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Team will lean more than ever on Skinner
By Sam Amick -- Bee Staff Writer
Published 2:15 am PST Monday, March 14, 2005
Brian Who has become Savior Skinner.
And still-new Kings center Brian Skinner is a bit torn about his title change.
The fracture of Brad Miller's left fibula has placed instant responsibility on the 6-foot-9 shoulders of the player the Kings acquired from Philadelphia on Feb. 23.
From fan favorite to key component down the playoff stretch, Skinner said he's ready.
"It's exciting, a challenge that I want," Skinner said after the Kings' 111-96 loss to Houston on Sunday. "I think I have a different game than Brad. I'm sad we're not going to have him, but we'll take care of business."
Skinner's challenging charge against the Rockets was to keep up with 7-6 center Yao Ming. Yao sat with the score tied at 19 in the first, then returned 10:05 later with Houston up 52-41. Yao's absence kept Skinner out, too, as he logged only nine first-half minutes. Skinner had 31 minutes in all, with six points and 11 rebounds.
Miller -who had missed the last six games with a calf contusion on the same leg -suffered the injury in practice Saturday. He is expected to miss four to six weeks.
"As far as I know, he just tried to test it, go up and jump off of it, and he let out a yell and was obviously hurting," Kings coach Rick Adelman said. "It's a major blow obviously to us, but we have to get these guys together these last 18 games."
Yao receives a T
Quiet-as-a-mouse Yao earned a rare technical foul early in the first quarter, and Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy was still fuming about it after the game.
Yao fouled Skinner, then pled his case with official Ron Garretson by re-enacting the physical contact. The Rockets were incensed at the call, even more so when Kings guard Mike Bibby was plenty loud disputing his foul seconds later.
"That was a joke," Van Gundy said of the Yao call. "Of all things, all people. Don't tell me that's not taking advantage of, I don't know what, but taking advantage of something there. I heard other people cussing out the referee, and there's no call."
Et cetera
The Kings tied their season high with 23 offensive rebounds yet grabbed a season-low 17 defensive rebounds. The Rockets are 28-5 with a rebounding edge.
* Tracy McGrady, the NBA's reigning scoring champion, is averaging 30.8 points in March. McGrady averaged 20.2 in November, 27.7 in December, 28.1 in January and 24.9 in February.
Sound bite
"We got beat.
They just handed it to us."
Coach Rick Adelman, giving his simplified take on the Kings' loss
King for the day
EDDIE HOUSE
In a sufficiently inefficient game for the Kings, House was the only one who attempted more than one shot to shoot better than 50 percent. He was 3 for 5 for eight points. The team was 38 of 94 (40.4 percent). House's three-pointer with 7:50 left cut the Rockets' lead to 96-88 after the Kings trailed by 14, but Houston wouldn't allow the comeback.
Big number
0
Peja Stojakovic's points in the third quarter on 0-for-5 shooting.
Question posed
WILL HOUSTON LEAP-FROG THE KINGS IN THE STANDINGS?
Beating Phoenix warrants instant appearance on the league's radar. After disposing of the Suns (127-107 Friday) and the Kings on Sunday, the Rockets have won 13 of 17 games. They're one game behind the Kings in the Western Conference and tied in the loss column. The Rockets' last 20 games are split between road and home - not that location matters to them. They're 19-12 at home, 18-13 on the road.
Team will lean more than ever on Skinner
By Sam Amick -- Bee Staff Writer
Published 2:15 am PST Monday, March 14, 2005
Brian Who has become Savior Skinner.
And still-new Kings center Brian Skinner is a bit torn about his title change.
The fracture of Brad Miller's left fibula has placed instant responsibility on the 6-foot-9 shoulders of the player the Kings acquired from Philadelphia on Feb. 23.
From fan favorite to key component down the playoff stretch, Skinner said he's ready.
"It's exciting, a challenge that I want," Skinner said after the Kings' 111-96 loss to Houston on Sunday. "I think I have a different game than Brad. I'm sad we're not going to have him, but we'll take care of business."
Skinner's challenging charge against the Rockets was to keep up with 7-6 center Yao Ming. Yao sat with the score tied at 19 in the first, then returned 10:05 later with Houston up 52-41. Yao's absence kept Skinner out, too, as he logged only nine first-half minutes. Skinner had 31 minutes in all, with six points and 11 rebounds.
Miller -who had missed the last six games with a calf contusion on the same leg -suffered the injury in practice Saturday. He is expected to miss four to six weeks.
"As far as I know, he just tried to test it, go up and jump off of it, and he let out a yell and was obviously hurting," Kings coach Rick Adelman said. "It's a major blow obviously to us, but we have to get these guys together these last 18 games."
Yao receives a T
Quiet-as-a-mouse Yao earned a rare technical foul early in the first quarter, and Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy was still fuming about it after the game.
Yao fouled Skinner, then pled his case with official Ron Garretson by re-enacting the physical contact. The Rockets were incensed at the call, even more so when Kings guard Mike Bibby was plenty loud disputing his foul seconds later.
"That was a joke," Van Gundy said of the Yao call. "Of all things, all people. Don't tell me that's not taking advantage of, I don't know what, but taking advantage of something there. I heard other people cussing out the referee, and there's no call."
Et cetera
The Kings tied their season high with 23 offensive rebounds yet grabbed a season-low 17 defensive rebounds. The Rockets are 28-5 with a rebounding edge.
* Tracy McGrady, the NBA's reigning scoring champion, is averaging 30.8 points in March. McGrady averaged 20.2 in November, 27.7 in December, 28.1 in January and 24.9 in February.
Sound bite
"We got beat.
They just handed it to us."
Coach Rick Adelman, giving his simplified take on the Kings' loss
King for the day
EDDIE HOUSE
In a sufficiently inefficient game for the Kings, House was the only one who attempted more than one shot to shoot better than 50 percent. He was 3 for 5 for eight points. The team was 38 of 94 (40.4 percent). House's three-pointer with 7:50 left cut the Rockets' lead to 96-88 after the Kings trailed by 14, but Houston wouldn't allow the comeback.
Big number
0
Peja Stojakovic's points in the third quarter on 0-for-5 shooting.
Question posed
WILL HOUSTON LEAP-FROG THE KINGS IN THE STANDINGS?
Beating Phoenix warrants instant appearance on the league's radar. After disposing of the Suns (127-107 Friday) and the Kings on Sunday, the Rockets have won 13 of 17 games. They're one game behind the Kings in the Western Conference and tied in the loss column. The Rockets' last 20 games are split between road and home - not that location matters to them. They're 19-12 at home, 18-13 on the road.
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