Sacramento Kings center Vlade Divac muscled inside with his 7-1, 260-pound body, and Denver Nuggets forward Raef LaFrentz had no choice but to give ground.

But when Divac went up for what looked like a sure-thing basket from inside of five feet Wednesday night at the Pepsi Center, LaFrentz didn't let the shot get above the rim.

Later, in the third quarter, LaFrentz swatted away two layup attempts by Peja Stojakovic on one possession.

The sequences may have taken the Kings players by surprise, but they shouldn't have. A quick check of the NBA statistics shows "No