FINALKings 102, Hornets 96
The Kings ended the Hornets' 10-game winning streak by holding off a late rally for the second night in a row.
DeMarcus Cousins led the Kings with 25 points, 12 rebounds and a season-high seven assists.
After sitting most of the third quarter with foul trouble, Tyreke Evans scored nine of his 18 points in the fourth quarter. Evans also had six assists.
The Kings (12-33)have won cosecutive games for the second time this season and led wire-to-wire. It's the first time the Kings have swept back-to-back games this season. The Kings won at the Lakers Friday.
In addition to Cousins, Samuel Dalembert had another good game with 16 points and six rebounds off the bench.
David West led the Hornets (31-17) with 21 points on eight of 21 shooting. Chris Paul had 10 points and seven assists.
THIRD QUARTERKings 76, Hornets 67
The third featured the return of Luther Head to the rotation. That happened because Tyreke Evans had to watch most of the third quarter with five fouls. Evans picked up two fouls in the less than three minutes into the third.
The Kings were able to stay in the lead without Evans with Luther Head stepping in and scoring five points in the quarter.
Samuel Dalembert started the half in place of Jason Thompson (sprained right ankle) and scored seven of his nine points in the third.
DeMarcus Cousins leads the Kings with 23 points, eight rebounds and six assists. The six assists tie the rookie's season high.
David West has 16 points and seven rebounds for New Orleans. Chris Paul has 14 points and six assists.
HALFTIMEKings 56, Hornets 46
DeMarcus Cousins is still on a roll.
He leads all scorers with 19 points. Cousins also has a game-high six rebounds and is tied with Chris Paul with five assists.
The Kings extended their lead to 17 during the second and are shooting 57.5 percent in the half.
Paul figures to get aggressive on offense if the Kings continue to control the game. Paul has taken only two shots and has just six points. I imagine the plan isn't for Emeka Okafor to take twice as many shots as Paul all night.
David West leads New Orleans with 15 points.
The Kings will be without Jason Thompson the rest of the game. He was ruled out with a sprained right ankle.
FIRST QUARTERKings 24, Hornets 22
DeMarcus Cousins hasn't cooled off after his stellar showing Friday night in Los Angeles.
Cousins has 10 points, three rebound and three assists to start the game. His jump shots have been smooth and barely moving the net when they go in.
Tyreke Evans has nine points and three assists for the Kings.
The Kings led by as many as nine thanks to some good shooting (55 percent). The Hornets are hanging around because all five starters have scored and each starter has an assist.
David West leads the Hornets with seven points.
The Hornets are on a 10-game winning streak so if the Kings pull this off, it will be their best week of basketball all season. They'd be 3-1, with three wins over winning teams.
--Jason Jones
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