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

[VF21]

House shot off the rim; Suns board.

Johnson for two.

45-42 Suns

Good job by Tag, pass to Kevin and two points.

45-44 Suns

Amare spins around Tag for the slam.

47-44 Suns

Darius for two.

47-46 Suns

Kings bench doing pretty good against Suns starters.

Time out and commercial.

 

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Amare at the line for two.

Makes first; makes second.

49-46 Suns

5:17 left

House to DArius, to Corliss - inside to Darius, off the glass. Tag goes for board and is fouled by Joe Johnson to prevent the easy tip-in.

Non-shooting foul. Still Kings ball. 3rd team foul for Suns.

Kevin drives inside very quickly and is fouled.

To the line for two.

Misses first after it rolls around and around and drops back off; makes second.

49-47 Suns

Amare drives inside and is fouled.

To the line for two.

Makes first; misses second. DArius board.

Kevin out; Cat back in.

50-47 Suns

 

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Corliss miss; Suns board.

Suns miss; Tag board.

Cat miss; Suns board.

QTip to the line on very questionable foul call on Corliss, 2PF.

Corliss out; Evans in.

Tag out; Skinner in.

51-47 Suns

Kings miss; Suns board.

QTip for three.

54-47 Suns

 

[VF21]

Time out and commercial.

Kings ball after the break.

 

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Once again, LOTS of Kings fans in the audience - if you can judge by jerseys.

Grant and Jerry giving props to Special K, who led the bench scoring with 7.

Kings ball.

Cat, off balance, goes off the front of the rim. Skinner hustling for board, goes oob off Suns. Still Kings ball.

Skinner from foul line misses. Evans goes up and tries for showtime put-back slam and misses. Suns ball.

54-47 Suns

2:47 left

Airball by Johnson, Kings catch it.

Evans miss from the corner, Nash board.

Amare in and out; Skinner board.

Evans over Amare for two.

54-49 Suns

Another fast-break from the Suns results in an Amare dunk.

56-49 Suns

 

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Bibby, Cat, Evans, Thomas and Skinner on the court.

Bibby to the line for two.

Misses first; makes second.

56-50 Suns

1:45 left

Suns for two.

58-50 Suns

Bibby for two.

58-52 Suns

 

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QTip airball right into the second row.

Kings ball.

Bibby to Thomas, jumper is short. Skinner knocks ball to the side, Nash gets it.

Johnson miss from the corner; Thomas board.

Kings miss; Suns board.

Marion dunk.

60-52 Suns

**IMHO we need to quit trying for the stupid show-time stuff and play our game.**

Bibby shot blocked by Marion, Suns with the run-out. Marion fouled to prevent the throw-down.

Marion at the line for two.

Makes first; and second.

62-52 Suns

Cat shot at the buzzer doesn't go.

End of the first half.

 

[VF21]

Grant, Jerry and I all agree... when you try for a steal and miss, your opponent gets a free trip in the paint and an easy dunk. The Kings let that happen a few times, and that's pretty much why the Suns are leading the game. That AND you don't need to go for the show-time dunk. We lost at least two baskets because of that...

ET says Kings not getting back in transition AND they let the Suns get past them. He also said the offense looked good in spurts but they're going to have to be more consistent.

 

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Suns ball to start the third quarter.

Nash inside, dishes to Amare for another slam.

64-52 Suns

Kings ball. Thomas passes up shot, passes out to Cat - miss. Suns board.

Kings with the steal. Bibby for three.

64-55 Suns

Suns ball. Foul on Cat. Still Suns. Ball stolen by Kings. Thomas for two.

64-57 Suns

Johnson for three.

67-57 Suns

10:20 left

Kings ball.

 

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[VF21]

Cat fallaway off the back of the rim; Suns board.

Marion inside, fouled by Cat, who looks pretty angry and is talking to the official.

Marion at the line for two.

Makes first; and second.

69-57 Suns

Bad looking sequence by the Kings results in poor shot; Suns board.

Amare finishes Marion shot.

71-57 Suns

Kings miss; Nash board and pass ahead to Marion. Kings get back. Nash miss; Bibby and Amare going for the board. Skinner grabbed by Amare. KIngs ball.

 

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JOhnson fouls Bibby. NOn-shooting. 2nd team foul.

Bibby miss; Thomas board and miss. Suns board.

8:31 left

Suns miss; Kings board.

Cat three off the rim; Suns board.

Amare double-teamed inside, draws foul from Skinner. Amare to the line for two.

 

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Makes first; and second.

73-57 Suns

Kings ball.

Cat to Bibby, bad pass oob off Suns.

Still Kings ball.

7:52 left

Bibby three doesn't go; hustle for the board but Suns get it.

Amare all the way for another slamdown.

75-57 Suns

Time out and commercial.

 

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We need Tag back in the game, just to plant his considerable posterior in the paint and give Amare something to think about when he's running coast-to-coast.

 

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Trivia answer (note: Question should have been only 3 point guards in NBA history to win MVP):

Bob Cousey, Oscar Robertson and Magic Johnson

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Nash for three.

78-57 Suns

Evans jumper for two.

78-59 Suns

Suns for two more.

80-59 Suns

 

[VF21]

Kings ball, Suns steal.

QTip miss; Kings board.

Cat for two.

80-61 Suns

5:51 left in third

Nash inside to Amare AGAIN, Amare with the slam and the +1 from Bibby.

83-61 Suns

Kings ball.

Skinner to Cat, out to Evans - long three shot misses. WTH was that?!?!?!?

Suns ball. Amare jumper for two.

85-61 Suns

 

[VF21]

Thomas jumper for two.

85-63 Suns

Wide open Amare jumper from the foul line for two more.

85-63 Suns

Kings ball, Suns steal.

ANOTHER Amare slam.

89-63 Suns

4:20 left

time out and commercial...

I'm feeling sick.

 

[VF21]

I like King Tut and what he brings to the team but he is NOT big enough to do anything against Amare and it's becoming painfully obvious.

I don't know why Tag isn't back in to at least make Amare thinking about breaking stride once in a while.

 

[VF21]

Oh look. Tag back in.

Kings for two.

89-65 Suns

Suns miss; Martin board.

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

Corliss shot doesn't go; Suns board.

3:31 left

Illegal screen called on Nash, who is - of course - innocent. Kings ball.

 

[VF21]

House to Darius, shot blocked by Marion.

Marion misses the slam dunk, bwahahahahaha, but Barbosa gets the long rebound and strolls the paint for the easy lay-up.

91-65 Suns

Darius for two.

91-67 Suns

Heheheheh. Amare just fell to the floor, no foul called. Tag was right beside him.

Tag called for foul on next play, have to wonder if it's "make up."

Amare to the line for two.

Makes first; misses second. Darius board.

92-67 Suns

House three rims out off back rim. Suns board.

 

[VF21]

Amare for two more.

94-67 Suns

Kings miss; Suns board.

Suns miss; Kings board.

Darius for two.

94-69 Suns

1:04 left

Two more by Amare...jumper.

96-69 Suns

Corliss hook doesn't go, Tag with the rebound and the put-back for two and the +1.

Tag misses the bonus but Darius puts in it.

96-73 Suns

 

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Johnson for three.

99-73 Suns

Darius miss; Suns board.

Amare looooooooooong three misses to end the third quarter.

99-73 Suns

We still have 12 more minutes to play...

...sigh...

 

[VF21]

Kings ball to start the fourth.

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

KEVIN FOR THREE!!!!!

99-76 Suns

Suns ball, called for traveling. Kings ball.

House to Kevin, to Darius - ball knocked out of his hands and up in the air - Suns recover.

Barbosa drives inside and gets two off the glass.

101-76 Suns

House to Darius, to Kevin over to House - to Darius, who drives inside and draws foul.

Darius to the line for two.

Makes first; and second.

101-78 Suns

 

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Suns called for offensive foul; Kings ball.

Corliss misses off the glass; Suns ball.

Barbosa drives sinside, is hit in face by Barbosa's elbow ... and Darius is called for the foul. Darius not happy and his face is already turning black and blue under his eye.

Barbosa makes both from the line.

103-78 Suns

Officials can't say Darius wasn't hit. His face is already black and blue...

Suns foul, non-shooting. 3rd team foul. Still Kings ball.

HOUSE FOR THREE off Tag screen.

103-81 Suns

Suns miss; Tag board.

 

[VF21]

Darius roughed up again as he goes up and under for two.

103-83 Suns

Lots of swelling under DArius' left eye.

Barbosa to the line for two.

Makes both.

105-83 Suns

House to Martin, who gets free but shot is off to the left. Oob.

8:50 left

 

[VF21]

Time out and commercial.

I cannot believe how big and ugly the bruise under Darius' eye is already. It looks like a goose egg...and looks very painful.

 

[VF21]

Suns ball.

Miss; Martin board.

House to Martin, to Darius - back to Martin - to Darius, who drives inside and spins around. Ball slapped oob. 2 seconds left on 24 clock.

Darius shot at the buzzer doesn't go. Ball oob. Suns ball.

8:05 left

Suns for two.

107-83 Suns

KIngs ball.

House for two.

107-85 Suns

 

[VF21]

Suns miss; Corliss board.

Corliss triple-teamed, out to Kevin - three is short. Suns board.

Suns miss; Kevin board.

Corliss to Tag, who passes inside to Darius. Suns foul. NOn-shooting. Bo OUtlaw in, which they say means the Suns are pretty sure of a win.

House with the steal, drives inside and draws foul.

House to the line for two.

House misses first; makes second.

107-86 Suns

 

[VF21]

Suns ball.

OUtlaw miss; Tag board.

Corliss drives inside, draws blocking foul from Outlaw. Crowd boos. Corliss to the line for two.

Time out and commercial.

 

[VF21]

Corliss at the line.

Darius sitting on the sidelines with a HUGE icepack held up to his eye.

Corliss one and one from the line.

107-88 Suns

Suns for two more.

House shot hits shot-clock. Suns ball.

Daniels now in for Darius.