A very poor performance from the Kings, who were defeated again in Houston by the Rockets (122-97), where Sasha Vezenkov was a ghost of his good character.
The absence of the injured DeAaron Fox hurt them badly. The Kings do not have a player to fill the goaltending void, and early Tuesday (11/7) the loss to the Rockets in Houston was ordinary, but also heavy (122-97). In modern basketball, it doesn’t matter if you lose by one point or by 50, but Sacramento’s team image was certainly very poor, on another night.
The Kings fell 2-4 (1-1 at home and 1-3 on the road), with Domantas Sabonis losing the battle to Alperin Singun to add to his tally of 8 points and 8 rebounds in 30 minutes. Literally no one stood out for Sacramento, which found itself losing by even 40 points on a night when Sasha Vezhenkov scored just two points for the second time in the last three games (1/1 2-pointer, 0/3 3-pointer) and was barely used by a coach who has plenty of Problems that must be solved at the beginning of the season.
The Rockets went 3-3 (3-1 home, 0-2 away), beating the Kings for the second time in three nights. This time with Shengun doing things and miracles (17 points, 7/11 2-pointers, 3/4 shooting, 8 rebounds, 12 assists, 1 foul in 25:37) and with Jaylen Green, Jabari Smith, Aaron Holiday to back them up. for him. And all seemed well for Houston, as Udoka watched his players play hard throughout the 48 minutes.
The Kings’ next opponent is the Portland Trail Blazers, in the early hours of Thursday (05:00) in Sacramento.
Sasha Vezenkov’s account
He entered the game 5:07 before halftime and this time “caught” Barnes and Sabonis on the floor. His first shot was an open three-pointer from the top that found an iron. He missed from the right corner at the end of the 12th minute and was transferred to the bench at the beginning of the second.
We saw it again with 4:26 left in the half, another foul that led to shots, and the Browns pulled him to the bench again 1:45 later. He returned for the final time with 2:26 left in the third period, when the lead swelled to 35 (89-54), and the Browns sent him to the bench for good with 9:41 left. The Kings were playing horribly.
- 2 points
- 1/1 2 points
- 0/3 Three-pointers
- 1 help
- 2 errors
- -15 to +/-
- At 11:37
50-38 racket points, 14-11 surprise points, 49-56 substitution points, 19-9 opponent fouls, 8-19 second chance points.
Dodecalypta: 32-22, 67-42, 97-60, 122-97
Houston Rockets (Imi Udoka): Brooks 9 (1 3-pointer, 6 rebounds), Smith 13 (3), Singun 17 (7/11 2-pointers, 3/4 shots, 8 rebounds, 12 assists), Jaylen Green 23 (2). /4 2-pointers, 3/5 3-pointers, 10/12 shots), VanVleet 11 (3/5 3-pointers, 4 rebounds, 5 assists), Tate 8 (2), Holiday 13 (6/6 2-pointers), Landale 5 (1), Jeff Green 6, Samuels 4, Whitmore 7, Pollock, Hinton 6 (2), Marjanovic
Sacramento Kings (Mike Brown): Barnes 3 (1/6 shooting), Murray 12 (2/6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds), Sabonis 8 (3/4 2-pointers, 2/3 shooting, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 4). Herter 13 (3/8 three-pointers), Mitchell 5 (2/11 shots), Monk 5 (1), Vezenkov 2, Jones 10 (4/6 2-pointers, 5 rebounds), McGee 10 (4) /5 2-pointers), Ford 5 (1), Duarte 5 (1), Edwards 4, Lane, Ellis 15 (4/6 3-pointers)
Houston Rockets statistics: 28/44 2-pointers, 15/31 3-pointers, 21/27 shots, 47 rebounds, 28 assists, 8 steals, 4 blocks, 10 turnovers, 19 fouls
Sacramento Kings team statistics: 22/41 2-pointers, 14/40 3-pointers, 11/20 shots, 45 rebounds, 22 assists, 5 steals, 2 blocks, 13 turnovers, 22 fouls
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