Bulls Kneel Before Kings

Peja Stojakovic may be gone but the Sacramento Kings still won convincingly against the Chicago Bulls, with a lot of help from Kevin Martin who scored twenty-three points in the first half.

Bibby scored twenty points, Abdur-Rahim got himself fifteen and Brad Miller had eleven for Sacramento, who have now won seven consecutive games at home after a poor start to the season.

Martin made three three-pointers and helped to stifle the hot-shooting Ben Gordon to just a couple of points, as Sacramento took a nineteen point lead into the half.

The void left by the departure of Stojakovic appears to have been filled - for now. Martin has made 64% of his three-pointers, hitting four in this game

The Kings are 4-3 since bringing in Artest, with better defensive organisation and have held six of seven teams under one hundred points at home.

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