Sacramento 113, Phoenix 93
Stojakovic, Kings Fight Off Suns
PHOENIX, Jan. 9 (Ticker) -- As soon as the public address announcer said,
"We're back in the game!" the Phoenix Suns were out of the game, courtesy
of Peja Stojakovic.
Stojakovic scored 22 of his 29 points in the second half as the Sacramento
Kings dealt the Suns their fifth straight loss, 113-93.
Sacramento spoiled the return of Phoenix forwards Amare Stoudemire and
rookie Zarko Cabarkapa, both of whom had missed more than a month with
injuries.
A 3-pointer by Stojakovic gave the Kings a 91-71 lead early in the fourth
quarter. After the Suns rallied within 100-90 on a basket by Shawn Marion
with 6:22 left, the PA announcer made his proclamation.
"That type of thing could pump the other team if they heard it, but it
helps us, too," said Marion, who made just 4-of-17 shots.
Sacramento responded with an 11-0 burst highlighted by a pair of 3-pointers
by Stojakovic, who was 12-of-23 from the field, including 5-of-10 from the
arc. Mike Bibby's basket capped the burst at 111-90 with 1:46 to go.
"We were in the huddle and I heard it, but we didn't even think about it,"
said Stojakovic, who also had 12 rebounds. "We don't care what the
announcer says, we just focus on the game. That might have made us focus a
bit more, because we got kind of careless. But on that run after that, we
just became more aggressive."
"I heard them say something," Kings guard Bobby Jackson said. "I didn't
know what, but I heard the fans react. But we came back because we have a
great team. We started to cut and move the ball."
Bibby scored 25 points and Jackson added a season-high 24 off the bench for
the Western Conference-leading Kings, who have won five of their last six
games.
Stoudemire, the 2003 Rookie of the Year who missed 18 games with a sprained
ankle, scored 10 points in 19 minutes off the bench. Cabarkapa, who missed
22 games with a fractured wrist, did not score in 12 minutes off the bench.
"I felt pretty good out there, just a little sore," Stoudemire said. "It
felt good while I was playing, but when I sat down, it started throbbing."
It also was the first home game for Antonio McDyess and Howard Eisley,
acquired Monday in the eight-player deal that sent All-Star point guard
Stephon Marbury to New York. McDyess started but scored just three points
in 16 minutes. Eisley came off the bench to score 14 points.
"We struggled, obviously," Suns coach Mike D'Antoni said. "It's not going
to be easy. We just have to take it one step at a time."
"We didn't know what to expect from them," Kings coach Rick Adelman said.
"We hadn't seen their point guard before. We knew they were going to play
hard； we just wanted to keep putting pressure on them and keep coming at
them because they hadn't played together that long."
Stojakovic scored nine points in the third quarter to help build a seven-
point halftime lead to 88-71 entering the final period.
http://www.nba.com/games/20040109/SACPHO/recap.html
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國王113-太陽93
斯托亞科維奇投中5個三分球，拿下29分12個籃板，畢比25分9次助攻，博比-杰克
遜24分，布拉德-米勒14分11個籃板8次助攻。太陽了人的噩夢還在繼續，遭到5連
敗。喬-約翰遜23分，剛從尼克斯轉來的埃斯利14分，邁克代斯只得3分5個籃板。
http://china.sina.com.tw/sports/k/2004-01-10/1422729956.shtml
太陽上半場還算能抵擋住國王的攻勢， 僅以七分小幅落後，但前兩節僅得七分的
Stojakovic 在第三節後段發飆，該節他投進十分，率領球隊將比分改寫成88比71
、十六分的差距；第四節 Stojakovic仍 不罷手，再砍十二分包括三記三分球。
國王此役雖然只有四人得分兩位數，但團隊命中率高達四成九四， Stojakovic 全
場除抓下十二籃板外還有二十九分進帳，其中二十二分在下半場獲得，是球隊確保
勝果的重要人物；Mike Bibby 攻下二十五分九助攻、板凳 Bobby Jackson 也貢獻
二十四分。
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