Kings-Nuggets play-by-play (PBP) thread 3/26

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Good afternoon, fellow Kings fans!

Been a cold but fair day here in the forest. Just the perfect day to catch up on my board reading, do some chores around the house and put the daffodils and geraniums out on the porch to get a little sun. They've been inside for the winter, and the daffodils are actually blooming. A nice touch of color for the house.

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I must have found the right spot for my various totems, and especially the Peja babuska dolls, since the game Thursday seemed to work out pretty nicely. :D So, tonight they are remaining in exactly the same position. In addition, I have my lucky socks, my FAMOUS purple slippers ;), my Bibby jersey and my Kings blankey ready for the game. I've already brought in some firewood, just in case - it may have been nice today but it's still the time of year when the temperature drops like a rock once the sun has gone over the horizon.

I had a good feeling about Thursday's game and I have another good feeling about tonight, although I'm always concerned when the team plays in Denver because of the altitude adjustments. At least this wasn't the second game of a back-to-back so hopefully things will be fine.

I just checked and there IS a House Party pre-game show tonight. ;) I'll be back to share anything interesting.

So, let's get ready and...

GO KINGS!!!!!
 
Boy, I sure hated to tear myself away from the Arizona-Illinois game. What a great college game!!!

:D

Kings line-up: Bibby, Cat, Peja, Thomas, Skinner

Nuggets line-up: Miller, JOhnson, Melo, K-Mart, Elson

Keys to the game:

• See the 3

• Nuggets dribble penetration

•Value the ball
 
Reminder: Please remember to use the discussion thread for comments. Thank you.

GO KINGS!!!

Grant just mentioned the altitude problem and said George Karl is going to make this a run and gun game as much as possible. The Kings definitley have their work cut out for them...

Jim Clark, Bill Spooner and ... ah crap ... Violet Palmer as officials.

Ready for the tip.
 
Tip to the Nuggets. K-Mart to Elson for quick two.

2-0 Den

Bibby miss; Den board.

Melo shot blocked by Skinner; put-back also deflected. Melo gets the third to go.

4-0 Den

Kings miss; Den board.

Elson with 2 more.

6-0 Den
 
Bibby to Peja, to Thomas who drives inside and draws the foul.

Thomas to the line for two.

Misses first; barely makes second.

6-1 Den

10:19 left

Ball oob. Palmer says off Kings, call overturned by Clark. Kings ball but it doesn't take them to turn it over with a bad pass.

Another fast-break two for Den.

8-1 Den

Cat draws foul from Miller. To the line for two. Denver crowd is REALLY into this game.

Cat makes first; and second.

8-3 Den
 
Melo shot - goal-tending by Peja.

10-3 Den

Kings for two.

10-5 Den

K-Mart miss; Skinner board.

PEJA FOR THREE off the dribble against Melo.

10-8 Den

Melo miss; Peja disrupts the shot. Ball to the Kings.

Thomas shot inside won't go; Den ball.

Melo drives hard; loose ball foul on Skinner. Still Den ball. Peja called for foul on Melo. Melo to the line for two.

The guy in #16 for us is all over the place. Looking very impressive so far. Hope he doesn't get worn out too quickly.

Melo makes both.

12-8 Den
 
Thomas drives inside, passes to Skinner for 2.

12-10 Den

Den ball; oob off Kings. Still Den. Miller catch and shoot misses; Bibby board.

Ball to Peja on the fast-break who gets inside, gets the bucket and the +1 from Elson.

Peja at the line for the bonus.

Nene in for Elson.

Bonus good.

13-12 KINGS

6:54 left

Johnson for three from the corner.

15-13 Den

Cat miss; Peja goes for the board but mis-times it. Den board.

Den miss; Nene with the put-back.

17-13 Den

Peja one-on-one on Melo. Draws foul. 1PF on Melo. Non-shooting. Cat to inbound. To Skinner, to Bibby FOR THREE!!!!!

17-16 Den
 
Kings in the zone. Miller able to cut right under and get the pass from Nene for two.

19-16 Den

5:33 left

Nene called for foul.

Time out and commercial.
 
One and one from the line.

19-17 Den

Den with two quick buckets off bad Kings ball-handling.

23-17 Den

Kings with another turnover, and then a non-shooting foul on the Kings. 3rd team foul.

Still Den ball.

Zone defense not working at all. Two more in the paint for Den.

25-17 Den

Bibby miss; Nene board.

K-Mart drives inside, looses ball oob. Kings ball.

Boykins in for Johnson.

Bibby with the ball. Over to Cat, airball but Thomas recovers. Over to Cat, back to Thomas - who is shoved oob by K-Mart. 1PF on Kenyon.

Thomas to the line for two shots.
 
Darius in for Skinner.

Thomas makes first; misses second. Andre with the board.

We're being outrebounded 13-4, in case anyone is interested.

Miller pass inside to Nene, who makes the bucket and draws the foul from Thomas.

TIme out and commercial.

Nene will be at the line for the bonus after the break.

27-18 Den
 
Nene bonus good.

28-18 Den

2:49 left

Kings ball. Bibby over to Thomas, inside to Darius for the dunk.

28-20 Den

Tag in, Peja to the bench for a rest.

Najera at the line for two.

Misses first; makes second.

29-20 Den

Cat to Thomas in the corner, shot over Najera for two.

29-22 Den

Andre travels; Kings ball.
 
Bibby long three misses; Tag bats it back out to Bibby who splits the defense and gets the loop shot to fall.

29-24 Den

Den miss; Thomas board.

Darius reverse won't go but Thomas gets the board and gets nothing but net for 2.

29-26 Den

55 seconds left

Den miss; Tag board.

Bibby out to Darius for the 18' jumper. Good.

29-28 Den

GOOD defense by the Kings. Boykins loses the ball. Cat with the recovery. Holding for last shot. Thomas jumper doesn't go, Tag slaps the board way out on the court. Buzzer to end the first quarter.

29-28 Den
 
Kings miss; Den board.

Najera for two.

31-28 Den

Cat from downtown miss; Thomas board.

Bibby miss; Den board.

Nice spin move by Nene, draws foul from Tag.

Nene to the line.

Cat out; Evans in.

Peja ready to come back in...

Nene misses first; Peja in, Thomas to the bench.

Very interesting substitions tonight.

Nene misses second; Tag taps board to Darius.

Cat to Evans, who forces a bad shot and Denver comes up with it.

Boykins miss; Tag board.
 
Tag fouled and to the line...

Makes first; and second!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

31-30 Den

Tag winks at Adelman.

Den ball. Boykins miss; Evans board.

PEJA FOR THREE from the team exit.

33-31 Kings


Buckner drives inside, gets the bucket and the +1 from Tag.

34-33 Den

Peja for two.

35-34 KINGS

Den miss; Kings baord. Peja miss, Tag board.

Back to Kings, Evans miss. Najera board.
 
Boykins for two.

36-35 Den

House in; Bibby out.

Boykins fouls House.

Time out and commercial.
 
Sorry. Got sidetracked. :(

42-38 KINGS

5:09 left in the second quarter.

Time out and commercial.

Tag has been huge, blockings shots and just making life miserable for the Nuggets.
 
House, Evans, Peja, Corliss and Darius on the court.

Kings with two more.

44-38 KINGS

Non-shooting foul on Evans. Still Den ball.

Tag on the sidelines, trying to get his second wind. Nice job so far by the big guy.

Andre for two.

44-40 KINGS

House to Darius, over to House for two.

46-40 KINGS

Grant and Jerry praising Tag for his efforts so far and say he's a BIG reason the Kings are leading.

Cat in; Evans out.

5:05 left

K-Mart fouled.

To the line for two.

Skinner in; Darius out.

Makes first; misses second.

Skinner with the board.
 
Skinner to Cat, back to Skinner - bounce pass to House. Kings turnover.

Den ball.

Corliss called for foul on Elson. Puts Kings in penalty for the rest of the quarter.

Elson to the line.

Makes first; misses second.

Skinner board.

House to Corliss, who fakes K-Mart out of his shoes and gets the lay-up.

48-42 KINGS

4:04 left

Melo tries to drive inside, fouled by Skinner.

Melo to the line for two.
 
Melo one and one, but Den gets the board.

K-Mart drives inside, makes bucket and draws the +1 from Corliss. 2PF.

Bonus miss; Skinner board.

48-45 KINGS

Corliss working over K-Mart, miss; Elson board.

Melo working on Peja, tries to drive around him and Peja is called for the foul. 2PF

Thomas and Bibby in for Peja and House.

Melo makes first; and second.

48-47 KINGS

2:57 left

Thomas jumper misses; draws foul from Melo.

Time out and commercial.

Thomas will be at the line for two after the break.
 
Thomas one and one; Den board.

Melo three in and out; Skinner board.

Bibby to Thomas at the baseline for two.

51-47 KINGS

Denver pass goes oob. Kings ball.

2:09 left

Bibby to Cat, back to Bibby - pull-up jumper short. Rebound goes oob. Den ball.

Melo takes another outside shot and misses; Najera called for loose ball foul on the rebound attempt.

Johnson in, Melo out.

Kings ball.

Bibby to Thomas, to Cat - jumper is good.

53-47 KINGS
 
Denver ball; oob off Miller...

But Palmer calls a jump ball. ????????

Denver gets the ball on a very sloppy toss. Andre long miss; Kings board.

Corliss miss; Skinner board. Out to Bibby FOR THREE!!!!!

56-47 KINGS

26 seconds left.

Alley-oop attempt is mishandled. Still Den ball.

Skinner called for block away from the ball by Violet Palmer. 3PF for Skinner. Skinner out, Peja in.

Andre at the line.

Makes first; and second.

56-49 KINGS

In case I haven't mentioned it, Violet Palmer is a disgrace to women and NBA officials and not necessarily in that order.

Bibby totally manhandled by Andre, and the officials award the ball to Denver.

Denver final shot of the quarter doesn't go.

56-49 KINGS
 
Imagine that, Lazio... ME TOO!!!!!

They have played pretty good ball the first half. And RA has shown some very interesting and provocative substitutions. I like what I've seen so far. He is taking advantage of every opportunity to show a new look to the Nuggets and I think it's paying big dividends. If the team can keep up the energy level in the second half, which is when the altitude factor is really going to become a consideration, I have high hopes for the eventual outcome.
 
Yeeeeee Haw! RA keeping the Horses fresh! It's all about Tag... Ok Bibby and Pedja are playing prety well also ;)
 
Melo with three to start the third quarter.

56-52 KINGS

Cat three off the rim; oob off Kings. Denver ball.

Melo to the line on another questionable foul call on Peja. 3PF. RA discussing the foul call with Clark...

Melo makes first; and second.

56-54 KINGS

Bibby to Thomas to Peja, jumper is short. Den board.

Bibby knocks the ball away to Thomas, pass ahead to Bibby. Melo flagrant foul on Bibby, with a chop to the neck from behind.

Flagrant foul.

Bibby at the line. Makes first; misses second.

Kings ball.

Crowd booing but there was no doubt on that flagrant - Palmer called it.

;)

Thomas for two.

59-54 KINGS
 
59-58 KINGS

Sorry, but I keep getting involved in PM exchanges.

Bibby fouled and to the line. Elson 3PF.

Bibby makes both.

61-58 KINGS

K-Mart may have re-injured his bruised sternum. ON the bench and in some discomfort.

Najera for two.

61-60 KINGS

8:10 left

Najera with the steal and the easy lay-up.

62-61 Den

Bibby sets screen for Peja, but shot goes left. Den ball.

Melo the line on foul by Thomas. 2PF.

Makes first; misses second. Kings board.

63-61 Denver

7:22 left.

Skinner in and out; Najera board.
 
Peja steal, over to Bibby - jumper misses. Den board.

Najera with two more.

65-61 Den

Time out and commercial.

6:45 left

Eduardo Najera has ALWAYS had the Kings number and we really need to think about changing it.

;)
 
Cat for three.

65-64 Den

Najera goes inside, gets the bucket and draws another foul from the Kings. Peja. 4PF.

Peja to the bench; Darius in.

Skinner to the bench; Tag in.

I hate Violet Palmer!!!!!!!

Najera misses the bonus so badly he gets the rebound and his own put-back.

69-64 Den

Bibby airball; he is slammed but no call. Bibby looks at Violet Palmer and she does nothing.

Najera airball and oob.

Kings ball.
 
It appears Violet Palmer has transferred her irrational hatred of Webber to Bibby.

Another non-call on Bibby on a Denver reach-in. Pass to Thomas, Thomas draws foul. Non-shooting. Still Kings ball. Darius drives inside, passes to Tag who is shoved in the back. Guess what? No call.

Denver ball. Melo with the ball, passes inside to Nene who makes bucket and draws foul from Bibby. That one at least looked legitimate.

Nene to the line. Misses bonus.

Kings ball.

Foul on Najera, his 3PF. He goes over and puts his arm around Palmer. <@@>

Non-shooting foul.

Kings inbound.

Najera called for 4PF - on Thomas. Crowd boos. 4th team foul on Denver. Najera out.

Thomas at the line.

Makes first; crowd booing even louder. Makes second with nothing but net.

71-66 Den
 
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