Game 9 wrap: Second string Warriors lose in last minute to Kings; my guy Will Richard goes for 30, Moody 28, Kuminga 24
No Steph, no Jimmy, no Dray
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Some thoughts (at least partially from the game):
*These are the games it's really nice to have a Westbrook on your team. Scale up his usage with no limit when your stars are out. You'll get NBA average efficiency at worst and occasionally a masterpiece. The Kings' problem is that they have like 5 of those guys: Westbrook, Schroder, Monk, DeRozen. Maybe even Lavine. Oh, and they do have one other problem - defense is a thing.
*The loudest cheers I heard from Kings fans in the building were for Russ and Keon Ellis. Both of those were quieter than the boos Buddy got when he entered the game.
*I love Al as a basketball player and an acquisitioh. I'll love it less if he keeps going 0/7.
*Fun with small sample size +/-: Podz was +14, Spencer -19. Every single King was positive in +/- but none were better than +5.
*Keon played 17 minutes and got up exactly 1 shot. What a weird roster.
*To put Will Richard's 30 in perspective. How many times has JK scored 30 in his career? 4. Moses? Once. Podz? 0 (his career high is 29).
*5 years old is still a little too young to catch a whole game in person. So I left at the half and missed the whole 3rd quarter. So my bad, guys.
*Onto this stretch of death. I'm prepared for 1-4.
How about Moses turning into a shooter where I'm actually expecting it go down more often than not