King-Bulls PBP for Feb. 9

[VF21]

Kings ball. Artest miss; Chandler board.

Hinrich for two.

53-34 KINGS

KT jumper misses; Chandler board.

10:14 left

Deng for two.

53-36 KINGS

Bibby drives inside, draws foul from Hinrich. Still Kings ball.

Steve Kerr says Kings don't have much of an inside game...

MARTIN FOR THREE!!!!

56-36 KINGS

Kevin with 23 points.

Bulls miss; MILLER BLOCK. Kings ball.

Artest miss; Deng board.

 

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MORE hustle. Miller actually blocked the shot after the whistle so it wouldn't go in the hoop even though the whistle had blown. YES!!!

Bulls ball.

Gordon in and out; ARtest tip to Bibby.

Good ball movement, over to ARtest who has to shoot as time winds down. Miss, Bulls board.

Travel call. Kings ball.

8:35 left

 

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Miller off the glass for two.

58-36 kINGS

Marv astute enough to realize the Kings have a different mentality with Artest on the team. Gee, Marv...ya think????



Bulls ball. Oob. Still Bulls.

Miller with another block. Kings ball.

Artest pass inside to KT, who gets the bucket and the +1.

GO KINGS!!!!

Steve thinks good defense might be contagious. Gee, Steve. What insight.



61-36 KINGS after the freebie.

 

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Bulls miss; board tipped to Martin.

Kings ball.

BIBBY FOR THREE!!

64-36 KINGS

7:13 left

Gordon miss; Bulls board.

Gordon for two.

64-38 KINGS

 

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Kings ball.

Bibby to the line FOR THREE on foul by HInrich.

Makes first; makes second; and third!!!

67-38 KINGS

Bulls ball.

Miss; Bulls board.

Hinrich to the line on foul by KT.

6:24 left

Makes both.

67-40 KINGS

Martin three doesn't go; Sweetney board. fouled by Artest. 2PF.

 

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Non-shooting. Bulls ball.

Gordon turnover. Kings ball.

6:00 left

GO KEVIN!!!

Artest jumper off the rim; Bulls board.

Sweetney open jumper for two.

67-42 KINGS

5:10 left

Miller three off the rim; Sweetney board.

 

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Sweetney miss; Kings board.

4:44 left

Time out and commercial.

Kings ball after the break.

 

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This is Kings basketball, fellow Kings fans. It's fun, it's up-pace. They're playing like a team.

Thank you, RON ARTEST!!!!!

 

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Artest miss; Bulls board.

Bulls miss; KT tips board, Bulls try to grab it and it goes oob.

Kings ball.

4:09 left

Bibby for two.

67-42 KINGS

Martin with the steal.

Sees Artest running with him, hands off and Ron gets the lay-up.

69-42 KINGS

Artest goes out limping, Cisco comes back in.

 

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Kings ball.

Bibby to the line.

Artest sitting on the bench, not heading for the locker room. May have just tweaked foot or something.

73-42 KINGS

3:01 left

Bad pass by Bulls; Kings ball.

2:50 left

Miller miss; Bulls board.

I sure would like to see them remember Martin is in the corner.



Bulls ball. Foul called on MIller. 3PF.

Time out and commercial.

 

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As they're going to commercial, Marv Albert says, "And it's ALL Sacramento at this point."

Truly music to my ears...

 

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Bulls get one from the line.

73-43 KINGS

Kings ball.

Cisco miss; SAR board but Chandler gets it.

Pargo miss; Bulls board.

Chandler for two.

73-45 KINGS

1:46 left

Darius in.

Duhon ball oob. Kings ball. Lob intended for Martin broken up by Darius.

Darius for two at the other end.

73-47 KINGS

 

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Kings not doing anything on offense right now.

Another miss; Bulls board.

Bulls for two.

73-49 KINGS

Bibby, Martin, Garcia, SAR and Miller on the court.

SAR inside in a lot of traffic, draws foul from James Thomas.

SAR to the line for two.

39.5 seconds left

Makes first; and second.

75-49 KINGS

Bulls miss; Garcia board.

 

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Nice pass inside by Martin to SAR for the slam.

77-49 KINGS

Bulls miss and the third quarter ends.

Whooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!

 

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Joe, Gavin and Mama Maloof courtside.

Now Marv is talking about Adelman and his future with the Kings. Brings up - of course - the Phil Jackson incident.

Bulls at the line, get two.

77-51 KINGS

Cisco drives inside, kicks out to Miller. Good!

79-51 KINGS

Still nothing being done in Martin's direction.

Bulls for three.

79-54 KINGS

Cisco drives inside for two.

81-54 KINGS

10:50 left

 

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Cisco +1 good as Sweetney fouls out.

MIller out; Artest in.

82-56 after Duhon gets two.

Ball oob off Bulls. Still Kings ball.

GET IT TO KEVIN!!!!!

SAR called for offensive foul against Malik Allen.

Bulls drive inside, Allen to the line on foul by SAR. Looks funny to see SAR able to talk.

Makes both.

82-58 KINGS

Cisco drives inside, puts up lay-up and SAR slams it home.

84-58 KINGS

 

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Pargo miss; Cisco board.

Bibby pull-up misses. Ball oob off SAR. Bulls ball.

84-58 KINGS

9:11 left

SAR board on Bulls miss. Hand off to Martin, who crosses the half-court line.

Kings call time out.

Commercial.

 

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I'm totally and completely perplexed.

Kevin totally had the hot hand. He's still playing the same way but he's not getting any looks from his team-mates. He's three away from a new career high and they aren't even thinking about getting him the ball?

Total crockery IMHO!!

Garcia very close to a 5 x 5... 1 more steal and a couple of more blocks and it's his.

Bulls ball.

Darius for two.

84-60 KINGS

8:23 left

BIBBY FOR THREE!!!

87-60 KINGS

Pargo shot blocked by Artest, Bulls ball. Steal by Artest.

 

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Kevin open so Garcia ties long three and misses. Bulls ball.

Bulls for two.

87-62 kINGS

Martin miss; gets his own board. Over to Bibby, who misses. Ball oob.

Hart in, Bibby out.

7:18 left

87-62 kINGS

 

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Pargo miss; Cisco board.

Artest nice bounce pass in to SAR, who is fouled going up.

SAR to the line for two.

6:55 left

Makes first; Skinner in, Martin out to a standing ovation.

SAR makes second.

89-62 KINGS

Bulls ball. Steal by Garcia and runout bucket for two more.

91-62 KINGS

Stiles calls time out.

 

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6th has pointed out in CHAT that Garcia only needs two more blocks for a 5x5...

GO CISCO!!!

Hat, Price, Skinner, Cisco and SAR on the court for the Kings.

Bulls ball. Miss; loose ball foul called on SAR. Showing Petrie standing in the tunnel, he looks a lot more relaxed.

SAR out; Corliss in.

Bulls for two.

91-64 KINGS

6:06 left

 

[VF21]

Garcia bucket taken away because of illegal pick by Skinner.

Bulls for two.

91-66 kINGS

Cisco miss; Bulls board.

Allen miss; Nocioni tip misses. Darius to the line for two.

Makes first; misses second. Bulls with the board. Foul on Corliss.

Nocioni at the line.

91-69 KINGS

Hart passes to Corliss, who passes inside to Skinner but ball goes oob. Bulls ball.

Duhon fouled by Skinner.

Duhon to the line for two.

 

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One and one. Kings with the board.

4:25 left

Price drives inside and gets off-balance floater to fall.

93-70 KINGS

Darius for two more.

93-72 kINGS

Price tries to get fancy and almost loses the ball, passes forward to Corliss, who is fouled.

Big Nasty to the line for two.

Makes first; and second.

95-72 kINGS

 

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Nocioni inside for two.

95-74 KINGS

PRICE FOR THREE!!!!!

98-74 KINGS

3:20 left

Nocioni tear drop doesn't go. To the line on foul by Corliss.

Makes first; and second.

98-76 kINGS

KIngs miss; Bulls board.

 

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Hart with the steal.

2:45 left

Hart jumper in and out; Bulls board.

Bulls miss; Garcia board.

Cisco using some clock, thank God. Works inside, passes out to Price. O-foul called on Cisco.

Time out and commercial.

Marc comments the Arco crowd is just now starting to file out.

 

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Bulls ball.

Darius for two more.

98-78 KINGS

1:47 left

O-foul called on Ronnie Price.

Bulls ball again.

It's a personal thing, but I wish the scrubs wouldn't try showtime stuff in garbage minutes. They look SO bad when it fails...as it usually does.

Darius and Skinner jump ball.

tip to Bulls.

 

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Bulls miss, try for board but are clearly exhausted. Price grabs it.

Corliss miss, Allen gets the board.

Bulls board, oob by Kings. Still Bulls ball.

34.2 seconds left.

Allen miss; Kings ball.

Price working the clock down.

 

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Ball stolen and Duhon gets teardrop to fall right before the buzzer.

98-80 KINGS

Martin high-scorer with 23 points.

Whooooo!!!

 

[PixelPusher]

Thanks VF. Can we get the post game reaction from the TNT crew?

 

[VF21]

There wasn't much of one because of the time. They went straight to Inside the NBA. Barkley made a couple of snide comments, then they spent most of their time talking about the Heat-Mavericks game and a lot of blah, blah, blah about Miami.