Two games into his return from knee surgery,
Chris Webber is playing like he's in midseason form.
Webber had 24 points and 10 assists and Peja Stojakovic had a
team-high 27 points, leading the Kings to a 114-105 victory over
the Philadelphia 76ers.
Webber was playing his second game of the season for Sacramento,
which has won three straight and nine of its last 10 on the road.
He had 26 points and 12 rebounds Tuesday in his debut after missing
nine months to rehabilitate his knee and serve an eight-game
suspension.
"I try to make my expectations high," Webber said. "I've been
working hard. I've been waiting to get back to this point. It's
hard for me to take it like everybody wants me to take it and ease
back into it."
Allen Iverson rebounded from Wednesday's 2-for-21 shooting
performance to score a team-high 32 for the Sixers, who have lost
six of seven. Kenny Thomas recorded his sixth straight
double-double with 15 points and 13 rebounds.
With Webber on the bench for the last half of the third quarter,
the Sixers ran off a 13-0 run that cut the lead to one.
Philadelphia had a short-lived 79-77 advantage with 1:09 left in
the quarter, but Sacramento regained the lead on a jumper by
Stojakovic and a layup from Mike Bibby. After a free throw from
Iverson, Brad Miller hit a 3 at the buzzer to stretch the lead to
four.
Webber had seven points and three assists during a 14-3 run that
opened the fourth quarter and put the Kings ahead by 15 with 8:24
to play. The Sixers pulled within six in the final minute, but
Bibby made five free throws to seal the game.
Bibby had 21 points and Miller added 19 for Sacramento. Webber
and Stojakovic combined to go 16-for-17 from the line.
"Time will tell if (the Kings) are the best (team)," Sixers
interim coach Chris Ford said. "Certainly the way they play the
game, it's fun to watch them. I know that even if I'm over there
taking a drubbing, you have to be impressed."
Webber said after the game that, although his knee is not 100
percent, there was very little pain or stiffness. He noted his
lateral movement on the defensive end is not yet where it should
be.
But on the opposite end of the floor, it was typical Webber. The
offense ran through him and, when he was not in the game, the Kings
struggled. With Webber on the bench, the Sixers outscored
Sacramento 49-40.
"I'm just amazed at him," Sacramento coach Rick Adelman said.
"The two games he's played, he's played at a very high level. He's
shot the ball well. Tonight, he had 10 assists. And I thought he
had a couple of huge plays around the basket when he got the
offensive boards."
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The Sacramento Kings could've used either Ron Artest or Peja Stojakovic against Allen Iverson and the Philadelphia 76ers.
Iverson scored 41 points and Chris Webber had 17 points and 13 rebounds, leading Philadelphia to a 109-103 victory over undermanned Sacramento on Tuesday night.
The Kings were without Stojakovic because he stayed at the hotel after the team reportedly agreed to send him to Indiana for Artest earlier in the day. However, the trade fell through, though Artest left open the possibility that something could still happen. The volatile forward was deactivated by the Pacers in December after requesting a trade.
"I had no control over any of it," Kings coach Rick Adelman said. "I didn't have Peja. I told them to play with the hand you're dealt."
Mike Bibby had a career-high 44 points and Kevin Martin added 20 as the Kings lost their third straight game. Sacramento has won at least 55 games in four straight seasons but is last in the Pacific Division.
"As far as distractions go, not having Peja was the biggest thing," Bibby said. "We still don't know what's going on."
The Kings visit the New York Knicks on Wednesday, but Adelman wasn't sure about Stojakovic's status.
"I have a lot of faith in Peja," Adelman said. "He's meant a lot to me and this franchise. He's been a pro his whole career."
The Sixers have won three in a row, improving to 21-20 at the halfway point of the season. Philadelphia, which came in allowing the third-most points in the NBA, reverted to its usual form on defense after consecutive solid efforts.
The Sixers held Memphis and Minnesota to under 90 points each, but they allowed the Kings to shoot 47.6 percent.
"We've gotten a little bit better on the defensive end," coach Maurice Cheeks said. "Tonight wasn't one of our best defensive efforts, but if we're going to making a move, we'll have to do it on the defensive end."
Playing in front of his father, Sixers assistant coach Henry Bibby, Mike Bibby put on a shooting clinic in the second half. He made six straight shots in one stretch and was 12-of-14 after going 5-of-11 in the first half.
Sacramento trailed by 10 early in the fourth, but got within 93-90 on a 3-pointer by Bibby. After a jumper by Webber, Bibby hit another 3 to make it 95-93.
With Sacramento trailing 99-97, Andre Iguodala knocked the ball out of Bibby's hands, off his leg and out of bounds. Iguodala then hit a 3-pointer to give the Sixers a 102-97 lead with 1:58 left. Webber made two free throws in the final minute to seal the win over his former team.
"I feel good about how we're trying to get better defensively," Iverson said. "We're nowhere near where we want to be, but I like the effort."
At one point in the second quarter, the Sixers went 6:29 without a basket while missing nine straight shots. But their 9-point lead only shrunk to 39-34 during that stretch.
The Kings cut it to 44-43, but Philadelphia scored the next six points to take a 50-43 halftime lead.
Sacramento center Brad Miller, averaging 14.8 points and 8.1 rebounds, missed all eight of his shots and finished with two points and one rebound in 32 minutes.