Kings-Hornets PBP for Nov. 1

[VF21]

38-33 NOK

Kings fast break, Bonzi inside. Fouled but no call. NOK ball.

Paul for three.

41-33 NOK

Some pretty questionable calls in NOK favor. Bibby called for loose ball foul after he was leveled by NOK. NOK ball.

1:23 left

ANOTHER whistle on the Kings. Smith to the line on Bonzi foul.

Misses first; Martin in for Bonzi. Makes second.

42-33 NOK

Miller to Bibby, miss. NOK board.

Nachbar for two.

44-33 NOK

 

[VF21]

BLAST! Martin jumper goes all the way in and pops back out. NOK board.

NOK ball. Turnover. Kings ball.

Peja miss, Martin board. Over to Peja, tipin/layup doesn't go. NOK ball.

End of first half.

44-33 NOK

Not a good first half, but the officiating sure seems to favor the Hornets.

 

[VF21]

Bibby, Wells, Peja, SAR and Miller to start the second half.

Kings ball.

SAR inside, almost looses the ball, passes to Peja in the corner for three!!!

44-36 NOK

SAR is gonna have to be careful. He uses his off arm quite a bit.

NOK for two.

46-36 NOK

SAR for two.

46-38 NOK

Nach miss; ball oob off NOK. Kings ball.

Bibby inside to SAR, shot blocked - nothing but white jerseys under the bucket. NOK ball.

Smith miss; ball oob off NOK. Kings ball.

 

[VF21]

Bad pass by Kings, turnover. NOK ball.

Smith for three.

49-38 NOK

Another Kings miss; NOK ball.

Paul for two.

51-38 NOK

9:07 left

Peja off-balance three misses; Wells held by Smith. Still Kings ball.

 

[VF21]

Peja pass inside to Wells for catch and shoot...and miss. NOK ball.

Miss; SAR board.

Bibby dribbles into traffic, four white jerseys around him. Loose ball foul on NOK saves Kings. Still Kings ball.

Kings are playing NO patience whatsoever.

NOK ball. Smith drives inside for two and draws the +1.

53-38 NOK

Smith to the line for the bonus after the break.

 

[VF21]

Bonus good.

54-38 NOK

No patience, no help defense, ugly outing by Kings so far.

Peja three at the buzzer doesn't go. NOK ball.

Smith inside, Miller called for flagrant foul. Correct call but not intentional by Brad.

Smith at the line for two.

Both good.

56-38 NOK

NOK ball.

 

[kingsfan52miller]

This Is Soooo Embarassing

 

[VF21]

NOK called for illegal screen - West 4PF.

Kings ball.

Miller bounce pass stolen. NOK ball.

Smith explodes for two more.

58-38 NOK

Bibby miss; Peja miss; SAR for two.

58-40 NOK

I feel ill.

Brown for two.

60-40 NOK

 

[VF21]

Miller hit in the mouth. Jump ball called.

Wells and Smith shoving each other on the edges - tip to SAR.

Kings ball.

6:20 left

SAR miss; NOK board.

Kings just not playing anything resembling team ball.

NOK miss; Bonzi board.

Bibby fouled by Smith, non-shooting. Still Kings ball. 3rd team foul for NOK.

Oh, geez. I am definitely going to be sick...

Miller pass intended off screen for Peja, it goes oob. NOK ball.

 

[sono]

is it charity game?

 

[VF21]

Butler miss; SAR board.

Kings miss; Miller picks up the board. Peja inside for layup.

60-42 NOK

NOK ball. Paul drives inside and draws foul. Bibby nailed by moving screen. No call.

Paul at the line on Miller foul. 4PF. Skinner in.

4:44 left

62-42 NOK after Paul makes both.

NOK has outscored the Kings, 16-4.

Holy crap. This is UGLY.

Another Kings miss; NOK board.

NOK miss; Bibby board.

Kings called for another o-foul.

 

[VF21]

I'm really sorry, but I simply cannot focus on this. It's horrible. The Kings are out of sync. They're showing no patience. It's like narrating the end of the world...

66-44 NOK

 

[VF21]

68-46 NOK

And it's not getting any better...

 

[VF21]

Peja at the line.

Makes both.

68-48 NOK

1:56 left

Bibby passes inside to Peja, who is fouled.

Peja to the line for two more. Gee, if he gets fouled 10 more times, maybe they'll have a chance.

/sarcasm

Peja makes both, closing the gap to a mere 18 points.

 

[VF21]

70-50 NOK

SAR for two.

70-52 NOK

1:05 left

Some DEFENSE might be interesting...

Andersen miss; Bibby board.

Bibby pullup jumper is way off; NOK board.

Kings blistering the court with 32% shooting.

Two more by NOK.

72-52 NOK

Abysmal performance. Kings have the final shot and can't even get it off in time.

Blech.

End of the third quarter.

 

[VF21]

Only 15 more minutes, although it could be 15 very long minutes.

Hart, Martin, Peja, SAR and Skinner on the court.

Kings miss; NOK board.

another Kings foul, another NOK to the line.

Oh, blech. They're comparing the Oklahoma crowd to the old Arco. Talk about rubbing salt in our wounds. ...

...sigh...

More points for NOK.

73-52 NOK

More Kings miss; NOK ball.

Skinner with another shot block and a 24-second violation.

Kings ball.

 

[VF21]

9:36 left

Still more horrible play by the Kings.

Skinner with an o-board and two more points. Shame he isn't getting any help.

73-54 NOK

NOK ball oob; Kings ball.

Hart drives inside, draws foul from Andersen. To the line for two.

8:09 left

Time out and commercial.

Sorry but I just don't have the energy or focus to type all the horrible stuff in between...

This is one of the ugliest displays of "basketball" I've seen from the Kings in a very long time.

 

[VF21]

73-55 NOK

19,000+ in attendance

Nice pass interception by Martin. Hart to KT for two.

73-57 NOK

Hart, Martin, Garcia, KT and Skinner on the court.

Oh, geez. That sucked. Two seconds left on the clock. NOK inbounds and nobody stops the shooter. GAG!!!!!!

75-57 NOK

Skinner called for foul.

 

[VF21]

Two more by NOK because apparently the Kings have used up their allowable defense minutes...



77-57 NOK

Another stupid-arse turnover by the Kings. totally ridiculous. These guys are professional players, right?

79-57 NOK

ANOTHER bleeping turnover. We should have to forfeit this game because of the insult to Dr. James Naismith.

time out.

 

[VF21]

And MORE points by NOK.

81-57 NOK

Corliss in for the ritual sacrificial ending...

5:30 left

And the Hornets are trying to go "showtime" - luckily, Smith's alley-oop didn't go.

Kings travel.

NOK ball.

 

[VF21]

Oh look. More points by NOK.

83-57 NOK

...

4:26 left

85-57 NOK

3:46 left

 

[VF21]

85-60 NOK

I'm going to go out on a limb and predict the Kings will lose this one...

If I was there, I'd be in the parking lot - lying prone in front of the biggest bus I could see.

This is truly horrible.

 

[VF21]

Mercifully, the officials aren't stopping the game.

2:42 left

85-61 NOK

2:28 left

Mandatory time out...and commercial.

I would not want to have to grade this performance.

 

[VF21]

Ronnie Price in...

Martin for two on baseline jumper.

85-63 NOK

NOK to the line on Corliss foul.

87-65 NOK

1:27 left

89-65 NOK

 

[VF21]

91-65 NOK

92-65 NOK

Tomorrow against the Rockets could be ... ugly.

43 seconds left.

93-65 NOK

31.7 seconds left

28.7 seconds left

Garcia to the line.

Both good.

93-67 NOK

 

[VF21]

Game over.

Boy, I'm sure glad we don't have that crippled Chris Webber out there slowing us down and ruining our defense.

/end dripping and hostile sarcasm

Sorry, but that was about as poor a showing as I can remember seeing. This team has a LOT of work to do and they'd better start doing it real quick.

 

[SacTownKid]

Game over.

Boy, I'm sure glad we don't have that crippled Chris Webber out there slowing us down and ruining our defense.

/end dripping and hostile sarcasm

Sorry, but that was about as poor a showing as I can remember seeing. This team has a LOT of work to do and they'd better start doing it real quick.

The defense wasn't that actually, but the offense was horrid.

 

[VF21]

The defense WAS that bad. Speedy bleeping Claxton looked like an MVP.

 

[Just_Lurkin]

What happened(i haven't read the thread yet)? are Peja and bibby's shots still not falling?

 

[chelle]

VF, I do not know how you did it. Thanks.
I MADE myself watch the whole thing because I get to see so few games and I figure I owe it them to watch the good and bad, BUT, I must admit that I closed my eyes for a lot. I could NOT have watched closely enough to do a PBP, so THANK YOU. You have more guts than I!