The Cleveland Cavaliers (45 - 18) defeated the Sacramento Kings (25 - 38) 120 - 111 at Sleep Train Arena on Wednesday. Cleveland only went nine players deep on the road, but the starters had no trouble in the scoring department, as all five put up double figures. Led by Kyrie Irving’s 30 points, including back - to - back threes just before the end of the half to cut the Kings lead, the point guard shot 11 - of - 22 from the field alongside one rebound and four assists. LeBron James pitched in 25 points, 11 rebounds and six assists, while Kevin Love contributed a double - double, as he scored 17 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. The double - double party continued with Tristan Thompson’s 18 points and 15 rebounds, and the box score reflected the rebounding domination that the Cavaliers put on the Kings, especially on the offensive end, where Cleveland grabbed 15 offensive boards compared the the lowly five rebounds Sacramento was able to pull down. Sacramento was efficient in their shooting and found their spots throughout the contest, and although they brought the game within one point of tying the game midway through the fourth quarter, the Cavs kept pulling out scoring runs on the back of the aforementioned offensive rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins led the Kings, as the all - star and fourth leading points scorer in the league finished with 29 points, 11 rebounds, two assists and two steals on 8 - of - 22 shooting. Rajon Rondo finished with half of his league leading assist numbers, as the crafty point guard scored 11 points and dished out six assists, while Rudy Gay was routinely on the receiving end of those dimes. Gay contributed 19 points on 13 shots, as the Kings shot just under 48 percent from the field as unit. Unlike the Cavs, the Kings went to their bench for depth, but only received quality minutes from Omri Casspi, who pitched in 13 points on 6 - of - 9 shooting in 23 minutes. The Cavaliers will play their second game of a back - to - back on the road against the Los Angeles Lakers (14 - 51) on Thursday, while the Kings will host the Orlando Magic (27 - 36) on Friday.
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