Washington 114, Sacramento 108
Kwame旧 Career Night Clips Kings
WASHINGTON, March 17 (Ticker) -- Kwame Brown embarrassed Chris Webber to
help the Washington Wizards hand the Sacramento Kings a second straight
embarrassing loss.
Brown had career highs of 30 points and 19 rebounds as the Washington Wiz
-ards stopped a seven-game losing streak with a stunning 114-108 victory
over the Sacramento Kings.
The first overall pick in 2001, the 22-year-old Brown has been slow to
develop. But he had the best game of his young career while matching up
at times against one of the NBA's best power forwards in Webber.
Brown hit his first seven shots and scored 16 points in the opening
quarter. He finished 12-of-16 from the field while playing all 48 minutes.
"I just felt confident tonight," Brown said. "I hit a couple of shots,
and I felt like I couldn't miss. I wanted the ball every time down."
Brown also frustrated Webber, who seemed a step slow. The superstar re
-turned earlier this month after undergoing offseason knee surgery.
"It's a shame when you let someone get their career points and rebounds
against you," said Webber, who scored 16 points and committed five
turnovers.
"Chris Webber's just not himself right now," Wizards coach Eddie Jordan
said. "You can see on tape. He doesn't have his lift, he doesn't have his
quickness. He doesn't really have anything but his feel."
Unlike his coach, Brown failed to offer any sympathy for the Webber.
"Webber seemed like he was a little slow," Brown said. "I think he's
injured. But, he's out there on the floor; I'm going to go at him."
Brown was not alone in his battle against Webber as point guard Gilbert
Arenas collected 27 points, 10 assists and a career-high eight steals.
Arenas made just 9-of-29 shots but hit five of the Wizards' seven 3-
pointers.
Arenas' 3-pointer with 5:52 left in the third quarter gave the Wizards
the lead for good, 65-64. Washington extended the lead to 84-75 entering
the final period.
The Kings rallied in the fourth quarter, closing to 105-103 with two
minutes remaining on a pair of free throws by Brad Miller.
But Mitchell Butler made a jumper with the shot clock winding down with
1:36 left, then 10 seconds later Webber put up an underhand shot that
landed over the backboard.
Etan Thomas, who had 12 points off the bench, scored on a dunk with 73
seconds left to all but seal things for the Wizards.
Peja Stojakovic scored 25 points and Mike Bibby added 20 for the Kings
(49-19), who clinched a playoff berth when Portland lost at Indiana.
Sacramento, coming off Tuesday's defeat at New Jersey, has lost consecu
-tive games for the first time since January 23-25.
Sacramento coach Rick Adelman was upset with his team's effort.
"We just seemed to be out of sync as a team," Adelman said. "We're not
playing at the same level, we play in spurts and spurts aren't good
enough to win in this league. We're just not playing well."
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