Kings-Knicks PBP for Jan. 2

[VF21]

Uh-oh. Nate Robinson from the corner for three.

56-45 KINGS

Udrih pullup jumper misses; Randolph with the board.

NYK turnover, Salmons on the run. All the way for two and the free trip to the stripe courtesy of Zack Randolph.

Bonus good.

59-45 KINGS

10;18 left

Randolph another long jumper for two.

59-47 KINGS

Salmons answers right back with two more.

61-47 KINGS

 

[VF21]

Randolph drives inside, hands off to Curry who misses the up-close layup.

Kings ball. Salmons dish to Miller for two.

63-47 KINGS

Curry backs Miller down for two.

63-49 KINGS

Salmons pass to Miller, who sees cutting Moore and gets him the ball. Mikki to the line on foul by Nate Robinson.

Moore makes first; crowd booing but in NY you can't tell who it's for. Marbury in for Chandler. Moore misse second but Salmons gets the rebound and Kings get a new shotclock.

8;45 left

Moore miss but Salmons putback is good.

66-49 KINGS

 

[VF21]

Knicks turnover; Garcia on the run, misses his layup but chases it and gets his own putback.

68-49 KINGS

Lots of booing now...

Crawford miss; Robinson rebound. Salmons with the steal. LOTS OF BOOING.

Salmons to the line on Marbury foul.

7;45 left

Salmons makes first; they show the Knicks bench and almost without exception they aren't even looking at each other. They're slumped, they're frowning and they look like they'd rather be having root canals at the dentist's office. Salmons makes second.

70-49 KINGS

Robinson for two and +1. Bonus good.

70-52 KINGS

 

[VF21]

Miller dish inside to Udrih; teardrop falls and Kings have two more.

72-52 KINGS

NYK ball. Defensive three-second call on the Kings. Crawford to the line for the freebie. Good.

72-53 KINGS

NYK ball.

Randolph miss from the corner; Miller rebound.

Miller with 17/10 so far.

Kings ball. Non-shooting foul on NYK. 4th team foul. Kings inbound. Miller miss; NYK rebound.

Curry inside, fouled by Udrih. Curry to the line. Fred Jones now in for the Knicks. Replay shows Curry grabbing Miller's jersey and holding on to keep him from moving.

 

[VF21]

Curry ... well, misses would be the nice term for how bad those "shots" were.

Kings ball. Garcia tries to play out of the post and misses a silly jumper. Moore called for loose ball foul. NYK ball.

6;17 left

Crawford long miss; Udrih chases it down. To Moore, and then Salmons, Miller and Garcia, back to Miller. Jumper from the stripe is good.

74-53 KINGS

Robinson three goes in, rolls out, and pops out. Miller rebound and more boos.

Salmons inside, spins and sinks another jumper.

76-53 KINGS

Time out and commercial.

TONS of booing as they go to break.

 

[VF21]

Marbury inside for two and the +1 on foul by Douby.

bonus misses and Salmons snags the board.

76-55 KINGS

Jones, Moore, Douby, Salmons and Garcia on the court for the Kings.

Salmons awkward shot doesn't go; Kings get the rebound. Jones miss; Lee rebound after he shoves Moore with no call.

F. Jones miss but NYK rebound. another miss and Kings get the board. Jefferies sends Garcia to the line on backcourt foul. (Knicks in penalty.)

Garcia makes first; and second.

3;54 left

78-55 KINGS

 

[VF21]

Another Knicks turnover as Douby intercepts a pass. Salmons miss; NYK rebound.

Robinson to the line on foul by Moore. 4PF. We might see Hawes soon...

Robinson makes first; Curry and Crawford back in for NYK. Technical foul called on Moore as he went to the bench.

Robinson shoots the freenie - good. Now he'll shoot his second FT.

Some loudmouth is yelling what I think are obscenities from the crowd. Grant and Jerry ignoring them.

Robinson makes second.

78-58 KINGS

This crowd is scary hostile.

3;13 left

Crawford called for foul on Garcia, sending him to the line again.

 

[VF21]

Oops. Correction. Curry not back in; Randolph is. And Spencer is in for his first NBA appearance in MSG.

Garcia makes both.

80-58 KINGS

NYK ball.

3;03 left

Salmons with the steal and the runaway dunk.

82-58 KINGS

Justin Williams also in for the Kings.

Time out and commercial. And Isiah hears more of the boobirds as they go to break.

 

[VF21]

28 points and 9 boards for Salmons, along with 6 assists.

Robinson for three.

82-61 KINGS

2;33 left

Hawes jumper from the stripe is flat; NYK rebound.

Crawford for three.

82-64 KINGS

NYK nearly trap Kings behind the line. Only six seconds left on the clock. Garcia dishes to Hawes, who is fouled by Zack Randolph. Randolph throws his headband at the official. Randolph is ejected from the game and Garcia heads to the line.

bonus good.

83-64 KINGS

Now Hawes will shoot his free throws...

My heart breaks for the loyal Knicks fans. NO FANS deserve the crap I'm seeing tonight.

 

[VF21]

Hawes makes both.

85-64 KINGS

NYK ball. Three-second call on Curry. Kings ball.

Udrih to Douby for two.

87-64 KINGS

Marbury from outside for three.

87-67 KINGS

Garcia to the line on foul by Curry.

49.3 seconds left

 

[VF21]

Garcia makes first; and second.

89-67 KINGS

NYK miss; Douby rebound.

Douby inside, kicks out and Garcia misses a LONG three-point attempt. NYK ball.

Kings in the zone.

Marbury with nothing but net from way downtwon.

89-70 KINGS

Beno at the buzzer doesn't go.

End of the third quarter.

 

[VF21]

Whoa. They just showed the Knicks dance team and those ladies are flat out scary. Really...

Miller, Williams, Udrih, Douby and Salmons to start the fourth for the Kings.

Offensive foul called on Salmons; NYK ball.

11;44 left

NICE play by Williams keeps the ball away from Curry inside, and Kings have the ball.

Douby miss; NYK ball.

Crawford miss, NYK rebound and they try to get it back into Curry but Justin challenges it and Knicks turn it over.

Kings ball.

Udrih to the foul on foul by Curry. 5PF. Curry leaves and the Knicks are toast. Post-toast.

 

[VF21]

Udrih one of two.

91-70 KINGS

NYK ball; oob off Kings. Knicks to inbound.

"Fire Isiaih" chants again... and it's not just a few people. It's the whole arena!

Knicks turnover but Kings return the favor.

10;22 left

NYK ball. Marbury miss from the conrer; Justin rebound but it's knocked out of his hands. NYK retains the ball; Williams partially blocks the shot; Salmons called for foul. Williams and Douby out; Moore and Garcia back in.

NYK one of two from the stripe.

91-72 KINGS

 

[VF21]

Offensive foul on the Kings; NYK ball.

Robinson jumping floater for two.

91-74 KINGS

Theus calls time out....and they go to commercial.

Grant and Jerry were mentioning that firing the coach won't solve the problems NY has. With the financial commitments, luxury tax, etc. it's going to be years before they can truly be competitive again.

 

[VF21]

Kings inbound. Garcia long attempt doesn't fall; NYK rebound.

Marbury to the line on foul by Garcia.

9;13 left

This is the part of the game that worries me. The Kings absolutely must continue to play team ball and not let the Knicks back in any more.

Marbury gets both.

91-76 KINGS

Moore called for over-and-back; Knicks ball.

FOCUS, DAMN IT!!!!

Garcia blocks shot right into MIller's hand. Over to Garcia, to Moore, back to Garcia, and he cannot buy a jumpshot.

NYK ball.

Luckily the Knicks are really stinking it up. Miss; Miller rebound. Theus yelling at them to set up and run their offense.

Bad pass but Moore sticks with it and draws the foul. Non-shooting. Still Kings ball.

 

[VF21]

Chandler in for Marbury.

Kings to inbound.

Garcia to Udrih, foul away from the ball by Jefferies. Third team foul on the Knicks. Kings to inbound again.

Miller to Salmons for two more. That makes 30; his career high is 31.

93-76 KINGS

7;48 left

Robinson with the ball, Miller knocks it away but it goes oob. Knicks ball with 6 on the shotclock.

Robinson in and out; Miller goes for the board, Lee goes over his back and gets it but no call. NYK shoots again; ball oob. Theus yelling at the officials. Kings ball.

 

[VF21]

Lots of fouls going on right now that aren't being called. Kings ball.

Moore called for moving screen. Knicks ball. 5PF on Moore.

Chandler airball; Garcia rebound.

Robinson blocking foul. Udrih and Robinson collided at the knee. Udrih rubs his knee and heads to the line. Knicks in the penalty for the remainder of the game.

Udrih makes both.

95-76 KINGS

Moore out. NYK shot blocked by Garcia, gets down and ends up drawing a foul from Robinson and heads to the line.

6;18 left

Balkman in for the Knicks.

Garcia misses both? NYK ball.

 

[VF21]

Balkman for two - and the crowd is ecstatic.

96-78 KINGS

Garcia drives inside, draws foul from Lee.

Time out and commercial.

Garcia at the line for two after the break.

5;50 left

 

[VF21]

Garcia makes both.

97-78 KINGS

Balkman's basket was his first since Dec. 17!

Balkman with two more.

97-80 KINGS

Udrih to Garcia, who hands back to Udrih even though Salmons was WIDE OPEN. Udrih miss; NYK board.

Knicks miss; putback by Lee.

97-82 KINGS

Offensive foul on Garcia, who is obviously the BAD CISCO right now.

NYK ball.

 

[VF21]

Lee inside for the dunk.

97-84 KINGS

Miller brings the ball up the court, so maybe someone other than Garcia will get to touch it.

Miller inside, gets the bucket and draws the foul from Lee.

99-84 KINGS

Miller bonus is good.

100-84 KINGS

Knicks miss; Curry with the rebound and the off-the-glass putback for two and the +1 on foul by Udrih.

Curry miss; Salmons rebound. KEEP THE BALL, JOHN!!!

100-86 KINGS

 

[VF21]

Salmons to the line on foul by Lee.

Makes both, giving him a new career high.

102-86 KINGS

NYK miss; Garcia rebound.

Garcia starts to drive inside, holds the ball and then passes it off with about three seconds left. I freaking hate that!!! Kings miss.

Time out and commercial.

 

[VF21]

Knicks ball.

2;27 left

Curry miss; Miller rebound. Miller with 15 boards!!!

Udrih, Miller, Moore, Salmons and Garcia for the Kings.

Illegal screen oob on the Kings. NYK ball.

1;58 left

Lee for two and the +1. Bonus good.

102-89 KINGS

Salmons to Moore, then to Douby, who is in for Garcia. Back to Udrih, over to Miller in the corner for long two.

104-89 KINGS

Defensive three-second call on Moore. Robinson shoots the freebie. Good.

104-90 KINGS

 

[VF21]

Moore fouls out; Williams in.

Robinson at the line. Misses first; makes second.

104-91 KINGS

1;26 left

Kings use the clock, Udrih to Miller, back to Udrih, whose jumper misses. NYK ball.

Crawford for two after a hard foul. Crawford at the line for the +1.

Good.

104-94 KINGS

56 seconds left.

Kings ball. Knicks with the trap, Kings call timeout to avoid the 8-second violation on Salmons.

Theus burns the timeout. Kings will inbound.

 

[VF21]

50.3 seconds left

Kings make it a full timeout, which avoids that troublesome backcourt pressure as the Kings will be able to inbound upcourt.

Color me silly but I'm seeing a TEAM tonight that is playing TEAM ball. It has shown me that we can live without Ron Artest.

 

[VF21]

Salmons inbounds to Udrih, who passes to Douby. Bad pass but he's able to snag it. Kick to Udrih, then Miller. Miss, NYK ball.

Robinson for two more.

Kings inbound. Udrih tackled - literally - by Robinson.

104-96 KINGS

Udrih at the line.

23.2 seconds left

Misses first; Marbury back in for the Knicks. Makes second.

105-96 KINGS

Robinson long miss; Miller rebound. Marbury with the immediate foul. How nice of Marbury to decide at this point to get involved.

13.5 seconds left

Miller at the line. Makes first; and second.

107-96 KINGS

 

[VF21]

Robinson drives inside, fouled by Douby. Robinson to the line.

10.0 seconds left

Misses first; he must have some kind of weird spin on his shot as a lot of them look good and then pop out. Makes second.

107-97 KINGS

Time expires.

Kings win!