[Peja Vu]

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Sacramento Kings (32-14) @ Portland Trail Blazers (19-26)
Rose Garden, Saturday February 5th, 2005
7:00pm PT, CSN-Sacramento/NBALP

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Probable Starters


Brad Miller/Chris Webber/Peja Stojakovic/Cuttino Mobley/Mike Bibby


Joel Przybilla/Theo Ratliff/Ruben Patterson/Nick Van Exel/Damon Stoudamire

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[Peja Vu]

Napear said that Peja will play tomorrow. I am just assuming when I put Mobley and Webber in the lineup...they were gametime decisions today so I would guess that they will be ready for tomorrow.

[SacTown16]

Prediction:

Kings 105
Blazers 101

Bibby: 27 pts, 7 dimes
Webber: 21 pts, 11 Reb

Van Exel: 34 pts

[Peja Vu]

The Kings didn't even require the talents of injured starters Peja Stojakovic (back), Chris Webber (knee) or Cuttino Mobley (back), each of whom watched the action from the bench. Webber and Mobley said they would play tonight in Portland, Ore., where the Kings meet the Trail Blazers, and Stojakovic said he would travel with the team and planned to see how he felt at game time.

[mediocre man]

I would like to thank Peja Vu. You are the first person to get our starting line-up right since Mo made all the changes.

If the Kings are healthy I think Portland will win, but if a few sit out with injuries then Portland will again play down to it's opponent and lose.

My predition on the Blazer board was

blazers by about 4

[Peja Vu]

Kings down 11 points with 10 minutes to go...time for them to work some magic.

Triple-Double watch for Webber ( 2 assists away)

[Peja Vu]

Webb's got the triple-double

Bibby at the line for 2 free throws.

Makes the first, misses the second...now has 30 points

Down 5 with 2:30 left...

[SacTown16]

Final:

Kings 108
Trailblazers 114

Bibby: 35 pts, 5 Reb, 5 dimes
Webber: 20 pts, 13 Reb, 10 dimes
Miller: 18 pts, 7 Reb

[Peja Vu]

Final:

Blazers 114, Kings 108

Bibby: 35/5/5
Webber: 20/13/10
Miller: 18/7/4

EDIT: Freaky, my post was only seconds after yours

[Peja Vu]

Recap: Unhappy Returns

Despite the return of Peja Stojakovic and Chris Webber, Mike Bibby and the Sacramento Kings could not overcome the late heroics of Damon Stoudamire and the Portland Trail Blazers.

Stoudamire scored nine of his 30 points in the final six minutes as the Trail Blazers held on for a 114-108 victory over the Kings, who got 35 points from Mike Bibby.

Webber's basket with 4:22 remaining reduced Sacramento's deficit to 94-89, but Stoudamire answered with his fourth 3-pointer of the game just 19 seconds later.

The two teams exchanged baskets over the next two minutes and Webber hit another basket with 2:20 to go to bring the Kings within 99-94. Stoudamire answered by scoring the next four points, burying a jumper and hitting a layup to give Portland a 103-94 cushion with 91 seconds to go.

Webber, Stojakovic, Bibby and Cuttino Mobley each hit a 3-pointer in the final minute, but Portland hit 10-of-11 free throws over that stretch to put away the game.

[Peja Vu]

Bad start ruins Kings: All the regulars are back, but they don't mesh soon enough against the Trail Blazers

[AnDrOiDKing4]

The rust was too much for the guys , i give credit to portland , they always play us tough... im not too worried about this loss , i think we will get the Suns on tuesday...

[Peja Vu]

Originally posted by <b>AnDrOiDKing4</b>!
The rust was too much for the guys , i give credit to portland , they always play us tough... im not too worried about this loss , i think we will get the Suns on tuesday...

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