Sacramento 114, Memphis 97
Peja’s Performance Powers Kings to Victory
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. 23 (Ticker) -- Peja Stojakovic gave the crowd
at Arco Arena what it wanted, which made the Memphis Grizzlies none too
pleased.
Stojakovic scored a career-high 41 points as the Sacramento Kings used a
three-point assault in the fourth quarter to rout the Grizzlies, 114-97.
Knowing Stojakovic was close to 40 points, the crowd wanted him to attempt
a last shot. Instead of running out the clock, he obliged the fans, driving
the right baseline. But he was thrown to the floor by Memphis forward James
Posey, who was ejected with 11 seconds left.
With the crowd chanting his name, the Kings guard made all three free
throws - one for a technical and two for the personal foul - to surpass
his previous career high of 39 points.
"The fans got in it and we were going back and forth," Stojakovic said.
"The game is played 48 minutes and he (Posey) should't worry about playing
defense on the last possession but during the first four quarters. If he
wanted to make a big defensive play, he should have done it before."
"I think he was doing it for the crowd," Kings center Vlade Divac added.
"He doesn't care how many he scores. The guy that threw him down should
focus on playing defense the first quarter. They should try to stop him
before he scores 38 points."
The Kings, who trailed by as many as 17 points in the first half, made
7-of-11 three-pointers in the final period to break open a close game. The
Grizzlies closed to 75-72 early in the fourth quarter.
Sacramento finished 9-of-22 from behind the arc after failing to make any
three-pointers in the first half.
Brad Miller added 20 points and a career-high 17 rebounds for the Kings,
who shot just under 49 percent (37-of-76) overall.
"I just thought that as the game went on we just really maintained a really
good mental focus," Kings coach Rick Adelman said. "In the first quarter,
we came out really flat."
Stojakovic finished 11-of-22 from the field, going 5-of-10 from beyond the
arc. He also made 14-of-16 free throws.
"We put him on the line a lot," Memphis forward Pau Gasol said. "Sixteen
times is a lot of times. And he was hot in the fourth quarter."
Gasol scored 23 points and Posey added 18 for Memphis, which fell to 1-17
all-time at Sacramento.
"This is our fourth game in five nights," Grizzlies coach Hubie Brown said
. "I thought it was extremely difficult to maintain the lead with them
shooting 26 foul shots."
Sacramento's first five baskets in the fourth quarter were three-pointers.
With the Kings clinging to a 78-74 lead, Bobby Jackson and Stojakovic each
connected from the arc twice as the Kings broke it open.
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Stojakovic抓狂 國王追上湖人 灰熊灰頭土臉
曹玉炯
12-24 16:17
NBA首屈一指的神射好手 Peja Stojakovic 今天(二十四日)在主場 Arco Arena 發威
，個人砍進四十一分，幫助國王以114比97擊敗灰熊獲得四連勝，灰熊則吞下三連敗。
而國王在全隊高命中率的情況下獲勝，並靠著勇士擊敗湖人，使得兩隊同以二十勝六
負並列太平洋組第一，同是也是全聯盟戰績最好的兩隊。
不過國王此役贏的並不算輕鬆，前三節只取得五分領先，但到了第四節 Stojakovic
再度挺身而出，個人攻下十五分包括三記三分球、Bobby Jackson 也貢獻十分，率領
國王打出一波39比27優勢，並將領先分數拉開，最就以十七分差距獲勝。
Stojakovic 在最後剩下十一秒的時候遭到 James Posey 的惡意犯規，Posey 遭到驅
逐出場， Stojakovic 獲得一次技術犯規罰球與兩次個人犯規罰球，結果他三罰俱中
，拿下四十一分，寫下個人職業生涯新高。
國王除了 Stojakovic 的傑出貢獻外，Brad Miller 繳出二十分十七籃板六助攻三火
鍋，其中籃板數也破了生涯紀錄；另外替補 Jackson的二十分五籃板四助攻也居功厥
偉。國王全場命中率為四成八七。
灰熊命中率四成三五略遜國王一籌，全隊以 Paul Gasol 的二十三分十籃板六助攻表
最佳。
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