Basket Ball

Speaking of game-winners, Lithuanian Linas Kleiza found himself with the ball with seconds to spare.
After Allen Iverson drove the lane and missed, Marcus Camby tipped the ball out and Kleiza was in the right place, right time. The 6-8 muscular power forward with a nice soft touch, hit the straight-on jumper to give Denver a one-point win over the Sacramento Kings 106-105.
Linas has scored double-figures in seven of his last eight games and has seemed to hit his stride. After earning more minutes last season, Linas hasn’t quite been as consistent as he would like this season.
He’s still improving. On the season, Kleiza’s third, he is averaging career highs 10.8 points, 4.0 rebounds, 1.3 assists. This from a guy that is seventh on the team in minutes, yet third on the team in scoring. Kleiza is sixth in the league in two-point field-goal shooting (61.1 percent). That’s saying a lot playing with the likes of green-lighters Allen Iverson and Carmelo Anthony. If AI and Melo are the cornerstones, it’s important to find guys that play well and efficiently with those two — Kleiza (along with Camby and Eduardo Najera) are proving to be those guys through their play