Kings defeat the Mavs by 2 points

 

Kevin Martin was the key for the Kings victory against the Mavs, this was Martin’s second game after coming from six weeks out of the courts due to a groin injury. In just 28 minutes he converted 38 points that were decisive at the end.

"For me it's just basketball, I always felt like I could come back and play. It was just a matter of where my wind was. I told coach, 'I can only give you 28 minutes a night right now.' He said, 'As long as they're good." Martin said. "

With a very tight final score of 122-120 the Kings are ending with a streak of 6 straight losses against Dallas and also ended with the mark of 7 victories in a row for the Mavs.

But all the glory goes to John Salmons who scored the winning basket with just 2.4 seconds remaining in the clock and finished scoring 14 of his 22 points on the fourth quarter and he is averaging 22 points and 4.7 assists per game.

The Mavs are an outstanding team, but mostly on the offensive end, they have had a lot of problems this season defending and this was clear yesterday night since they let the Kings to score at their pace, a signal that things are getting worst for Dallas since they held 10 straight games without allowing their rival to score more than 100 points.

The Kings didn’t count with the help of point guard Mike Bibby who went under surgery and has missed all 36 games of the season and forward Ron Artest who missed the last nine games due to an injured right elbow, they both are recovered and expected to help Sacramento against Toronto on Wednesday.