Postgame Recap: Kings vs. Lakers

LA LAKERS 106, SACRAMENTO 99

March 16, 2010 - At ARCO Arena, Kobe Bryant tallied 30 points and the Lakers dominated the paint scoring 60 points as Pau Gasol (28 points, 12 rebounds) and Andrew Bynum (21 points, 12 rebounds) recorded double-doubles in a 106-99 win over the Kings. The Kings trailed, 49-48, to start the third quarter, but found themselves down by 10, 67-57, after an 11-4 Lakers spurt with 4:59 left in the quarter. The Lakers stretched the lead to as many as 16 points in the fourth quarter and the Kings got no closer than seven the rest of the way. Tyreke Evans again narrowly missed a triple-double, finishing with a team-high 25 points, 11 rebounds, and nine assists. Carl Landry (15 points, 10 rebounds) and Jason Thompson (14 points, 10 rebounds) also recorded double-doubles. The Lakers outrebounded the Kings, 50-43, with 14 of the boards coming on the offensive end and being turned into 23 second-chance points. The Kings turned the ball over nine times, but the Lakers made the most of the miscues, turning them into 16 points. The Lakers turned the ball over 10 times, but the Kings only got four points out of it.

Postgame Recap: Kings vs. T-Wolves

SACRAMENTO 114, MINNESOTA 100

March 14, 2010 - At ARCO Arena, Tyreke Evans narrowly missed recording his second career triple-double in a week with a game-high 29 points, nine rebounds, and 11 assists in leading the Kings to a 114-100 win over the Timberwolves, sending Minnesota to its ninth straight loss. Evans scored 12 straight points to end the second quarter, giving him 24 points for the half and the Kings a 64-49 halftime lead. Sacramento then opened the third quarter on a 15-0 run for a 79-49 advantage with 6:52 left in the quarter. The Kings outscored the Timberwolves, 30-12, in the third quarter to all but secure their second win in the last three games. Donte Greene added 19 points. Al Jefferson led Minnesota with 22 points and a game-high 10 rebounds.

Postgame Recap: Kings vs. Blazers

PORTLAND 110, SACRAMENTO 94

March 12, 2010 - At ARCO Arena, Brandon Roy tallied 20 of his game-high 28 points in the first half as the Blazers helped Nate McMillan earn his 400th coaching victory with a 110-94 win over the Kings. Portland scored nine unanswered points to turn a 31-29 lead into an 11-point advantage and extended the lead to 15, 61-46, at halftime. The Kings could not recover as the Trail Blazers stretched the lead to as many as 26 points late in the third quarter. Both teams were close in rebounding (Kings, 33 and Portland, 35) and field goal percentage (Kings, 50.6 and Portland, 51.4). However, the Trail Blazers capitalized on 32 trips to the charity stripe, making 29 free throws and converting 20 Kings turnovers into 21 points. Carl Landry led the Kings with 18 points and Francisco Garcia added 17 points off the bench. Tyreke Evans recorded a double-double with 10 points and a game-high 10 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge scored 18 points for Portland and Andre Miller added 15 points. Marcus Camby grabbed a team-high seven rebounds.

Postgame Recap: Kings vs. Raptors

SACRAMENTO 113, TORONTO 90

March 10, 2010 - At ARCO Arena, Beno Udrih tallied a game-high 24 points and Tyreke Evans became the first rookie in the Sacramento era to record a triple-double with 19 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists to lead the Kings to a 113-90 win over the Raptors. The Kings turned a five-point deficit into a 15-point lead in the third quarter in which they outscored Toronto, 43-23. Sacramento led by as many as 26 points. Carl Landry and Donte Greene each scored 15 points. Landry opened the game missing his first six field goal attempts and then went 7-of-8 the rest of the way. Toronto was led by Andrea Bargnani’s 20 points and Hedo Turkoglu’s seven rebounds. Chris Bosh, DeMar DeRozan, and Jarrett Jack each scored 14 points for the Raptors. Sacramento outshot (.505 to .439) and outrebounded (52 to 33) Toronto. Evans’ triple-double was the first for the Kings by a rookie since Norm Van Lier recorded 13 points, 10 rebounds, and 11 assists for Cincinnati against San Diego on Nov. 5, 1969. It was the first Kings’ triple-double since Brad Miller’s 17-point, 10-rebound, 11-assist effort on Apr. 10, 2007 at Memphis.

Postgame Recap: Kings @ Blazers

PORTLAND 88, SACRAMENTO 81

March 9, 2010 - At the Rose Garden, Brandon Roy led all scorers with 19 points as the Blazers held off the Kings, 88-81. Sacramento trailed by 11, 73-62, entering the fourth quarter but Francisco Garcia’s three-pointer jump-started a 12-1 run. Jason Thompson’s lay-up capped off the run and tied score, 74-74, with 8:11 remaining. Marcus Camby scored four of Portland’s next five points for a 79-74 advantage with 5:03 left. The Kings cut into the Blazers’ lead and trailed, 81-78, with 3:35 left, but the Trail Blazers scored seven straight points to seal the win. Portland limited the Kings to just one made field goal in the final four and a half minutes. Tyreke Evans led the Kings with 18 points and Carl Landry added 17 points. Spencer Hawes grabbed a game-high nine rebounds. Beno Udrih contributed 13 points. For Portland, Andre Miller and Nicolas Batum each scored 14 points. Camby, Roy, and Juwan Howard each grabbed a team-high-tying eight rebounds. The Blazers outscored the Kings, 27-13, in the second quarter and had their biggest lead of 12 in that quarter.

Postgame Recap: Kings vs. Thunder

OKLAHOMA CITY 108, SACRAMENTO 102

March 7, 2010 - At ARCO Arena, Kevin Durant scored 27 points and Russell Westbrook tallied 13 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Thunder to a 108-102 win over the Kings. The Thunder led, 96-88, with 5:48 left in the fourth quarter before the Kings went on an 8-2 run to trim the Thunder’s lead down to two, 98-96, with 3:53 remaining. After a Durant jumper and a Nick Collison fastbreak lay-up, the Thunder extended the lead to six with 2:59 left. Francisco Garcia buried a three-pointer with 39.5 seconds left to pull the Kings within four, 106-102, but the Thunder answered with a Nenad Krstic dunk to all but end the hopes of a Kings comeback. Oklahoma City outrebounded the Kings, 45-33, and recycled 16 offensive rebounds for 23 second-chance points. Tyreke Evans scored a team-high 24 points, reaching the 20-point plateau for the sixth time in the last seven games. Carl Landry added 20 points and a team-high-tying eight rebounds. Jason Thompson made his return to the Kings’ lineup after missing the previous five games due to two non-displaced transverse processes fractures in his lower back and finished with 11 points and a team-high-tying eight rebounds in 30 minutes off the bench. Krstic grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds. The Kings outshot the Thunder from the field, .506 to .477, but missed nine free throw attempts.

Postgame Recap: Kings @ Mavs

DALLAS 108, SACRAMENTO 100

March 5, 2010 - At the American Airlines Center, Dirk Nowitzki scored 15 of his game-high 31 points in the fourth quarter as the Mavericks fought off the Kings, 108-100, to extend their winning streak to 10 games. With the score tied, 58-58, the Mavericks scored seven unanswered points and went on to outscore the Kings, 33-19, in the third quarter to open the fourth with a 13-point edge, 85-72. The Kings used a 13-2 run to trim a 15-point Dallas lead down to four, 95-91, with 5:34 left in the fourth quarter. Dallas responded with a 5-0 spurt, but the Kings then went on a 9-2 run capped off by Tyreke Evans’ driving lay-up to pull within two, 102-100, with 1:36 remaining. Dallas then held off the Kings the rest of the way, making all six of their free throw attempts. Carl Landry led the Kings with 21 points. Evans, who had just three points at the half, finished with 20 points. Beno Udrih also added 20 points. Spencer Hawes grabbed a team-high nine rebounds. Nowitzki also grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds to record a double-double, as did Jason Kidd (17 points, 12 assists). Sacramento held Nowitzki in check in the first half as he had just eight points, but rookie Rodrigue Beaubois tallied 16 of his career-high 22 points in the first two quarters. Dallas turned the ball over eight times and turned 17 Sacramento turnovers into 24 points. The Mavericks also outran the Kings, scoring 26 fastbreak points. The Kings outrebounded the Mavericks, 45-40.

Postgame Recap: Kings vs. Rockets

SACRAMENTO 84, HOUSTON 81

March 3, 2010 - At the Toyota Center, Carl Landry recorded a game-high-tying 22 points and 10 rebounds against his former team in leading the Kings to an 84-81 win over the Rockets. The Kings won despite shooting just 32 percent from the field (32-100 FG), marking the first time that the Kings accomplished that feat since the Cincinnati Royals defeated Philadelphia, 95-93, on November 3, 1963, with a .318 field goal percentage. Sacramento held a seven-point advantage, 82-75, with 3:11 left in the fourth quarter, but the Rockets scored six unanswered points as Aaron Brooks made one of two free throws to pull Houston within one, 82-81, with six seconds remaining. Landry was fouled and made both free throws to give the Kings an 84-81 lead with four seconds left, giving the Rockets one last chance. Brooks had a good look at a three-pointer but missed with 1.9 seconds left. Tyreke Evans struggled from the field, shooting just 4-of-22, finishing with nine points, only the fourth time this season he has been held under 10 points. Former King Kevin Martin also had trouble finding his shot, making just three of his 13 field goal attempts in tallying 14 points. Beno Udrih tallied 13 points and Spencer Hawes grabbed a team-high-tying 10 rebounds. Brooks tallied a game-high-tying 22 points and Luis Scola recorded a double-double with 19 points and a game-high 18 boards. In the fourth quarter, the Kings limited the Rockets to 28.6 percent shooting from the field. The Kings’ 61 field goal attempts in the first half established a new Sacramento-era record. Sacramento turned the ball over nine times - in three of the last four games the Kings have turned the ball over 10 times or less.

Postgame Recap: Kings vs. Thunder

OKLAHOMA CITY 113, SACRAMENTO 107

March 2, 2010 - At the Ford Center, the Kings had no answer for Kevin Durant who had game-highs of 39 points and 10 rebounds and Russell Westbrook who added 30 points and 13 assists as the Thunder outlasted the Kings, 113-107. Francisco Garcia’s three-pointer with 4:50 left in the fourth quarter capped off a Kings’ 10-3 spurt to pull them within two, 100-98. Durant then made a driving lay-up as the Thunder answered each Kings score as Sacramento could not get closer than three points the rest of the way. Carl Landry’s dunk with 34.1 seconds left cut the Thunder lead to 111-107. Durant was fouled and sealed the win with two free throws, finishing a perfect 12-of-12 from the line. Tyreke Evans led the Kings with 27 points and Landry contributed 17 points and a team-high seven rebounds. Beno Udrih and Francisco Garcia each tallied 13 points. The Kings outshot the Thunder from the field, .539 to .500, but were outrebounded, 32-43. The Thunder crashed the offensive glass, converting 17 offensive boards into 23 second-chance points.

Postgame Recap: Kings vs. Clippers

SACRAMENTO 97, LOS ANGELES 92

February 28, 2010 - At ARCO Arena, Tyreke Evans led all players with 22 points and Carl Landry scored 10 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter, including two free throws with 11.6 seconds left to seal the 97-92 win for the Kings. Sacramento led by as many as 16 points early in the third quarter, but the Clippers came back to pull within one, 91-90, with 2:07 left in the fourth quarter on Rasual Butler’s three-pointer. Evans made consecutive driving lay-ups to give the Kings a 95-90 lead with 42.9 seconds remaining. A Baron Davis lay-up cut the Kings lead down to 95-92 with 35.6 seconds left. On the Kings’ next possession, they missed a shot attempt but got the rebound before Landry was fouled and sent to the line with 11.6 seconds left. Spencer Hawes tallied 16 points and a team-high nine rebounds. Chris Kaman recorded a double-double with a team-high 18 points and a game-high 11 rebounds. Drew Gooden added 17 points. Eric Gordon, who tallied 30 against the Kings in the last meeting, finished with 13 points. The Kings allowed a season-low 92 points and recycled 15 Clipper turnovers into 25 points. Sacramento turned the ball over just 10 times after recording just eight in the previous game against Utah.

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