Sacramento 117, Portland 98
Mighty Kings Rout Blazers
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. 21 (Ticker) -- The Portland Trail Blazers picked
the wrong place to try to get their first road win of the season.
Peja Stojakovic scored 29 points and Vlade Divac added 26 as the Sacramento
Kings pulled away late for a 117-98 victory over the Trail Blazers.
Portland, the NBA's only winless team on the road, only trailed 91-86 with
7:10 remaining but the Kings closed with a 26-12 run.
"Vlade gave us energy," Stojakovic said. "He was good on defense and really
moved well on offense. I haven't seen him move like that for a while."
Sacramento, which boasts the league's best home mark, improved to 14-1 at
Arco Arena. The Kings, who only led, 55-54, at the intermission, have won
seven of their last eight games overall.
"I don't know what happened in the first half," Divac said. "We didn't
move right. Coach (Rick Adelman) gave us new directions at halftime and
we executed."
Rasheed Wallace scored 27 points and Zach Randolph contributed 26 for
the Trail Blazers, who fell to 0-9 on the road.
"We played a good 44 minutes," Portland coach Maurice Cheeks said. "We
pretty much stopped defending in the last four minutes. A team like
Sacramento, a very good basketball team, you have to defend for 48
minutes."
The Kings took the lead for good, 68-67, on Stojakovic's three-pointer
with 7:47 left in the third quarter. Divac's layup capped a 7-0 run that
made it 81-71 with 3:15 left in the third.
"In the third quarter, we turned it up," Adelman said. "Randolph and
Rasheed had it going but we were able to open it up."
Brad Miller and Mike Bibby scored 18 points apiece for the Kings, who shot
54 percent (43-of-79) from the field. Sacramento picked up 28 assists, led
by Divac and Bibby, who each dished out seven.
Stojakovic made 9-of-19 shots, including 5-of-11 from three-point range.
Divac was 10-of-16 from the field and Miller 7-of-10.
"We were just trying to make shots from the outside and we weren't hitting,
" Stojakovic said. "Then, we realized that we had to get the ball inside to
Vlade and Brad."
Sacramento converted 8-of-24 three-pointers, compared to just 2-of-11 for
the TRail Blazers, who have dropped six of their last eight.
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國王主場難破 拓荒者再踢鐵板
彭瑞斌 編譯
12-22 20:06
本季客場尚未開張的拓荒者隊，要到今年主場14戰1負的國王主場尋求勝利，似乎是跑
錯了地方了。在 Peja Stojakovic 全場得29分，Vlade Divac 也貢獻26分的幫助之下
，國王隊以行雲流水的攻勢，117比98擊敗拓荒者，將主場佳績擴大為15勝1敗。
其實拓荒者的表現不俗，在 Rasheed Wallace 得27分，Zach Randolph 得26分的帶領
之下，全場剛好5成的命中率，一直緊咬著國王隊不放。第三節曾一度只落後一分，但
國王 Stojakovic 一記三分球開啟的一波7比0的攻勢， 到第三節剩下3:15時，已將比
數拉大到81比71了。第四節拓荒者又陷入得分乾涸期，在3分半鐘內只靠著罰球得到一
分，自此無力在追趕。
國王隊此役命中率5成45高的驚人，全場28次助攻且僅有9次失誤，展現團隊默契，而
名列聯盟第一的助攻失誤比1.96，更是總教練 Rick Adelman 認為他們得以名列前矛
的關鍵因素。
拓荒者主場戰績12勝4敗依舊搶眼，但客場卻是一勝難求(0勝9敗)，客場一條蟲使的他
們目前已跌落至西區第11，季後賽資格岌岌可危。
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