Kings@Timberwolves PBP for Nov. 14

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Greetings, fellow Kings fans!

This game marks the return of Ron Artest to the team, new front tooth and all. I've cleared my calendar to make sure I can bring you the game - be it good, bad or ugly.

GO KINGS!!!
 
Whew. Just got home. Talk about cutting it close...

KT will not play tonight, but Brad Miller and Ron Artest will. This could be a very interesting game; if you're a Kings fan and want to just see them stomp on somebody the TWolves are probably the best hapless victim we could possibly have.

GO KINGS!!!!
 
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Getting ready for the tip... Miller and Jefferson go for it in front of about 2,000 fans. Tip to the Pups.

McCants miss; Martin tosses the board to ARtest, over to Udrih.

BENO FOR THREE!!!

McCants miss; Moore box out, Kings ball.

Martin cross-court to Artest, no good. McCants pass stolen by the Kings, not sure which one. Beno looking good running the offense. Artest looking like he hasn't been gone at all.

Miller miss, Beno rebound. Kick out to Martin, whose shot goes 2/3 way down and for reasons known only to the great God Naismith, pops back out.

Pups to the line on foul by Martin. 1PF. 1st team foul.

Makes first. Artest talking strategy with Theus as the second FT is a miss.

3-1 KINGS

Kings ball.

Martin drives inside, Ratliff alters the shot. Pups ball. Artest with the steal, but they call a foul on the steal. Very late call. 1PF for Artest. Still Pups ball.
 
9;46 left

Bibby going to be talking with Grant and Jerry at the broadcast table.

Ratliff miss on GOOD Defense by Moore; Artest rebound. Pass to Beno. NICE possession by the Kings results in patience and mid-range jumper by Miller is good.

5-1 KINGS

One guy in the crowd tried to chant "de-fense." NO ONE joined him.

Pups trapped, Kings with the ball. Beno on the run; ball kicked by Jaric. Still Kings ball.

8;44 left

Artest in the low post, Artest with two right in Gomes' face.

7-1 KINGS

Jefferson for two.

7-3 KINGS
 
Nice spacing by the Kings - it's a joy to see. Guards in the corner, kick out to Martin at the left who drives inside and draws the foul. Still Kings ball.

Miller from the corner doesn't go; Pups ball.

Miss; Pups rebound. Jaric from the corner doesn't go. This arena sounds like a tomb...

Kings miss; Jefferson rebound.

7;12 left

Nice fake by Jefferson results in two.

7-5 Pups
 
Beno shot blocked by Ratliff, McCants with the long rebound and the runaway two.

7-7

6;13 left

MIller to Artest on the backdoor cut, shovel pass to Moore who gets the hook to rattle and fall.

9-7 KINGS

5;50 left

Jefferson for two and the +1.

Time out and commercial.

9-9

Jefferson to the line for the freebie after the break.
 
Mike saying he would LOVE to be back out there but "everything happens for a reason." He's saying he has 3 weeks left in the cast and then 5 weeks in a splint. He's gonna take his time and make sure he's strong enough to come back. Doesn't want to come back too early and re-injure it. He says he can still do a lot of stuff so he's not losing conditioning.

Freebie good.

10-9 Pups

Beno for two.

11-10 KINGS

Mike very complimentary about Beno, calling him a TRUE point guard.

Martin to Artest for the dunk. OH, I've missed seeing that.

:p

13-10 KINGS
 
Mike very talkative; almost unbelievably talkative. Mike says he thinks Reggie is doing a good job and the Kings just need to keep playing harder...

O-foul on the Pups; Kings ball.

Salmons dish inside to Moore for two.

15-10 KINGS

Beno with the steal, Cisco misses the transition three. Pups ball.

3;56 left

McCants for three.

15-13 KINGS

Beno miss from the side; Pups ball.

Douby in for Beno.

Mike talking about his son, who is a point guard and shooter...

Brewer for three.

16-15 Pups
 
Cisco for two.

17-16 KINGS

Ratliff inside, fouled.

Time out and commercial.

That was a VERY GOOD interview with Mike Bibby. He sounded more relaxed and comfortable than I've heard in a very long time. And he was positive about the team and the coach and the new players.
 
Question of the day: Can you name the five current NBA head coaches who played for the Kings franchise?

Answer later...
 
Ratliff at the line.

Hawes in for Moore.

Ratliff one of two.

17-17

Douby, Hawes, Miller, Cisco and Salmons for the Kings.

Miller for two.

19-17 KINGS

2;17 left

Pups miss; Kings ball. Douby cross-court to Salmons, miss. Ball oob off Pups, still Kings ball.

King settling a little too much for the long shot, IMHO.

Douby miss; Pups board.
 
Brewer miss; Miller taps the rebound to Garcia. Kings ball. Oob off Garcia. Pups ball. Artest in for Miller, which means Artest is now the 4.

Telfair off the glass for two.

19-19

1;19 left

Hawes sets a nice screen. Gets the ball from Salmons, Hawes for mid-range two.

21-19 KINGS

McCants miss; Hawes board.

Douby quick three shot misses again; Pups ball.

Pups miss; Hawes rebound, outlet pass to Douby is picked off by Telfair.

Clock winding down... Pups ball. Kings with only one turnover in the whole first quarter.

McCants for two.

21-21

Artest with the ball, loses it out of bounds with 0.6 seconds left, giving the Kings a second turnover.

End of the first quarter.
 
Kings ball to start the 2nd quarter.

Garcia drives inside, kicks out.

DOUBY FOR THREE!!!!!!!

24-21 KINGS

11;25 left

McCants for three.

24-24

Kings ball. Garcia still playing the point... Walker tries to guard Artest, and Ron just pretty much goes right through him for two.

26-24 KINGS

Pups miss; Artest rebound. Kick over to QD.

Douby for long two.

28-24 KINGS
 
McCants comes right back. Garcia might want to try defending him a little better...

Kings ball. Artest called for o-foul. Pups ball.

Jefferson with the ball, tapped away by Artest, but Brewer snags it. MIss; Hawes rebound.

Hawes miss; Walker rebound.

9;10 left

Jeffrerson miss; Salmons chases down the rebound.

Pass to Artest, who drives inside and is fouled.

Time out and commercial.

28-26 KINGS
 
Answer to the question above:

Randy Wittman, Rick Adelman, Mike D'Antoni, Mike Woodson and Reggie Theus.
 
Martin in for Artest. Bad pass by Salmons is snagged by Walker. Walker for two.

28-28

Garcia for two.

30-28 KINGS

8;15 left

Jefferson for two.

30-30

Garcia long miss; Jefferson rebound.

Walker for three.

33-30 Pups
 
Pass intended for Martin is way behind him, Pups get it.

Pups ball stolen, Kings ball. Stolen, but pass by Telfair ends up in the cheap seats. Kings ball.

Garcia still playing the point. Salmons jumper from the stripe for two.

33-32 Pups

Jefferson way inside, catches the ball and slams it down.

35-32 Pups

6;23 left

Kevin Martin is not even getting to see the ball, let alone touch it.

Garcia to Salmons, who spins into traffic and is fouled. Non-shooting. Still Kings ball.
 
Salmons alley to Martin oop. Kevin fouled hard in the air by Brewer... Martin to the line.

Makes first; and second.

35-34 Pups

Jaric drives inside, ball knocked oob off Kings. Still Pups ball.

5;45 left

Time out and commercial.

Will be Pups ball after the break.
 
Pups inbound. 24-second violation. Kings ball. Jaric not happy, but if anything, he traveled ...

Beno, Martin, Salmons, Moore and Miller

Martin miss; Walker rebound.

5;22 left

Jaric called for traveling. Kings ball.

Martin with the quick break, gets to the hoop. Ball knocked out of his hands, non-shooting foul. Still Kings ball. Artest in for Salmons.

Martin miss; Pups board.

Brewer miss; Jefferson second-chance miss; Moore up for the rebound and Brewer called for foul as he moved under Mikki in the air. 4 team fouls on the Pups.

Kings ball.
 
Artest with hard bullet pass to Moore in perfect position but Mikki can't handle it and it ricochets off the glass, Pups get it.

Walker for three.

38-34 Pups

Beno inside, kicks to Miller who gets two off the glass and the +1.

Bonus good.

38-37 Pups

4;00 left
 
Kings showing the zone. Pups miss; Walker rebound and miss; Miller rebound. Over to Artest, and pass ends up going to the Kings bench.

Pups ball.

Pups return the favor as ball goes through Gomes' fingers and oob.

Kings ball.

3;13 left

Beno inside, dish out to Miller. Miss but Moore gets the putback.

39-38 KINGS

Pups for two.

40-39 Pups

Miller inside, off the glass doesn't go. Pups ball.

time out and commercial.

2;23 left
 
Telfair helped off the court; replay shows he took a bad step. Buckner in for Telfair.

Pups ball.

Moore blocks a pass and tips it to the Kings.

MILLER FOR THREE from the short corner.

42-40 KINGS

Kings still showing the zone, but McCants hits a three.

43-42 Pups

Martin fallaway jumper from the baseline over McCants for two.

44-43 KINGS

Jefferson half-hook for two.

45-44 Pups
 
Martin with the ball, kicks to Miller, runs over McCants. O-foul on Brad, Pups ball.

Pups miss; Miller rebound. Ball over to Beno.

Beno nice drop-off pass to Hawes, but it's knocked oob by Jefferson. Still Kings ball. NICE patience results in Hawes lay-up on good dish by Kevin.

46-45 KINGS

Loose ball foul on McCants sends Beno to the line.

1.6 seconds left.

Udrih makes first; Garcia in for Miller. Beno bueno on second.

48-45 KINGS

End of the second quarter.

GO KINGS!!!
 
Kings ball. Artest miss; Jefferson rebound.

Jaric for two.

48-47 KINGS

Artest drives inside, misses his bread-and-butter layup. Pups ball.

11;02 left

McCants fake, steps up and shoots for two more.

49-48 Pups

Martin working, can't get away from McCants so he kicks over to ARtest. Turnover; Pups ball.

Moore set inside, takes the charge from Ratliff. Kings ball.

Miller bank shot for two.

50-49 KINGS
 
Ratliff mid-range jumper for two.

51-50 Pups

9;29 left

Beno nice pass over to Kevin in the corner.

MARTIN FOR THREE!!!

53-51 KINGS

"Want Kevin to score? Make sure he has the ball." - Jerry Reynolds

Martin out; Garcia in. Grant wonders what Kevin did wrong; so do I. Garcia was waiting at the table prior to Martin sinking the three...

Pups for two.

53-53

On replay, Kevin and Reggie apparently had words...

Three second violation on the Pups. Bonus good.

54-53 KINGS

McCants for two.

55-54 Pups

Garcia for two.

56-55 Pups

7;49 left

Gomes shot blocked from behind by Beno. Garcia wide open three misses; Jaric rebound.
 
McCants for long two.

57-56 Pups

(Score above 56-55 was Kings, not Pups)

Kings miss; Pups ball. Kings called for defensive three seconds. Miss. Still Pups ball.

6;43 left
 
Jefferson miss; McCants miss. Loose ball foul on Ratliff. Kings ball.

Udrih for long two behind Miller screen.

58-57 Pups

Gomes to the line on foul by Miller.

Makes first; and second.

59-58 Pups
 
Miller bounce pass to Artest, who beats Gomes off the dribble but has shot blocked by Ratliff.

Time out and commercial.

5;48 left
 
Jefferson miss; Miller rebound.

Beno long miss; PUps board.

5;10 left

Jefferson floater for two more.

61-58 Pups

Miller from the corner, blocked by Jefferson. Pups ball.

Salmons in for Garcia, Martin in for Artest.

Still PUps ball. Turnover; Martin ... OMG!!! Martin fouled, tripped, falling down and makes a circus shot for the ESPN high-light reel. Good for a basket AND a trip to the stripe for the freebie bonus. NICE SHOT, young Mr. Martin!!!

Bonus good.

61-61

4;16 left
 
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