The Sacramento Kings (12 - 15) defeated the Los Angeles Lakers (8 - 19) 108 - 101 on Sunday at Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento. The Kings were able to use a strong second half, where they out - scored the Lakers 56 - 41 to coast to a seven - point victory at home in front of their home crowd. The Kings were able to shoot 48 percent from the field, while the Lakers shot only 38 percent, as that was enough to give the Kings the advatage. The group consisting of Rudy Gay, DeMarcus Cousins, Ben McLemore and Darren Collison combined to score all but 13 points in this matchup against the Lakers. Cousins led all scorers with 29 points and 14 rebounds. He was able to get to the free throw line 15 times and converted on 11 of those attempts. Gay on the other hand shot 8 - for - 15 from the field and 3 - for - 4 from the three - point line to score 24 points, while also chipping in six assists. He's now averaging 21 points and 6 rebounds on the season. McLemore contributed 23 points (10 - 18 FG, 2 - 9 3Pt, 1 - 2 FT) and eight rebounds. He's now surpassed the 20 - point mark for the second straight game, despite averaging only 12 points on the year. Shooting 7 - for - 13 from the field and 2 - for - 4 from beyond the arc, Darren Collison scored 19 points in 40 minutes. The Lakers received most of their scoring from both Nick Young and Kobe Bryant. Bryant got off a ridiculous 30 shots, and was able to convert on only eight of them. He also went 3 - for - 8 from the three - point line to score 25 points in 37 minutes. He was pretty careless with the ball though, as he added a wopping nine turnovers in the loss. Young came off the bench to hit 7 - of - 14 shots from the field and 4 - of - 9 shots from beyond the arc to score 26 points. He went a perfect 8 - for - 8 from the line as well. The only other Laker to reach double figures in points was Ed Davis, who scored 10 points to go along with five rebounds. The Kings' next game will be on the road against the Golden State Warriors on Monday, while the Lakers will be at home against the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday.
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