The Kings faced portland at Arco Arena. Records: Portland 18-18 Kings 26-10
1st Quarter
Blazers 21 Kings 23
The Kings got the tip and in the 1st possesoin for the KIngs, 6th got his shot blocked by none other than.....Theo Ratliff. Damon Stoudemire got a hook shot in and were the 1st points. Bball made a lay-up; first points for KIngs. Bball mad a shot . The Kings made the game closer by making many dumb fouls. Kings werent also rebounding. jeus madde a laoy-up and then Portlan missed 4 consecutive shots. bball made anohter lay-up. Clipper made a lay-up as well. Damon made a 3 pointer and the n Jesus answered with a SLMA. Clipper made a 2 handed dunk and made another one! Two in a row! Bball made a lay-up and Derek answered with a 3. Daley made a dunk in the end of the 1st quarter.
2nd Quarter
Blazers 43 Kings 48
The Kings got a tiny bit more on their lead. Mike BIC made a shot and then Diddy made a 2. Daley made a dunk and Portland made a 10-2 run. Vasillis made a dunk. BIC made a nice wide open 3 and then followed by that, BIC missed a wide open dunk!! He could make a wide opne 3 over a wide open dunk. Hmmmm............ Anyway, BIC made a 2 and then Bball made a 2. Clipper made a nice 3 which he doesn't do very often. 6th made a lay-up and Shareef Abdur-Rahim got a +1 and made the FT. Clipper made a SLAM +1 and got the extra point. David Jin-Wu missed a 3 at the buzzer.
Key Players at Half: Damon 13 pts Clipper 12 pts, 6 rebs, and 1 blks
3rd Quarter
Blazers 60 Kings 69
David got a nice air SLAM. Clipper then made a SLAM. Bball then made a lay-up. Portland missed 5 consecutive shots. Damon stopped that witha 3 pointer. David made a 2handed SLAM. Kings were on a 24-11 run!! The 24th point was a Bball lay-up. There was a HORRIBLE moment when Bball went for a shooand got fouled hard. He had an arm injury. Furthur details will come in Game Notes. Jesus was in foul trouble with 4 fouls so Vasillis m=Mykonos came in. Clipper made a 3 pointer and then Diddy made a SLAM which was the end of the 3rd Quarter. the KIngs have to try to keep the leead to iwn the game.
4th Quarter
The Kings just went on a great run to win the gme in the end by a blowout! BIC made a 3 and then Diddy made a dunk and then again, BIC made a 3. Feve made a 2 handed SLAM. Diddy made a 3 and then a 2 pointer. Then, BIC went on a 5 pt run just like Diddy by making a 3 and then a 2 point shot. Bball came back in the game and played the last 3 minutes. Bbal made a 2 and looked good. Clipper made a dunk. Then, 6th made a 3 pointer and hten CLipper made a 2 handed dunk. David then made a GORGOUS put back SLAM!! The Kings won the game in ease.
Blazers 79 Kings 102
Player of the Game: Miles Clipper 23 pts, (9-13 FG), 13 rebs, and 4 blks
Statistics:
(Minutes) Rbs Asts Stls Blks TOs Pts
M. Clipper (20) 13 1 1 4 3 23
J. Shuttlesworth (19) 5 5 0 2 1 4
D. Jin-Wu (20) 4 1 0 4 2 6
B. Kingsrock (18) 1 1 1 0 3 21
6th. Jackson (20) 1 1 2 0 2 7
P. Daley ( 15) 0 1 0 0 1 6
S. Fever (13) 4 1 0 4 3 2
V. Mykonos (14) 3 2 1 3 0 3
M. BIC (13) 2 1 0 1 3 20
C. Diddy (13) 1 1 1 0 0 11
Game Notes:
- UPDATE ON BBALL'S ARM INJURY: Bballsuffered a bruised elbow and can play the next game, but the injury will affect his play.
- Damon had 25 pts, 4 asts, 3 stls and 10-32 shooting. OUCH
- Blazers had 35% FFG, 29% 3 point, 71% FT, 39 rebs, 9 asts, 10 stls, 4 blks, and 17 TOs
- KIngs had 56% FG, 32% 3 point, 93% FT, 34 rebs, 15 asts, 6 stls, 18 stls, and 18 TOs
Kings next game is verse the Cleavland Cavs. Stay tuned!! I ill post that game tomorrow!