http://www.nba.com/games/20050415/SACLAL/recap.html Kings leading scorer Peja Stojakovic scored 14 points before leaving with 4:22 remaining in the first period when he strained his left groin. He did not return and his status for Saturday's game at Phoenix is uncertain. "It's tough with Peja not out there," Bibby said. "Peja opens up a lot for everybody else. When he's out everyone steps their game up." "I don't know what it is," Adelman said. "I know they said that it was a pull. They said it was mild. I don't know what that means so we'll just have to wait and see."
The Kings can't catch a break but they aren't contenders this year anyway. Peja probably would have done his usual disappearing act in the playoffs. Now he has an excuse.
