Webber leads Kings past Clippers, 89-83
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-01-18 09:24

Chris Webber scored 23 points and Cuttino Mobley hit a clutch 3-pointer with 59.6 seconds left, leading the Sacramento Kings to an 89-83 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday.

Mobley scored 19 points in his second game with Sacramento, following the trade of Doug Christie to Orlando on Jan. 10.

Sacramento Kings' Cuttino Mobley, left, smiles with teammate Chris Webber after defeating the Los Angeles Clippers 89-83 Monday, Jan. 17, 2005, in Los Angeles. [AP]

The Kings, who beat the Clippers on Martin Luther King Jr. Day last season at Staples Center, have won the last seven meetings — including Saturday night's 99-95 victory at ARCO Arena. Sacramento has won four straight overall and eight of 10.

Elton Brand had 24 points and 10 rebounds for Los Angeles. Second-year center Chris Kaman, who scored a career-high 23 points for the Clippers on Saturday in Sacramento, tied a career high with 15 rebounds and had 18 points. But Bobby Simmons, averaging 18 points in his previous six games, picked up two fouls in the first 3:10 and had only 12 points in 29 minutes.

Injury-plagued guard Kerry Kittles, who replaced Simmons at small forward after the second foul, left the game with 10:06 left in the second quarter because of a groin strain. Mikki Moore missed his second straight game because of a sprained right ankle.

Sacramento, the second-highest scoring team in the league, went more than 4 1/2 minutes without a field goal before Brad Miller's layup and a hook shot by Stojakovic tied it at 79 with 3:45 to play.

Brand hit a short hook shot to give the Clippers their last lead, 83-82, with 1:16 left. But Mobley drained a 3 from the right sideline, and Mike Bibby and Mobley each added a pair of free throws in the final 36 seconds.

Miller, who fouled out for the third time this season on Saturday, got a technical foul from referee Michael Smith after a slam dunk by Brand with 7:56 left in the third. Simmons converted the ensuing free throw, then hit a 19-footer before Brand put the Clippers ahead 58-55 with a layup and an 18-footer.

The Kings temporarily became unglued after Miller's third foul resulted in a three-point play by Simmons, and Rick Brunson intercepted a pass by Miller that led to a hook shot by Brand that extended the Clippers' margin to 63-55 with 4:29 left in the third. But Webber's 3-pointer put Sacramento back in front, 66-65 with 40 seconds left in the period.

Bibby and Mobley drained 3-pointers and Webber hit a pair of 20-footers during a 14-0 run that helped Sacramento build a 30-17 lead through one quarter. The Clippers trailed by as many as 14 points early in the second before narrowing the gap to 46-43 by halftime.

Clippers leading scored Corey Maggette missed seven of his first eight shots, including a 21-foot airball from the right baseline with 3:26 left in the first. Maggette was 6-for-30 from the field in the home-and-home set with Sacramento, after hitting a game-winning buzzer-beater in double overtime against Miami on Friday night.

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