Tyreke Evans scored 26 points and the Sacramento Kings snapped a four-game losing streak with a 96-81 road victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night.
The Kings (10-32) used defense to snap Portland's five-game winning streak and end their own run of nine losses to the Trail Blazers (25-21).
Sacramento limited LaMarcus Aldridge to nine points, snapping his streak of double-digit scoring at 25 games. He was last held under 10 points on Dec. 4.
Overall, the Kings held the Blazers to less than 40 percent (34-of-86) from the field. They allowed just 16 points in the pivotal fourth quarter.
Reserve Carl Landry had 14 points and seven rebounds, rookie DeMarcus Cousins and Beno Udrih each scored 14 points and Omri Casspi added 12 for Sacramento.
Wesley Matthews scored 21 points, Andre Miller added 18 and Nicolas Batum 16 with nine rebounds for Portland.
Sacramento | Portland | |
Tyreke Evans 26 | Scoring | Wesley Matthews 21 |
Tyreke Evans 6 | Assists | LaMarcus Aldridge 5 |
DeMarcus Cousins 8 | Rebounds | Nicolas Batum 9 |
Tyreke Evans 6 | Free Throws Made | Nicolas Batum 2 |
Jason Thompson 3 | Steals | Andre Miller 3 |
Samuel Dalembert 4 | Blocks | Dante Cunningham 4 |
Team | Points | FG% | 3PM-3PA | FTM-FTA | Assists | Rebounds | Blocks | Steals | Turnovers |
Sacramento | 96 | 50.0 | 5-9 | 15-20 | 19 | 44 | 5 | 9 | 18 |
Portland | 81 | 39.5 | 5-15 | 8-11 | 16 | 39 | 6 | 6 | 19 |