The Kings improved to 12-9 with a rout of the Clippers Saturday afternoon and they seem to have added another element to their already dangerous offense, writes Jason Anderson of The Sacramento Bee. Domantas Sabonis continued his hot shooting from three-point range, connecting on both of his shots from beyond the arc. After starting the season 1-of-12 on three-pointers, Sabonis has hit 8-of-14 in his last 10 games.
“It’s big,” he said. “The more I can keep shooting them and knocking them down, teams are eventually going to have to respect it, which is going to allow me to be even more of a play-maker. A lot of times, I can’t thread the needle because the big is so far down. Now, he has to be up, to open the room up for everybody.”
Sacramento had everyone available today as Trey Lyles returned after missing two games with an illness, Anderson adds. Coach Mike Brown likes having the extra option among his reserves and cited the performance of Terence Davis and KZ Okpala while Lyles was unavailable.
“That just makes our bench deeper,” Brown said. “Trey was playing well when he was playing. Obviously, TD stepped up and played big minutes for us. KZ played some pretty good minutes in the last game. So, it makes my decision making harder, but (Lyles) has been playing his behind off and it’s great to see.”
There’s more from the Pacific Division:
- Suns forward Mikal Bridges, who hasn’t missed a game since entering the league, believes he can continue that streak despite tweaking his right knee Friday night, tweets Duane Rankin of The Arizona Republic. Phoenix will travel to San Antonio on Sunday, and Bridges is listed as probable. “I think I just hyperextended it a little bit, but I’m all right,” he said.
- Anthony Lamb has become an important part of the Warriors‘ second unit, according to Monte Poole of NBC Sports Bay Area. When Lamb joined Golden State in October, it marked his fourth two-way contract in less than two years, along with one 10-day deal. “He’s a versatile player,” coach Steve Kerr said. “He’s a quick catch-and-shoot 3-point shooter. The ball doesn’t stop when it hits his hands. When he’s open, he usually gets it off quickly. And he’s shooting it really well. He does a lot of things well that contribute to winning.”
- Warriors guard Klay Thompson sat out tonight on the second game of a back-to-back, but Kerr doesn’t expect that to continue all season, Poole tweets.
Yay Anthony Lamb. Nay Klay Thompson. I’m starting to worry about Klay a little. He hasn’t returned to form after his injuries. Last season I expected adjustment time, and even a little this season, but he’s only had a few bright moments this season, and his defense isn’t what it was pre-injury. After the deadline if he hasn’t strung some games together I might be thinking about giving Green his money & moving Poole into Klay’s position after the season is over.
This is exactly what injuries can do to an athlete. Just look at guys like Victor Oladipo, Derrick Rose, Isaiah Thomas, Brandon Roy etc.
What a disaster of a take: Nay Klay Thompson??? Are you insane? Have you not watched a second of the league this year? Klay has been torching everyone the last month or so, lmao just clueless, yo dont know ball and never will. Lamb is a travesty and the worst player in the NBA whos bailed out by Steph+Dray but goes to pieces when they arent on the court with him.
Lamb’s only problem is he fouls too much. If you get upset on a guy who plays 10 minutes a game and a 2 way player you need to chill.
Nobody made you an expert but your own self-proclamation. Let other people comment without your lambasting. I don’t care what you have to say. You are incorrect a lot, and show no humility. There was no reason to hot take me. Just move along, and yes I have watched more than last night’s game if that was the rub you adolescent simp
Stop expecting the old Clay to come back and you won’t have to worry.
Of course, clueless pro-Kerr stooge Monte Poole would say that. If you watch the games, you see that Anthony Lamb doesnt play a lick of defense. He’s awful at every aspect of the game except shooting 3s, gets technical fouls and otherwise hasnt done anything to warrant all this playing time over Kuminga and Moody.
Seek professional help
He is scoring the points the rest aren’t. Which is in turn keeping the Warriors in the game and putting them in position to win it at the end.
As soon as I saw “Anthony Lamb”, I knew Asfan would be here with his blatantly incorrect, Kyrie-like hot takes. Wasn’t disappointed. It’s like saying Bloody Mary in the mirror.
The problem for the Kings is that they’ve had very fortunate luck on the health front to this point. Give them average injury luck and they’d probably be a .500 team right now.
Not that that wouldn’t still be a good outcome for a franchise with a record-setting missed playoffs streak, but it feels like the pendulum has swung too far the other way in hyping up the roster. Without additional moves, this is a team that would get trounced in the playoffs.