bulls/kings game notes 2/9/06

picking up at 7:33 at 2nd quarter...

kevin martin has the craziest looking shot. it's like shawn marion's chest shot, but he shoots it with his body crooked to the left, and it's more like a fling. but he's shooting lights out right now. a side view replay of him shooting actually showed that his form was perfectly fine when he released it. kenny smith later said pretty much the same thing.

francisco garcia is a pretty damn good athletic player. good defensive plays and a nice dunk.

marv just said "gang rebounding".

bulls is just completely outta rhthym right now. they can't get anything going. no one's driving in, and everyone just seems to be going through motions and not really attacking. it's not kings' defense was all that, it's just bulls are not playing.

martin: 20 points in first half. 3/4 from 3point.

wow. marv just said "miller for 3!". never thought i'd hear that again. but "clank." this (brad) miller doesn't have that kinda range.

oh shit. the REAL miller just got talked into doing the 3point shoot out with kenny smith.


side note: if i'm cavs, i'd have the 2 wings (hughes and lebron) slash in with passes from the point guard on top, then they either make a layup or drop off to the big men. shouldn't that be their identity? hmm....


2nd half: artest split a double team, looked like he lost it, but found brad miller on the right side for a open jumper. swish.

kenny thomas and miller kept on driving in and passing to each other. then miller threw it out to artest for a 3. why take another 3 when ur missing? bring it in a little for a closer shot. clank.

nice. miller just blocked another shot point blank close. 2nd in 3 minutes.

bibby for 3. wet. 11-0 run.

kings are up 25 with half of 3rd quarter gone. bulls are terrible again. it's kinda sad actually. the two biggest surprise of last season - bulls and sonics, which played in the 96 finals - are both sucking majorly right now. well bulls are in better shape coz eastern conference is still a mess. what happened to all that stupid "east gets better" preseason chant? heat is still playing at maybe 60% efficient. they better get their ass going soon. cavs has a decent record but they are just so inconsistent. big streaks, both wins and losts.

man. shareef has played 710 games without making the playoff. i feel for this guy man. i've always liked him, even before i found out he went to Cal. he may fall short again this season. imagine if only nets coulda clear him. kidd and 'reef, the cal alums, getting to the playoff. the nets essentially didn't get any help for the team.

garcia strong drive thru the lane, fouling out sweetney and got the layup to roll in. impressive stuff.