Sacramento 98, Atlanta 86
Kings Hold Off Hawks Down Stretch
ATLANTA, Dec. 19 (Ticker) -- The lowly Atlanta Hawks had things interesting
against the powerful Sacramento Kings before Mike Bibby and Brad Miller
took over.
Bibby and Miller hit back-to-back 3-pointers to break open the game down
the stretch as the Kings handed the Hawks a sixth straight defeat, 98-86.
Peja Stojakovic scored 31 points and Miller added 17 and 12 rebounds for
the Kings, who had lost 13 of their last 14 games in Atlanta.
Sacramento, which is 13-1 at home but entered the contest 4-5 on the road,
held just an 84-81 lead before Bibby nailed a 3-pointer with 4:01 remaining
and Miller added a shot from the top of the arc to make it 90-81 with 3:10
to play.
"We didn't let them get back over the hump," Bibby said. "We got some shots
when we needed to. We scored when we needed to. (The threes were) at the
right time, I'll tell you that. We hit them at the right time. They were on
their way. I think it was a big dagger for them."
"We had to finish the game," Miller said. "We really don't panic or get
worried at the end of the games, and that's how you win games. You stay
calm and just stick with the plan of what we're doing the rest of the
game. Somebody's going to step up on this team."
Jason Terry overcame bronchitis to score 25 points and Shareef Abdur-Rahim
added 21 and 10 rebounds for the Hawks, who fell to 7-21.
"We just need to win one," Terry said. "If you win one, it can be contagi-
ous. It can turn into two, three, four wins in a row. We haven't done that
all year long."
The Kings held a 54-41 advantage after a basket by Vlade Divac opened the
second half. The Hawks went on an 11-0 run, pulling within 54-52 on a 3
-pointer by Terry with 9:03 left in the quarter, but never tied the contest
and allowed the Kings to take a 77-69 edge into the final 12 minutes.
Sacramento was extremely sharp with the ball, dishing out 24 assists while
committing just nine turnovers. Atlanta had 14 assists and 15 giveaways.
"On offense, it was one thing or another," Hawks coach Terry Stotts said.
"We couldn't get a shot up or we would have a couple of turnovers on tight
passes. We just couldn't quite finish like we needed to. We didn't finish
but we kept working defensively. I thought we made them take tough shots,
and that's all you can ask for."
"We made some good plays and made some shots to open it up to 10 again,"
Kings coach Rick Adelman said. "We responded to their run, made some stops
that you need to make and got a good win on the road."
http://www.nba.com/games/20031219/SACATL/recap.html
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Stojakovic炮火犀利 國王揚威亞特蘭大
孫傳賢 編譯
12-20 16:24
國王頭號攻擊手 Peja Stojakovic 今天(20日)狂飆31分，並外加7籃板、4助攻、
3 抄截，加上禁區悍將 Brad Miller 獻上17分、12籃板的雙十成績單，讓國王以
98比86轟下老鷹，拿下本季第五場客場勝利，這也是國王連續第六次擊落老鷹。
在今天以前，國王在自家地盤的戰績為13勝1負，但客場戰績卻僅有4勝5負。今天
比賽結束前4分1秒，國王主力控衛 Mike Bibby 先砍進一顆三分球，而 Miller馬
上又在下一波進攻中補上一顆三分彈，讓國王一口氣將領先優勢擴大至9分，也使
老鷹士氣大減。
老鷹頭號戰將 Jason Terry 今天有25分、9籃板、5助攻的精采演出， Shareef
Abdur-Rahim 也繳出21分、10籃板的雙十成績單。輸掉這場比賽的老鷹，戰績不
但降至7勝21負，分區排名更掉到東區中央組墊底位置。
國王今天全隊共送出24次助攻，是老鷹全隊助攻數的兩倍，由此可見國王團隊進
攻的流暢性遠比老鷹優秀。而除 Stojakovic 及 Miller 表現突出外，替補上陣
的 Bobby Jackson 貢獻15分，Bibby 也有11分進帳。
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