Game 47 Thread - Kings (27-19) vs Raptors (21-27)

[City of Trees]

Raps stat padding at this point. Kings pulled their starters but Toronto kept theirs in

[codydaze]

I had a feeling coming in tonight that this might be a rough one. There are still some things we need to be targeting at the deadline. A defensive wing and a defensive big man. My targets:

Wing:
Josh Richardson
Jalen McDaniels
Jae Crowder

Big:
Chris Boucher
Zach Collins
Isaiah Hartenstein

[City of Trees]

Looking at the box score a couple things stand out.
First was surprisingly the Kings defense didn't do a horrible job on the Raps starters. Siakam scored 26 pts on 24 shots, OG 11 pts on 9 shots, Barnes 7 pts on 8 shots, FVV 17 pts on 16 shots, and GTJ 16 pts on 15 shots. IMO the difference in this game was the bench. The Kings entire bench went for 23 pts meanwhile Boucher had 16 pts and Achiuwa 19 pts.
Second thing that jumped out was 11 offensive rebounds by Toronto, four by their bench, which matched the entire Kings roster.
Third, Kings lose the turnover battle 19-9. Raps took 24 more shots than the Kings tonight.

That's your ballgame.

[Javidad]

9 turnovers from Domas is not gunna do.

[LightTheBeam]

I was at this game.

It was insane how many more attempts the Raptors had. They game planned perfectly against Sabonis and he was frustrated immediately. Instead of slowing down he actually sped up and played probably his worst game of the season.