Kings are playing @ Utah. I am also doing the major minute thing from now on and i used i in this game. But I will make the starters play more minutes later, its just because this is the first game doing it. Records: Utah 10-19 Kings 18-8
1st Quarter
Kings 10 Utah 20
Utah got the tip to start the game off. The 1st points for Utah was a Okur tip in. Danny missed the first shot attempt which was a 3 pointer. Bball got fouled to get the Kings on the scoreboard, but he missed both free-throws.Vasillis got the offensive rebound and got fouled. He shot 1-2 from the free-throw line. Kings first field goal was a Bball ong jumpwer. Kings had a slow start in this game. The Kings missed 4 consecutive shots. Also, Utah kept getting offensive rebounds. Eddie Griffen got injured but wouold come back later in the game. Utah had 4 early blks at the begining of the game. There was a nice dunk when Mad D did a 360 dunk!! Kings though, need to step up to get back in the game.
2nd Quarter
Kings 37 Utah 41
Kings were slowly coming back. The Kings started the second quarter with a Miles Clipper tip in. There was a nice higihlight of Clipper to Jesus alley oop. It was a beauty!! Tgen after, Twix made a 3 pointer. But arryo answered back with a +1. Kings were losing bad when they were down as much as 14 pts. At the buzzer, Sactown Fever misses a 3 pointer.
Key Players at Half: Vasillis Mykonos 7 pts, 3 rebs, and 2 stls Arryo 11 pts, 5 asts, and 3 TOs
3rd Quarter
Kings 53 Utah 61
Kings got outscored by 4 pts in this quarter whihc was not good. The first shot attempt for the Kings was a Fever missed dunk. Utah was also having trouble shooting missing 4 consecutive shots. At one moment, the game was tied. The kings were slowly but surely coming bakc in this game. Girceck had a +1 and made the FT. Utah was a on a 10-2 run whihc made the King s down 8 whole points. The Kings had lots of easy misses such as lay-ups and alley oops.
4th Quarter
This quarter was VERY exciting!! The 1st shot taken was a 6thman Jackson lay-up but he missed it. Arryo was on fire in this quarter unfortuantly. Kings were down as little as 1. Carlos Boozer had 5 fouls early in this quarter. There was a SUPER highlight when Danny Herberloz missed a 3 pointer, but Mad D did a slam put back tieing the game. Fever was fouled with 3 minutes left and gave the Kings a 1 pt lead. Girceck had 5 fouls after that foul. Bball was fouled but missed both his free-throws. Sactown Fever got the offensive rebound and put back slam. Danny then made a long 2 for a 2 pt lead. After that, Danny made a lay-up to give the Kings 4 pt lead. With 31 secs left, Kings up 2. Mad D made a 3 with 20 secs left, the Kings were up 5. Arryo then answered with an anotehr 3. Kings were up 2 with 15 seconds left. Bball went to the line and went 1-2. Then kerilenko missed a 3 but missed and then they fouled Danny who made both and endede the game.
Kings 82 Utah 77
POG: Vasillis Mykonos 9 pts, 9 rebs, 5 bkls, and 3 asts
Statistics:
(Minutes) Rbs Asts Stls Blks TOs Pts
S. Fever (20) 8 1 0 8 2 6
V. Mykonos (20) 9 3 1 5 0 9
M. D (20) 4 1 1 3 4 10
B. Kingsrock (20) 3 3 1 0 0 7
D. Herberholz (20) 1 1 2 0 0 18
P. Daley (13) 3 2 0 0 3 2
6th. Jackson (13) 3 1 0 0 2 2
M. Twix (8) 1 0 0 0 0 6
J. Shuttlesworth (13) 3 3 1 2 1 14
M. Clipper (13) 2 3 1 0 3 4
A. James (5) 1 0 0 1 0 4
* Starting line-up in bold
Game Notes:
- Bball had a bad game shooting 3-12
- Arryo had 22 pts, 9 asts, and 9-18 FG
- Girceck had 17 pts
- Utah Jazz had 39 rebs, 15 asts, 11 stls, 6 blks, 17 TOs, 41% FG, 38% 3 pointers, and 59% FT
- Kings had 45% FG, 10% in 3 pointers, 63% vFT, 38 rebs, 18 asts, 7 stls, 19 blks(season record), and 15 TOs
It is January 2nd. next game is against the Clippers.
Stay tuned!!