From: sikorski@oj.miami.edu (Richard Sikorski)
Subject: sac Kings @ mia Heat- 15dec
Followup-To: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Organization: University of Miami, RSMAS
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 92 00:04:08 GMT

Sacramento Kings (6-12) at Miami Heat (5-13) on 15dec

Tipoff: 1930 EST in the Miami Arena

National TV: SportsChannel-Florida is satellite viewable
AM radio: 560-wqam, 830-wrfm spanish,
          1290-wbzt palm beach, 1500-wkiz key west.

Injuries: (mia)Smith out (knee); Burton possible (knee);
          (sac)Brown out (strained quad) 

The Heat have lost 5 of 6 at home this season, and the Kings have
only won 1 road-game this season. Sacramento is on a 4-game losing
streak, while Miami has lost the last 2. Heat hope to move past
Philadelphia with a win tonight, to get out of the Atlantic
Conference cellar.

(mia)Burton, Coles, and Rice are shooting and hitting 3fg's, with
season-high team-total attempts and completions against the Suns
last Saturday (7-16). Salley was back for 23min in that game, with
5 assists, and he's been shooting .557 fg-pct (49-88) this season
in 14 games (but he doesnt show up in the NBA top-ten list where
he'd rank #4). Long has been able to draw a number of offensive
fouls in recent games, and is #4 in NBA fg-pct with .555 (66-119)
in 13 games. Seikaly's play is coming back, and his 11.2rb/g (54-
168) would place him #9 in the NBA if his total rbs was higher, I
guess. (He missed 3 games, but I dont really know what kind of
cut-off there is for the NBA top-ten list: total games? total
minutes?)

But (sac)Richmond has scored 20+pts in 9 of his last 10 games.
Tisdale is averaging 24pts in his last 3 games. Les is #7 in NBA
3fg-pct at .452 (19-42) in 17 games.

Don't you wish you were here:
Miami City Ballet will perform at halftime!

Heat starters:When From   ht     wt  no. pos ppg min/g
long,grant    1988 EMich  6-9,   230 #43  PF 13.2 34.9 66-119fgs
rice,glen     1989 UMich  6-8,   220 #41   F 20.6 40.5 30-84 3fgs
seikaly,rony  1988 Syr    6-11.5,250  #4   C 20.1 35.1 11.2rb/g
edwards,kevin 1988 DePaul 6-3,   190 #21  PG 14.7 28.0 46-56fts
coles,bimbo   1990 VaTech 6-2,   180 #12  PG 11.7 33.6 7.2a/g 
[What's Bimbo's real 1st name? I always forget...]

Heat reserves:When From   ht     wt  no. pos ppg min/g
shaw,brian    1988 UCSB   6-6,   215 #20  PG  5.3 20.9 3.9a/g
salley,john   1986 GaTech 6-11,  250 #22   C  8.9 30.7 27-33fts
miner,harold  1992 USC    6-5,   220 #32   G  6.2 11.8 .77or/g
kessler,alec  1990 UGa    6-11,  245 #33 F/C  3.3 10.1 2.3rb/g
burton,willie 1990 UMinn  6-8,   220 #34  SF 11.1 23.2 63-91fts
geiger,matt   1992 GaTech 7-1,   250 #52   C  8.8 14.9 3.3rb/g

Heat other:
smith,steve   1991 MichSt 6-8, 205  #3  PG; IR knee surgery 17oct
KLoughery     headcoach, Kevin
AGentry       assist., Alvin
BStaak        assist., Bob
RCulp         trainer, Ron
LSchaffel     managing partner, Lewis
BCunningham   partner, Billy; "the kangaroo kid"
PWinick       vice-president, Pauline
SInman        personnal-director,Stu - retiring
TFiorentino   scouting-coordinator,Tony
BThompson     team chaplain,Billy, one of the original Heat.
MPray         team spokesman,Mark
reid,eric     sportschannel-florida/tv33 announcer
ramsay,jack   sportschannel-florida/tv33 announcer
   vegas preseason odds for nba title: 40-1
   broadcast local tv: 33-wdzl, 21 games
   cable/satellite sportschannel-florida: 45 games
   national media:
      nyk 05feb tnt, allstar (glen rice) 21feb nbc, por 24feb tnt,
      chi 11mar wgn, @atl 27mar tbs, @chi 14apr wgn, bos 17apr nbc

Kings' starters:       When no. pos.  ht    wt  ppg min/g
richmond,mitch         1988   2  G    6- 5  215 22.1 38.3 5.7a/g
webb,spud              1986   4  G    5- 7  135 13.8 34.8
causwell,duane         1990  31  C    7- 0  240  8.6 21.9 6.1rb/g
tisdale,wayman         1985  23  F    6- 9  260 17.4 35.2 8.2rb/g
simmons,lionel         1990  22  F    6- 7  210 16.7 38.9 7.8rb/g

Kings' reserves:
les,jim                1988  33  G    5-11  175  5.5 14.1
williams,walt          1992  42  G-F  6- 8  230 15.2 27.8
bonner,anthony         1990  24  F    6- 8  225  4.1 10.8
rambis,kurt                                      2.2 10.8
higgins,rod                                      4.7 14.1
chilcutt,pete          1991  32  F-C  6-10  232  4.8  9.8
conlon,marty           1991  25  F-C  6-11  245  1.3  7.2

Kings' other:
brown,randy            1991   3  G    6- 3  190  (IR, I think)
GStJean,HeadCoach

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                   r.sikorski@rsmas.miami.edu