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Joe Davidson
A look ahead
It's not often an NBA coaching staff gets a chance to view its next opponent in person. But there were the Denver Nuggets, from head coach George Karl to his assistants and pal Rick Majerus at Arco Arena. The Nuggets played in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday and decided it made more sense to head straight to Sacramento, catch Sunday's action, practice today and take on the Kings on Tuesday at Arco rather than zip back home to Colorado. One player who liked that idea, presumably, is Nuggets guard Andre Miller, who has a home in Sacramento and works out regularly in the summers at Basketball Town in Rancho Cordova.
Lost money
Bonzi Wells assured all who would listen that top-ranked USC would fall to his beloved Notre Dame on Saturday, never mind that he's a Ball State graduate. The Irish lost, and so did Wells. "I was so sick watching the end of that game," said Wells, the Kings guard. "I lost $200 in a bet to (teammate) Jason Hart and $100 to my agent. They let me have it."
Et cetera
Top plays of the first half included Hart's buzzer-beating jumper to end the first quarter and Kevin Martin's alley-oop finish from Francisco García in the second quarter. • Kings fans must not have recognized Derek Fisher of the Warriors with his bald dome and hearty goatee. Normally, the guard is lustily booed for having the gall of being an ex-Laker.
• Ray Young beat the third-period buzzer with a bank shot for the Warriors, not that he was aiming for that angle from the left of the free-throw line. The former Bay Area prep star is trying to make a team he grew up idolizing. In the fourth, the muscular Young, who has a tight end's build, buckled in half when he crashed into Luke Schenscher.
Key dates
• Tuesday vs. Denver - Nuggets have nifty three-guard set with Miller, Earl Boykins and Earl Watson and some size inside with Nene and Marcus Camby.
• Saturday at Portland - Expect a chorus of boos for Wells, once Public Enemy No. 1 in Oregon; also a return trip for Shareef Abdur-Rahim.
• Sunday vs. Phoenix in Fresno - Suns are reeling from loss of Amare Stoudemire but still have a running team, headed by MVP Steve Nash.
Joe Davidson
A look ahead
It's not often an NBA coaching staff gets a chance to view its next opponent in person. But there were the Denver Nuggets, from head coach George Karl to his assistants and pal Rick Majerus at Arco Arena. The Nuggets played in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday and decided it made more sense to head straight to Sacramento, catch Sunday's action, practice today and take on the Kings on Tuesday at Arco rather than zip back home to Colorado. One player who liked that idea, presumably, is Nuggets guard Andre Miller, who has a home in Sacramento and works out regularly in the summers at Basketball Town in Rancho Cordova.
Lost money
Bonzi Wells assured all who would listen that top-ranked USC would fall to his beloved Notre Dame on Saturday, never mind that he's a Ball State graduate. The Irish lost, and so did Wells. "I was so sick watching the end of that game," said Wells, the Kings guard. "I lost $200 in a bet to (teammate) Jason Hart and $100 to my agent. They let me have it."
Et cetera
Top plays of the first half included Hart's buzzer-beating jumper to end the first quarter and Kevin Martin's alley-oop finish from Francisco García in the second quarter. • Kings fans must not have recognized Derek Fisher of the Warriors with his bald dome and hearty goatee. Normally, the guard is lustily booed for having the gall of being an ex-Laker.
• Ray Young beat the third-period buzzer with a bank shot for the Warriors, not that he was aiming for that angle from the left of the free-throw line. The former Bay Area prep star is trying to make a team he grew up idolizing. In the fourth, the muscular Young, who has a tight end's build, buckled in half when he crashed into Luke Schenscher.
Key dates
• Tuesday vs. Denver - Nuggets have nifty three-guard set with Miller, Earl Boykins and Earl Watson and some size inside with Nene and Marcus Camby.
• Saturday at Portland - Expect a chorus of boos for Wells, once Public Enemy No. 1 in Oregon; also a return trip for Shareef Abdur-Rahim.
• Sunday vs. Phoenix in Fresno - Suns are reeling from loss of Amare Stoudemire but still have a running team, headed by MVP Steve Nash.