Kings-Grizzlies play-by-play thread (March 8)

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Hello, fellow Kings fans!

Well, it was certainly good to see the new guys christen their premiere appearance in Arco with a win! They needed it, but heck - WE needed it.

Now we have to look forward. The team is going to need the support of all of us as they try to do the impossible...or at least very difficult... ;)

It's going to be interesting to watch Jason's reaction tonight as he returns to Arco to face a Sacramento Kings team with NONE of the guys (not including Bobby) who were here when he left and one (Corliss) who left before he did.

Let's get ready to cheer our lungs out!

I've got everything in it's proper position. I'm picking up a NEW pair of purple slippers today hopefully - as I mentioned before the old pair had an unfortunate accident with my vacuum cleaner. Maybe it's fitting - it's a different team so maybe I really needed new purple slippers, too!

As always, I'm able to do this play-by-play because of the dedication and generosity of our board owner, Jeremy. We provide the most active Kings message board on the Internet for members and guests alike to read and enjoy. If you'd like to help defray the costs of keeping Kingsfans.com up and operating, please consider becoming a Contributing Member. There's no obligation, of course. For more information, check out the stickied thread in the Lounge. http://www.kingsfans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3881

For newcomers, this is the play-by-play thread where I try and give fans who cannot see or hear the game a running narrative about what's happening. If you want to share the game experience, you can either post your comments in the ongoing discussion thread started by piksi, you can chat with fellow Kings fans at mIRC, server: irc.bludgeon.org, channel: #KingsFans. In addition, www.thegamelive.com provides links to online radio feeds. Be forewarned, however. These feeds are NOT from KHTK (the Kings radio broadcast network) and are usually from the opponent's broadcasting team.

Now, I have work to do and I'm even going to go outside and do a little bit of early spring gardening. (Yes, it's that nice today here in the forest).

GO KINGS!!!!!
 
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It's going to be interesting to watch Jason's reaction tonight as he returns to Arco to face a Sacramento Kings team with NONE of the guys (not including Bobby) who were here when he left and one (Corliss) who left before he did.
Stojakovic ?
 
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Alright! Let's go Nasty Nine!! (I'm sorry...I have to use it while I can...I love it) GO KINGS! I'm so excited I just today subscribed to NBA.com's Live Audio so I can listen to all of the Kings games from now on....PAR-TAY!! :D
 
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I'm so excited I just today subscribed to NBA.com's Live Audio so I can listen to all of the Kings games from now on....PAR-TAY!! :D
I'll be listening too...Gary Geoarld should be back for today's game (he wasn't there the Pistons' game).

GO KINGS!! Go Nasty 9! LOL
 

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Okay, remember - comments in the discussion thread please.

Koz started the House Party show with a little bit about how much the national media loves the Kings and how much faith they have in us. He showed quotes of Bill Walton and John Thompson during half-time of the Pistons game.

Bwahahahahahahaha!!!

:D
 

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He showed quotes of Bill Walton and John Thompson during half-time of the Pistons game.

Bwahahahahahahaha!!!

:D
Well, untill that point I was not sure that we would win.

After that - I knew we are safe
 

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A feature about another one of the Royal Court Dancers...

Tank and Koz talking. Tank says he's confident the Kings will win tonight. Then he says he ALWAYS thinks the Kings are going to win.

:D

Talking about how well the Grizzlies have done since Mike Fratello took over the team. They're pointing to Shane Battier as one of the main reasons the Grizz have turned it around.
 

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As mentioned elsewhere, the Grizz will be without Gasol, Swift and Bonzi Wells tonight. The Kings will be without Miller, Cat and Thomas...
 

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Condolences to Kenny Thomas. They said he flew home because of a death in his family.

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Adelman, talking about Brian Skinner: All he knew was that he was on the injured list most of the time and then the 76ers just didn't seem to want to play him. RA said he knew Corliss and he knew about Kenny Thomas, but he had NO IDEA what to expect from Skinner and he's been a very pleasant surprise.

.....................................

And I think the nickname "Pharaoh" is perfect. I was watching a show on Egypt the other night, and he's a ringer for some of the portraits of the early rulers.

GO KINGS!!!!!
 

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Okay, just about ready for the game to start.

Keys to the game:

Point points.

Substiteers

Control the boards.

Jason, Miller, Battier, Cardinal and Wright for the Grizzlies.

Bibby, Evans, Peja, Darius and Skinner for the Kings.
 

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Ready for the tip-off. To the Kings!

Bibby to Darius, to Peja back to Darius for long two.

2-0 KINGS

Jason three misses and hits the shot clock.

Kings ball.

Darius to Peja, three from the top of the key misses and Skinner explodes over Wright for the o-board. Ball oob off Grizzlies foot. Still Kings ball.

Bibby for two.

4-0 KINGS

Battier gets around Peja for two.

4-2 KINGS
 

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Evans to Skinner, half-hook misses off the rim. Grizz ball.

Cardinal for two.

4-4

Cardinal steals ball from Peja. Passes inside to Battier for two.

6-4 Grizz

9:30 left

Evans inside, hook doesn't go, board outside to Bibby. Three doesn't go, Evans board but Grizz end up with it.

Two more in transition.

8-4 Grizz
 

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Evans ball, over to Darius who drives inside, airballs the lay-up ... 24 second violation.

Grizz ball.

Miller for long two.

10-4 Grizz

Bibby to Skinner, back out to Bibby for two.

10-6 Grizz

Miller miss; lose ball foul called on Cardinal. 1PF.

Kings ball.
 

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Bibby to Peja, to Darius back to Peja who drives inside and gets it to go off the glass.

10-8 Grizz

Miller shot blocked by Skinner; Kings ball.

Bibby behind the back pass to Evans, who drives inside for two.

10-10

Grizzlies step out of bounds; Kings ball.
 

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Bibby to Peja, working against MIller, airball. Battier catches it.

Battier miss; Darius board.

Bibby hard to Darius, who drives inside and gets the bucket but it's taken away and DArius is called for o-foul against Battier.

Grizz ball. Bibby steal from Jason.

Bibby to Evans to Bibby to Peja, who misses the jumper. Grizz ball.

Wright half-hook blocked by Skinner. Grant calling Skinner a goalie.

:D

Grizz ball. Battier miss; Skinner board.

Grant cannot believe Skinner wasn't playing in Philly. I don't care. :D

Evans splits the defense for driving lay-up.

12-10 KINGS

Jason miss; WRight board.

Battier inside, trying repeatedly to go up, meets Skinner repeatedly. Skinner finally hits just enough of Battier to get the whistle.

Time out and commercial.
 

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Battier makes one, misses one.

12-11 KINGS

Kings miss but Darius gets the put-back.

14-11 KINGS

Wright for two.

14-13 KINGS

Kings miss, Skinner and Evans get the second chance, third chance Bibby gets it in.

16-13 KINGS

Battier in and out. Wright gets it to go.

16-15 KINGS

3:33 left

Battier fouls Peja. Non-shooting. 1st team foul on Grizzlies. Peja to Darius, to Bibby to Peja - who has ball knocked out of his hands by Battier. Oob. Still Kings.

Posey in; Battier out.
 

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Bibby pass bounces off Peja knee, he recovers and has to shoot a long three at the buzzer and it goes!!!

19-15 KINGS

Whooooooooooooo!

Peja with the steal and the breakaway two-handed dunk (not hard, but it was a dunk and not a lay-up).

Time out and commercial.

21-15 KINGS
 

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Grizz ball.

2:45 left

Cardinal in and out; Evans board.

Corliss in for Darius. Kings miss; Grizz ball.

Miller for three.

21-18 KINGS

Peja to Corliss, to Evans to Peja in the post. Over to Corliss, hook goes off the back of the rim. Grizz board.

Corner three by Grizz.

21-21

Bibby to Skinner, long jumper doesn't go. Grizz ball.

Watson three misses; Evans board. Good pass by Bibby inside and Skinner slams it down.

23-21 KINGS
 

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Grizz ball, almost stolen by Evans but oob. Still Grizz. Good defense by Peja forces bad shot by Posey, Kings board.

Corliss miss; gets o-board and is fouled as the buzzer sounds.

Corliss to the line on foul by Posey. His 3PF.

Officials review the play to determine how much time to put back on the clock. They decide on .3 seconds.

Corliss at the line for two shots.
 

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First shot hard, bounces back and forth, and drops; makes second also.

25-21 KINGS

First quarter over.
 

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Nice first quarter. Peja looked lethargic at the beginning but all of a sudden he appeared to wake up and is playing Peja ball! GOOD Peja ball! Skinner is incredible. Bibby's passes are crisp and the other guys are really stepping up.

Grant and Jerry are saying it must be a lot easier for everyone to play with Mike, Peja and Co than it could possibly be to play with Iverson.
 

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Skinner blocks shot from Grizz but they get the putback to go.

25-23 KINGS

Corliss can't get half-hook to go, but Skinner FIGHTS for the o-board, takes the ball away from Wright and draws the foul.

Skinner at the line for two. I like Brian Skinner!

:D

Makes first; misses second off back of rim. Grizz ball.

26-23 KINGS

Bibby, Martin, Corlis, Skinner and Peja on the court.

Posey steps oob. Kings ball.
 
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