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Adelman left bewildered after Kings pass up shots
By Martin McNeal -- Bee Staff Writer
Published 2:15 am PST Monday, December 13, 2004
INDIANAPOLIS - Even the crowd remembered the game from last March, when Mike Bibby's last-second jump shot quieted 18,345 fans at Conseco Fieldhouse and gave the Kings a victory over the Indiana Pacers.
So Saturday night, with the score tied 85-85 and just four seconds remaining in regulation, Bibby went up for a 17-foot jumper amid a noticeable silence ... then passed the ball. It was intercepted by Indiana's Freddie Jones, and the Pacers had a chance to win. However, Brad Miller knocked away Anthony Johnson's pass to Austin Croshere, forcing overtime and leading to a 97-92 Kings victory.
Bibby is one of the Kings' best clutch players.
"Mike had a great opportunity at the end of the game there in the open-court situation," Kings coach Rick Adelman said, shaking his head. "I don't understand why he wouldn't have shot that ball. But you've got to move on from there. And we did."
Bibby explained that he lost track of the time.
"I thought the shot was going to be too early," Bibby said, recounting the play on which he took a pass from Chris Webber, who had made a steal in the open court. "The last time I'd seen the clock, it was at 10 (seconds), and I didn't look up at the clock after Webb made the steal.
"You know I'd love to have taken that shot. That would have been two game-winners here in a row."
Still, Adelman was incredulous at how many times Kings players went up into the air to shoot, then decided to pass instead.
"We were terrible," Adelman said of his team, which finally corrected its ballhandling woes in overtime and didn't commit a turnover. "There were hardly any forced (turnovers). You don't have to make the home-run play. We were trying to pass the ball to people who were covered. I think it was a lack of concentration."
Adelman said the Kings played poorly offensively late in Friday night's loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves, then again against the Pacers.
"We didn't look beyond one pass," the coach said. "This is a team we played pretty good offensively before, but we didn't (Saturday). But it's two good games to check the film out and have them look at it, so we can see what we are doing."
Et cetera - The jerseys of Kings forwards Chris Webber and Peja Stojakovic are ranked Nos. 24 and 25, respectively, based on sales at the NBA Store in New York and on NBA.com since the start of this season. No. 1 is Shaquille O'Neal.
* The Kings' 15 second-quarter points Saturday tied their fewest in any period this season. The Kings also scored 15 in the second and third quarters during their 88-79 victory Nov. 21 over the Milwaukee Bucks, their opponent Tuesday night in the finale of the three-game road trip.
Adelman left bewildered after Kings pass up shots
By Martin McNeal -- Bee Staff Writer
Published 2:15 am PST Monday, December 13, 2004
INDIANAPOLIS - Even the crowd remembered the game from last March, when Mike Bibby's last-second jump shot quieted 18,345 fans at Conseco Fieldhouse and gave the Kings a victory over the Indiana Pacers.
So Saturday night, with the score tied 85-85 and just four seconds remaining in regulation, Bibby went up for a 17-foot jumper amid a noticeable silence ... then passed the ball. It was intercepted by Indiana's Freddie Jones, and the Pacers had a chance to win. However, Brad Miller knocked away Anthony Johnson's pass to Austin Croshere, forcing overtime and leading to a 97-92 Kings victory.
Bibby is one of the Kings' best clutch players.
"Mike had a great opportunity at the end of the game there in the open-court situation," Kings coach Rick Adelman said, shaking his head. "I don't understand why he wouldn't have shot that ball. But you've got to move on from there. And we did."
Bibby explained that he lost track of the time.
"I thought the shot was going to be too early," Bibby said, recounting the play on which he took a pass from Chris Webber, who had made a steal in the open court. "The last time I'd seen the clock, it was at 10 (seconds), and I didn't look up at the clock after Webb made the steal.
"You know I'd love to have taken that shot. That would have been two game-winners here in a row."
Still, Adelman was incredulous at how many times Kings players went up into the air to shoot, then decided to pass instead.
"We were terrible," Adelman said of his team, which finally corrected its ballhandling woes in overtime and didn't commit a turnover. "There were hardly any forced (turnovers). You don't have to make the home-run play. We were trying to pass the ball to people who were covered. I think it was a lack of concentration."
Adelman said the Kings played poorly offensively late in Friday night's loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves, then again against the Pacers.
"We didn't look beyond one pass," the coach said. "This is a team we played pretty good offensively before, but we didn't (Saturday). But it's two good games to check the film out and have them look at it, so we can see what we are doing."
Et cetera - The jerseys of Kings forwards Chris Webber and Peja Stojakovic are ranked Nos. 24 and 25, respectively, based on sales at the NBA Store in New York and on NBA.com since the start of this season. No. 1 is Shaquille O'Neal.
* The Kings' 15 second-quarter points Saturday tied their fewest in any period this season. The Kings also scored 15 in the second and third quarters during their 88-79 victory Nov. 21 over the Milwaukee Bucks, their opponent Tuesday night in the finale of the three-game road trip.
