Sacramento Kings superstar Peja Stojakovic had an amazing second half shooting the basketball but he walked off the court in frustration after the Minnesota Timberwolves won in overtime, 114-113.

Trenton Hassell became an unlikely hero for the Wolves when he partially blocked Stojakovic's desperation shot from the top of the arc just before the overtime buzzer to give his side a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference semi-finals.

The Kings felt that Stojakovic, Serbia & Montenegro's leading player in the NBA, was fouled.

Replays seemed to indicate some slight contact with Hassell as the All-Star forward raised for his shot.

"I can talk all night about that last play, whether that's a foul or not," Kings coach Rick Adelman said. "I thought it was, obviously, the referee didn't. I feel bad for Peja because he deserves more respect than that."

"I did try to avoid the foul but yet stay close to him, where he couldn't have room to shoot it," Hassell said. "When he took off running, I just backed up and he jumped into me."

In overtime, Minnesota took a 112-111 lead on a jumper by Latrell Sprewell with 59 seconds left and, after a miss by Stojakovic, Kevin Garnett made a difficult spinning jumper with the shot clock about to expire and 10.8 seconds remaining.

After two free throws by Stojakovic made it 114-113 with 6.1 seconds left, Minnesota called timeout and inbounded the ball to Garnett, who slipped and was called for travelling.

Following another timeout, Sacramento got the ball to Stojakovic, who scored 22 of his 29 points after the third quarter and all nine in overtime. But Hassell got a piece of the shot and Sprewell grabbed the rebound as time expired.

"You had to know that they were going to go to him," Hassell said.

"He had the hot hand and (Mike) Bibby was out of the game, so you know it was going to go to him. I just had to stay in front of him and make him take a tough shot."