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Headline Moore = faults=20 coaches for slump
Origin Sam Amick = samick@sacbee.com
Publication Date 12/19/2007
Page C4
Section SPORTS
Edition METRO FINAL
Dateline EAST=20 RUTHERFORD, N.J.
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Memo KINGS NOTES
Body Text Mikki = Moore walked down the hall to = rejoin his=20 Kings teammates Tuesday night in the Izod Center, his = forlorn=20 expression not reflecting the otherwise satisfied mood of = his=20 teammates after a rare road win.

The Kings forward = was quick=20 to share his feelings of frustration, having contributed = four points=20 and five rebounds in 32 minutes in his first return to New Jersey since his breakout = 2006-07.=20

"It's nice to get the win, but I expected more from = our=20 coaching staff," Moore = said. "You=20 can write that, because I told them that on the bench. I = said, 'It=20 was nice to get the "W", but I just expected too much of=20 y'all.'"

After tying his career high with 24 points = in=20 Philadelphia on Friday, Moore has=20 scored a combined 10 points in the two games since while = hitting 4=20 of 12 shots. He said his recent play has been affected by a = finger=20 injury to point guard Beno Udrih.

"Recently it's been = like=20 (that) because Beno is hurt," he said. "Beno said he doesn't = have=20 feeling in his finger, so he hasn't been aggressive in = shooting the=20 ball and that's a part of me getting open. John (Salmons) = found me a=20 couple of times open. I forced a jump shot and I hit it, but = other=20 than that, there was nothing else."

Udrih had a new = ailment=20 to play through on Tuesday, as he was kicked in the right = leg by=20 Nets point guard Jason Kidd with 2:09 to play in the fourth = quarter.=20 He lay on the ground and eventually came out for the = remainder of=20 play.

"I tried to contest (Kidd's shot), and think = he saw he=20 was going to miss the shot and he tried to draw the foul," = said=20 Udrih, who was 0 of 8 from the field but had eight assists. = "He=20 kicked his leg and kicked me right here in the muscle. I = couldn't=20 feel anything."

Home away from home -- Even in Nets = land, the=20 local media was talking about the Knicks.

Such is = the state=20 of the woeful franchise just across the state border. And = with New York native Ron Artest in = the=20 building, the Kings small forward was polled on how much=20 responsibility falls on his family friend, embattled Knicks = coach/=20 team president Isiah Thomas.

"In a big city they = want to=20 win," Artest said. "They want nothing else. They want to = win, and=20 they're not going to be nice about it ... . When you have = hard=20 times, it's just going to be hard. That's all it is right = now. It=20 would be the same for anybody (who was the = coach)."

While=20 Artest continued to say that he was unsure whether he would = opt out=20 of his contract and become a free agent this summer, he = reiterated=20 that winning a championship is his top = priority.

"Maybe we=20 (the Kings) might mesh," he said. "I don't care about the = money. I=20 just want a championship, and that's it. That's the big = thing.=20 You've got to have patience. You can't rush. You can't win = it=20 tomorrow, can't win it the next day. You have to wait until = you see=20 the opportunity presents itself."


Call The Bee's = Sam Amick, (916) 326-5582. Read = his Kings=20 blog at www.sacbee.com/blogs.
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