san antonio treated sac kings w/ hostility in their first round matchup

[Klas~Sick]

Sacramento Bee - Ron Artest is complaining that the Sacramento Kings were mistreated during the Spurs-Kings series of the past season, and according to a report in the Sacramento Bee the treatment went beyond the confines of the AT&T Center.

Artest complained that the AT&T Center's visitors' locker room reeked with gas before the Spurs' Game 5 victory, and that the hotel experience at two facilities didn't do much for relaxation and preparation throughout the series.

Wake-up calls in hotel rooms, Artest said, routinely came hours early for numerous players. And room service, he also said, would take several hours to arrive.

The Kings switched hotels after losing Game 1, moving from a Hyatt Regency on the city's outskirts to a downtown Marriott. San Antonio's annual "Fiesta" event was taking place at the time, and Kings officials said they had stayed at the Hyatt because there was no availability near the city's Riverwalk. But Artest said the hotel move didn't improve matters.

"It was both hotels, really, but the second hotel was horrible," said Artest, who was suspended for Game 2 of the series. "The second hotel, they were waking us up too early. They were bringing our lunch late. When you play an NBA game, you've got to have your lunch at a certain time. You eat at a certain time.

"One morning, I didn't even get my breakfast. I had to eat my breakfast on the bus. And then when I got to the game, they had the gas (in the locker room). The gas was killing our locker room. It wasn't even a safe environment. It was horrible, horrible. … I just know that if the Spurs are going to make us smell gas, we should've made the Spurs smell gas. We should've put gas in their locker room."

Kings shooting guard Kevin Martin said he never requested a wake-up call, but he did remember smelling the gas.

"I just had the gas thing," he said. "It was horrible. I think I remember just smelling it once."

lookin at the kings now, they can get some payback by thrashing the spurs in san antone