"Maybe everybody else was nervous, but Mike wasn't," Kings guard Bobby Jackson said.

And some among you held, that if the King Had seen the sight he would have sworn the vow: Not easily, seeing that the King must guard That which he rules, and is but as the hind To whom a space of land is given to plow.

Kings guard Mitch Richmond scored 30 points before fouling out with 48.5 seconds left.

"New York's a good ball club - they've got good players," said Kings guard Jason Hart.

Kings guard Bobby Jackson, the N.B.A. sixth man of the year, averaged 14.5 points in the two games since fracturing the orbital bone in his right cheek.

The man the Kings had followed and guarded through Hel had not been Morgon but Deth.

Minnesota again made guarding Kings guard Mike Bibby a priority; "Contain Bibby" topped the team tasks that the assistant coach Randy Wittman wrote on the locker room dry-erase board before the game.

"The future King of Pnom Dhek will guard his Queen with his own men."

The fire put out the virgins will betray The greater part of the new band: Lightning in sword and lance the lone Kings will guard Etruria and Corsica, by night throat cut.