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Kings back to wall, Sonics up 3-1
By Joe Cronin and Ken Gimblin May 2, 2005 |
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SACRAMENTO - The Seattle Supersonics' Ray Allen stole the show Sunday night at ARCO Arena in Game 4 of the Western Conference playoffs. Allen racked up a career playoff-high 45 points, including six 3-pointers, as the Sonics beat the Sacramento Kings 115-102 Sunday night. Seattle now leads the best-of-7 first-round series 3-1 going back to Seattle on Tuesday. Rashard Lewis added 19 points and Jerome James had 17 in the victory. "(The Kings) played great defense on me. I just found the cracks. That's what I do. I tried to stay tuned to what I do," Allen said. The Kings trailed most of the night and came within six points with 1:30 left, but Allen nailed his most important 3-pointer of the night at the 1:02 mark to put the game out of reach. Kings head coach Rick Adelman was amazed by Allen. "Some of the shots he made were incredible. There were times when he broke our focus. When he's rolling like that, he's the quickest shooter in the league. He was just draining it," Adelman said. Peja Stojakovic had 27 points for Sacramento, 21 in the first half. Mike Bibby, who had the hot hand Friday night, scored only 13 points on 4-for-12 shooting. "It's a big blow, but we still have life. No one will sit down, but we've got to try to get the ball out of (Allen's) hands, make someone else do it. Make him pass the ball," said Bibby. JC and Kenny G's footnotes: This is it, folks. It's all on the line Tuesday night at Key Arena in Seattle. If the Kings lose this one, it's next year. The Kings have their work cut out for them playing on the home floor of the Sonics when their key players have hot hands. At 1-3, the Kings' chances don't look very good, but the Kings have not lost an opening-round series in the playoffs since 2000. Ken Gimblin and Joe Cronin are joined at the hip for Giants and NBA coverage of the playoffs. They both co-host Sportstalk on 1430 KVVN San Jose and 1110 KLIB Sacramento. |
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