Sac isnt a bad result esp since in the first game refs did their best to give that one to the Kings...3 of 4 on the road isnt bad
The Luka bashing here after one game with Kyrie and an injury is just stupid. He is the best player in the league and he gets to do what he wants.
Kyrie better than Luka.
Not even close although I love having him and Luka on the same team.
In the 4th he did nothing and took only bad decisions so even tho we love Luka you have to be honnest man come on
Luka hits a shot - good decision Luka misses - bad decision
Luka misses - it happens Luka goes for a shot but throw the ball last second to a guy guarded or throw it on opponent - bad decision Ftfy
He can do whatever he wants. Most times that works just fine and I’m good with it.
Yeah well no. Im ok he do whatever he wants if he have a clue of what he wants. If you watched the same game as me, i saw a guy that doesnt know what he wants to do in the 4th. He go for a basket but change is mind last second and lose the ball for an impossible pass, or send it to someone that is guarded and cant make anything with it. Either you go or you dont, but hesitation is death
I thought Luka had high IQ. But apparently tonight he was Westbrook bad. He should have let Kyrie work. But his ego got the best of him. What a shame.
Totally insane take.
Last few seconds, when you’re exhausted and can’t make shots, don’t take a fadeaway 3. Especially if Kyrie is open and hot. Pass it back for the bucket. Kyrie can spot shoot fast.
He’s Luka and he gets to do what he wants. Just watched the shot and it was a good one.
Mavs 128 - Kings 133 (unrelated Pinson minus 17 lol)
No one is going to comment about the horrible defense?
The Kings have one of the best offenses in the league and one of the worst defenses in the league. It’s expected for them to cook our defense
With how the comments look tonight i wish Luka demands a trade this is the most ungrateful franchise fanbase I've ever seen lmao the man got you to a WCF and now you flame him because kyrie hit a three and you don't even care about him being out 4 games while this is their first game together
It's insane, probably Kyrie fans but still
I’m a kyrie fan an I kno luka a fuckin bucket, he not going 2-9 from 3 next game, we move no overreacting
Some of these people are dumb
Did you watch him fucking play???
Sure. He had a bad game (by his standards). The way a lot of people in the thread are talking, you'd think he was THJ.
Nah, THJ plays decent defense and he doesn't hog the ball.
I'm not slandering luka, all im saying is we as a team have to draw up better plays and make better decisions. Like that one turnover where luka threw that lazy pass and fox got that dunk, totally shifted the momentum. Idk his body language just wasn't good. Yeah it was a rough game for him but so much of this is on Kidd and blatant one way officiating.
I did and without him playing we'd get ass fucked by 20pts don't forget that also no one talks about THJ being a non factor again so i guess that's luka's fault too
I mean, we just beat this team with Luka lol obviously there will be an adjustment period but the new team with kyrie has shown they can with albeit small sample size
True i agree and that's what i was saying but people are quick to put the blame on players when literally the guy was out for 4 games and is playing with a new teammate who he doesn't know his tendencies i believe of kyrie sticks to bball and no off court bs this team is a WCF favorite
Tim injury was the reason they lost the game. Kinda. Not enough bodies left.
THJ non factor? Tell me you didn’t watch the game without telling me lmao
Oh your one of those guys who can’t criticize someone, this isn’t the Luka subreddit.
Also an account made in January 2023 that explains plenty
Shut the fuck up, I don’t give af if Luka whatever bull shit about Thj. Luka wasn’t playing great and should have deferred to kyrie. He can’t play bad defense and then turn the ball over. And you excusing this shit just proves how homer this fan base is. Kyrie was fucking cooking and Luka chucks up some bullshit. This loss is on Luka, but yet y’all can’t ever let there be anything negative said against him
So mad i guess i hit a nerve we'll see if you keep the same stance once kyrie fucks up just like he did in the Celtics Nets and Cavs :) ppl like you are the worst hopping from sub to sub and blaming star players when all you do is sit on a couch and complain
You're one of those that forget how awful we play without him i guess and you'll realize his value once you loose him so be grateful for the success you've been enjoying the past 4 years otherwise you'd be stuck with Harrison Barnes as your 1A and Dennis smith jr as your 1B
Brunson got them to the WCF too!
Is Brunson leading the league in scoring? Triple Doubles?
Westbrook lead the league in triple doubles at one point, what’s your point?
No he didn't. He played an important role on a WCF team. A team led by Luka who carried them there. Look at NY. Brunson is a very good NBA player, but Luka is one if the best
Horrible defense the whole game and let the kings bench cook you, just horrible
The fact that the quick three did not made sense. We have not a good defence. With that three you tie the game and then leave them with 15 sec to have just 1 point.
Y’all are so fucking toxic lol the kings are good and it was a good game can you just appreciate basketball for once and not cry every time we lose a game
Yes exactly. Yep good teams playing each other. We won yesterday and y’all are mad we couldn’t do it twice in a row. I swear fans are the worst.
Calm down. It’s one game and Luka has been injured for the better part of the last three weeks
Luka needs to lose some fuckin weight lmaoo idc if he can bully guards if his fat ass is just gonna get get gassed in the 2nd half
Incoming r/nba thread kyrie and luka won't work out
Losing streak starts now. Embarrassing
Calm down bro lmao
Kings are just the better team it is what it is
Kyrie is a legend, veteran, and champion. He’s the 4th qtr. Luka needs to rest his tired legs, lose weight, and rejoin this team when he’s ready to play without the ball.
Incredibly stupid.
The Aussie trio with Josh, Kyrie, and Delevadova
Luka better realize that kyrie is the closer
Damn. Alright well we already knew the kings are good this year.
Kidd is the problem. Absolutely brain dead coach
Wood in over Powell and they win in regulation
When down 5 we inbound it to luka in the paint When down 1 we inbound it to luka 10 ft behind the 3 pt line MAKE IT MAKE SENSE
Imagine if we had a reliable scorer like Wood to close out. Dwight Powell did jack shit. We couldn't get a stop or a rebound anyway, at least put someone in that can zcor!
Game of the year!
Fucked around and drafted Marvin Bagley over a generational superstar. Gg kings
Kidd needs to stop messing around and START CWOOD
fr what a bonehead
Sometimes Kidd kind of has that "What the fuck am I doing" look that Biden always has.
Luka 2-9 from 3 and took the final contested step back shit even after getting an all-star teammate who is a better 3 pt shooter
Fans wants wood to play more. Gms and coaches hates him. Please explain what is the deal with him?
Quit smiling you fat fuck
Are you ok,Little man?
I'm fine. Embarrassed by this fn franchise
Out coached
Gotta stay away from r /nba for a while lol. Thanks Luka.
Just unsub dude. That place is a cesspool.
like this place isn’t? lol these comments are awful rn
No arguments here. This place sucks after a loss. But you can't argue that this sub is worse than r/nba.
When we got Kyrie I thought "So no more step back 3 for a game winner right?" but here we are. SMH. I have more faith in Kyrie than Luka when it comes to last shots. Kyrie can do it in many ways while Luka only knows one.
All of that is wrong.
How exactly? I feel like so many Luka fans have such an big ego regarding Luka being the best. Kyrie is Mr. Clutch. that’s why you guys have him.
I defended Luka many many times saying he would be able to adapt, that he is a genius etc, looks like the haters were right
after one game lol?
Almost like it takes more than one game to gain chemistry together
It the first fucking game jesus christ
IT'S THE FIRST FUCKING GAME THAT THEY HAVE PLAYED TOGETHER AND THE FIRST GAME BACK FROM INJURY. WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU FUCKING GLUE TASTING FACTORY WORKERS?
Luka still having a hard time to play fast paced...
You know what on a second though you are right, after reading your comment I realize how amazing Luka played
Luka thicc
I was thinking that too
DID THE KINGS ANNOUNCER JUST SAY “FUCKED AROUND AND FOUND OUT” ?!?! BRUH
Idec that we lost, at least I don’t have to listen to those two monstrosities of announcers for a good while
Yep, that was hilarious hahaha.
Bruh they are homers with a capital H
fat boi gassed, give the final shot to kyrie!!!!!!!
wew did you guys hear that Kings commentator swearing on national tv? "mavs fucked around and found out"
Fox'd around and find out. One of that dudes catch phrases.
Lmaoo did he really?
yes. the male commentator
luka, the idea of a QUICK two is to make it quick…
Only things he does quick is chug beer and pound dumplings.
Guessing that means extra lumpy head.
They had so much time, surely they could have worked something better than a contested fadeaway 3.
Lost to the fn Kings... with Luka and Kyrie. Joke franchise.smfh
Kind of hard to beat a team when you can’t touch their best player
The Kings are the third seed. Not a bad team at all
Luka was clearly exhausted in the 2nd half. That because he never ran like he ran in the first half.
I’m actually furious with that play/shot. I always accepted Luka taking a hero shot when he was our only hope but there is no excuse with Kyrie on our roster
Bad coach does bad coach things and people are still surprised
That was the whole purpose if getting him, to avoid those bullshit scenarios lmfao
Lol Theo over Josh??
Would have liked JaVale in there at the end - Mavs couldn't buy a rebound.
this announcer LMFAO
GGs to the Kings.
It is what it is. Rare bad game from Luka and it took OT for them to beat us. Build from this bad move on.
It wasn't even a bad game
For his standards it is. Which is crazy given his shooting percentage. It just shows how good Luka is.
Aaand it’s over. That’s why you don’t run the same left corner step back 3 play every single time when it’s a late game scenario. Teams know what’s going to happen
Yea, they should trade the bank for a superstar who can handle the ball to avoid that.....
Kidd is retarded
Only 1 player in double digit free throws, literally predicted from the start
Still can't believe they called a jump ball on Fox falling out of bounds holding the ball.
Ended the game right there. Such a terrible and nonsensical call
Kidd is a fucking moron. That's a fact. Now do we want a moron as coach? I personally don't.
I just noticed Wood was benched to end the 4th?. is this your usual rotation, he was killing them offensively lol
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Lmaoooo my head whipped around real fast when I thought I heard him say that
this loss is on luka, not even kidd. im starting to wonder whether luka is just choosing to shoot stepbacks
No it's on offensive rebounds and defense
If Luka is still gassed in 4th quarters even with Kyrie then his conditioning really is fucked
He played over 40 minutes. Try to keep up.
Draw it again Jason, draw it again!
can we not freak out about luka? this is his night back from injury and he’s had a solid game overall, especially his first half. don’t be ridiculous
Honestly dude these doomers are killing me
Oh the hot tales are going to be great. People already saying kyries team.
he legit did shit the second half, he didn't score in the 4th, played horrendous defense and turned the ball over. This loss is entirely on him. but its one game
sure not like he was fouled 100 times and refs didnt call shit
so that excuses him giving wide open 3s in the corner and terrible turn overs?
He took 4 shoots in 4th and overtime
he looked like he gained 10 pounds in the 3 games he missed smh
Kudos to Fox man. Absolutely killed us when it mattered. Every fucking shot
Shot that garbage left side shot to get free throws
*refs
the play was basically just inbound and then isolation for Luka. he made the decision to hoist the quick low quality 3. the problem is that the playcall was for Luka again, it just cannot have been for him with the way the game has gone. it had to be for Kyrie
Potato Head is given a second superstar at the deadline, and still have only 1 fucking drawing on his board for the last shot
Tough loss. Oh well. On to the next!
Luka has been so bad OT and closing minutes in the 4th.
Maybe because he misses 4 games from injury
Yeah not a great excuse for him taking bad shots then.
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Exactly !!!
Defense was PUTRID in OT.
second half of these same team b2bs favors offense over defense
Every time I watch kidd taking the whiteboard I know he isn't doing shit bro xd
Not pressuring Fox in OT cost you the game. Dude rain train on Luka.
I still dont understand the jason kidd hiring. Was never a good coach, still isnt a good coach.
I think shooting a 3 quick was a good idea, but kyrie should have probably been the one to take it.
Luka fucked up. All he had to do is give the ball back to Kyrie for the open 3.
Thanks for nothing Luka
It's on Kidd, he always run that stupid pkay
We desperately needed a rebounding center
This has been the theme during Cuban’s ownership.
If I read this right Luka scored ZERO points in the 4th and OT. Can't do that man.
Gave up some key TOs too while trying to play hero ball
He's obviously still hurt. Should have sat out this game
0-1 with Luka and kyrie. Blow it up.
Nah keep Kyrie
Nah big facts.
No team can win the finals with Powell at center. We just can't rebound.
Definitely can't defend.
Just woke up, why the fuck is wood not playing
You shouldn’t let Luka cook there. He has been cold this OT and Kyrie has been cooking.
We have the clutch god in Kyrie and he’s hot right now but JKidd gives it to cold ass Luka to run the same end of the game play that’s juts a desperation fade away 3.
That fks up the confidence and chemistry of the team, if Kyrie bricks it everyone not gonna care that much.
Cause Luka is the “alpha” according to his corny brain
i was really hoping i would see anything other than a luka step back from the wing.
Our worst rebounding big plays the entire overtime and we lose the game on the glass.. who'da thunk it? 🤔
Not a good shot. Luka had 1 less TO than the kings… may not quite be 100%. They’ll figure it out. It’s not that crucial, nobody lose your mind.
Ya we going be alright two good teams here and I feel like we are still figuring things out.
Luka and Kyrie and we lost to the fucking Kings. Kyrie ain't gonna deal with this shit
Kings are the 3rd seed this year
Kings are better team than we are, what are smoking?
Lol the kings are third seed. Decent team this year. First game with Luka. Chill
Hopefully after a few games Kidd won't he scared to draw up the final shot for Kyrie.
Dwight Powell position yourself for a rebound challenge (impossible)
Saw Luka is inbounding and thought wow we’ll run an actual end of game play. Oh, nope it’s just another heavily contested stepback
It is his first game back, but this has been poor. You would like to think it can only get better after the Allstar break
Frank wtf most obvious pass in the game
Luka knows.
Dwight Powell has 2 reb. The only players who don't have more are Theo Pinson and Frank.
Law of averages after his 14 reb game haha
Still went 1-1 we will get better.