Kings cruising for postseason By Ken Gimblin and Joe Cronin February 8, 2005 Portland Trail Blazers guard Damon Stoudamire, left, drives to the hoops against Sacramento Kings guard Mike Bibby during second half action in Portland, Ore., Saturday, Feb. 5, 2005. Stoudamire scored 30 points and dished out 8 assists to help the Blazers beat the Kings, 114-108. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)   SACRAMENTO - At the rate the Sacramento Kings are going, they definitely should be a playoff-bound basketball club. The Kings beat the Timberwolves in Minnesota when they were out with two or three of their players and you wonder how long this is going to go before it catches up with them. They did lose to Seattle by a couple of points and San Antonio has beaten them twice. The Phoenix Suns have done very well in the division and went into a real slump when they lost Steve Nash. After Nash returned, the Kings were able to trim the deficit from eight games to its current five. The Kings host the Suns tonight in a critical game. In the rest of the Pacific, the Lakers have not done well and head coach Rudy Tomjanovich quit for health reasons. Los Angeles is an average team now. Coaches corner: Rick Adelman has done a good job but Phil Jackson did a better job. If you had levels of coaches, you'd have coaches like Jackson on top, then your next tier would be Adelman. Adleman has done well and he's happy because the Kings re-did his contract. When the season started, he was a lame duck coach, but the Kings have renewed his contract. Join Ken Gimblin and Joe Cronin for Sportstalk as they co-host on KVVN 1430 San Jose and KLIB 1110 Sacramento both cover the Sacramento Kings and the NBA.

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