Kings-Pacers PBP thread for March 6

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Greetings, fellow Kings fans!

First a bit of a shout out to my darling Little Princess, Emly Kristine, who is 3 years old today!!!

This game could well be a precursor for rest of the season for the Kings, at least for the foreseeable future. They're going to have to forge ahead and just concentrate on who IS on the court and not who isn't...

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It's just about game time.

Starting lineup for the Kings will be: Bibby, Martin, Salmons, Thomas and Miller

Pacers will have Tinsley, Dunleavy, Granger, O'Neal and Foster

Just for the record:

I LOVE THIS TEAM!!!

 

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Oops. Correction. Foster isn't going to start; he'll be coming off the bench. I didn't catch the name of the starting center for the Pacers...yet.

 

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Tip to Ind.

Dunleavy miss; KT board. Murphy starting for Indy in place of Foster.

Kings ball.

Miller to KT, running half-hook just a little out of his range. Ind rebound.

Indy for two.

2-0 IND

Martin over Dunleavy miss; O'Neal and Miller collide, JO with the board.

Murphy to the line on questionable call against Miller.

Misses first; makes second.

3-0 IND

10;42 left

 

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Salmons spins; jumper good.

3-2 IND

Tinsley inside to JO, who spins and is called for traveling as KT refuses to back off.

Kings ball.

Salmons cuts inside, gets the bucket on a nice pass from Miller. JO with the foul. Salmons with the +1.

Good.

5-3 KINGS

 

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Dunleavy for two.

5-5

9;34 left

Nice Kings pass inside to KT, but he puts it up too hard off the glass. IND ball.

Miss on the other end. Kings ball.

Miss, KT rebound over to Kevin in the corner.

MARTIN FOR THREE!!!!

8-5 KINGS

8;51 left

JO miss; Martin rebounds. Martin to Miller, who ignores flopping JO and gets two.

10-5 KINGS

Two at the IND end.

10-7 KINGS

Bibby for two.

12-7 KINGS

 

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Tinsley drives inside hard, spins and gets the bucket and the +1 from Bibby.

Good.

12-10 KINGS

7;56 left

Bibby to Martin, who heads to the line after Dunleavy can't keep in front of him and is called for the foul.

First goes in and pops back out; second good.

13-10 KINGS

 

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JO dunk.

13-12 KINGS

7;32 left

Kings pass goes oob; off Kings. IND ball.

Martin smothers Tinsley, who passes and has it tipped away by KT. Oob. Still IND.

MIss; Kings ball. Bibby called for offensive foul.

IND turnvoer. Kings ball.

Salmons shot altered by JO; IND ball.

6;32 left

 

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Granger miss; Martin board.

Miller jumper misses; Granger board.

Dunleavy for two.

14-13 IND

5;46 left

Bibby to Martin, who is fouled by Dunleavy. 2PF.

Time out and commercial.

 

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Martin one of two.

14-14

5;17 left

Kings showing zone; IND misses from outside but gathers up the rebound.

JO has ball deflected right into KT's hands. Kings ball.

Miller to wide-open Martin, who misses. KT with the putback for two.

16-14 KINGS

JO miss; KT with another board.

Salmons inside, kicks to Miller on the elbow. Good for two.

18-14 KINGS

Granger miss; MIller boxout on JO for the board. Salmons doesn't see KT who is WIDE OPEN under the basket. Turnover. IND ball.

 

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JO for two.

18-16 KINGS

Bibby three is off the mark; IND board.

Tinsley off the glass for two.

18-18

3;03 left

Miller strolls in, misses easy lay-up. IND ball.

Bibby steal, passes to Martin, who sends it back. Bibby is fouled and will head to the line after the time out.

 

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They're showing the stats for Kevin, talking about Most Improved Player.

Garcia in for Salmons.

Bibby makes first; and second.

20-18 KINGS

2;42 left

 

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JO misses a dunk because Miller is right there; KT snags the ball out of the air.

Bibby with the ball, Granger blocks his way. Bibby at the line.

Makes first; makes second.

22-18 KINGS

2;11 left

Foster off the glass for two.

22-20 KINGS

 

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Good ball movement by the Kings, but Martin is called for traveling ... a shame because he made a beautiful reverse one-handed dunk that doesn't count.

IND ball. JO not being able to play against KT very well, KT knocks ball out of his hands and oob. Still IND ball.

JO to the line on foul by KT. Good foul.

1;19 left

JO makes first; Indiana making several substitutions but Grant isn't giving the names and I don't recognize some of them.

Jo makes second.

22-22

Price in for Bibby.

Martin takes the ball, moves from right to left, cuts inside and draws the foul from Green.

 

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Martin's basket counts and he gets the +1 to go, too.

25-22 KINGS

IND ball, knocked oob by Price.

50 seconds left

Armstrong miss; Miller hustles for the rebound. Kings ball.

Price at the point, kicks to Martin, who gets around the defender, puts the bucket up and draws the foul, makes the bucket and heads to the line...after helping up a photographer he knocked over.



bonus good.

28-22 KINGS

 

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IND pass intercepted by Price, who is fouled by Granger.

Price at the line with 0.9 seconds left.

Price makes the first off the glass; makes the second.

30-22 KINGS

End of the first quarter.

Whoooooooooooooo!!!

 

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Price drives inside, makes a beautiful dish to SAR for the dunk.

32-22 KINGS

Diogu dunk for two and the +1.

Corliss in for Miller.

Bonus miss. Martin runs it down.

32-24 KINGS

11;06 left

 

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Price airball; IND ball.

Granger drives inside, gets the bucket and the +1 on foul by SAR.

Bonus miss. Lane violation called on SAR. Granger gets to try again...good.

32-27 KINGS

10;42 left

MARTIN FOR THREE!!!!!!!!!!

35-27 KINGS

Granger easy lay-up on the other end.

35-29 KINGS

Corliss up and under for two.

37-29 KINGS

 

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Diogu called for three-second violation. Kings ball.

Martin inside, kicks out to Price. Price jumper misses, IND ball.

Martin out for a breather; Salmons back in.

Non-shooting foul on the Kings. Still IND ball.

Armstrong for two.

37-31 KINGS

9;15 left

Price gets around Armstrong into the paint, kicks out to SAR for two.

39-=31 KINGS

 

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Armstrong miss; Foster board.

Granger miss off the glass; Corliss fights for and gets the rebound.

Kings ball.

Price inside, loses ball but Corliss saves it, kicks out to Garcia who literally dives into a group of Pacers in the paint and is called for the offensive foul.

Time out.

 

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Grant, Jerry and Gary Gerould are talking about Kevin Martin and the quickness of his first step and congratulating him again about being Player of the Week.

IND ball.

7;53 left

Diogu at the line on foul by Salmons.

Misses first; makes second.

39-32 KINSG

7;43 left

 

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Pacers showing zone; Salmons tries to pass inside to Corliss, but it's right into traffic. IND loses the ball oob, however, and Kings retain possession.

7;19 left

Pacers abandon the zone. Salmons dishes inside against to Corliss, who gets a blocking foul against Foster. Still Kings ball.

Almost complete change of Pacer personnel on the court. Still Kings ball.

7;11 left

Salmons run over by Green as Price is dribbling. Non-shooting foul. STLL Kings ball.

Salmons to Garcia, and back to Salmons, who misses, gets his own rebound and misses again. IND ball.

6;34 left

Tinsley miss; Garcia board.

 

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Salmons kicks to Corliss in the corner for long two.

41-32 KINGS

6;09 left

Time out.

 

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Cisco with the steal and pass to Corliss for two.

43-32 KINGS

IND miss; JO goes for the board and is fouled by Corliss.

JO at the line. Makes first; and second.

43-34 KINGS

5;37 left

NOTE TO THE KINGS: Don't drink the kool-aid!!!



Bibby back in, miss. JO board.

Dunleavy - out of control - runs into Bibby and Mike is called for the foul. 3PF on Bibby.

Dunleavy to the line. Martin in for Bibby. Dunleavy makes both.

43-36 KINGS

 

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Salmons cuts inside, dishes to SAR for the dunk.

45-36 KINGS

4;45 left

IND ball. Tinsley spins inside, Garcia knocks the ball out of his hands and Tinsley is left looking bewildered.

Garcia to SAR who sees cutting Martin for two more.

47-36 KINGS

4;14 left

20 second timeout by Pacers.

 

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Once again, Kevin is showing variety and baffling the Indiana defense. He's moving EXCELLENTLY without the ball and finding ways to score.

IND ball.

STEAL by Martin, who runs ahead with Salmons. Dishes to Salmons, who is fouled and heading to the line.

Whooooooooo!!!

Salmons makes first; and second.

49-36 KINGS

IND ball.

3;47 left

Tinsley jumper for two.

49-38 KINGS

 

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Martin with the ball, cut off, dishes to SAR, who goes inside, kicks out to Salmons, miss. IND ball.

Dunleavy pull-up jumper for two.

49-40 KINGS

SAR with the ball, fakes JO out of his shoes, gets around him and is fouled.

Time out and commercial.

 

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SAR at the line. Misses first; and second goes in and pops back out. JO rebound.

2;47 left

Murphy miss; three Kings go up for the rebound and Cisco comes down with it.

Dunleavy called for fouling Cisco, who was simply trying to cut past him.

Garcia at the line for two. Dunleavy out; Armstrong back in. Cisco makes both.

51-40 KINGS

2;18 left

JO jumper is way off. Ball oob off Murphy. Kings ball.

 

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Salmons, SAR, MIller, Martin and Garcia for the Kings

Sloppy possession by the Kings, who don't realize the shot clock is winding down. Turnover.

IND for two.

51-42 KINGS

Martin splits the defense like he's out for a Sunday stroll and gets the floater for two more.

53-42 KINGS

IND ball. Turnover.

Kings ball.

Miller to inbound, tries for forward pass but it goes about 15 feet over Martin's head. IND ball.

1;07 left

 

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Williams miss; Armstrong miss; JO up for the rebound, just runs over SAR's chest. Foul called. 5th team foul on IND.

SAR heading to the line.

46.7 seconds left

Makes first; and second.

55-42 KINGS

JO called for offensive foul. Kings ball.

32 seconds left.

JO with 3PF sits down.

SAR fallaway jumper - whooooo! - for two.

57-42 KINGS

Time winding down...

Williams miss; Diogu putback at the buzzer misses.

End of the first half.

Martin with 18 points.

I LOVE THIS TEAM!!!

57-42 KINGS