Kevin Garnett logged 21 points and 11 rebounds in just 23 minutes of action and the Boston Celtics breezed back into the win column with a resounding 108-63 victory over the Sacramento Kings.
Ray Allen, coming off a seven-point effort against Golden State, shot 7-for-8 from the field en route to 19 points for Boston, which was coming off back-to- back losses for the first time this season. Eddie House and Paul Pierce posted 15 and 13 points, respectively, in the laugher.
John Salmons was the only Kings player in double figures …

The Grant High School Pacers made history when they became the first Sacramento-area football team selected for a state bowl game, and the underdog team even beat the favored Long Beach Poly team to win the title.
Back at home, Del Paso Heights school officials at the Twin River Unified School District and Grant High alumni are celebrating the Pacer’s victory. “David versus Goliath,” said Trinette Marquis. “Nobody really gave Grant much of a chance. I couldn’t be any prouder of these guys.”
Long Beach Poly is considered to have one …

Well, in a move shocking absolutely no one, Reggie Theus was fired today by the Sacramento Kings. Theus’ Kings started off this season with an abysmal 6-18 record and he’s pretty much been on the hot seat since the team’s opening tipoff of the regular season. All in all, he lasted less than a year and a half as an NBA coach.
Of course, one of the main questions is why in the hell did they even hire this guy in the first place? Aside from a couple years at New …

Brandon Roy scored a season-high 28 points and the Portland Trail Blazers rallied during the final six minutes to beat the Sacramento Kings 91-90 on Monday night. Joel Przybilla added 10 points and 12 rebounds, while Steve Blake had 12 points for the Blazers. Greg Oden made his first start for Portland since returning from a foot injury on Nov. 12. Oden, the first pick of the 2007 NBA draft, had three points, six rebounds, and four turnovers in 19 ineffective minutes.
John Salmons led Sacramento with 20 points …

Brad Miller of the Sacramento Kings was suspended for five games by the NBA on Thursday because the center violated the league’s drug program.
Miller’s ban will begin with the first game of the 2008-09 season.
“I want to apologize to my family, teammates, fans and the entire Kings organization,” Miller said in a statement released by the Kings. “I made a mistake. It was an error in judgment, and I’m very sorry. I regret it deeply. It’s something I won’t and can’t take lightly.”
Miller averaged 13.4 points and 9.5 rebounds in …

The Sacramento Kings signed first-round pick Jason Thompson on Tuesday.
Thompson, a forward-centre from Rider, was the 12th overall pick in last month’s draft. He will make about US$3.9 million in the first two years of his deal, with two years of team options worth more than $5.1 million.
Thompson finished a four-year career at Rider with averages of 16.7 points, 9.6 rebounds and 1.9 blocks. He will play on Sacramento’s summer league team in Las Vegas starting this weekend.

Is Ron Artest headed to Dallas? The Sacramento Bee’s Sam Amick has a couple posts about the possibility on his blog. He points out that Artest can opt out of his contract, although indications from Artest and his agent are that it’s unlikely he would do so.
However, as long as we’re speculating on things that probably won’t happen, just imagine if Artest opted out and went to Dallas at a discount price. Hey, the guy does owe Carlisle for that whole Malice at The Palace deal that pretty …

The Kings have seen better years and I have heard a lot of people giving up on their team.  I can understand the mentality, nobody like to lose, but do you really abandon the home team when they are not a winning team.  Tonight the Sacramento Kings will try to win back-to-back games for the first time in 2007.  The Kings are 11-11 at home this season. After tonight’s contest, they will embark on a four-game road trip. Sacramento will visit the Hornets, Dallas, Memphis and Minnesota.  I think it …

The National Collegiate Athletics Association has selected Sacramento as a site for regional tournament games as part of the women’s Division I basketball competition in March 2010, the NCAA announced Thursday.
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Did you hear, The Kings have a new coach, Eric Musselman  When I say new he is new to the Kings and fairly new to the NBA.  He does not have a long track record, but he seems to have done okay in the NBA and quite well in the CBA.  As a CBA coach, Musselman posted a 270-122 record (.688), marking the second highest winning percentage in league history.  From 1990 thru 1997, Musselman had 24 players called-up to the NBA, the highest number in the league during that …