Kings-Suns PBP thread for March 25

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Greetings, fellow Kings fans!

I've discovered a sure way to make it cold and dreary outside. All I have to do is go to the hardware store, buy garden soil, bulbs and plant fertilizer and plan to do some gardening. Within 24 hours the skies cloud up and there's even talk of snow at my elevation. Luckily this isn't that unusual for this time of year so I hadn't done too much prep work yet.

I hate early Sunday games, especially those on national TV. It just always seems like the team isn't awake yet. I can remember watching Vlade in these situations and wanting more than anything else to take him down a triple-shot latte or something from Starbucks' to get him going.

The Bee pre-game stuff is pretty much a rehash of last time. The best matchup is again supposed to be Ron Artest v. Raja Bell. Since Ron missed the last game, I can't help but think it's going to be Ron vs. the Suns. With all his problems, you can't fault his desire to win. As I've mentioned before, it's part of what reminds me of the classic Shakespearean tragedies.

Okay, a sign of how far the Kings have fallen is the broadcast team doing today's game for ABC. We have Dan Patrick, Jon Barry and some other guy I don't even recognize. I know I usually gripe about Bill Walton but it's sure sad that the good broadcasters are somewhere/anywhere other than Arco...

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Here's hoping we have a good game, with lots of energy from the young players. At this point, I'm not rooting for wins or losses. I'm just rooting for a good, exciting game.

GO KINGS!!!
 
Oops. It's Mike Breem and Marc Jackson doing the PBP for ABC. Big whoop!!!

;)

Nash, Bell, Marion, Diaw and Stoudemire for the Suns

Bibby, Martin, Artest, Salmons and SAR for the Kings (Martin did the taped intros, BTW)

Suns ball to start. Stolen by the Kings; Kings ball.

Artest drives inside, shot blocked but he's fouled and heading to the line.
 
Ron makes first; and second.

2-0 KINGS

Suns ball, Amare shot blocked by Artest. Martin from the corner, miss. Suns ball.

10;46 left

Ron Artest leads the league in steals, according to Breem.

Marion for long two.

2-2
 
Salmons inside, splits the defense, hands off to SAR for two.

4-2 KINGS

Nash for two.

4-4

10;00 left

Artest drives the paint and draws another foul.

Makes first; and second.

6-4 KINGS
 
GOOD defense by Kings forces Amare into a bad shot. Kings rebound.

Bibby for long two.

8-4 KINGS

Amare inside, collides with Ron. Amare to the line. THIS might be the matchup of the night...

Amare misses first; makes second.

8-5 KINGS

9;14 left
 
Martin inside, kicks back out to Ron who drives inside and gets two.

10-5 KINGS

Nash inside, nice shot in traffic off the glass for two.

10-7 KINGS

Kings miss; Suns board.

Salmons covering Diaw, called for the push. Still Suns ball.

Bell miss; SAR board.
 
Good ball movement by the Kings, but Bibby is called for offensive foul on Nash. 2PF on Bibby.

Bell from the corner goes in and pops back out. Martin board.

Salmons quick shot doesn't go; Suns rebound and quick two points by Amare on the other end.

10-9 KINGS

Oh crap. SAR from the corner doesn't go. Luckily, Martin is able to tip the rebound back out for a new clock. Blocking foul called on Nash. Still Kings ball.

BIBBY FOR THREE!!!!!!!!

13-9 KINGS
 
Amare covered inside, kicks out to Bell for three.

13-12 KINGS

Another quick shot misses for the Kings, Suns rebound.

Bibby with the steal but he steps oob.

Time out and commercial.

Suns ball after the break.
 
Oops.

15-15

Kings with a miss, SAR putback.

17-15 KINGS

Nash to Amare for two.

17-17
 
Martin to Salmons, who drives inside and tries to kick out to SAR, but ball goes into the stands.

Suns ball.

4;17 left

NICE PLAY by Kings starts with a steal tip by Artest to Bibby, who passes back to Artest for the runout two.

19-17 KINGS

Suns ball. Amare inside, fouled by Artest.

Amare makes first; and second.

19-19

3;48 left
 
Artest outside, steps inside and gets two off a nice jumper.

21-19 KINGS

Nash inside to Marion for two.

21-21

Bibby splits the defense but the shot won't fall; Suns rebound. Barbosa from the corner misses; Salmons rebound.

Down to Bibby who is basket-hanging at the other end for two.

23-21 KINGS

Suns miss; Kings ball. Artest three doesn't go. Suns ball.
 
Suns pass knocked oob by the Kings.

Time out and commercial.

2;21 left

23-21 KINGS
 
Suns inbound.

Barbosa for long two.

23-23

Salmons to Artest, back to Salmons and back to Artest. Miss, Suns rebound.

Suns miss; Kings ball.

Salmons for two.

25-23 KINGS

Marion miss on excellent coverage by Martin, Bibby board.

Martin miss; Suns ball.

Suns miss; Kings ball.

SAR hook doesn't go; Suns ball. Amare loses it oob.

39.9 seconds left
 
Salmons splits the defense, gets inside and makes two more off the glass.

27-23 KINGS

Barbosa long three doesn't go; Martin grabs the rebound as the buzzer sounds.

End of the first quarter.
 
Kings ball to start the second quarter.

Martin drives inside, is fouled in the face. Appears he was hit in the right eye. He heads to the sidelines to have Pete Youngman check it out. Pete checks out the eye, which is watering heavily. Kevin wipes it a couple of times, walks around, rubs it a bit and heads to the stripe. He's still rubbing the eye.

Misses first; makes second.

28-23 KINGS

They're complimenting Kevin Martin on the kind of player AND person he is, on and off the court.

Rose miss; Martin rebound.

Martin to Salmons, then to Garcia who's in for Bibby.

Garcia for two.

30-23 KINGS

Suns miss the three but Jones gets the board.
 
Jones pass stolen by Price but he turns it over. The Suns return the favor, and then the Kings do it again.

Suns inbound.

10;28 left

Price, Garcia, Salmons, Artest and Corliss on the court for the Kings

Artest drives inside, and draws foul from James Jones. 2PF.

Artest makes first; and second.

32-23 KINGS
 
Barbosa from the side for two.

32-25 KINGS

Price with the ball, nice handling, cuts inside and is fouled.

Price to the line.

9;36 left

Makes first; misses second.

33-25 KINGS

Suns ball.
 
Diaw drives inside, goes up to pass and is fouled. Non-shooting. Still Suns ball.

Barbosa long three rattles in.

33-28 KINGS

Artest fallaway good for two more.

35-28 KINGS
 
Suns ball.

Jones pass blocked by Salmons but ball gets to Barbosa for three.

35-31 KINGS

Garcia for two from top of the key.

37-31 KINGS

Barbosa with two more.

37-33 KINGS
 
Artest draws another foul from Jones. 3PF.

Time out and commercial.

7;50 left
 
Kings inbound.

Salmons one-on-one misses; Kurt Thomas board.

Nash pass inside tipped to Corliss by Salmons, who seems to be everywhere at once.

Kings ball.

Salmons loses the ball off his own foot, unfortunately. Suns ball.

6;37 left

Barbosa left wide open and the inevitable happens.

37-35 KINGS

Martin out for the rest of the game. He's experiencing double vision after being poked in the eye.

Salmons drives inside hard for two more.

39-35 KINGS
 
Barbosa with three more.

39-38 KINGS

Kings miss; Suns miss.

Kings ball.

Corliss from the post, spins, shots and draws the foul from Kurt Thomas.

Time out and commercial.

Corliss to shoot two after the break.
 
Corliss heading to the line.

Misses first off front of rim; makes second.

40-38 KINGS

5;02 left

Barbosa miss; Artest rebound.

Bibby in for Salmons.

Artest inside, loses the ball. Suns ball.

Suns for two.

40-40
 
Bibby able to salvage a bad play for two.

42-40 KINGS

Amare working on Artest, who is called for reach-in foul. Still Suns ball.

Nash has ball stripped by Price but it goes oob. Still Suns ball.

Salmons in for Price.

Suns shot deflected by Garcia, Artest rebound.

3;27 left
 
Garcia to the line on foul by Barbosa.

Makes first; misses second on a bad bounce. Suns rebound.

43-40 KINGS

Suns miss, Corliss tips the rebound but Amare catches it.

Nash drive and miss; Artest rebound.

Bibby three in and out. Corliss to Garcia, out to Bibby.

BIBBY FOR THREE as it bounced in, out and back in!

46-40 KINGS

Diaw for two.

46-42 KINGS
 
Artest pass to Salmons, who drives inside, spins and gets two more.

48-42 KINGS

Nash for three.

48-45 KINGS

1;47 left

Oh good lord. Mark Johnson just said the Kings are playing without Brad Miller, our all-star center, and we're a "good team not far away."

:rolleyes:

Time out and commercial.
 
Corliss at the line again.

First shot misses and ricochets back to him. Makes second.

49-45 KINGS

1;36 left

Diaw smothered by Garcia, pass is deflected oob by Artest. 7 seconds on shot clock. Still Suns ball.

Amare miss; Garcia board.
 
BIBBY FOR THREE!!!!!

52-45 KINGS

Suns shot blocked by Corliss; still Suns ball. Miss; Kings rebound.

Salmons pull-up jumper for two more...

54-45 KINGS

25 seconds left

Bell for two on lucky roll.

54-47 KINGS

Bibby two doesn't go. End of the first half.
 
Kevin Martin out with blurred double-vision. He'll be seeing a specialist in the morning. Prayers that Kevin is okay...

Kings ball to start the second half.

bibby miss; Suns board.

Bibby, Garcia, Salmons, Artest and SAR on the court.

Barbosa miss; Artest rebound.
 
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