Sacramento are ahead of Minnesota in the Western Conference First Round 1-0 with a championship-form 101-77 win over Minnesota. "That's the best we've seen them for a while," said an overwhelmed Minnesota coach Bob. "None of the tapes we had of them showed the fluid execution that we saw out there today, and frankly we just weren't prepared as well as they were. I take full responsibility for that; with better preparation we could have won. Instead they just took over the game and never let us back in."

Sacramento was led by Brown (12 points, 15 boards, 0 assists, 2 blocks), Gilliam (17 points, 1 assists, a block), Sherrill (13 points, 0 assists, a block). Minnesota was led by Gisi (8 points, 12 boards, 1 assists, 2 blocks), Mark (16 points, 1 assists, a block), Smith (5 points, 5 assists, 3 steals).

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