Seattle 104, Sacramento 93
Allen Paces Sonics Over Kings
SEATTLE, Jan. 7 (Ticker) -- Ray Allen and the Seattle SuperSonics didn't
have to wait long to get their revenge.
Allen scored 22 points to lead a balanced attack as the SuperSonics avenged
Sun day's loss to the Sacramento Kings with a 104-93 victory, their seventh
win in the last nine games.
On Sunday in Sacramento, Seattle absorbed a 130-99 beating, its worst loss
of the season. Allen had a particularly rough game, making just 4-of-12
shots for eight points, nearly 17 below his average.
Allen regained his stroke with 42 points in Monday's win over Portland and
kept it in this one, making 9-of-17 shots while adding nine assists and
seven rebounds.
"The game down in their building was a little eye-opening," Allen said. "I
thought I was playing too much with the ball. ... I needed to pass the ball
a lot more and let some other guys do some things. I had to pick and choose
my times, and tonight I definitely had to remember that."
"I didn't think he'd have eight points tonight," Kings coach Rick Adelman
said. "I didn't think it was gonna be the same game as Sunday."
Vladimir Radmanovic had five 3-pointers and 21 points and Antonio Daniels
added a season-high 19 off the bench for the SuperSonics, who held the
high-scoring Kings under 38 percent (32-of-85) from the field.
"Radmanovic, in the last two games, has really found his stroke," Sonics
coach Nate McMillan said. "I thought Antonio Daniels had a solid effort
again off the bench. We needed to play well on the defensive end and we
did."
"We went down to Sacramento and basically laid an egg," Daniels said. "We
are a much better team than what we showed down there and tonight we
proved that."
Peja Stojakovic and Mike Bibby scored 19 points apiece for the Kings, who
had a four-game winning streak snapped. Bad weather in the Pacific
Northwest delayed their flight and they did not arrive in Seattle until
Wednesday afternoon.
"You can't use that as an excuse. It happens," Stojakovic said.
"I knew about it, but our game plan was the same," McMillan said. "We did
not want a run-and-gun game."
Allen scored 10 points in a 22-11 surge that gave the Sonics a 61-50 lead
in the last minute of the first half.
The Kings got no closer than eight points thereafter, as consecutive
baskets by Ronald Murray repelled a run in the third quarter and Allen's
3-pointer widened the lead to 90-76 in the final period.
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