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Friday, October 10, 2008

Martin / Sports

Lakers 122, Kings 116

Posted by David Martin on Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 3:53 PM

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By DAVID MARTIN

The National Basketball Association returns to Kansas City tonight at 7 p.m., when Portland and Atlanta play an exhibition game at the Sprint Center.

Kansas City lost its NBA franchise in 1985. The league allowed the Kings to move to Sacramento after a 31-51 season, a year KC finished last in the league in attendance. The box score (above) indicates that a crowd of 11,371 watched the Kings play the final game in the West Bottoms.

Fans who remember the Kings can officially feel old. Reggie Theus, who averaged 16.4 points a game as a King during the 1984-'85 season, now coaches the team. The eldest son of former Kings guard Larry Drew, who attended Wyandotte High School and Mizzou before being drafted in 1980, is a freshman on North Carolina's basketball team.

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Let's go Gasol! Beat Celtics in 6! Show them who is the best team in the NBA!

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