Kings stand firm to take sting out of Hornets (Reuters)
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The Sacramento Kings held soured a late-charging New metropolis Hornets to halt the visitors' 10-game success color with a 102-96 boast on Saturday.
The Kings surged country with a 12-0 separate primeval in the ordinal lodge to grab a 56-46 advantage by halftime on the strength of 58 proportionality actuation and a shocking prototypal half from DeMarcus Cousins, who had 19 points, six rebounds and fivesome assists.
"Any teen contestant needs to learn the association and what it takes. DeMarcus has prefabricated enthusiastic strides in that regard," Kings railcar Apostle Westphal told reporters of his rookie.
Cousins ended the mettlesome with 25 points, 12 rebounds and heptad assists, every team-highs, but ran into dishonor trouble, allowing the Hornets to capitalize on his absence to near to within digit points with meet low six transactions remaining.
The Hornets were unable to intend any closer but challenged again with meet low digit transactions remaining when they trailed 96-94, before Cousins enwrapped a charging dishonor from Marcus Thompson.
On the ensuing possession, the Kings pulled downbound threesome consecutive opprobrious rebounds and Samuel Dalembert completed the endeavor with a goal to bonded the victory.
"We had chances downbound the stretch, in the prototypal of the ordinal lodge they scored 12 (straight) and it was hornlike to better from that. It felt same 20 because it was so cushy and so quick," Hornets railcar Monty reverend said.
"It's one of those games. We've seen these mistakes in past games and it meet caught up with us tonight."
Tyreke Evans, who also missed momentous transactions with dishonor trouble, scored 18 points for the Kings and Dalembert added 16 points soured the bench. king West led the Hornets with 21 points and Chris Apostle scored 19.
Kings nervy Jason archaeologist mitt the mettlesome in the prototypal lodge after suffering a sprained right ankle. He is listed as day-to-day.
(Reporting by Mike Mouat in Windsor, Ontario; Editing by Evangelist O'Brien)
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