Sacramento Kings' Spencer Hawes (31) goes to the basket against Houston Rockets' Luis Scola (4) of Argentina during the first half of a NBA basketball game Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009 in Houston. Luis Scola scored 22 points and grabbed key rebounds in the final minutes, and the Houston Rockets held off the Sacramento Kings 113-106 Saturday night. The Rockets blew a 15-point, second-quarter lead and had...
by Rich Pedroncelli - AP View full size photo » THE OPPONENT The Kings , you may remember, saw these Rockets about a week ago, in Sacramento's most recent win, one which took the team to a 5-4 record. The Kings have lost two straight: a disappointing slopfest against Chicago, and a resilient fight in Dallas. Houston has gone 2-2 since last Friday, beating the Lakers and Wolves on the road but...
TONY GUTIERREZ Associated Press Kings guard Beno Udrih shields himself as Drew Gooden of the Mavs dunks in the first half. Udrih scored 20 points and had five assists. DALLAS – The Kings committed 21 turnovers for the second game in a row, and as a result lost their second consecutive game. This time, the Kings fell to the Dallas Mavericks 104-102 on Friday at American Airlines Center. The Kings...
DALLAS – This easily could be seen as a rude welcome back. Miss a game because of an injury, and the first night back on the job, you're asked to defend Dirk Nowitzki. That was the task of Kings forward Andres Nocioni on Friday night. After missing Tuesday's loss to Chicago because of a right hip pointer, Nocioni returned to the lineup and spent most of his defensive attention trying to slow...
PAUL KITAGAKI JR. pkitagaki@sacbee.com Jason Thompson has the ball poked away by Chicago's Jannero Pargo, right, as former King Brad Miller tries to stay in front of Thompson. The Kings had 21 turnovers. There will be nights the young Kings will play like young Kings. They will look unsure of what to do on the floor and make mistakes. Tuesday night at Arco Arena was one of those nights. Learning when...
PAUL KITAGAKI JR. pkitagaki@sacbee.com The Kings' Donté Greene finds the going tough against Luol Deng, left, and Joakim Noah of the Chicago Bulls. An ESPN report Tuesday morning said the Kings are involved in talks for a three-team deal with Philadelphia and Boston that would include sending Kenny Thomas to the 76ers and bringing center Samuel Dalembert to Sacramento. And while a league source...
[Thanks to enemy combatant pookeyguru for today's game preview . I'm not sure yet how the 9pm CST start times will throw off my recappin' game, but it likely will somewhat. -ed.] Tonight is a battle of 2 teams at different paths in their journey. The Kings started out 1-3 before Kevin Martin was sidelined with a fractured left wrist, and subsequently had surgery, before winning the last 4 games to...
Hi kids, me again. We’re about to live in a world where you can get seven million dollars and an attractive wife per year just for being tall. It’s time to hit up the youtubes for great starting five of junk contracts. PG: Beno Udrih (4 years/27.6 million left in his contract) The mid-level exception was on [...] Added by: ethanator108 Viewed: 1 time(s) Tags/Keywords: nba anderson varejao...
Sacramento Kings guard Tyreke Evans, right, drives past Houston Rockets guard Trevor Ariza during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. Jason Thompson had a career-high 27 points and added 11 rebounds for the Sacramento Kings, who won their fourth straight game, defeating the Houston Rockets 109-100 on Friday night. The previous time the Kings won...
With the loss of Kevin Martin the Kings were in need of a pick me up. Beno Udrih stepped right in and is filling in nicely. If you are looking for a player that can get you respectable numbers, Udrih is your man. As long as Martin is out that is. [...]
Hi kids, me again. We’re about to live in a world where you can get seven million dollars and an attractive wife per year just for being tall. It’s time to hit up the youtubes for great starting five of junk contracts. PG: Beno Udrih (4 years/27.6 million left in his contract) The mid-level exception was on [...]
"Doomed! You're all doomed!" (Photoshop by Exhibit G.) THE OPPONENT Houston is 5-3, with road wins at Golden State and Utah. The road losses were at Portland, and Tuesday in Dallas. The other three wins for Houston, all at home, were against the Blazers, Thunder and Grizzlies . That makes the troubled Jazz the team's best road victory, and the Blazers the only impressive home win. So two...
by Rich Pedroncelli - AP View full size photo » Already the hyenas invade. I have noticed a sincere uptick in "Tyreke Evans is not a point guard!" talk since Kevin Martin got injured, Beno Udrih got inserted into the starting line-up, and the Kings have gone on a 3-0 string. I actually received a thoughtful email from a reader a few days ago stating that the Kings should trade Martin...
Sacramento Kings Donte Greene drives past James Harden up court after recovering rebound late in the 4th quarter in the Kings 101-98 win over the Oklahoma City Thunders at Arco Arena on November 10, 2009 Sacramento, California It's been nearly three years since Sacramento was at .500. The Kings first three-game winning streak in a year helped get them there. Jason Thompson had 21 points and 14 rebounds...
The front office would have rated at or near the top several years ago, but the Kings seem to have lost their touch since then. Horrific contracts for the likes of Beno Udrih and Francisco Garcia unnecessarily prolonged a salary-cap hangover from the glory days, one that would have been far worse if Bonzi Wells hadn't foolishly turned down a ridiculous five-year, $36 million offer three years ago....
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Kevin Martin scored 48 points and Beno Udrih hit a game-tying layup in the closing seconds of regulation to give the Sacramento Kings a 127-116 overtime victory over the Memphis Grizzlies in their home opener Monday night. After starting the season with three straight losses on the road, the Kings came through late to delight a rare sellout crowd in Sacramento. It was a back-and-forth...
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