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Kings notes: Mobley might have visited the stands earlier in career
By Martin McNeal -- Bee Staff Writer
Published 2:15 am PST Monday, February 28, 2005
WASHINGTON - The Kings had just rallied for a hard-fought 110-108 victory over the Washington Wizards on Sunday night when it appeared guard Cuttino Mobley was ready to go into the stands near halfcourt.
Mobley said he might have reacted more aggressively earlier in his career after listening to a big-mouthed Wizards fan for the entire game about how Washington's Gilbert Arenas, who tied his career high with 43 points, was scoring against the Kings' guard.
But Mobley wasn't about to let the fan go home without a dose of high-powered verbiage after scoring the game's final four points, including two free throws with 1.5 seconds left.
"He was riding with the Wizards and talking specifically to me about how Gilbert kept hitting shots," said Mobley, who scored 18 points and shot 6 of 17 from the field. "I can't really say what I said to him, but it's a good thing I'm a lot more conservative than I was earlier in my career."
Mobley called official Joe DeRosa, "a great referee" after he made a foul call against Arenas on the Kings' final possession. Mobley was attempting to go up for a jump shot in the lane when Arenas went for a strip and believed he hit nothing but the ball.
"I've said what I've had to say about the refs in the past, but it's not like I was saying all of the referees were bad," Mobley said. "I'd said something to the refs earlier about the way they were trying to strip the ball, and they called it this time."
Arenas, Bibby escape T's - Kings forward Corliss Williamson received the only individual technical foul, but guards Mike Bibby and Arenas were lucky not to receive similar violations at different points.
Bibby fell to the floor and rolled in disbelief after being called for a foul when he believed he hit the ball reaching in on Arenas, who was driving to the basket.
Then, on the aforementioned play involving Mobley and Arenas, the Wizards' guard ran with the ball and fired it off the backboard. That maneuver usually draws a technical, which the Kings' bench screamed for, but DeRosa, James Capers and Tommy Nunez Jr. apparently never saw the fling.
X-rays on Songaila negative - Kings forward Darius Songaila departed with 8:05 remaining after spraining his left ankle. X-rays after the game were negative, so Songaila, the lone King to play in all 57 games, will likely be listed as day-to-day. The Kings have one day off before visiting the Charlotte Bobcats on Tuesday night.
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So, now I realize what he was so heated about at the end of last nights game!
By Martin McNeal -- Bee Staff Writer
Published 2:15 am PST Monday, February 28, 2005
WASHINGTON - The Kings had just rallied for a hard-fought 110-108 victory over the Washington Wizards on Sunday night when it appeared guard Cuttino Mobley was ready to go into the stands near halfcourt.
Mobley said he might have reacted more aggressively earlier in his career after listening to a big-mouthed Wizards fan for the entire game about how Washington's Gilbert Arenas, who tied his career high with 43 points, was scoring against the Kings' guard.
But Mobley wasn't about to let the fan go home without a dose of high-powered verbiage after scoring the game's final four points, including two free throws with 1.5 seconds left.
"He was riding with the Wizards and talking specifically to me about how Gilbert kept hitting shots," said Mobley, who scored 18 points and shot 6 of 17 from the field. "I can't really say what I said to him, but it's a good thing I'm a lot more conservative than I was earlier in my career."
Mobley called official Joe DeRosa, "a great referee" after he made a foul call against Arenas on the Kings' final possession. Mobley was attempting to go up for a jump shot in the lane when Arenas went for a strip and believed he hit nothing but the ball.
"I've said what I've had to say about the refs in the past, but it's not like I was saying all of the referees were bad," Mobley said. "I'd said something to the refs earlier about the way they were trying to strip the ball, and they called it this time."
Arenas, Bibby escape T's - Kings forward Corliss Williamson received the only individual technical foul, but guards Mike Bibby and Arenas were lucky not to receive similar violations at different points.
Bibby fell to the floor and rolled in disbelief after being called for a foul when he believed he hit the ball reaching in on Arenas, who was driving to the basket.
Then, on the aforementioned play involving Mobley and Arenas, the Wizards' guard ran with the ball and fired it off the backboard. That maneuver usually draws a technical, which the Kings' bench screamed for, but DeRosa, James Capers and Tommy Nunez Jr. apparently never saw the fling.
X-rays on Songaila negative - Kings forward Darius Songaila departed with 8:05 remaining after spraining his left ankle. X-rays after the game were negative, so Songaila, the lone King to play in all 57 games, will likely be listed as day-to-day. The Kings have one day off before visiting the Charlotte Bobcats on Tuesday night.
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So, now I realize what he was so heated about at the end of last nights game!
But I read a few weeks ago here on the forum someone posted that they still don't have Darius' jersey!? That sucks, don't it?!
