Rick Adelman was asked Wednesday if he might consider benching Ron Artest in favor of starting Kevin Martin, just as Gregg Popovich did last season with Manu Ginobili and Brent Barry after losing game 1 against the Nuggets, and Adelman was emphatic in his response.

"No," Adelman said, "but tell 'Pop' that if he wants to bench Ginobili again, I think that's a real good idea. And tell him he should probably bench Tony Parker, too."

Martin started in place of the suspended Artest in game 2 and the Kings played well.