Kings-Heat PBP for Feb. 26

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Greetings fellow Kings fans!

It's not snowing; it's not raining; it's not even gray and dreary. The sun is shining, the sky is blue and the snow is melting like a snowcone left out in the sun.


Good day to get a lot of stuff done around the VF house before coming in for the game.

GO KINGS!!!

 

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Tip to the Kings.

Udrih to Martin to Moore at the elbow for two.

2-0 KINGS

Heat ball. Non-shooting foul on Kings. Heat inbounds. Miss; Kings rebound.

Udrih to Martin, who clears the way and kicks back to Miller for two.

4-0 KINGS

Blount for two.

4-2 KINGS

Martin against Wade, batted away and Udrih finds it. Martin alley to Moore oop. (Actually Martin's shot was partially tipped but the end result was two points for the Kings on the excellent play by Moore.)

6-2 KINGS

10;10 left

 

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Heat miss; Udrih rebound.

Udrih inside, to Moore. Kick out to Artest, miss. Heat rebound.

Wade to Marion for two.

6-4 KINGS

9;30 left

Artest v. Marion, Ron for two and the trip to the line. 1PF for Marion.

Bonus good.

9-4 KINGS

JWill brings it up, over to Wade, back to JWill and then to Haslem. Miss; Moore rebound.

 

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Artest from the corner in and out; Miami board.

Wade miss; Moore board.

Udrih to Moore, jumper misses. Marion rebound.

Haslem for two.

9-6 KINGS

8;22 left

Udrih to Miller, hard bounce-pass to Ron is bobbled and goes oob off Kings. No idea why Brad made that pass so difficult unless he was trying to get it past the defense.

JW pass to Haslem, I think. somebody fouled and at the line. Grant and Jerry blathering.

Heat guy makes both.

9-8 KINGS

 

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Martin for two.

11-8 KINGS

And the blathering continues...I strongly suspect sometimes they forget about us and just chat among themselves.

Blount to the line on foul by Udrih.

7;23 left

Makes first; misses second. Moore with the rebound.

11-9 KINGS

Martin starts to cut inside, non-shooting foul on Heat. Kings inbound, Artest miss; Heat rebound.

Moore with the steal with assist by Miller. Kings for two more.

13-9 KINGS

Blount miss; Udrih rebound.

Kings miss; rebound oob. Heat ball.

6;16 left

Time out and commercial.

 

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Oops. Sorry. Out getting firewood.

17-15 KINGS

5;10 left

 

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Wade three doesn't go; Martin rebound. Martin drives the paint and draws the foul from Blount. Salmons in for Moore.

Kevin at the line.

4;53 left

Makes first; and second.

19-15 KINGS

Heat miss but Blount with the put-back.

19-17 KINGS

Non-shooting foul on Heat. Kings inbound. Salmons inside, kicks out to Miller, who sees Kevin in the corner.

MARTIN FOR THREE!

22-17 KINGS

Haslem for two.

22-19 KINGS

 

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Artest moves inside, fouled by Haslem. Ron to the line.

3;40 left

Makes first; and second.

24-19 KINGS

Udrih steal, bounce pass to Artest but it goes off his knee and oob. Heat ball.

Wade miss; Martin rebound.

Martin to Miller, who pass back to Martin is low and off-target. Heat ball.

Earl Barron in for Blount, gets two inside.

24-21 KINGS

Udrih splits the defense, gets inside and is hammered with no call. Heat rebound.

JWill miss; Salmons rebound.

Miller inside, HARD foul by Barron who hits him on the head and shoves him in the back, causing Brad to hit the stanchion. Miller is shaken up. He gets up and heads to the bench.

Barron called for flagrant, which is without a doubt the right call.

Time out and commercial.

 

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Miller at the stripe. Makes first; and second.

26-21 KINGS

Miller out for Hawes. Kings to inbound.

2;08 left

AJ in with Artest, Salmons, Martin and Hawes

AJ to Hawes inside for two.

28-21 KINGS

Marion for two.

28-23 KINGS

Salmons miss; Wade rebound.

 

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Marion for three.

28-26 KINGS

55 seconds left

AJ to Hawes, nice lead pass to Artest and two points.

30-26 KINGS

 

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Wade off the glass for long two.

30-28 KINGS

AJ to Artest, out to Hawes and back to Artest, who sees Hawes cutting and gets him the ball for the dunk.

32-28 KINGS

Wade for two and the +1 on foul by Salmons.

3.3 seconds left

Bonus miss. AJ rebound, runs towards the basket and the buzzer sounds, ending the first quarter.

32-30 KINGS

 

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Kings for two.

34-30 KINGS

Heat miss; AJ rebound.

Kings miss; Heat rebound.

Wade inside, collides with AJ. Non-shooting foul. Heat inbound.

11;00 left

Garcia in, Garcia called for reach-in on Ricky Davis. Davis to the line.

 

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Makes first; misses second. Moore rebound.

AJ, Salmons, Garcia, Moore and Hawes on the court

AJ called for offensive foul. He's ALREADY playing way too much iso IMHO. Heat ball.

Garcia with another foul on Davis, non-shooting. Heat inbound.

AJ and Garcia with 2PF each.

Haslem miss; Heat manage to snag the rebound over Miller and Moore. Banks miss, Garcia with the rebound but it's knocked out of his hands and Heat get it back. Barrono inside for two nd another foul on Garcia. That's 3PF. And FOUR team fouls on the Kings. Douby in for Garcia.

Barron at the line. Bonus miss.

34-32 KINGS

Kings ball, mishandled and Heat have it. But AJ knocks the ball loose and Moore comes up with it, and is fouled. Kings ball.

 

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Moore inside, called for traveling. Heat ball.

Theus does NOT look very happy.

Banks bounce-pass to Wade, who is fouled. Shot misses but Wade heads to the line. Salmons charged with the foul. This could be a loooooong night if they keep calling the ticky-tack fouls.

Wade makes first; and second.

34-34

9;16 left

For some reason, Napear's voice is REALLY annoying me tonight.

Davis with the steal, he's on the run and is fouled by Hawes.

Davis to the line. Makes first; Miller in for Hawes, Martin in for Douby. Makes second.

36-34 Heat

 

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Udrih bringing the ball up the court, tripped and ball rolls on the floor. No call. Salmons picks it up and gets the layup to fall.

36-36

Barron miss on good D by Miller, Artest with the rebound.

Ron misses a three but Miller chases it down. Udrih almost tripped again, but this time they give him the call.

8;10 left

Time out and commercial.

 

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Closeup of Brad as he touches his head and winches. I'm thinking he's gonna have a really bad headache in the morning.

Kings inbound.

Salmons splits the defense, looks good but takes one too many steps and is called for the travel. heat ball.

7;57 left

Udrih, Martin, Salmons, Artest and Miller for the Kings

Davis miss; Salmons board.

Salmons to Artest, who works inside, and kicks back out to Miller. Jumper doesn't fall; Banks rebound.

 

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Three-second violation on Heat; Kings inbound.

Good ball movement by the Kings but Miller's jumper misses for a second time. Heat rebound and Miller called for the foul, sending Haslem to the line.

36-36

6;56 left

Makes first; and second.

38-36 Heat

NICE landing-gear up jumper by Martin for two.

38-38

Davis called for double-dribble, Kings will inbound.

 

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Artest moves on Marion, gets fouled, falls to the side and hits the bucket anyway. Good for two and the +1. Marion, of course, is not happy.

Bonus good.

41-38 KINGS

6;07 left

Blount miss, Haslem with the second chance basket and the +1 on foul by Miller, I think.

41-40 KINGS

Time out and commercial.

Haslem to the line for the freebie after the break.

 

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Bonus good.

41-41

Martin long jumper for two.

43-41 KINGS

5;21 left

Wade up and under doesn't go; Miller clears it out but JWill comes up with it and gets the jumper for two.

43-43

Martin blows by Wade and is fouled, heading to the line. Misses first; makes second.

44-43 KINGS

4;50 left

 

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Haslem inside in traffic and gets nice lay-up to fall.

45-44 Heat

Moore to Martin, out to Miller and inside to Moore who is fouled by Haslem. Now it's Haslem's turn to go argue with the same official Wade just had words with...with the same result.



Moore makes first; Marion in for Haslem. Moore makes second.

46-45 KINGS

4;12 left

 

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Davis for long two.

47-46 Heat

Miller to Artest, who waits for the double and then kicks out to Udrih, miss. Loose ball foul on Miller. And now Miller chats with the young official.

3;33 left

Blount to the line. Makes first; and second.

49-46 Heat

3;29 left

Udrih to Miller, and another missed jumper. Heat rebound.

Davis three over Martin doesn't go; Moore boxout for the board.

Udrih on the screen from Miller, pullup jumper is good.

49-48 Heat

 

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JWill to Marion for the dunk.

51-48 Heat

Artest jumper miss; Heat rebound.

And again the Kings start settling for the stupid jumper.

JWill to flying Wade for the full-court alley-oop.

53-48 Heat

1;59 left

Time out and commercial.

 

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Kings inbound.

Offensive foul on Artest in the paint. Heat inbound.

JWill for three.

56-48 Heat

Udrih pullup jumper doesn't go but luckily Moore is there for the putback.

56-50 Heat

1;14 left

Wade to the line. Misses first; seocnd in and out. Artest rebound.

 

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Udrih to Artest, out to Martin, miss. Heat rebound.

Blount for two more inside.

58-50 Heat

Hawes for two from the side.

58-52 Heat

Wade bounce-pass under the basket goes oob.

5.0 seconds left

Kings inbound.

Udrih to Artest, who sees the clock but doesn't get a shot and the ball is knocked out of his hands at the buzzer.

End of the first half.

 

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Ready for the second half.

58-52 Heat

Heat ball

Marion running floater inside for two.

60-52 Heat

Udrih kicks out to Miller in the corner, jumper is short and off the rim. Heat rebound. I don't think Miller has hit a shot since he got his bell rung.

Marion for two more.

62-52 Heat

Kings ball. Shot blocked; Heat ball. Wade casually strolls inside and gets two more off the glass.

64-52 Heat

Kings ball. Artest draws foul from Marion. 3PF.

 

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Artest at the line. Makes first; and second.

64-54 Heat

10;21 left

JWill to Wade, cross court to Marion and two more points.

66-54 Heat

Miller to Artest, jumper no good. Moore rebound, back to Artest, miss. Heat ball.

Steal by Artest, who goes the whole length of the court, takes a bad step under the bucket, nearly rolling his ankle, and is fouled by Blount.

Artest back at the line. Makes first; and seocnd.

66-56 Heat

 

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Bad pass by Heat intended for Haslem but goes oob. Kings ball.

9;12 left

Moore kick out to Martin, miss. JWill with the board. Jumper misses; Miller rebound.

Udrih to Martin, jumper is short. Heat rebound.

8;36 left

Wade for two.

68-56 Heat

Artest to Miller, and ANOTHER open jumper doesn't go. Heat rebound.

JWill to somebody not named Wade or Marion for the alley-oop.

70-56 Heat

Time out and commercial.

 

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8;02 left

Oh, goody, goody, goody. Anthony Johnson, Hawes and Salmons in for the Kings, with Udrih, Artest and Miller out.

Kings inbound, and the first thing they do is commit a 24-second violation as there was WAY too much running around like chickens without heads.

 

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Heat ball.

Marion airball would have gone oob but Anthony Johnson, bless his heart, had to try and grab it and thus the Heat get it back.

Inbound to JWill, who is apparently flashing back to his glory days, with a nice three from the corner.

73-56 Heat

Kings turnover; Wade long-distance alley to Marion for the oop. And I'm about ready to oop all over my keyboard.

75-56 Heat

Kings with the offensive foul; Garcia in for Martin, and I swear it looked like Cisco didn't want any part of it.

Heat ball. Non-shooting foul on somebody in purple. Heat to inbound.

6;27 left

 

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JWill miss; Moore rebound.

Salmons miss; Heat rebound.

Heat miss; AJ rebound.

AJ bounce pass to Hawes, who moves inside and is fouled, non-shooting. Kings inbound.

Hawes to Moore, who bobbles the ball and is fouled when Wade flies through the air trying to block the dunk that never was. Another inbound...and another crappy pass by the Kings, who now have 15 turnovers.

Jwill with a NICE pass but Heat called for three-second violation. Jerry saying there's nobody better at handling the pass than JWill. Hrm... nobody?

Grant and Jerry waxing poetic to the extent where I am virtually stunned with the blathertrap coming from their mouths.

Score is still the same.

4;28 left