Feb

7

Watson Records Triple-Double, SuperSonics Crown Kings 105-92

Posted by Stephen Rhodes under Main 

Seattle SuperSonics guard Earl Watson, right, drives to the basket against Sacramento Kings guard Mike Bibby, left, during the first quarter of their game, played Wednesday night. Watson recorded his first career triple-double - 23 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, leading Seattle to the win over Sacramento 105-92.

Wednesday night’s contest between the Seattle SuperSonics and Sacramento Kings produced one of the unlikeliest players to produce a triple-double: Seattle’s Earl Watson.? Watson’s 23 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists led the Sonics to a relatively easy win over the Kings at Arco Arena, 105-92.The first half was fairly close; Sacramento’s Ron Artest scored 13 first-quarter points, who went into halftime leading 49-48.? That’s when the Kings’ poor shooting kicked in; the third quarter proved fatal for the Kings as the Sonics went on a 14-4 run to start the third quarter and led 81-73 going into the fourth quarter.? Already ahead by 8 after three quarters, Seattle?scored the first 13 points of the fourth quarter to take a 21-point lead; Johan Petro scored 9 straight points in the run which helped the Sonics go ahead 94-73 with 8:06 remaining in the game - a lead Seattle kept for the duration of the contest.

Seattle was led by the aforementioned Watson with a triple-double, scoring 23 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists; Kevin Durant scored 17 on 6-of-12 shooting with 3 rebounds, 5 assists and a steal.? Chris Wilcox added 15 points, 10 rebounds and a blocked shot.? Saramento was led by Ron Artest who had a decent game, scoring 20 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals; Mikki Moore nearly recorded a double-double, adding 10 points and 9 boards.? Seattle (13-36) now travels to Phoenix to take on the Suns Friday night, while Sacramento (22-25) remains home to host the Utah Jazz - also on Friday.



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