[Peja Vu]

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Sacramento Kings (19-9) @ New York Knicks (16-14)
Madison Square Garden, Tuesday January 4, 2005
4:30 PT, CSN-Sacramento/NBALP
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Probable Starters


Brad Miller/Chris Webber/Peja Stojakovic/Doug Christie/Mike Bibby


Nazr Mohammed/Kurt Thomas/Tim Thomas/Allan Houston/Stephon Marbury
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[DaUnbreakableKinG]

Kings 102
Knicks 97

Peja 25pts 1rb
Webb 20pts 10rbs

Marbury 18assts 12pts

[SacTown16]

Prediction:

Kings 93
Knicks 92

Peja: 27 pts, 5 Reb
Webber: 21 pts, 9 Reb

[SacTown16]

Halftime:

Kings 56
Knicks 43

Bibby: 11 pts, 6 dimes, 3 stls
Webber: 10 pts, 4 Reb
Evans: 8 pts, 3 Reb

Maybe we do have a bench after all, it looks like we've found a diamond in the rough, referring to Evans. He could be a big part of our team down the stretch, i love what he's doing.

[Yao Mania]

Go Maurice Evans!! 6-8, 3rebs, 1asst, 14pts in 22mins. He has leap-frogged over Songaila and Martin in the 6th man roll, great to see!!

Oh, and 93-89 Sactown with less than 4mins to go

[italianBBlover]

Go Mo "the helicopter" Evans

Happy to see one of my favourite player of the last season in the italian A1 league doing well !

http://www.benettonbasket.it/photo/t...s.php?album=16

[SacTown16]

Final:

Kings 105
Knicks 98

Webber: 22 pts, 11 Reb
Peja: 21 pts
Bibby: 19 pts, 7 dimes
Evans: 16 pts

[Peja Vu]

Kings Garden fodder no more: Maurice Evans keys a strong defensive effort to defeat the Knicks

The Kings benefited greatly from a strong performance by swingman Maurice Evans, who scored a career-high 16 points and played the game's final 15 minutes in place of shooting guard Doug Christie.

Kings coach Rick Adelman said he stayed with Evans down the stretch because he was playing well and doing a solid job defensively on Knicks point guard Stephon Marbury.

The Knicks guard had torched the Kings for 17 of his game-high 26 in the third quarter in leading New York to four-point leads twice in the period.

But the Kings put together a 10-2 run spanning the third and fourth quarters to turn a 77-73 deficit into an 83-79 advantage and never trailed in the fourth quarter.

Marbury, who was 7 of 10 from the field during the third quarter when the Knicks outscored the Kings 36-25, went 0 for 4 from the field in the fourth and scored just one point.

Adelman was pleased to see his team begin its four-game, five-night trip with a victory. Sacramento plays in Toronto tonight.

"I stayed with Maurice because he was making Marbury work," Adelman said. "He was able to stay in front of him and made him earn every point. We felt good with the matchup of Mike (Bibby) on (Allan) Houston. It was a good test for Maurice, except for the technical."

Evans picked up a technical for what was announced by the public-address announcer as hanging on the rim.

"I felt comfortable the whole night," said Evans, who scored 10 points during his first nine minutes in the first half. "I was able to get a couple of easy baskets, and I think that makes a world of difference sometimes."

Evans said his name was mentioned as a defensive matchup against Marbury before the game. Evans showed the savvy of a veteran after the game when a local reporter asked him to talk about stopping Marbury.

"I wouldn't say I stopped him," said the 6-foot-5 Evans, who made 7 of 9 field goals while matching a career high of 27 minutes of action. "I was just able to keep my feet moving, and I think maybe my length bothered him."

[Peja Vu]

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