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Luckily for Kings, bank is still open
Bibby hits controversial three-pointer to beat Grizzlies
By Martin McNeal -- Bee Staff Writer
Published 2:15 am PST Wednesday, March 9, 2005
Mike Bibby celebrates the Kings' crowd-pleasing victory. Bibby's last-second three-pointr gave the Kings an 85-82 victory at Arco Arena.
Just the other day, Kings coach Rick Adelman wondered when the good breaks were coming that just had to follow the series of bad ones his team had experienced.
Then Tuesday night showed up, and Mike Bibby's heave from 33 feet off the glass with less than a second remaining slid through the net to give the Kings an 85-82 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies before a suddenly relieved sellout crowd of 17,317 at Arco Arena.
"Sometimes, you get a break," Adelman said. "We've had enough to go the other way, so it was good to get a (favorable) break."
Bibby, who scored a game-high 26 points, didn't know what to do afterward. Then he broke into his little waddle dance as he skipped off the court.
"I was about to start screaming," said Bibby, who made each of the Kings' four field-goals during a 4-of-17 fourth-quarter shooting performance. "Then I just did my dance."
The game was over, but the debate was not. Bibby had taken a left sideline pass from Peja Stojakovic that was tipped by Memphis' James Posey. Grizzlies coach Mike Fratello argued with the officiating crew of Greg Willard, Bill Kennedy and Gary Zielinski, saying the clock should have started when the ball was tipped.
Fratello was right, but the clock didn't start, and the only play video-reviewable at the end of quarters is whether the shot was released before the lights surrounding the backboard are displayed to signify time has run out.
Certainly, after the troubles the Kings have had at the end of games during the past month or so, Adelman didn't want to hear anything else.
Adelman's squad had missed 25 of 34 field-goal attempts in the second half, 11 straight during a 9:52 stretch spanning the third and fourth quarters, and seen its 16-point lead (62-46) with 7:16 in third disappear. Then the gift from above came, and Adelman said it would have been difficult for the result to be anything other than game over.
"I'm glad they didn't try to do anything because some of our guys were in the shower," said Adelman, who moved into a tie with former New York Knicks coach Red Holzman for 15th on the NBA's all-time victory list with 696. "We've gone all over that before. You can't look to see if a guy is fouled or anything like that. You can't start changing the rules now."
Fratello said afterward that the game should have gone into overtime.
"They didn't start the clock, and the ball was deflected," said Fratello, whose team was playing the second night of a back-to-back and fell two games behind the Kings in the loss column in the Western Conference standings. "Therefore, the game should have been over, and we should be in overtime right now playing.
"But because (the officials) don't have the power to correct an incorrect decision, we have a team with a loss right now that still should be playing."
Adelman, who had only nine healthy players, received a career-high 14 rebounds from shooting guard Maurice Evans, who stepped in for Cuttino Mobley (lower back strain). Brian Skinner was at center for injured starter Brad Miller (right calf contusion) and contributed nine points, 10 rebounds (six offensive) and four blocked shots.
The Kings' 36.1 percent field-goal shooting (30 of 83) was their lowest during a victory this season. But a 47-37 rebounding advantage that included 20 offensive (a season-high 17 in the first half) went a long way toward the victory. In the end, the Kings beat the Grizzlies for the 14th straight time at Arco because with the score tied at 82-82, Posey missed a three-point attempt and Skinner got the defensive rebound. Most Kings fans know their team hasn't always received the stop and the rebound it has needed.
Luckily for Kings, bank is still open
Bibby hits controversial three-pointer to beat Grizzlies
By Martin McNeal -- Bee Staff Writer
Published 2:15 am PST Wednesday, March 9, 2005
Mike Bibby celebrates the Kings' crowd-pleasing victory. Bibby's last-second three-pointr gave the Kings an 85-82 victory at Arco Arena.
Just the other day, Kings coach Rick Adelman wondered when the good breaks were coming that just had to follow the series of bad ones his team had experienced.
Then Tuesday night showed up, and Mike Bibby's heave from 33 feet off the glass with less than a second remaining slid through the net to give the Kings an 85-82 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies before a suddenly relieved sellout crowd of 17,317 at Arco Arena.
"Sometimes, you get a break," Adelman said. "We've had enough to go the other way, so it was good to get a (favorable) break."
Bibby, who scored a game-high 26 points, didn't know what to do afterward. Then he broke into his little waddle dance as he skipped off the court.
"I was about to start screaming," said Bibby, who made each of the Kings' four field-goals during a 4-of-17 fourth-quarter shooting performance. "Then I just did my dance."
The game was over, but the debate was not. Bibby had taken a left sideline pass from Peja Stojakovic that was tipped by Memphis' James Posey. Grizzlies coach Mike Fratello argued with the officiating crew of Greg Willard, Bill Kennedy and Gary Zielinski, saying the clock should have started when the ball was tipped.
Fratello was right, but the clock didn't start, and the only play video-reviewable at the end of quarters is whether the shot was released before the lights surrounding the backboard are displayed to signify time has run out.
Certainly, after the troubles the Kings have had at the end of games during the past month or so, Adelman didn't want to hear anything else.
Adelman's squad had missed 25 of 34 field-goal attempts in the second half, 11 straight during a 9:52 stretch spanning the third and fourth quarters, and seen its 16-point lead (62-46) with 7:16 in third disappear. Then the gift from above came, and Adelman said it would have been difficult for the result to be anything other than game over.
"I'm glad they didn't try to do anything because some of our guys were in the shower," said Adelman, who moved into a tie with former New York Knicks coach Red Holzman for 15th on the NBA's all-time victory list with 696. "We've gone all over that before. You can't look to see if a guy is fouled or anything like that. You can't start changing the rules now."
Fratello said afterward that the game should have gone into overtime.
"They didn't start the clock, and the ball was deflected," said Fratello, whose team was playing the second night of a back-to-back and fell two games behind the Kings in the loss column in the Western Conference standings. "Therefore, the game should have been over, and we should be in overtime right now playing.
"But because (the officials) don't have the power to correct an incorrect decision, we have a team with a loss right now that still should be playing."
Adelman, who had only nine healthy players, received a career-high 14 rebounds from shooting guard Maurice Evans, who stepped in for Cuttino Mobley (lower back strain). Brian Skinner was at center for injured starter Brad Miller (right calf contusion) and contributed nine points, 10 rebounds (six offensive) and four blocked shots.
The Kings' 36.1 percent field-goal shooting (30 of 83) was their lowest during a victory this season. But a 47-37 rebounding advantage that included 20 offensive (a season-high 17 in the first half) went a long way toward the victory. In the end, the Kings beat the Grizzlies for the 14th straight time at Arco because with the score tied at 82-82, Posey missed a three-point attempt and Skinner got the defensive rebound. Most Kings fans know their team hasn't always received the stop and the rebound it has needed.
