Kings-Lakers PBP for Dec. 12

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Greetings, fellow Kings fans.

Talk about deja vu. Let's just hope tonight's game gives us the same satisfaction the Tuesday night game brought.

I personally would like nothing more than to see Jack Nicholson scowling as the game unfolds in Staples. Of course, I'm not expecting another win. I do want to see heart and hustle, energy and effort - and that could easily lead to us again having more points at the end of the night.

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Okay, back to the PBP.

It's cold up here in the forest with significant snow forecast for the weekend. This is good news for us - and for all our ski resort friends further up the mountain. Let's hope the storms lay down a nice base of snow for them to build on.

I've got my (in)famous garlic chowder cooking on the stove and plenty of wood for the fire. This, to me, is truly NBA weather. Nothing better than watching a good game while it turns into a winter wonderland outside. Of course, that's assuming I don't have to wade out in the middle of the game to clean the snow off the dish. Since the storm isn't supposed to happen until late tonight, that's probably not going to be a problem.

Now, let's get ready for some Kings basketball!

GO KINGS!!!

BEAT LA!!

 

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Lineups:

Kings - Udrih, Salmons, Garcia, Hawes and Miller

LAL - Fisher, Bryant, Walton, Gasol and Bynum

Tip to LAL.

And Violet Palmer is one of the officials. Luckily, she likes us now that Webber is gone.

LAL for two.

2-0 LAL

Salmons inside, gets the bucket but had stepped oob. LAL inbound.

 

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Kobe miss; Udrih rebound.

Udrih driving lay-up doesn't go; Gasol rebound.

LAL for two.

4-0 LAL

Cisco very long pullup jumper doesn't go; LAL rebound.

10;45 left

Bryant to the line for three, thanks to Garcia - Kobe making brave little soldier faces.

Misses first; makes second; makes third.

6-0 LAL

...sigh...

Miller attempt at a three is off the rim; LAL rebound.

Pass deflected; Kings get it back.

Salmons goes at Fisher, draws the foul and heads to the line.

 

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Salmons makes both.

6-2 LAL

Good ball movement by LAL, and Fisher is left WIDE OPEN on the freaking rim...3 more for LAL>

9-2 LAL

Hawes misses the dunk; Bryant misses the three, gets his own rebound and kicks out to Walton, who misses the three. Kobe with another rebound, miss. Hawes rebound.

Udrih on the run, ball knocked oob. Still Kings ball.

9;12 left

 

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Miller to Salmons, back to Miller and inside to Hawes. Hook over Gasol won't go; LAL rebound.

Hawes called for foul - Bynum to the line. Delay while Bynum gets a cut tended to...

Bynum misses first; and seocnd. Udrih rebound.

Miller jumper in and out; LAL rebound.

Kings are getting good looks. If the shots fell, they'd be doing fine.

Bynum tries to get past Hawes, miss. Travel called on LAL; Kings ball.

Udrih with the ball, he fakes and gets Fisher off his feet. Foul called. 2PF on Fisher. Farmar in for Fisher.

Kings inbound.

Garcia dish inside to Salmons for two.

9-4 LAL

 

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Gasol to Bynum, who almost drops the ball but gets it back to Gasol for two.

11-4 LAL

Udrih all the way for two.

11-6 LAL

Bynum miss; Miller rebound. Garcia for two.

11-8 LAL

7;09 left

Walton airball. Hehehehe. Crowd is not happy.

Kings ball.

Salmons at the baseline, turnover. Farmar on the run, tagged by Udrih. 1PF. LAL to inbound.

 

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Bryant pass intended for Bynum, but knocked away by Hawes and into the hands of the Kings. Salmons three is off-target and LAL has the ball back.

Farmar from the elbow for two.

13-8 LAL

Miller with another miss from midrange; LAL rebound.

Bynum HORRIBLE shot off the glass; Kings rebound.

Salmons strolls inside, kisses the glass and has two points.

13-10 LAL

Gasol around Miller for two.

15-10 LAL

 

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Miller in the low post, spins, gets the bucket and the +1 on foul by Bynum.

15-12 LAL

5;23 left

Time out and commercial break.

Miller will be at the line for the freebie after the break.

Andrew Bynum is arguably the most over-rated player I've ever seen. I am totally NOT impressed with him in any way, shape or form.

 

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And the usual "I spy a celebrity" bonanza has already begun. Dyan Cannon is the first I've noticed. Oh wait. It appears as though Adam Sandler is sitting in the first row of seats behind the Kings assistant coaches.



Miller at the stripe. Bonus in and back out. Odom in for Bynum.

15-12 LAL

Walton for two.

17-12 LAL

5;03 left

Good ball movement, kick out to Garcia for a long two from the corner.

17-14 LAL

Gasol for the dunk and +1 on foul by Udrih.

Brown in for Beno.

Bonus good.

20-14 LAL

 

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Kings turnover; LAL ball.

Kobe for long two.

22-14 LAL

4;12 left

Garcia drives inside, draws foul from Odom and heads to the line.

 

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Makes first; and second.

22-16 LAL

Farmar miss, Gasol with the rebound but it's knocked out of his hands by Miller/Hawes and Kings will inbound.

Good ball movement by the Kings, inside to Hawes who can't seem to make up his mind whether to dunk or not and misses but gets a free trip to the line after foul by Walton.

Hawes makes both.

22-18 LAL

3;17 left

Walton out.

Bryant with the flying reverse dunk for two.

24-18 LAL

 

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Hawes for two.

24-20 LAL

Farmar left wide open in the corner for three.

27-20 LAL

Nice dish inside from Brown to Garcia for two more.

27-22 LAL

Lamar Odom tries to get fancy and is called for traveling.

2;03 left

Time out and commercial break.

Kings will inbound.

 

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Kings ball.

Miss, Odom rebound but Hawes takes it away. We cannot convert but will keep possession after it goes oob again off LAL.

Brown to Hawes, bullet pass inside to Thompson, he tries to get it to Donte in the corner but it goes oob.

LAL ball.

Bryant for long two.

29-22 LAL

Brown, Salmons, Greene, Thompson and Hawes for the Kings

55 seconds left

Kings miss; Odom rebound. Ariza drives the lane, fouled hard by Hawes. Ariza to the line.

 

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Ariza at the line. Bryant to the bench, JAckson in for Salmons.

Ariza gets one of two.

30-22 LAL

Kings ball.

Moore pass intended for Greene is deflected oob and Kings will inbound again.

37.1 seconds left

Bobby Brown with a shake and bake inside for two.

30-24 LAL

Farmar fadeaway doesn't go; Jackson with the rebound, he kicks to Bobby Brown in the corner.

BROWN FOR THREE!!

30-27 LAL

That should be the end of the first quarter but the freaking game clock stopped before Brown's basket.

LAL was able to get down the court and get another bucket, but the officials are now calling for a monitor to look at the situation, which is a rule change from last year because of the playoff fiasco.

At this moment, the score says 32-27 LAL, but that last LAL bucket should not count IMHO.

 

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The game clock right now is showing 6.1 seconds which is totally impossible as it said 8.7 seconds when Jackson snagged the rebound at the Laker end of the court and didn't move for the entire Kings possession. It didn't start again until the Laker inbounded the ball AFTER Brown's bucket.

 

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Head official Greg Willard has called for his stopwatch. He's going to time the Kings possession and see how much time should have come off the clock. I really believe the two points will come off the scoreboard as the Lakers could not have gotten down the court and gotten off the shot in what time should have been left.

Okay, here comes the decision...

Oops. Nope. Not yet. They're looking at it yet again.

 

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They're still talking about it. Greg Willard calling over Phil Jackson and Reggie Theus and explaining the situation.

???

They're saying there's still 0.8 seconds left. The Kings are charged for a foul that puts Ariza on the line in a +1 situation apparently. It's good.

33-27 LAL

End of the first quarter.

Hrm...

Sorry, but that's ********. Plain and simple...smelly and all that.

 

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Kings ball to start the second quarter.

Jackson for long two from the corner.

33-29 LAL

Odom finger roll for two.

35-29 LAL

Brown circus shot doesn't go; Greene tries for the putback but LAL snags it.

Bynum called for the offensive foul as Jason Thompson takes the charge.

Kings ball.

Brown, Jackson, Greene, Thompson and Moore for the Kings

Jackson miss; Ariza rebound.

 

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Bynum with another horrible shot- half-hook that didn't have a chance. Jackson snags the rebound as he's falling oob and tips it to Brown.

Bynum called for foul on the other end, sending Brown to the line.

Makes first; and second.

35-31 LAL

10;16 left

Talk about a dead stadium. Lakers fans are pathetic.

Bynum with another miss; Moore with the rebound, has to battle for it and Odom able to tie it up for a jump ball.

Tip to LAL on a bad toss.

Bynum finally gets a lucky roll to fall.

37-31 LAL

 

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Bobby Brown cuts around Bynum, who is charged with ANOTHER foul, his 4PF. Gasol in for Bynum.

Kings inbound.

Salmons jumper in and out; ball oob off LAL. Kings inbound.

Salmons drives inside, LAL defense totally collapses on him, ball forced oob. Still Kings ball.

9;10 left

Thompson for two from mid-range.

37-33 LAL

Sasha miss; Thompson rebound.

 

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Moore almost loses the ball inside, Thompson goes for it. Sasha tries to steal it and they'll have another jump ball after the time out and commercial break.

This game is ours to win if we can just get a rhythm established. The home team does not look like they're that interested and, in fact, a couple of them look like they'd rather be at a club or something.

 

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Jackson, Moore, Thompson, Brown and Salmons for the Kings

Jump ball - JT and Sasha. Tip to the Kings.

Brown pullup jumper for two.

37-35 LAL

8;22 left

Fisher to the line on a pretty iffy call on Brown. Kobe back in for Sasha.

Fisher makes first; and seocnd.

39-35 LAL

Kings ball.

ACK! Crap play by John Salmons, who held the ball for 22 seconds and finally kicked out to Garcia, who was barely able to get the shot off without violation. Miss; LAL rebound.

Salmons called for non-shooting foul on Bryant. LAL inbound.

Brown, Garcia, Salmoins, Thompson and Hawes now for the Kings.

Ball oob. LAL to inbound with 3 on the shot clock.

 

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Gasol miss; Garcia rebound.

Brown pullup three is short; Ariza on the run, wild pass but Fisher saves it. Over to Gasol, back to Fisher - long three misses and hits the shot clock. Kings ball.

6;41 left

Bobby Brown bounce pass intended for Hawes but oob off LAL. Not a good pass, BTW. Udrih back in for Brown.

Udrih kick out to Thompson for another good midrange jumper.

39-37 LAL

LAL ball. Oob, still LAL. Bryant jumper over Salmons in and out. Thompson rebound.

Hand off to Hawes, who is called for offensive foul as he ran right over Fisher.

6;09 left

Time out and commercial.

LAL ball after the break.

 

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Kevin Martin looking good on the bench in a nice sports jacket. They've said he's out through at least Monday's game...

6;09 left

Walton long miss; Thompson rebound.

Kings ball.

Udrih, Garica, Salmons, THompson and Hawes for the Kings

Thompson nice move inside but cannot get jumper to fall. LAL ball.

Kobe for three.

42-37 LAL

5;00 left

Dish to Hawes inside, Odom reaches in and tries to take it away. Spencer finally gets it back and kicks it out to Thompson. 24-second violation.

LAL ball.

 

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Gasol jumper for two.

44-37 LAL

4;18 left

Kings ball. Time out and commercial break.

 

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Penny Marshall down talking to Gavin and Mama Maloof...

Kiss, kiss, hug, hug...

Kings to inbound. Miller back in for Kings, along with Udrih, Garcia, Salmons and Hawes.

Salmons inside off the glass for two more.

44-39 LAL

Kobe one-handed lay-up misses. Miller rebound. LAL real slow to get back on defense, Udrih for two and the +1 on foul by Odom.

Bonus good.

44-42 LAL

Josh Powell in for Odom.

LAL ball.

 

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Gasol half-hook misses; Miller rebound.

3;17 left

Kings having a bit of trouble with their offense but Walton saves them by committing the foul. Kings inbound.

Salmons for two and the +1.

Whoooooooooooo!!!!!

bonus miss.

44-44

2;59 left

 

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Fisher pullup midrange jumper for two.

46-44 LAL

Salmons gets right by Kobe but then jumper doesn't fall; Gasol rebound.

Powell knocks Garcia oob but officials say LAL retains possession. Yuck.

Miller called for foul on Powell. Powell to the line. Kings starting to get frustrated at the calls.

2;21 left

Powell misses first; makes second.

47-44 LAL

Kings ball. Theus shouting out a play sequence.

Udrih around the screen, side pop for two.

47-46 LAL

 

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LAL shot blocked from behind by Garcia, but he must have breathed on Kobe as Bryant gets the call and heads to the line.

Kobe makes first and misses second. Powell slams Salmons to the floor and is called for the loose ball foul, sending Salmons to the line.

1;48 left

Salmons makes first; and second.

48-48

1;44 left

 

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Gasol jumper way off; Powell putback is good and he gets another trip to the line on +1 by Miller, I think.

50-48 LAL

Miller out.

Bonus miss; Moore rebound.

Kings ball.

GO KINGS!!!

Udrih drives inside, splits the defense but goes too hard off the glass. LAL rebound.

Kobe to Walton for two.

52-48 LAL

55 seconds left

Salmons three doesn't fall; Gasol rebound.