Kings-Spurs PBP for Nov. 19

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Good afternoon, fellow Kings fans!

Great evening for a basketball game. Had a lot of fun watching college football yesterday. Congrats to the Irish (of course), Ohio State and USC.

I took the time to rearrange my Kings memorabilia to make sure the bad voodoo was totally removed. Even washed the Kings blankey AND the purple slippers. Not going to take any chances.

Tonight's game should be interesting, to say the least. Just hope Bruce Bowen doesn't have one of those unfortunate incidents where he's out on the court, minding his own business, and suddenly either breaks into a flying karate kick or accidentally puts his foot under someone in the air. I know Spurs fans will disagree, but one or two times is accidental. When your hit list includes some of the premiere shooters in the game, then it's not coincidence IMHO.

Beverage for the day is French Vanilla coffee with a hint of cinnamon.

This is the PBP thread, which I'm sure the majority of you are now familiar with. We also have piksi's game thread. Be sure and read it. Our piksi is definitely in mid-season form already.

We also have chat over at mIRC, server irc.bludgeon.org, channel #kingsfans.

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It looks as though John Salmons will be back, and hopefully Mike and Ron have rested up just a bit.

It should be a good game.

 

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Whoa. All of a sudden the temperature outside has apparently dropped like a rock because it's actually cold inside my house. I'm going to get the fire started in the woodstove and get ready for the game!

 

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Usual starters for the Kings. Tip to the Spurs.

Oberto shot blocked by SAR; Kings board.

Bowen is guarding Bibby, Manu is guarding Kevin. Parker is guarding Artest, and Ron put him into the cheap seats driving inside and getting the first bucket of the evening.

2-0 KINGS

Manu returns the favor at the other end with a knee into Artest's chest. Bucket good and the +1.

Bonus good.

3-2 Spurs

 

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Parker on Bibby...

MARTIN FOR THREE!!!!!!!!

5-3 KINGS

Parker off the dribble; miss. Kings ball.

KT turnover oob. Spurs ball.

10;20 left

Manu to Duncan, shot blocked by KT. Struggle for the ball, Duncan to the line.

 

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Joe Crawford T's up SAR. Artest walking SAR away...

Manu shoots the freebie. SAR needs to shut up NOW.

SAR calms down. Timmy at the line.

Timmy shoots first nothing but net; crowd jeering at Crawford. TD makes second.

6-5 Spurs

10;05 left

SAR off the glass, in and back out, but draws foul from Oberto, who has a hairdo - by the way - almost as ugly as ... erm ... the guy the other night.

SAR makes first; and second.

7-6 KINGS

 

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Joe Crawford T's up SAR. Artest walking SAR away...

Manu shoots the freebie. SAR needs to shut up NOW.

SAR calms down. Timmy at the line.

Timmy shoots first nothing but net; crowd jeering at Crawford. TD makes second.

6-5 Spurs

10;05 left

SAR off the glass, in and back out, but draws foul from Oberto, who has a hairdo - by the way - almost as ugly as ... erm ... the guy the other night.

SAR makes first; and second.

7-6 KINGS

 

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Parker inside for two.

8-7 Spurs

Kings miss; Spurs board. TD for two off the glass, going to the line on another +1 - this time from KT.

Bonus good.

11-7 Spurs

8;53 left

Oh, good grief.

Martin is wide open, but Kings are trying to force the issue inside, SAR misses and TD gets the board.

Spurs ball. MIss; Kings ball.

Martin from around the stripe, high jumper. Fouled, but Bowen nowhere in the vicinity.

Martin at the line for two.

Makes first; and second.

11-9 SPurs

 

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Manu miss from downtown; Martin board.

Martin kicks out to wide-open Ron.

ARTEST FOR THREE!!!!

12-11 KINGS

7;44 left

TD doubled by KT and MArtin, but still puts it up off the glass and in for two more.

13-12 Spurs

Artest doubled, Martin WIDE OPEN. Ron able to take the shot off the glass for two.

14-13 KINGS

 

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Duncan miss; Spurs tip the board to Martin.

Kings ball.

Martin to Artest, who takes one step, looks around and sees NO black jerseys. Takes the shot for two more.

16-13 KINGS

Spurs ball. Martin called for a foul, apparently, that wasn't well-liked. Still Spurs ball.

TD schooling SAR for two more.

16-15 KINGS

 

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Artest jumper rolls off but KT snags it and puts it back for two.

18-15 KINGS

5;31 left

Barry miss; TD board. And the putback.

18-17 KINGS

SAR jumper from the elbow off nice pass by Artest is good.

20-17 KINGS

4;56 left

Barry from way outside for three.

20-20

 

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Kings ball. Bibby working, fouled by TD. 2PF.

Time out and commercial.

 

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Grant and Jerry talking about how well the players on the Spurs know each other...

Kings ball. Martin beats Bowen on a spin, gets inside and gets two.

22-20 KINGS

Parker for two.

22-22

4;05 left

Bowen now covering Martin.

Bibby to Martin, who dishes inside to KT. Miss; Spurs ball.

Parker strolls inside, weaving past three Kings, for two more.

24-22 Spurs

SAR for two.

24-24

Spurs miss; Garcia board.

 

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Martin called for offensive foul. 2PF.

Spurs ball.

Time out and commercial.

 

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In passing, Happy Birthday to Eric Musselman, who is 42 today.

Horry now on the court for the Spurs.

Parker high off the glass no good; Cisco scoops in the board.

Artest shot blocked, he's able to grab it back and finish for two.

26-24 KINGS

Bibby, Cisco, Artest, SAR and KT on the court for the Kings

Bowen three doesn't go, SAR tips it to Cisco. Kings ball.

Artest WIDE open, takes the three. Off the rim, Cisco called for loose ball foul.

Brent Barry at the line for two.

1;29 left

Barry makes first - like that's a surprise - and second.

26-26

 

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Bibby gets around one defender, takes quick shot and misses. Spurs ball.

Manu for three after excellent ball movement.

29-26 Spurs

Cisco responds with open two.

29-28 Spurs

Manu miss as Spurs really try to get inside. Kings ball.

Spurs double-team Artest, he draws the foul.

5.8 seconds left

BTW, that wasn't SAR in the last post. It was Corliss.

Still Kings ball.

Martin back in. Artest misses; Spurs to Barry. Buzzer shot misses.

29-28 Spurs at the end of the first quarter.

 

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You know, the San Antonio Spurs truly epitomize what champions can look like. There were a couple of possessions in the first quarter that were virtually flawless. One resulted in an open three for Manu. The other resulted in an inside stop by the Kings. Just a random observation, for whatever it's worth.

 

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Artest blows by Udrich for two.

30-29 Kings

Barry for three at the other end.

32-30 Spurs

Spurs turnover; Kings ball.

Joe Crawford calls and then loudly explains the Spurs disregard for the 3-second rule.

Bibby takes the bonus. Good.

32-31 Spurs

Price in for Bibby, Garcia dish inside to SAR for the one-handed dunk!

33-32 KINGS

 

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Finley miss; Kings board.

Oh, joy. Barry, Finley and Horry on the court right now.

Artest bounce pass inside to wide open Corliss, who takes advantage of the situation for two.

35-32 KINGS

9;58 left

Horry miss; Cisco slaps the ball out to Corliss. Artest circles the court with the ball, defenders trailing. Cuts inside, gets the bucket off the glass and the +1 .

Artest gets the bonus.

38-32 KINGS Artest with 16

Spurs ball.

Barry to Horry to Finley - Artest knocks away a pass right into Cisco's hands. Spurs non-shooting foul. Kings to inbound.

 

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ron Artest out for an evening stroll, walks inside and gets two more.

40-32 KINGS

Gregg Popovich is, to be kind, not totally satisfied with the effort of his Spurs and decides, with normal Popovich style, to talk to them about it.

Time out.

Grant and Jerry talking to Gary. They're talking about how sore ARtest's back is and the reports early today that he might not play. Silly Grant, Jerry and Gary.

 

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Udrich pass ends up oob. Kings ball.

Finley trying to cover Ron Artest. Pass over to SAR, whose jumper hits the iron and goes right into the hands of the Spurs.

Barry for another three. Cisco was trying to cover him...

40-35 KINGS

Artest jumper no good; Spurs board.

7;50 left

Switch off; Artest covering Barry. Finley three misses; ARtest board.

SAR spins inside, misses the lay-up, ball oob off Spurs.

TD coming back into the game - darn it. Horry back to the bench.

7;08 left

Artest drives inside, draws the foul. To the line.

Makes first; misses seocnd. Spurs snag the board.

41-35 KINGS

 

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Spurs ball, dish out to the corner to wide open Finley.

41-38 KINGS

Corliss mid-range jumper for two.

43-38 KINGS

6;19 left

Oberto pass inside to TD, who has to earn his points from the line.

Misses first; makes second.

Barry out; Manu back in.

43-39 KINGS

 

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Artest powers inside, lay-up is partially knocked away but oob off the Spurs. Still Kings ball.

Time out and commercial.

 

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Kings ball. Corliss with the driving half-hook for two.

45-39 KINGS

Spurs ball. TD inside, KT tries to block. TD catches him with an elbow in the mouth, KT heads to the locker room with the team dentist.

Still Spurs ball. Miss; Price board. And Jerry says, "And the price is right..."

Hey, I'm just reporting it.

SAR spinning half-hook is good.

47-39 KINGS

 

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Manu inside, appears to travel but no call, off the glass for two.

47-41 KINGS

Kings ball. Corliss to the line.

4;15 left

Corliss makes first; misses second.

48-41 KINGS

 

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Corliss called for holding on TD. Non-shooting. Still Spurs ball.

Bibby coming back in for Price, who gets a nice round of applause.

Garcia now blocking Parker.

Spurs try to get fancy, Manu inside, kicks out to Oberto who misses. Kings board.

Corliss one-on-one against Oberto, tries to spin but lifts pivot foot just enough to get the whistle. Spurs ball.

Parker miss but TD clean up.

48-43 KINGS

3;00 left

Spurs get lucky - TD with a blocked shot, gets the ball to Parker. Parker is immediately fouled but the officials miss it. He gets to the hoop, misses the shot but Kings are called for goal-tending.

Time out and commercial.

48-45 KINGS

 

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Halftime feature will be on "The Shot" - what it meant to the Kings, what it meant to the fans and what it meant to Kevin Martin. Pretty cool, although Kevin likes to say it was just one bucket.

KT having stitches in his lip, according to Grant.

Parker also got a freebie out of that last play.

48-46 KINGS

Bibby to the line for two.

Makes first; and second.

50-46 KINGS

2;47 left

Spurs miss; ARtest board.

 

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Artest over to Bibby in the corner, miss but ball right back to ARtest, who drives isndie. Ball knocked out of his hands. Stil Kings ball.

Corliss off the glass for two more.

52-46 KINGS

Oberto for two.

52-48 KINGS

Bibby, cross court to Corliss to SAR in the corner for two.

54-48 KINGS

Bowen miss; Cisco board.

 

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Artest cutting around Manu, called for offensive foul. Crawford says Artest dropped his shoulder. Crowd NOT happy. I didn't think he dropped his shoulder but if Manu can make it look like he did, more power to him, I guess.

Spurs ball.

1;11 left

Artest out; Price in.

TD over Corliss for two.

54-50 KINGS

Kings miss; TD board.

Spurs inside to Duncan, who gets two more off the glass.

54-52 KINGS

 

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Spurs on the fast break. Price runs in to Barry, putting him on the floor. On the replay, it looks like they collided head-to-head. They have a towel on Brent's head. Non-shooting foul. Price also hurt and now heading to the locker room.

Quincy in for the Kings.

22.2 left

I hope Brent Barry is okay, along with Ronnie. Clearly inadvertent collision.

Finley in for Spurs.

Spurs ball.

 

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Spurs winding down the clock. Spurs miss; Kings go for the board. Foul on Manu who completeldy crawled up on Cisco, who had position inside.

Oh wait. Official - not Crawford - calls it a foul on Cisco. That just sucks big time.

Cisco showing a lot of restraint in not arguing, IMHO.

Manu at the line.

Makes first and second.

Game tied.

54-54

Kings really out of sync. Cisco pass inside to SAR is overthrown, ball oob. Spurs ball with 3.2 seconds left.