The Hawks are on the cusp of making a giant step forward, as playing these close game may prove. But they have a lot of learning and growing to do before they can begin to make these close losses quality wins.
One more point.
One more free throw.
One more pass.
One more of anything and the Hawks would have taken out the team with the best record in basketball, the Sacramento Kings.
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Mar 29, 2002 11:55 AM EST
By the time the buzzer mercifully put an end to 48 minutes of basketball futility, the Rockets were left with no words to explain a 101-74 drubbing and the worst shooting night in the 35-year history of the franchise.
The Rockets set a franchise record by shooting 29.9 percent (26-of-87), breaking the record of 30.0 percent set Jan. 12, 1968, during their inaugural season in San Diego.
"We were horrible," said Tomjanovich, whose team committed 16 turnovers. "I have no reason. I can't understand why. It was about, without using profanity, the blankety-blank-blank as I've felt about this team, because that's just not the guys I know who have fought all year.
"Today they weren't the guys that I thought I knew."
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Tonight's game could have offered a rare showdown of two of the NBA's youngest players, teenagers Eddie Griffin of the Rockets and Gerald Wallace of the Kings.
But that matchup might not make it to the court.
Griffin is probable after suffering a sprained toe in Seattle last week, although Rockets coach Rudy Tomjanovich is often hesitant to bring players back from injuries before they practice.
Wallace, who was the last player off the bench last week against the Rockets in Sacramento, started on Tuesday with Hedo Turkoglu and Peja Stojakovic out.
Turkoglu is expected back, however, sending Wallace back to the bench.
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Kings Mar 2002 Archive
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San Antonio Express-News | Mar 27, 2002
The Kings are laced with talent and, much like those Portland squads, lack the furious focus essential to winning titles.
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The Rocky Mountain News | Mar 22, 2002
The Nuggets lose at Sacramento 118-82.
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Star Telegram | Mar 21, 2002
The race for the top spot in the Western Conference has turned into a four-team horse race between the Mavericks, Sacramento, San Antonio and the Los Angeles Lakers.
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The Denver Post | Mar 21, 2002
Former Fab Five teammates at Michigan face off in tonights Nuggets @ Kings game.
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The Daily Camera | Mar 21, 2002
The Nuggets travel to Sacramento to take on the Kings.
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Houston Chronicle | Mar 20, 2002
The Sacramento Kings jogged.
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Dallas Morning News | Mar 19, 2002
The Mavericks, according to USA Basketball director of men's programs Sean Ford, were "a logical choice" to host one of the two exhibitions.
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Sac Bee | Mar 19, 2002
Here we are March 19, and the Kings will meet the Houston Rockets and one of the most offensively aggressive backcourts in NBA history.
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Sac Bee | Mar 17, 2002
TORONTO -- For a team with two injured All-Star forwards trying to mend, the Kings aren't saying much these days.
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Sac Bee | Mar 17, 2002
For years, people in political and business circles have debated whether the Sacramento Kings basketball team should move from its Arco Arena home on the North Natomas plain into a new facility downtown.
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Sac Bee | Mar 17, 2002
TORONTO -- Unless you really, really follow box scores, you might think former Kennedy High School and University of California star center Michael (Yogi) Stewart no longer plays basketball in the United States.
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Sac Bee | Mar 16, 2002
TORONTO -- Kings forward Chris Webber had a unique handshake technique Thursday and Friday.
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Sac Bee | Mar 15, 2002
NEW YORK -- It's been a busy week for the brothers Maloof.
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Sac Bee | Mar 15, 2002
The Knicks torched the Kings from the perimeter much of the evening.
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Philadelphia Daily News | Mar 15, 2002
Phil Jasner of the Daily News reports that Derrick Coleman has a reputation around the league.
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| Mar 15, 2002
Chris Broussard of the NY Times reports that Chris Webber said last night that he would have been willing to join the Knicks last summer but that the Knicks ruined any possibility of obtaining him by signing Allan Houston to a six-year contract for $100.
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Philadelphia Daily News | Mar 14, 2002
The game was beyond serious.
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Sacramento Bee | Mar 13, 2002
Maybe having the name Charles means the willingness to share opinions on any subject.
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Sacramento Bee | Mar 13, 2002
PHILADELPHIA -- It was apparent from Day 1 of his existence that Chucky Brown was special.
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Sacramento Bee | Mar 12, 2002
On his off days, Pete Carril's pants were so wrinkled, they looked as if he had slept in them.
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Sacramento Bee | Mar 12, 2002
CHICAGO -- There they were walking down the ramp out of the United Center late Monday night after a hard-fought contest.
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Sacramento Bee | Mar 12, 2002
CHICAGO -- Bill Cartwright's basketball pedigree is impeccable and his experience undeniable, and on Monday he expanded his résumé by agreeing to coach the Chicago Bulls without the "interim" label anymore.
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Sacramento Bee | Mar 12, 2002
CHICAGO -- Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good.
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Sacramento Bee | Mar 11, 2002
Pete Carril was in his element Thursday after the official practice.
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Sacramento Bee | Mar 11, 2002
MILWAUKEE -- It's performances like this 98-73 Kings victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday at the Bradley Center that make some of their previous outings so unacceptable.
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Milwaukee Journal | Mar 11, 2002
By TOM ENLUND
of the Journal Sentinel staff
Last Updated: March 10, 2002
The Sacramento Kings had one interesting question to ponder as they opened a five-game Eastern trip against the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday afternoon.
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| Mar 8, 2002
He did it.
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| Mar 7, 2002
Maybe the Kings need to place an ad in the lost and found section of the newspaper.
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| Mar 6, 2002
Let's put it right here -- the Kings have played much too soft during their past 10 games while compiling a 5-5 record.
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| Mar 5, 2002
PORTLAND -- This is new territory for Kings guard Mateen Cleaves.
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| Mar 5, 2002
PORTLAND, Ore.
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| Mar 4, 2002
SACRAMENTO -- With his team holding a 13-point lead with barely more than 10 seconds left, Isiah Thomas still wasn't taking anything for granted.
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| Mar 2, 2002
OAKLAND -- It was draft day 2001, and Golden State's second-round draft choice, Gilbert Arenas, told the world he would be starting by midseason.
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| Mar 2, 2002
OAKLAND -- All season, the prevailing thought has been that boredom has been the Los Angeles Lakers' biggest foe.
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| Mar 1, 2002
Earlier this week, their hero, chucky Brown, signed a 10-day contract with the Sacramento Kings, joining his record 12th franchise during a 13-year career most notable for a championship ring with the Rockets and the pro sports record for impermanence.
