Slam Dunk Central

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The Sacramento Kings have issues.? Issues such as: sloppy play, evidenced by six consecutive games of 20 or more turnovers and injuries.? Sacramento were without the services of Ron Artest as he has a chipped bone in his right elbow; they are also without Mike Bibby and leading scorer Kevin Martin, who is out with?a strained groin and has missed the past 11 games.? Those factors, plus sloppy play yet again doomed the Kings as the Philadelphia pulled away in the fourth quarter to get past Sacramento 92-80 Friday at Arco Arena.

Inside play benefitted the Sizers the most as center Samuel Dalembert scored 14 points in the first half, enabling Philadelphia to hold a 50-45 lead.? Philadelphia scored 7 points to build a 7-point lead; the Sixers’ Andre Iguodala capped a Philadelphia 10-0 run with a dunk, a layup and a 3-pointer as the Sixers went up 88-73 and wouldn’t trail again.? Philadelphia was led by Dalembert with 19 points, 11 rebounds and 4 blocked shots.? Andre Miller added 18, while Iguodala contributed 16.

Sacramento’s leading scorer was John Salmons with 22 points, while Beno Udrih added 19 - including three 3-pointers - with 5 boards and 6 assists.? Brad Miller and Quincy Douby scored 10 apiece; Miller also grabbed 12 boards.? Philadelphia (13-16), winners of 3 in a row, hope ot continue their hot streak when they travel to Portland to take on the Trail Blazers Sunday; Sacramento (11-17) continues their homestand by hosting the Phoenix Suns - also on Sunday.