Kings 106, Knicks 105: James Johnson hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give host Sacramento the victory after New York rallied back from 27 points despite being without star forward Carmelo Anthony.

Marcus Thornton scored 18 points and Johnson tallied 17, including the decisive 3-pointer from just to the right of the top of the key that gave the Kings just their third win in 10 games.

J.R. Smith scored a season-best 28 points, Chris Copeland added 23 and Tyson Chandler recorded 21 and matched a season high with 18 rebounds for New York.

The Knicks were vying to break the franchise record for largest comeback victory – 26 points against the Milwaukee Bucks on March 14, 2004 – after falling behind 68-41 late in the second quarter. Sacramento was 10-of-15 from 3-point range en route to a 71-50 halftime lead.

New York outscored Sacramento 31-16 in the third quarter to trail by just six entering the final stanza. The Knicks went ahead 97-95 on Jason Kidd’s 3-pointer with 5:58 left and led by four in the final minute before the Kings rallied, punctuated by Johnson’s clutch 3-pointer.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Kings C DeMarcus Cousins had 15 points and 10 rebounds in his return from suspension for conduct detrimental to the team. … Anthony missed his second straight game due to a knee injury and New York also was without point guard Raymond Felton (finger). … Sacramento made a season-best 15 3-pointers on 30 attempts.