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This script looks all too familiar
Another contentious last-second defeat gives the Kings their first four-game skid since 1999-2000.
By Martin McNeal -- Bee Staff Writer
Published 2:15 am PST Saturday, February 12, 2005
Call 911! There was a theft at Arco Arena, even if the Kings - who lost 115-113 to the Dallas Mavericks - did leave the door open by missing four of 10 free throws in the fourth quarter Friday night, including two by Chris Webber with 1:18 left. The Kings, who after having three players (Webber, Cuttino Mobley and Mike Bibby) fined and one (Brad Miller) suspended this week for their dealing with officials, watched Mobley take the ball to the basket, lay it high off the glass and then have it knocked away by Dallas center Erick Dampier.
The normal call from any of the three officials, Jack Nies, Derek Richardson and Marc Davis, would have given the Kings a basket and a 115-112 lead with 25 seconds left in the game. Instead, that call never came, and the Mavericks quickly advanced the ball down court trailing 113-112.
http://ads.sacbee.com/RealMedia/ads...l/64313865323634663432306534343830?_RM_EMPTY_ Then Dallas' Jason Terry made one of the sweetest moves of the night when he hung in the air, drew contact from Webber and double-pumped a shot high off the glass with 12.6 seconds left. Webber was called for the foul, and Terry, who scored 13 of his 17 points in the fourth, made the free throw for a 115-113 Dallas lead.
Kings coach Rick Adelman called timeout, and the Arco crowd, which already had been booing while play continued, became more vociferous while watching the replay.
The Kings had one more chance to avoid their season-high fourth straight loss - their longest skid since the 1999-2000 season - but the Mavs defended a first look for Peja Stojakovic at the top of the key and then watched Bibby miss a three-point attempt from the left wing at the buzzer.
"What am I going to say?" Adelman said. "I'm going to say they blew it and then get fined. They fine our guys $15,000 and then (the officials) get fined, what is it going to be, $100? It doesn't matter. It costs us the game."
The Kings earlier announced that they signed President of Basketball Operations Geoff Petrie to what he said was a three-year contract extension. It could keep him with the team through the final season of his existing deal in 2005-06 and run through the 2008-09 campaign.
Joe Maloof said during a pregame news conference that the extension was for four years.
"I think Joe got a little excited there," Petrie said during a late timeout in the Kings' loss.
Offense clearly wasn't a problem for either team in the first half, as the Kings led 64-61 at the break. Sacramento shot 54.2 percent (26 of 48) from the field, Dallas 60 percent (21 of 35).
Maurice Evans gave the Kings a spark off the bench by scoring 10 points in his first seven minutes on the floor. In fact, Sacramento was impressive in the second quarter when Adelman went small with 6-foot-5 Evans, 6-7 Matt Barnes, 6-4 Mobley and 7-foot center Brad Miller.
Dallas coach Don Nelson has made a point of using smaller quintets throughout his long, successful coaching career, and when Adelman matched up Friday night, the Kings had success and held a 52-45 advantage with six minutes left in the first half.
This script looks all too familiar
Another contentious last-second defeat gives the Kings their first four-game skid since 1999-2000.
By Martin McNeal -- Bee Staff Writer
Published 2:15 am PST Saturday, February 12, 2005
Call 911! There was a theft at Arco Arena, even if the Kings - who lost 115-113 to the Dallas Mavericks - did leave the door open by missing four of 10 free throws in the fourth quarter Friday night, including two by Chris Webber with 1:18 left. The Kings, who after having three players (Webber, Cuttino Mobley and Mike Bibby) fined and one (Brad Miller) suspended this week for their dealing with officials, watched Mobley take the ball to the basket, lay it high off the glass and then have it knocked away by Dallas center Erick Dampier.
The normal call from any of the three officials, Jack Nies, Derek Richardson and Marc Davis, would have given the Kings a basket and a 115-112 lead with 25 seconds left in the game. Instead, that call never came, and the Mavericks quickly advanced the ball down court trailing 113-112.
http://ads.sacbee.com/RealMedia/ads...l/64313865323634663432306534343830?_RM_EMPTY_ Then Dallas' Jason Terry made one of the sweetest moves of the night when he hung in the air, drew contact from Webber and double-pumped a shot high off the glass with 12.6 seconds left. Webber was called for the foul, and Terry, who scored 13 of his 17 points in the fourth, made the free throw for a 115-113 Dallas lead.
Kings coach Rick Adelman called timeout, and the Arco crowd, which already had been booing while play continued, became more vociferous while watching the replay.
The Kings had one more chance to avoid their season-high fourth straight loss - their longest skid since the 1999-2000 season - but the Mavs defended a first look for Peja Stojakovic at the top of the key and then watched Bibby miss a three-point attempt from the left wing at the buzzer.
"What am I going to say?" Adelman said. "I'm going to say they blew it and then get fined. They fine our guys $15,000 and then (the officials) get fined, what is it going to be, $100? It doesn't matter. It costs us the game."
The Kings earlier announced that they signed President of Basketball Operations Geoff Petrie to what he said was a three-year contract extension. It could keep him with the team through the final season of his existing deal in 2005-06 and run through the 2008-09 campaign.
Joe Maloof said during a pregame news conference that the extension was for four years.
"I think Joe got a little excited there," Petrie said during a late timeout in the Kings' loss.
Offense clearly wasn't a problem for either team in the first half, as the Kings led 64-61 at the break. Sacramento shot 54.2 percent (26 of 48) from the field, Dallas 60 percent (21 of 35).
Maurice Evans gave the Kings a spark off the bench by scoring 10 points in his first seven minutes on the floor. In fact, Sacramento was impressive in the second quarter when Adelman went small with 6-foot-5 Evans, 6-7 Matt Barnes, 6-4 Mobley and 7-foot center Brad Miller.
Dallas coach Don Nelson has made a point of using smaller quintets throughout his long, successful coaching career, and when Adelman matched up Friday night, the Kings had success and held a 52-45 advantage with six minutes left in the first half.