BKC: Weber State defeat Sacramento State 75-60

Headed up to Sacramento State for their game against Weber State.

Normally I wouldn't be sent to cover a Sac State game. But since they were playing Weber State who happens to have the NCAA's leading scorer Damian Lillard, they figured it was worth covering.

It worked out great because after having a Kings game the night before I was able to stay with my parents in Vacaville instead of having to drive to Sacramento and back two days in a row =)

Though Damian Lillard didn't match his average, he definitely proved he knows how to get to the basket and draw fouls and had a significantly better game than he did when Jorge Gutierrez was guarding him at Cal (blog post here)

But as with any leading scorer, there has to be a complement to him, and that complement is Scott Bamforth, who while Sac State was double covering Lillard was able to be second leading scorer.

Sac State put up a great effort but wasn't able to defeat Weber State as they came up with 75-60 win.

NBA: Nuggets defeat Kings 122-93

Headed up to Power Balance Pavilion in Sacramento for my first NBA game of the year between the Denver Nuggets and Sacramento Kings.

I was excited to see the Kings newest superstar rookie Jimmer Fredette.

It was also exciting to see Isaiah Thomas since he was a Pac-10 (now 12) player I've been photographing since he played at Washington.

And of course Chris "Birdman" Anderson who still kind of terrifies me. Fear the beard? Fear the bird!

Unlike Al Harrington who was grinning and cracking up along the bench.

It was a rough game for the Kings as the Nuggets had 92 points in the paint, and Kings had 93 points total as the Nuggets defeated the Kings 122-93.

Danilo Gallinari had a great game for the Nuggets, knocking down 23 points.

In the fourth quarter as fans gave up, left, and started reading the newspaper?

And Andrew Miller took off his shoes knowing he wouldn't have to come back in from then bench.

During a timeout some of the guys from PBR, professional bull riders who will be competing at Power Balance Pavilion the next few days, partook in a friendly competition. They are used to riding bulls, so to see them on tricycles is pretty entertaining =)

Tough game for the Kings but hopefully they can bounce back and be a little more competitive against their next opponents.