Perhaps he was avenging his hometown of Kansas City’s 1985 loss of the Kings franchise to Sacramento (we could all sympathize with that), but whatever his motivation, Earl Watson played one of the best games of his career last night, getting his first ever triple double (23 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists) in leading the Supes to a 105-92 victory over a lackadaisical Kings squad.

Besides The Earl’s magic, Johan Petro flaunted his emerging confidence and offensive game in abusing Mikki Moore throughout the second half, even driving to his left on a couple of occasions. (He nevertheless tried to finish with his right.) As Calabro and Snapper noted, at this point, Petro looks to be the most promising of the trio of seven-footers (Petro, Swift, Sene) the Supes drafted in the mid-oughts. And “Sacre Bleu!” is among my favorite Calabro catchphrases of all time. If I had DVR, I’d rewind time and again just to hear him say it.

Don’t look now, but the Sonics have now won four of their last five. Sacre Bleu!

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