Kings End 5-Game Skid With Win Over Sonics
Mitch Richmond scored 24 points as the Sacramento Kings snapped a five-game losing streak with a 111-92 victory over the Seattle SuperSonics on Monday night.
Olden Polynice added 17 points for Sacramento, which has won seven straight at home. Seven Kings scored in double figures, including Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf with 13 and Corliss Williamson and Michael Stewart with 12 apiece.
Vin Baker led Seattle with 20 points. Sam Perkins added 16 for the Sonics, who shot only 38 percent from the field.
The Kings led by 14 points at halftime, then increased their lead to 82-58 with a dominating third quarter. Richmond scored eight points as Sacramento made 12 of 19 shots in the period.
Seattle reserve Dale Ellis drew a pair of technicals and was ejected from the game at the start of the fourth quarter. Abdul-Rauf then scored nine straight points as the Kings built a 30-point lead.
Richmond made two straight 3-pointers in the third quarter, with the second one giving Sacramento a 78-51 lead with 3:01 left in the period.
The Sonics made only 16 of 46 shots in the first half and were bothered by the presence of Kings center Michael Stewart, who blocked three shots.
Notes
Seattle missed 14 of its first 17 shots from the field, including 0 for 7 from 3-point range… . Seattle’s Hersey Hawkins started his 422nd straight game, the second-longest streak in the league… . Hawkins and Detlef Schrempf were a combined 2 for 18 from the field.
Kings 111, Sonics 92
FG FT Reb SEATTLE Min M-A M-A O-T A PF Pts
Schrempf 32 1-11 3-4 4-9 3 3 5
Baker 31 9-17 2-5 3-7 0 2 20
McIlvaine 9 0-0 0-2 1-3 0 0 0
Hawkins 28 1-7 3-4 0-2 2 2 5
Payton 34 5-13 1-2 0-3 6 2 12
Kersey 23 3-9 2-3 5-7 2 3 8
Perkins 23 7-15 1-1 5-8 0 1 16
Ellis 20 3-11 0-0 3-3 1 2 7
Anthony 19 3-8 0-0 0-1 5 1 8
Wingate 9 2-3 0-0 0-2 1 0 4
Williams 7 2-2 1-1 0-1 0 2 5
Howard 5 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 2
Totals 240 37-98 13-22 21-46 20 18 92
Percentages: FG .378, FT .591.
3-Point Goals: 5-22, .227 (Anthony 2-6, Ellis 1-3, Payton 1-4, Perkins 1-4, Schrempf 0-1, Hawkins 0-4).
Team Rebounds: 11.
Blocked shots: 7 (McIlvaine 4, Kersey 2, Schrempf).
Turnovers: 15 (Ellis 3, Schrempf 2, Baker 2, Hawkins 2, Payton 2, Kersey, Perkins, Anthony, Howard).
Steals: 9 (Payton 4, Hawkins 2, Schrempf, Kersey, Anthony).
Technical fouls: Payton, 2:31 second; Ellis 2, 10:19 fourth; Schrempf, 10:19 fourth.
Ejection: Ellis, 10:19 fourth.
Illegal defense: None.
FG FT Reb SACRAMENTO Min M-A M-A O-T A PF Pts
Williamson 32 6-10 0-0 0-6 4 2 12
Owens 22 5-8 0-0 3-9 4 2 10
Stewart 24 6-9 0-0 2-9 1 2 12
Richmond 33 8-15 6-7 0-5 6 1 24
Johnson 23 4-8 0-0 1-2 4 3 8
Dehere 23 4-10 2-2 0-1 8 2 11
Polynice 24 6-9 5-7 2-6 2 2 17
Smith 17 0-3 0-0 4-6 0 1 0
Abdul-Rauf 18 5-11 3-3 0-2 2 1 13
Hendrickson 17 1-6 0-0 2-5 0 2 2
Abdul-Wahad 7 0-1 2-2 1-3 0 1 2
Totals 240 45-90 18-21 15-54 31 19 111
Percentages: FG .500, FT .857.
3-Point Goals: 3-12, .250 (Richmond 2-5, Dehere 1-5, Owens 0-1, Hendrickson 0-1).
Team Rebounds: 7.
Blocked shots: 7 (Stewart 5, Owens, Smith).
Turnovers: 16 (Williamson 7, Owens 3, Smith 2, Abdul-Wahad 2, Richmond, Dehere).
Steals: 9 (Richmond 2, Stewart 2, Hendrickson 2, Williamson, Johnson, Dehere).
Technical fouls: None.
Flagrant foul: Smith, 10:24 fourth.
Illegal defense: None.
Seattle 16 24 18 34 - 92
Sacramento 26 28 28 29 - 111
A-14,295 (17,317). T-1:58.