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SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- The Sacramento Kings would be quite happy to meet the Spurs in the playoffs. After all, they're undefeated
against San Antonio this season.
|  | | Vlade Divac drives toward two of his 20 points. |
The Kings won at the Alamodome for the second time this season,
getting 28 points from Corliss Williamson in a come-from-behind 108-98 victory Wednesday night over the defending NBA champions.
Sacramento is 3-0 against the Spurs, with one more game between
the teams set for April 11.
"This is a heck of a win for us," Sacramento coach Rick
Adelman said. "I would have to say this is one of the biggest wins
of the year. It goes to show how if you play hard and put out a
great effort good things can happen for you in this league."
Sacramento won despite the absence of leading scorer Chris
Webber, who missed his second straight game with a strained left
hamstring. Vlade Divac added 20 points for the Kings, while Jason
Williams scored 18.
"I expected us to win this game," said Williams, who scored 13
of his points in the fourth quarter. "I told the guys before the
game that it would be tough without Chris Webber. He makes a lot of
things easier for us when he is in the lineup and missing him makes
it much harder. We did a great job of stepping up tonight and put
ourselves in a position to win this game."
San Antonio, which lost its third straight game, was led by Tim
Duncan with 28 points. David Robinson scored 23.
"We competed hard and we got beat," San Antonio coach Gregg
Popovich said. "We competed tonight. Everyone competed hard. Down
the stretch Sacramento hit every shot and we didn't. It doesn't
mean we didn't have effort."
Sacramento, which trailed 58-47 at halftime, rallied behind 12
points by Williamson to cut its deficit to 76-75 entering the
fourth.
The Kings continued the run in the fourth quarter, seizing their
first lead since the second quarter, 81-80, on Williams' 3-pointer
with 9:38 to play.
Sacramento continued to stretch its advantage, grabbing a 95-84
lead on Divac's 15-foot jump shot with 4:06 remaining.
San Antonio could get no closer than eight points the rest of
the way as Sacramento connected on eight straight free throws over
the final 1:11.
"With Chris Webber out and Nick Anderson out, that's 10
rebounds apiece," said Williamson of the Kings, who outrebounded
San Antonio 41-33. "Somebody had to step it up on the boards and
we did a good job of keeping their big guys occupied so the little
guys could slide in there and pick up some rebounds."
San Antonio trailed 26-16 after the first quarter, then blitzed
the Kings 42-21 in the second as Terry Porter came off the bench to
score 11 points. San Antonio's season-high 42 points in the second
quarter came on 16-of-18 shooting from the field.
"We are not executing the way we should be," San Antonio point
guard Avery Johnson said. "We are in a fall right now. This is a
bad time for that. The effort is there, we are missing easy shots.
This happens when you are not winning."
Game notes
San Antonio is now 28-9 at the Alamodome this season ...
San Antonio is now 40-12 all-time against the Kings in San Antonio
. . . San Antonio played without guard Mario Elie, who has a
sprained right ankle. ... Robinson topped 18,000 points for his
career and now has 18,003. He is second all-time for the Spurs,
behind George Gervin, who had 19,383.
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