Kings-Magic play-by-play thread for Mar. 15

[VF21]

ORL ball to start the third. Francis miss; Kings board.

Bibby to Peja, who cuts around Cato and draws the foul. Non-shooting. Inbounds stolen by Cato.

Nelson miss; Tut board.

PEJA FOR LONG TWO!!!!

63-47 KINGS

ORL turnover as they step in with the ball before the inbound.

Kings miss; ORL board.

Bibby, Cat, Peja, Darius and Tut on the court.

GOOD defense by Peja on Hill forces 24-second violation.



Kings ball.

 

[VF21]

Bibby to Cat, tries to pass inside to Tut - too soft, turnover.

ORL miss; Tut board.

Bibby loses ball oob. Thought he was fouled; no call. ORL ball.

9:58 left

Cato miss; Bibby board.

Darius miss from the perimeter but Tut is right there and gets the put-back for two.

65-47 KINSG

Good hustle and defense by Cat forces turnover by Francis.

Cat to Peja, shot misses. ORL ball.

Time out and commercial.

8:46 left

 

[VF21]

Francis for two.

65-49 KINGS

Bibby to Peja, to Tut - Cat called for offensive foul when he runs right over Francis and sends him to the floor.

ORL ball.

Good Kings defense results in another turnover. Peja running the floor, gets the pass from Bibby and puts it up for two more.

67-49 KINGS

Francis miss; ORL board. Another Francis miss; another ORL board. Howard fouled - to the line.

7:31 left

Makes one, misses one. Tut with the board.

67-50 KINGS

 

[VF21]

Kings turnover. Francis to Hill for two.

67-52 KINGS

Peja pass inside to Tut; late whistle. Cato called for foul on Tut. Tut to the line for two.

Makes first; Coachie smiles. Misses second.

68-52 KINGS

ORL ball.

Hill for two more.

68-54 KINGS

6:27 left

Bibby to Darius, passes to Peja and sets the screen. Peja for THREEEEEE!!!!!!!!

71-54 KINGS

 

[VF21]

ORL ball. Foul on Howard. To the line for two.

Makes first off the glass; misses second. Tut board.

71-55 KINGS

bibby miss on quick shot; ORL board.

Bibby really bothering Francis, over to Hill. Miss but put-back good.

71-57 KINGS

Bibby to Cat, to Darius to Peja - miss off back of rim. ORL ball.

ORL ball oob. KIngs ball.

Bibby to Darius, who drives inside and is called for offensive foul as he FLOORS Cato.

Nelson for two.

71-59 KINGS

 

[VF21]

Bibby with a bad pass, ORL ball. Francis turns it over in return.

Kings ball again.

Time out and commercial.

4:11 left

 

[VF21]

Kings ball.

Bibby to Thomas, over to Cat, inside to Tut - over to Cat, back to Skinner who has to put up a tough half-hook and misses. ORL ball.

Francis miss; Thomas board. BAD pass to bibby. ORL ball. Airball by ORL goes oob. Kings ball again.

3:21 left

Thomas inbounds to Bibby. Bibby to Tut, to Peja to bibby - fadeaway misses. ORL board.

Francis way short; Kings ball.

Bibby to Tut, to Bibby - pushing foul called on Francis against Cat. Francis arguing. Non-shooting. Still KIngs ball.

Kings miss; ORL board.

Hill drives inside for two and the +1 from Peja.

Kings need to take a deep breath and regroup.

HIll miss.

71-61 KINGS

Bibby to Thomas - off the back of the rim. ORL ball.

 

[VF21]

Hedo for three.

71-64 KINGS

Bibby to Thomas, who drives inside and draws the foul from Cato.

Thomas to the line for two.

1:39 left in third.

Makes first; Corliss in and Tut out for a breather. Evans in for Cat.

Thomas makes second.

73-64 KINGS

Hill for two.

73-66 KINGS

Bibby to Thomas, to Peja over to Thomas, back to Peja who is CLOBBERED by Francis and Battie.

Peja to the line for two. Foul charged to Battie.

Swish! Makes first.

 

[VF21]

Makes second. 24 points for Peja.

75-66 KINGS

Less than a minute in third.

Francis gets by Bibby for two and the +1.

Bonus is good.

75-69 KINGS

GO KINGS!!!!!

Bibby to Peja, to Thomas to Bibby - bad pass intended for Thomas. ORL with the fast break for two.

75-71 kINGS

Sloppy, sloppy play by the KIngs. Nearly anothe rturnover, Peja shot misses. Loose ball foul on Francis. Thomas to the line.

 

[VF21]

18 seconds left.

Thomas makes first; and second.

77-71 KINGS

ORL ball. Evans covering Francis.

Evans and Thomas force Francis to shoot an airball as the buzzer sounds. End of the third quarter.

Kings ball to start the fourth after the time out and commercial.

 

[VF21]

Kings ball to start the fourth.

bibby, Evans, Peja, Corliss and THomas on the court.

KIngs miss; ORL ball.

Hill inside, draws foul from Peja.

Hill to the line for two.

Hill misses first; makes second.

77-72 kINGS

Bibby to Peja, to Bibby to Peja inside to Coprliss, over to Evans on the baseline for two.

79-72 kINGS

Hedo for two.

79-74 KINGS

Thomas over to Bibby for THREE!!!

82-74 KINGS

Francis three misses; Thomas board.

Bibby to Thomas to Bibby to Thomas - Garrity knocks Thomas to the floor on a jump ball call.

 

[VF21]

Ball throw; re-do. Hedo gets the tip and drives for the lay-up.

82-76 KINGS

9:55 left

Bibby FOR THREE!!!!!

85-76 KINGS

Evans with the steal. Hill fouls Bibby. First team foul by ORL. Peja and Corliss out. Tut and Cat back in. Still Kings ball. Nelson foul; non-shooting. Thomas shot misses; ball oob. ORL ball.

9:10 left

Hill for two.

85-78 KINGS

BIBBY FOR THREE MORE!!!!!

88-78 KINGS

Hedo pass to Hill goes oob. Kings ball.

8:35 left.

Time out and commercial.

 

[VF21]

They show Cat talking to Bibby and MO, telling Magic secrets I do believe.

Kings ball. thomas inbound to Bibby.

Bibby, Cat, Evans, Thomas and Tut on the court.

Bibby draws foul from Nelson. To the line for two.

Makes first go swish; second is good.

90-78 KINGS

I LOVE THIS TEAM!!!!!

Hedo pass stolen by Evans. Evans to Bibby, who barely gets over the line. To Thomas, to Cat - to Evans - corner three doesn't go but thomas fights for the board. Evans shot blocked by Battie. Hedo miss; good defnse by Cat. KIngs ball.

Cat to Thomas, to tut - half-hook doesn't go. Hedo with the board.

7:00 left

Very fast pace. Ball oob off Kings. Hill out; Francis back in - hobbling a little.

Evans holding Hedo's shirt. Second team foul for Kings. Non-shooting. Still ORL ball.

 

[VF21]

Francis drives inside, gets the loop to fall and draws the +1 from Tut.

90-81 KINGS after the bonus

bibby to Thomas, to Evans - to cat for fallaway two.

92-81 KINGS

Tut steals the ball from Hedo. Cat to Bibby, three misses but Tut ges the putback.

94-81 KINGS

Francis turnover, Thomas tries outlet pass and Bibby sprints towards the other end. ORL intercepts it. RA reminds Bibby to GET THE BALL FIRST. Francis fouled; to the line.

Makes first; make ssecond.

94-83 KINGS

5:54 left

Skinner inside to Bibby, who draws foul and will be going to the line.

5:49 left.

Time out and commercial.

RA talking to Cat and they're both gesturing towards Francis as they go to break.

 

[VF21]

Bibby, Cat, Peja, Thomas and Skinner on the court.

Bibby makes first; and seocnd.

96-83 KINGS

GOOD DEFENSE by Peja on Hill. ORL miss; Thomas board.

Cat to Tut, to Bibby from the foul line for two.

98-83 KINGS

Peja all over Hill. Hill drives inside, runs into traffic and goes to the floor. Limping a little and retying his shoes. Hill to the line for two. Foul on thomas, I think...

Hill misses first; he's really grimacing. Makes second.

98-84 KINGS

bibby to Cat, to Thomas to Pjea - to Thomas - who walks. ORL ball.

Hill out. Trainer checking him out. Hedo miss; Cat board.

 

[VF21]

Bibby to Thmas, off the rim. Hedo board.

ORL for two.

98-86 KINGS

3:53 left

Ball oob off Cato. Still Kings ball.

thomas in to Tut, to Cat - over to bibby. Long three misses off the rim. Ball oob. ORL ball.

Francis called for o-foul as he uses off-arm to shove Cat.

Kings ball.

3:36 left.

Peja to Bibby, to Thomas to Peja - fallaway over Hedo doesn't go. ORL board, Francis for two.

98-88 KINGS

 

[VF21]

Cat fadeaway from the high post.

100-88 KINSG

2:47 left.

time out and commercial.

 

[VF21]

ORL tries twice and Skinner keeps them out of "his area." Finally, Howard draws a foul and goes to the line.

Makes first; and second.

100-90 KINGS

PEJA FOR THREE from the corner after good ball movement!!!!

103-90 KINGS

Cat miss; ORL board.

Francis drvies inside, is fouled hard and heads to the line.

1:31 left

Makes first; and seocnd.

103-92 KINGS

INbounds to Cat, who is doubled up and gets jump ball.

 

[VF21]

ORL miss; Bibby board.

Bibby to Cat, back to Bibby open for three - miss. Cato is hammered as he goes for the rebound. Cato goes to the floor and Cat is called for the foul. Cato throws the ball, it hits Dick Bavetta inadvertently. No T call on Cato and I'm amazed. Grant and Jerry think Cato is going to get fined for that after the league reviews it.

Cato makes both.

103-94 KINGS

Less than a minute left.

Ball oob off ORL with only 4 seconds left.

43 seconds left.

Bibby inbounds to Thomas for the jumper.

105-94 KINGS

bibby with a double-double.

whoooooo!

ORL miss; Kings ball.

Peja way outside, called for traveling.

105-94 KINGS

7 seconds left.

Game over.

Kings win

105-94

 

[PixelPusher]

Kings Win! PAPAYA!*




*(If you listen to the Rise Guys in the morning, you'll get that particular reference)

 

[lil rob]

What did i say about Peja playing well today

 

[VF21]

I don't listen to the Rise Guys. What's that about?

They're talking to Peja, who says he's finally getting his conditioning back and he thinks he'll feel still better each and every game. He says he thinks WHOLE TEAM looked good in the first half. They have things to work on but they're getting better.



Peja thinks on a scale of 1-10, he was feeling like a 10 in the first half but got a little tired in the second half. That's okay, Peja.

 

[VF21]

Grant said and I quote, "I know your family is coming in from Greece tomorrow so enjoy some time with your little one."

Peja responded, "Thank you."

So that apparently answers the question about Peja's girlfriend and his son leaving the country a while back.

Anyway, Peja was speaking candidly and it appeared he was speaking from the heart about the new guys, how the team is working to find a new identity, etc. I am more impressed right now with our #16 than I have been in a long time.

Whooooo!

 

[PixelPusher]

I don't listen to the Rise Guys. What's that about?

They regularly play radio highlights of other nba games during the "sports news" section of their show, and often include Orlando Magic games which feature a ridiculously jive, "Top 40 DJ" sounding commentator that likes to yell "Papaya!" when Francis dunks or something like that.

 

[vj9999]

Grant said and I quote, "I know your family is coming in from Greece tomorrow so enjoy some time with your little one."

Peja responded, "Thank you."

So that apparently answers the question about Peja's girlfriend and his son leaving the country a while back.

Anyway, Peja was speaking candidly and it appeared he was speaking from the heart about the new guys, how the team is working to find a new identity, etc. I am more impressed right now with our #16 than I have been in a long time.

Whooooo!

You're such a girl

 

[DocHolliday]

I was at the game and it was awesome to see the win in person.

 

[Peja]

Anyway, Peja was speaking candidly and it appeared he was speaking from the heart about the new guys, how the team is working to find a new identity, etc. I am more impressed right now with our #16 than I have been in a long time.

Whooooo!

I am glad to hear that!