“ I don't know… I don't know how to explain it. » Domantas Sabonis shake your head and doesn't really know what to answer to journalists. They ask him what happened to the Lithuanian against the Hornets.
Hands slipping when receiving the leather, walking… “ I probably took five offensive fouls », completes the interior of the Kings who set a career record in terms of lost balls: 11 units. Enough to spoil an otherwise enormous performance at 23 points (11/21) and 19 rebounds, and to sign a first “negative” triple-double in his career.
Domantas Sabonis' too many turnovers fueled the Kings' collective score – 21 in total – and of course had an unfavorable impact on the match, lost at home by Sacramento against a team that had eleven consecutive defeats. .
“ Losing 21 balls in a match, especially when these turnovers are not provoked, deprives you of the possibility of scoring », rightly remarks Mike Brown whose team, with 104 points scored last night, systematically lost when it did not reach 105 points (seven defeats).
Few lost balls caused
California's frustration may be all the stronger as the majority of these were careless mistakes. “ I think we gave them the ball. Honestly…I don't think they did anything to cause us to lose the ball. We were just too careless all night “, judges De'Aaron Foxwho himself lost three bullets.
“ Literally, we couldn't keep the ball. That and jumping in the air (before making a pass). We kept losing our support, possession after possession, and throwing the ball to the opponent and/or taking offensive fouls », adds Mike Brown.
“ Collectively, we've been careless overall, and sometimes we've gone too far, but that's something we can control. Clearly, when you sink (in the racket) in this league, you're going to have six or eight hands around you. So they've done a good job of tightening up, but it starts with what we do », Further develops the playmaker.
The last coach found “ alarming » the execution of his team at the end of the match and his sense of urgency on both sides of the field. “ It wasn't good. And I say it because we probably lost two or three unprovoked balls at the end of the match. We didn't give ourselves the chance to take shots, which allowed them to get easy baskets in transition », continues the coach whose team occupies the middle of the table in terms of “turnovers” (13.5 per match, 14th in the league).
| Domantas Sabonis | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Party | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2016-17 | OKAY | 81 | 20 | 39.9 | 32.1 | 65.7 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 5.9 |
| 2017-18 | IND | 74 | 25 | 51.4 | 35.1 | 75.0 | 2.2 | 5.5 | 7.7 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 11.6 |
| 2018-19 | IND | 74 | 25 | 59.0 | 52.9 | 71.5 | 2.5 | 6.8 | 9.3 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 14.1 |
| 2019-20 | IND | 62 | 35 | 54.0 | 25.4 | 72.3 | 3.1 | 9.4 | 12.4 | 5.0 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 18.5 |
| 2020-21 | IND | 62 | 36 | 53.5 | 32.1 | 73.2 | 2.4 | 9.6 | 12.0 | 6.7 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 0.5 | 20.3 |
| 2021-22 * | All Teams | 62 | 35 | 57.3 | 31.2 | 74.1 | 3.2 | 8.9 | 12.1 | 5.2 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 18.9 |
| 2021-22 * | IND | 47 | 35 | 58.0 | 32.4 | 74.0 | 3.3 | 8.8 | 12.1 | 5.0 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 18.9 |
| 2021-22 * | BAG | 15 | 34 | 55.4 | 23.5 | 74.3 | 3.1 | 9.3 | 12.3 | 5.8 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 3.5 | 0.3 | 18.9 |
| 2022-23 | BAG | 79 | 35 | 61.5 | 37.3 | 74.2 | 3.2 | 9.1 | 12.3 | 7.3 | 3.5 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 0.5 | 19.1 |
| 2023-24 | BAG | 31 | 35 | 59.3 | 35.1 | 66.1 | 3.2 | 9.1 | 12.3 | 7.5 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 19.4 |
| Total | 525 | 30 | 55.1 | 32.8 | 72.6 | 2.5 | 7.4 | 9.9 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 15.4 | |
How to read the stats? MJ = matches played; Min = Minutes; Shots = Successful shots / Attempted shots; 3pts = 3-points / 3-points attempted; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive rebound; Tot = Total rebounds; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Intercepts; Bp = Lost balls; Ct: Against; Pts = Points.
