The Sacramento Kings (3 - 1) defeated the Denver Nuggets (1 - 2) 110 - 105 on Monday at the Pepsi Center in Denver. The Kings were able to overcome committing 18 turnovers and continued their positive momentum, winning their third straight game. They out - rebounded the Nuggets 50 to 42 and shot 14 more free throws, which allowed them to sneak out the victory. DeMarcus Cousins added 19 more points to his season total Monday. He's now averaging 24 points and 12 rebounds on the season. Getting to the free - throw line 13 times, Darren Collison converted on 11 of them and posted 21 points with six assists. He's now scored in double - digits in all four games this season. Rudy Gay only converted on 4 - of - 13 shots from the field but made 6 - for - 7 from the line and finished with 14 points. Ramon Sessions came off the bench to shoot 1 - for - 6 from the field but still scored 13 points after going to the free - throw line 10 times and converting on all 10 attempts. Carl Landry reached double - digit scoring for the first time this season, playing 23 minutes off the bench and scoring 14 points. The Nuggets made a minor change to the starting lineup coming into this game. Wilson Chandler replaced Danilo Gallinari as the starter at small forward. In his first start of the season, Chandler finished with 14 points (5 - 15 FG, 1 - 8 3Pt) and four rebounds. Gallinari struggled off the bench, going scoreless on 0 - for - 6 shooting from the field. Ty Lawson had some ankle soreness the past few days but was able to give it a go and notched 35 minutes. He only contributed nine points but had 12 assists to make up for it. Kenneth Faried had his second double - double of the season as he scored 10 points and pulled down 10 rebounds. He's now averaging 15 points and 12 rebounds on the year. In 12 minutes off the bench, Nate Robinson produced 10 points on 4 - of - 5 shooting from the field and 1 - of - 1 from the three - point line. Both teams will head to Sacramento for a rematch on Wednesday.
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