Kings-Sonics PBP for Sun, Feb. 11

[VF21]

Artest inside, draws the foul and heads to the line. Sonics in the penalty.

Misses first; makes second.

71-54 Sea

6;44 left

Ridnour miss from the corner; Lewis miss on the rebound. Artest board.

Bibby sees Corliss sitting quietly under the basket and gets him the ball and Corliss gets two point.

71-56 Sea

Sea miss; Corliss board.

Corliss drives inside like a runaway truck, gets the pass from Bibby, gets the bucket and the +1.

Bonus good.

71-59 Sea

 

[VF21]

Allen inside, misses but able to tip it in.

73-59 Sea

Bibby gets past Ridnour and draws the foul.

5;18 left

Bibby may have jammed his finger on the last play.

Makes first; Salmons in for Martin. Misses second.

73-60 Sea

Wilcox inside for two.

75-60 Sea

Kings bad pass taken by Lewis.

 

[VF21]

Artest with the steal, runs the court and puts up the shot. It might have missed but Petro called for basket interference.

75-62 Sea

4;16 left

Allen for three.

78-62 Sea

ARTEST FOR THREE!!!!

78-65 Sea

Petro miss; Corliss board.

3;41 left

 

[VF21]

Artest miss; Seattle board.

Lewis for three.

81-65 Sea

Corliss drives inside, is knocked to the ground but no call. Seattle ball.

Bibby called for reach-in foul on the other end.

Ridnour and Lewis out, Watson and Wilkins in.

Garcia in for Bibby.

Petro to the line.

Makes first; and second.

83-65 Sea

2;48 left

 

[VF21]

Good patience by the Kings. Finally inside to SAR for the hook.

83-67 Sea

Seattle ball, oob of the Kings. Still Seattle ball.

Wilkins loses the ball, Salmons finds it.

SAR to the line on foul by Petro.

Makes first; second goes in and out.

83-68 Sea

Sonics miss; rebound tipped to Garcia.

1;18 left

Salmons drives hard inside for two.

83-70 Sea

 

[VF21]

Allen fancy shot for two.

85-70 Sea

SAR layup doesn't go; Seattle board.

Watson three doesn't go; Cisco board.

Artest lay-up blocked by Wilcox.

End of the third quarter...

85-70 Seattle

 

[VF21]

Salmons, Artest, Corliss, Martin and Cisco on the court.

Seattle ball to start the quarter.

Lewis miss; Martin rebound.

Martin sees Cisco under the basket and gets him the ball. Garcia fouled by Wilcox and heading to the line.

Cisco makes first; misses second.

85-71 Sea

Seattle miss; Artest snags the rebound.

Martin three doesn't go but the Cisco Kid tips it in!

85-73 Sea

10;57 left

GO KINGS!!!!

 

[VF21]

Collison miss; Garcia steals the rebound.

Good ball movement by the Kings, four players touch it before kicking it out to Martin who is fouled shooting a three.

Martin to the line for three shots.

Whooooooooo!!!

Makes first; makes second; makes third!!!

85-76 Sea

10;21 left

 

[VF21]

Salmons called for non-shooting foul. Seattle inbounds.

Artest almost has the steal but ball goes oob. Still Seattle ball, 5 seconds on the clock.

Lewis gets the inbound, Garcia covering him, and Cisco is called for the "you breathed on him" foul. Still Seattle ball.

Allen miss; Corliss tips rebound to Artest. Ball to Martin, who expects interference, doesn't see any and goes all the way in for two.

85-78 Seattle

9;33 left

Time out and commercial.

...

I may not have mentioned this lately, but...
















I LOVE THIS TEAM!!!

 

[VF21]

Seattle to inbound.

FANTASTIC defense by the Kings force the Sonics into a 24-second violation.

Whoooooo!!!!

Kings ball.

Good patience by the Kings, Corliss fouled. Non-shooting. Still Kings ball. Wilcox back in for Collison.

9;02 left

Artest miss after being dumped the ball at the 22nd second; Seattle ball.

Allen very upset as the ball goes oob off him and Kings get it back.

8;32 left

85-78 Sea

 

[VF21]

Martin inside floater for two.

85-80 Sea

Crowd very loud.

Lewis miss; Wilcox rebound as he's just too big for any of our "bigs" to handle. Wilcox to the line.

8;00 left

Makes first; and second.

87-80 Sea

Kings ball.

Martin smothered by Allen, kicks over to Salmons who is called for traveling.

Seattle ball.

 

[VF21]

Seattle ball.

Lewis miss over Salmons huge defense; Artest board.

Salmons spins inside and gets two.

87-82 Sea

DEFENSE!!!!

Allen unbelievable shot for two.

89-82 Sea

 

[VF21]

Artest three in and out; Salmons gets the rebound, gets the bucket and heads to the line on the +1.

Bonus no good but Corliss gets it.

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

89-87 Sea

Hold on to your seats, ladies and gentlemen!!! The best is yet to come!!!!

Arco is going totally insane. I've got goosebumps.

Time out and commercial...

All together now:

I LOVE THIS TEAM!!!!

 

[VF21]

Seattle miss; Artest board.

Martin jumper doesn't go; Sea board.

Arco is rockin!!!

Lewis miss; Garcia flies in for the rebound.

5;27 left

Kings turnover.

Ridnour inside for two.

91-87 Sea

GO KINGS!!!

 

[VF21]

Seattle showing the zone, Kings settle for poor shot. Miss. Seattle board.

4;26 left

Ridnour shot blocked by Salmons, but Watson gets the second chance to fall.

93-87 Sea

Artest and Corliss inside, Corliss gets the two.

93-89 Sea

3;50 left

 

[VF21]

Seattle ball.

Ridnour to the line on foul by Salmons.

3;38 left

Makes first; and second.

95-89 Sea

GO KINGS!!!

 

[VF21]

Martin off-balance but jumper still goes.

95-91 Sea

Bibby set to come in at the next whistle.

Allen no, Wilcox putback doesn't go. Wilcox to the line on foul by Martin.

Bibby in for Garcia.

3;06 left

 

[VF21]

Wilcox makes first; misses second. Artst with the rebound.

96-91 Sea

Blast it.

Good ball movement, over to Bibby who passes to Salmons. Salmons starts to move inside and loses the ball.

Seattle ball.

Allen for three.

99-91 Sea

Artest for long two.

99-93 Sea

2;10 left

Watson runs the paint and gets the lay-up.

101-93 Sea

Kings call time out.

 

[VF21]

2;04 left

Kings ball.

Martin jumper doesn't go; Seattle rebound.

Lewis to the line on foul by Salmons.

1;46 left

Makes first; and second.

103-93 Seattle

Salmons dish inside to Corliss, who is fouled.

Corliss at the line.

1;37 left

 

[VF21]

Makes first; and second.

103-95 Sea

Seattle ball. They slow it down... Watson drives inside and is fouled by Salmons.

Makes first; Grant and Jerry saying Kenny Thomas would have been a good matchup against Wilcox... makes second.

105-95 Sea

Martin inside, nearly has the ball stripped, gets the shot up and it bounces three times before falling away. Seattle ball.

Lewis to the line on foul by Lewis. Makes first; and second.

107-95 Sea

59.7 seconds left

Musselman calls time out, although I cannot believe he thinks there's some kind of six point play they can get TWICE in the remaining time.

 

[VF21]

ARTEST FOR THREE!!!

107-98 Sea

54.1 seconds left

Lewis fouled and going to the line again.

ah, I see the game plan. We keep shooting threes and sending them to the line to get 2 and eventually we'll catch up to them.



Lewis makes both and Musselman calls time out again...

109-98 Sea

 

[VF21]

Seattle standing around, not bothering to discuss strategy as I'm pretty sure they're aware there is no 11 point play in the books.

Artest from the corner, miss but Martin tips it in.

109-100 Sea

And Ridnour going to the line this time on foul by Salmons.

41.8 seconds left

 

[VF21]

Misses first; makes second.

110-100 Sea

Time out Kings...

Kings now out of time outs so I have to wonder what Musselman is going to plan now.

Jerry Reynolds points out that this strategy can work IF you get a turnover or two but you cannot expect to make up 12 points by exchanging foul shots.

Kings inbound. Seattle not fouling. Artest miss; Seattle rebound and they're headed to the line again on another foul.

...sigh...

 

[VF21]

31.8 seconds left. So far the final minute of play has taken more than 6 minutes.

Seattle makes both.

112-100 Sea

ARTEST FOR THREE!!!

112-103 Sea

And Seattle back to the line again on another foul.

20.6 seconds left.

Seattle makes both.

114-103 Sea

Salmons inside, shot blocked by Wilcox. FINALLY the Kings don't foul and Seattle runs out the clock.

That was just pathetic on the part of the coach, IMHO.

Final score 114-103 Seattle