Kings 108, Suns 99: DeMarcus Cousins led seven players in double figures with 24 points and added 11 rebounds as visiting Sacramento knocked off Phoenix.

Rudy Gay and Ray McCallum each scored 14 points and Nik Stauskas led the reserves with 13 for the Kings, who have won four straight games for the first time since a five-game streak capped by a win at the Suns made them 5-1 on Nov. 7. Ben McLemore and Derrick Williams each scored 12 points for Sacramento.

Markieff Morris scored 24 points and Marcus Morris added 19 for Phoenix, which squandered a chance to gain a game in the playoff race and remains three behind the Oklahoma City Thunder for the No. 8 spot. Eric Bledsoe fought off an illness to deliver 19 points and P.J. Tucker grabbed 11 rebounds for the Suns.

Williams drained a 3-pointer and dunked to put the Kings in front 92-80 midway through the fourth before Marcus Morris scored the final five of a 7-0 burst to draw the Suns within 92-87 with 4:50 to play. McLemore sandwiched a pair of 3-pointers around Marcus Morris’ jumper to push the lead back to nine points and Sacramento put it away at the free-throw line.

Omri Casspi’s 3-pointer with 8:49 left in the third quarter gave the Kings a 65-55 lead before Bledsoe drained a pair of 3-pointers in a 10-4 spurt to cut it to 69-65. Sacramento closed the third with an 11-2 run highlighted by Stauskas’ 3-pointer to go into the fourth quarter in front by 13.

GAME NOTEBOOK: The Kings snapped a five-game losing streak on the second night of back-to-backs. … Markieff Morris earned his 14th technical foul in the first quarter, tying him with Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook for the NBA lead. … Phoenix missed nine of its 26 free-throw attempts while the Kings were 20-of-23 at the line.