This is a crucial game for both sides. Obviously this is a do or die situation for the Mavs. Win or Go Home. The Kings have to finish this Mavs team off tonight. You cannot give the Mavs a win on your homecourt and give them confidence going back home. The Mavs are a horrible road team and the Kings have to kick them while they are down. The Wolves will most likely finish off the Nuggets tomorrow night and the Kings don't want to mess around and extend this series. My prediction is Kings by 14. They will run away with this one late in the 3rd or in the 4th quarter.
Kings by 6, they will pull away in the early 2nd half, but the mavs will make it close in the end making it interesting.
Wow, what a crazy game. This is the type of game I expected all series long. 66-63 halftime score...are you kidding me?!
Kings win! AHHHHHHHHHHH KINGS Win! They move on to the Western Conference semi finals against the Wolves/Nuggets. They elminated the Mavs in 5 games with a one point win tonight. The big question mark for next series will be Chriss Webber. Who is going to guard KG? Webber is too slow and the Kings played better without him for the most part of this series.
^come on, just say it like Bibby said it. We need to prepare for Minnesota. Bibby played great, Peja played great, Miller played great, everybody played great...except Webber. I don't care what anybody says, we play better when Cwebb is on the bench. He IS needed for us to go further but the fact remains, we play better with miller and songaila.
Wooohooooo the Kings won... what a small season it has been for the Mavs, they have been playing with a small lineup and they came up small. Not to diss on the Mavs, but the Kings were the better team in the series, they deserve to win. Mike Bibby played like his team was facing elimination, once again Nowitzki choked under pressure. Sac-town you better prepare for the upcoming Denver series, hehee just joking I mean Minnesotta series.
I think last night summed up Webber pretty good, unless he's defended by Nash/Daniels in the post (ha ha!) he cannot score. In his defense I will say his knee must be really bothering him because he cannot move. Unfortunately, the Kings do seem to have better ball movement when he's not in there. Why can't the Kings just leave him out there but make him play more of a supporting role rather than funnelling everything through him just because he is out there? Divac was a true team player it looked like. Unlike Payton sulking on the bench, Vlade understood that its about winning and the Kings were winning. With the T'Wolves, he'll get a bigger role and will play more. I love it with the double high post with Divac and Miller. Why can't Webber play like that and just rebound?
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting philsmith75:</div><div class="quote_post"> Divac was a true team player it looked like. Unlike Payton sulking on the bench, Vlade understood that its about winning and the Kings were winning. With the T'Wolves, he'll get a bigger role and will play more. I love it with the double high post with Divac and Miller. Why can't Webber play like that and just rebound?</div>That is why I love Divac. Even though he only played 4 minutes, he is still up off that bench cheering his teamates on. A true team player.
I'm proud of my Kings ....I didn't even expect us to do it in five..... This is what I love about Bibby.....he always turns it up a notch in the playoffs and carries the team. Great performance by him in Game 5 :thumbsup: And great performance by the team overall :thumbsup: Minnesota's gonna be tough....especially considering the fact that they swept the season series in the regular season. But like Bibby said, we need to prepare. That was funny how he just wrote off Denver
Again, the big question mark in this upcoming series will be Chris Webber. How long can Adleman stick with him? He has become a liability not only on the offensive side but defensively as well. He has no lateral movement. And why do the Kings still continue to run their offense through him? This is Bibby's team now.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting sactown_dyme:</div><div class="quote_post">I'm proud of my Kings ....I didn't even expect us to do it in five..... This is what I love about Bibby.....he always turns it up a notch in the playoffs and carries the team. Great performance by him in Game 5 :thumbsup: And great performance by the team overall :thumbsup: Minnesota's gonna be tough....especially considering the fact that they swept the season series in the regular season. But like Bibby said, we need to prepare. That was funny how he just wrote off Denver </div> Didn't we win in overtime at minnesota?
^no. We lost 112-109.....unless you're talking about that other game in November...yea we won that one my bad.
