[Peja Vu]

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Sacramento Kings (3-5) vs. Milwaukee Bucks (4-2)
Arco Arena, Friday November 18th, 2005
7:00 PT, News10, NBALP
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Probable Starters


Brad Miller/Shareef Abdur-Rahim/Peja Stojakovic/Bonzi Wells/Mike Bibby


Jamaal Magloire/Andrew Bogut/Bobby Simmons/Michael Redd/T.J. Ford

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[Peja Vu]

The Bucks lost by 24 to the Clippers on Tuesday ( Link ) and escaped with a victory tonight vs. the Warriors, 90-87 ( Link ).

This will be their 3rd game in 4 nights.

[Dodigago]

I think Reef can have a good game here v. Bogut

[Peja Vu]

Probably, but I am worried about the T.J. vs. Bibby matchup. I don't see Bibby being able to stick with him at all...

[halfbreed]

Kings 110
Bucks 99

Peja 29 points
Bibby 21 points

[Peja Vu]

Originally Posted by Peja Vu

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Bet away!

[Peja Vu]

Mission could be possible: The Kings are looking to win back-to-back games for the first time this season

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Kings (3-5) vs. Milwaukee (5-2)

THE SKINNY

Site: Arco Arena.

Tipoff: Today, 7 p.m.

TV: 10

Radio: KHTK 1140, KAHI 950.

Line: Kings by 4 1/2.

KINGS UPDATE

Status: The blowout win over Utah on Tuesday was nice, but the Kings need a quality win to help Project Cohesion. They rediscovered the fast break against the Jazz, point guard Mike Bibby found his shot and had a season-high 25 points, and reserve forward Kenny Thomas scored in double digits (10 points) for the first time this season. All good signs.

Trend: They have yet to win two in a row, which means they have yet to experience the confidence that comes with back-to-back or - who knows? - three straight wins. Center Brad Miller needs to be at his passing best, Bibby needs to be on, and the Kings must not suffer offensive droughts if they want to stay within sniffing distance of the Bucks.

Injury report: None.

BUCKS UPDATE

Status: The Bucks come in as the hottest team in the NBA, having beaten quality opponents in Philadelphia, New Jersey, Miami, Indiana and Golden State. Sweet-shooting guard Michael Redd has led or tied for the team high in points every game thus far, which makes it a safe bet that he'll be a threat. The Bucks are the top rebounding team in the league.

Trend: Redd is the known commodity, but no one knew how point guard T.J. Ford would recover from his one-season hiatus. Ford missed the 2004-05 campaign with a back injury but is averaging 14.4 points, 9.6 assists, 4.9 rebounds and 2.1 steals -a solid line, indeed.

Injury report: None.

LINEUPS

Kings

No.PlayerPos.42 Bonzi WellsSG

10 Mike BibbyPG

16 Peja StojakovicSF

3 Shareef Abdur-RahimPF

52 Brad MillerC

Bucks

22 Michael ReddSG

11 T.J. FordPG

21 Bobby SimmonsSF

8 Joe SmithPF

20 Jamaal MagloireC

Best matchup: Wells vs. Redd - Redd gets much-deserved credit for being one of the game's best scorers, but he's weak enough on defense that Wells should be able to have good looks. And if Wells can slow down Redd's shot, the Kings will stay close.

[Peja Vu]

12-8, Kings. All 5 starters have scored.

[Peja Vu]

Bucks are sloppy, shooting under 25%, Kings 23, Bucks 15. 2:38, 1st.

[Peja Vu]

26-15, now the bench is in. Hope they don't **** up!

[Peja Vu]

Going to the Second Quarter:

Kings 31
Bucks 22

8 Assists already...

[Dodigago]

nice first Q, Peja took off - shooting well

[Peja Vu]

2nd quarter...still some time to go....

Kings 41
Bucks 33

Bibby is really playing well, 9 Points, 2 Assists, 2 Steals.

Ford, Simmons, Bogut = 0 Points