Kings 124, Cavaliers 118: DeMarcus Cousins had 26 points and 14 rebounds and Marcus Thornton scored 20 points as host Sacramento snapped a four-game losing skid.

Tyreke Evans scored 18 points, Jimmer Fredette tallied 16 and John Salmons added 14 as the Kings ended a six-game home losing streak to Cleveland.

Dion Waiters scored a career-best 33 points on 12-of-18 shooting for the Cavaliers, who dropped to 5-19 on the road. Tristan Thompson had 17 points and 15 rebounds, C.J. Miles scored 17 and Kyrie Irving added 15 for Cleveland.

Sacramento led 31-24 after one quarter and led by as many as 13 in the second en route to a 69-57 halftime lead. The Kings shot 56.3 percent in the half.

Cleveland rattled off the first eight points of the second half and eventually pulled within 97-94 on a 3-pointer by Waiters with 7:37 to play. Sacramento got its lead back to nine on Fredette’s 3-pointer with just over four minutes remaining and held on down the stretch.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Sacramento went 29-of-33 from the free-throw line with Cousins sinking all 12 of his attempts. … The 124 points are the most Cleveland has allowed this season. … Fredette and Thornton each connected on three of Sacramento’s nine 3-pointers.