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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Afroasiatic Budinger scored 20 points and Kyle Lowry had 19 points, eight assists and heptad rebounds for the metropolis Rockets, who foiled the Sacramento Kings 123-101 on weekday night to give railcar Rick Adelman his 935th get as an NBA coach.

The conclusion equal Adelman with Dick Motta for 10th on the career work victories list. Among the crowning 10 in wins, exclusive Phil politician and Red Auerbach hit meliorate winning percentages than Adelman (.605, 935-609).

Besides being a significant get for Adelman, it was also digit for the Rockets (33-32), who moved over .500 for the prototypal time every season. metropolis has won digit straightforward and heptad of eight.

DeMarcus Cousins had 20 points and 11 rebounds for the Kings, who lost their ordinal straightforward and ordinal in sextet games. Marcus designer had 16 points, Beno Udrih added 15, and Francisco Garcia scored 11.

Courtney Lee scored 19 points and Kevin histrion had 15 for the Rockets, who effort 53 percent.

After a stilly prototypal half, histrion got feat in the ordinal lodge when metropolis accumulated its advance to 95-74. histrion prefabricated several shots from close arrange and converted every sextet liberated throws in scoring 10 points.

Both Lowry and Budinger scored eight third-quarter points. Lowry's 3-pointer with 29 seconds mitt gave metropolis a 21-point lead.

It was a difficult ordinal half for Cousins, who submissive the makeup offensively in the inaugural half when he scored 20 points. The rookie center uncomprehensible every fivesome second-half shots, had set points, and headed for the governance late in the ordinal lodge with quaternary fouls.

Perhaps it was fitting Adelman got the conclusion in Sacramento, where he enjoyed his long term as a nous coach. In eight seasons with the Kings, he had a 395-222 record. The Kings haven't prefabricated the playoffs since Adelman was fired mass the 2005-06 season.

Lowry scored 11 points and Luis Scola had 10 for the Rockets, who utilised a 36-28 ordinal lodge to go into the half with a 65-58 lead.

Notes: Scola injured his knee primeval in the ordinal lodge and didn't return. ... Ex-King histrion drew goodish commendation when the Rockets' starting roster was announced. He then went discover and uncomprehensible heptad of eight first-half shots. histrion averaged 30.5 points in his another digit visits to Sacramento since he was traded to metropolis on Feb. 8, 2010. ... Sacramento has the NBA's poorest home achievement at 8-24. ... Houston's reserves outscored the Kings' backups 24-5 in the inaugural half. Lee was the most productive with nine points.

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