Kings-Suns Play-by-play thread - April 16

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Welcome, fellow Kings fans.

I apologize for missing last night's game but, quite honestly, it WAS lobster...and living up here in the forest one doesn't get many opportunities to have lobster.

;)

Tonight's game is definitely going to be interesting. Once again, Phoenix has most likely spent a lot of what is now wasted time figuring out how they'll handle Peja. I'm willing to bet they didn't spend much time focusing on Corliss. :D

I'm not even going to try and predict the keys to the game or anything else. It's out of our hands... it is all in the hands of the basketball dieties. I've accepted that and am just going to kick back and enjoy whatever the game brings.

Remember, once the game starts you can either discuss it in the game thread started by piksi or join some of our members in chat at mIRC, server: irc.bludgeon.org, channel: #KingsFans OR you can do both, AND follow the game itself via this thread. I just ask you not to post your comments, discussion, etc. in here because this thread is designed to give those who cannot see or hear the game otherwise a way to follow the action, albeit from a hopeless Kings homer's point of view.

At this point, we're at least in the playoffs so all the rest is icing on the cake and pretty little plastic flowers on the icing. If we're really lucky, we may even get those nifty candles to go inside the flowers. Life isn't that bad. We could, after all, be Lakers fans.

;)

GO KINGS!!!!!
 

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House Party showed some great clips from Tuesday's Charitabowl. Peja's son is a real cutie...

Koz isn't there. It's Scott and Harold Pressley. Featured Royal Court Dancer was Jennifer.

Getting ready to go to Phoenix to get the pre-game assessment by Grant and Jerry.
 

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Around the league, the Rockets are smacking the sweet and sour out of the Nuggets.

And the Spurs aren't making life easy for the Grizzlies.

Starting lineups:

Suns: Nash, QTip, Johnson, Marion and Amare

Kings: Bibby, Cat, Corliss, Thomas and Skinner

Grant and Jerry talking to former King player, Vinny del Negro, who is now the Suns broadcaster.

Vinny was with the Kings for the first two years of his NBA career.
 

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Oops:

Evans is starting at the SF, not Corliss.

Mike Bibby received a nice ovation from the Arizona crowd.
 

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Grant talked to Peja last night. He says Peja doesn't think it's too serious.

RA says they're going to be very careful with him.

Peja flew home last night.

So, for one more time, we face an elite opponent short-handed.

GO KINGS!!!!!
 

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The season series with the Sun is tied 1-1.

Sacramento has scored a total of 236 points; Phoenix has scored a total of 236 points. It don't get much closer than that.

:D
 

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Getting ready for the tip-off...

Washington, Leon Wood and Scott Walls are the officials.

Suns tip - to Thomas.

Ball to Bibby, over to Cat - guarded by Nash - inside to Skinner, miss. Qtip board.

Suns miss, miss again, miss again. Ball oob off Skinner. STill Suns ball.

Amare miss, Skinner board.

Ball to Bibby. To Thomas, jumper miss. Suns board.
 

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Nash for two.

2-0 Suns

Cat, double-teamed, puts ball up and misses but Skinner tips it in.

2-2

Suns miss; Kings board.

Bibby drives inside and gets the lay-up.

4-2 KINGS

Amare miss; Thomas board.
 

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Bibby for long two.

6-2 KINGS

Amare misses a dunk; Bibby board.

Thomas for two.

8-2 KINGS

Nash drives inside, dishes to Amare for dunk.

8-4 KINGS

9:04 left
 

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Cat miss; Nash board.

Suns miss; Marion board and bucket.

8-6 KINGS

Thomas for two more.

10-6 KINGS

JOhnson for two.

10-8 KINGS
 

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Bibby miss; Suns board.

Nash for two.

10-10

Kings ball. Cat fouled by Nash - to the line for two.

Makes first; and second.

12-10 KINGS
 

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Suns ball.

Bibby fouls Johnson. NOn-shooting. Still Suns ball.

Marion miss, ball knocked out of Amare's hands and oob by Evans.

STill Suns ball.

Johnson miss; Marion board, and fouled by Thomas on the attempt for the put-back.

Marion to the line for two.

Makes first; and second.

12-12
 

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Good ball movement by Kings, Skinner miss, Suns board.

6:30 left

Amare jumper for two.

14-12 Suns

Bibby to Skinner, back to Bibby - behind screen - miss. Suns board.

Johnson for three.

17-12 Suns
 

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Bibby inside, smothered - almost loses ball, passes it in the direction of Cat, it bounces off Cat's foot and oob.

Suns ball.

Time out and commercial.
 

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Suns ball.

JOhnson for two more.

19-12 Suns

Evans FOR THREE!!!!!

19-15 Suns

4:52 left

Marion for the dunk.

21-15 Suns
 

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Cat for long two.

21-17 Suns

JJ in and out; THomas board.

Bibby pass to Thomas, tiped to the board, no good. Suns board.

Suns miss; Thomas board.

Bibby runner in and back out; Suns ball.

Amare for two.

23-17 Suns
 

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Bibby pass cross court to Cat, who is fouled by JJ. Non-shooting. Still Kings ball. Bibby three is short; Skinner board.

Skinner pass to Thomas, who is fouled by JJ. 2 very quick PF's for JJ. Thomas to the line for two.

3:08 left

Thomas miss off front of rim; makes second.

23-18 Suns

Bibby with the steal, runs it out and gets the lay-up.

23-20 Suns

Quick three by Suns.

26-20 Suns

Bibby shot altered by Suns; Suns board.

JJ misses lay-up, Kings ball. Thomas pass to Evans for two.

26-22 Suns

JJ for two.

28-22 Suns
 

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JJ for long two.

30-22 Suns

1:00 left

Barbosa called for reach-in foul on Cat.

Time out and commercial.
 

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Bibby, Cat, Corliss, Thomas and Skinner on the court for the Kings.

Still Kings ball.

Cat from the corner for two.

30-24 Suns

Barbosa for two.

32-24 Suns

Bibby pullup jumper for two.

32-26 Suns

Suns holding for last shot of the quarter.

Hunter called for illegal screen. Kings ball with 6 seconds left on the clock.

Bibby off-balance shot doesn't go. End of the first quarter.

32-26 Suns
 

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First Kings playoff commercial...

Darius, Martin, Thomas, Corliss and Bibby on the court for the Kings.

Suns ball.

Marion for two.

34-26 Suns
 

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Kevin with a quick inside move and the floater lay-up.

34-28 Suns

Barbosa for two.

36-28 Suns

Darius for two.

36-30 Suns

Marion miss; Thomas board.

Bibby drives inside, loses the ball as he's fouled.

Tag in. Bibby at the line for two.

Makes first; and second.

36-32 Suns
 

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Kings playing zone. QTip draws foul, whines to the officials. QTip on the line for two. Kevin charged with the foul.

Makes first; and second.

38-32 Suns

Kings ball. Bibby to Darius, jumper miss. Corliss with the board and the aggressive put-back for two, but they take the basket OFF the scoreboard and give the ball to the Kings, saying QTip fouled before the shot.

Kings miss; Tag board. Kings for two.

38-34 Suns

Suns miss; Tag board. Ball to Bibby.

Corliss shot blocked; Suns board.

Fast break by Suns, Barbosa drives inside and is fouled hard.

Barbosa to the line for two.
 

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Makes first; and second.

40-34 Suns

9:40 left

House misses three; three Kings hustle for the board, oob off the Suns. Still Kings ball.

Corliss blocked; board out to Kevin who makes the long two.

40-36 Suns

House, Kevin, Corliss, Tag and Darius on the court.

Hunter to the line for two on Tag foiul.

Misses first; misses second. Kings board.
 

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House to DArius to House back to Darius. Shot misses; Corliss works hard for the board and tries to get the put-back. Met by Suns, tries again - and is called for traveling.

Time out and commercial.

Suns ball after the break.
 

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Nash back in for the Suns.

Qtip, Hunter, Amare and Jackson also...

Tag knocks ball out; Amare gets it. Shot misses; Hunter bangs into Corliss and Hunter is going to the line.

Hunter misses first; makes second.

41-36 Suns

House to Corliss for foul-line jumper.

41-38 Suns

7:50 left
 

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QTip miss; Martin board.

House for two.

41-40 Suns

Suns miss; Tag board. Full court pass to House for easy lay-up.

42-41 KINGS

Amare miss; Tag board going oob. Kevin smacks it off Amare, but it comes back and hits Kevin. Suns ball.

Suns for two.

43-42 Suns

6:51 left
 
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