Cousins has 29 points and 10 rebounds as Kings beat Wizards 120-111
DeMarcus Cousins had 29 points, 10 rebounds and 5 steals, and the Sacramento Kings beat the Washington Wizards 120-111.
The Kings took control with a 21-9 run in the fourth quarter and led by as many as 16.
The Wizards got within 91-88 on Nene’s three-point play with 11:09 to play, but Omri Casspi answered with a tip-in, and the Wizards got no closer.
Darren Collison assisted on 5 of Kosta Koufos’ 5 baskets, 4 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Wizards, Bradley Beal scored 24 points (12 in the paint), and Otto Porter Jr. added 20 points (13 in the third quarter) on 8 for 11 shooting.
The Kings shot 56.0% from the field and 44.4% from 3 to the Wizards’ 48.3% and 34.6%. The Wizards turned it over 20 times, about 5 more than usual for this many possessions. The Kings outscored the Wizards 22-12 in 6 minutes with Koufos, Collison, Casspi, McLemore and Cauley-Stein on the floor together.