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MILWAUKEE -- Isaiah Thomas scored 25 points and had six assists to lead the Sacramento Kings to a 116-102 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night. Keenan Lewis Saints Jersey . Rudy Gay added 22 points, eight rebounds and five assists, and DeMarcus Cousins had 21 points, 10 rebounds and five assists for the Kings, who won their ninth road game after finishing with an 8-33 record away from home last season. Sacramento opened its season-high seven-game, 12-day road trip by shooting 52 per cent (43-for-82) from the field. Brandon Knight finished with a team-high 25 points and six assists for Milwaukee, and Jeff Adrien added 15 points off the bench. The Bucks (12-48), who have the worst record in the NBA, were coming off their biggest win of the season, 114-88 over visiting Utah on Monday. Milwaukee was hoping to win consecutive games for the first time since last March 17 and 19, but the Bucks never led in the second half. Sacramento, 3-1 in its last four away games after a seven-game road losing streak, got 10 straight points from Cousins to extend its lead to 74-55 midway through the third quarter. Gays basket to beat the third-quarter buzzer gave his team a 95-74 lead. Thomas, who finished with at least 20 points for the eighth time in his last nine games, received a double technical and was ejected with 4:19 left in the fourth. Sacramento held a 61-48 advantage at halftime. The score was tied at 33 when the Kings used a 15-2 run to lead the rest of the way. The stretch was capped with a four-point play as Thomas drilled a 3-pointer and Cousins added a free throw because of a loose ball foul on Zaza Pachulia, giving the Kings a 48-35 lead with 5:16 left in the second. NOTES: Sacramento moved one game ahead of the Los Angeles Lakers for the battle of the worst record in the Western Conference. ... The Kings are 3-8 on the road against the Eastern Conference. ... Milwaukees 7-25 home record is worst in the league. The team is also 2-21 against the Western Conference. ... The Bucks used 10 players in the first quarter and everyone but Adrien scored. ... Sacramentos Carl Landry, a Milwaukee native, missed his fourth straight game with a sore right knee. ... Milwaukee signed Tony Mitchell to a 10-day contract on Tuesday and he entered the game with 3:26 remaining. Saints #77 Jersey . The Jets are 1-2-1 against Nashville this year despite outscoring the Predators 11-10. Blake Wheeler and Olli Jokinen lead Winnipeg with four points, while Craig Smith has four for the Predators. Sam Mills Saints Jersey . Sotnikova trailed the 2010 Olympic champion by just .28 points after the short program on Wednesday, but had a brilliant free skate on Thursday. She earned a top score of 149.LONDON, Ont. -- Matt Rupert scored once in regulation and again in the shootout as the London Knights extended their win streak to nine games by defeating the Owen Sound Attack 4-3 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action. Mitchell Marner and Max Domi also scored for the Knights in regulation (44-12-5) while Ryan Rupert clinched the win with Londons second shootout goal. Londons Jake Patterson made 22 saves for the win. Jack Flinn gave the Attack (26-26-8) a chance to win by stopping 52-of-55 shots. Daniel Milne scored twice for Owen Sound and Kurtis Gabriel added the other. Both clubs went 0 for 3 on the power play. --- FRONTENACS 10 BULLS 2 KINGSTON, Ont. -- Sam Bennett scored three times as the Frontenacs used a five-goal first period to crush Belleville. Darcy Greenoway and Henri Ikonen each had a goal and two assists for Kingston (33-22-4) while Mikko Vainonen, Ryan Verbeek, Robert Polesello, Corey Pawley and Spencer Watson added the others. Lucas Perissini stopped 37-of-39 shots for the Frontenacs. Cameron Brace scored both goals for the Bulls (19-36-6) as Michael Giugovaz allowed all 10 goals on 39 shots against. --- COLTS 2 WHALERS 1 (SO) PLYMOUTH, Mich. -- Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 49 shots for the Whalers, but gave up the winner to Zach Hall in the third round of the shootout as Barrie won for the first time in three outings. Andreas Athanasiou forced overtime for the Colts (32-26-3) when he scored at 5:20 of the third period. Plymouths (24-30-7) Zach Lorentz opened the scoring at 6:04 of the second. Mackenzie Blackwood made 35 saves for Barrie. --- OTTERS 4 STING 3 SARNIA, Ont. -- Dane Fox scored twice, including his 58th of the season at 19:22 of the third period to break a 3-3 deadlock, as Erie edged the Sting. Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist for the Otters (45-144-2) and Travis Wood scored the other.Kenny Vaccaro Saints Jersey. Nickolas Latta, Hayden Hodgson and Vladislav Kodola scored for Sarnia (16-39-6) and Nikolay Goldobin tacked on two assists. Eries Oscar Dansk made 18 saves for the win as Taylor Dupuis stopped 33-of-37 shots in defeat. --- SPIRIT 5 RANGERS 2 SAGINAW, Mich. -- Justin Kea scored twice and Jake Paterson stopped 36 shots as the Spirit handed Kitchener its fourth loss in a row. Jeremiah Addison, Dylan Sadowy and Jimmy Lodge also scored for Saginaw (30-26-5) and Nick Moutrey had two assists. Mason Kohn and Curtis Meighan scored for the Rangers (22-36-3). Matthew Greenfield started in net for Kitchener and allowed four goals on 16 shots before being relieved by Jordan DeKort to start the third period. DeKort stopped 5-of-6 shots in relief. --- GENERALS 4 STEELHEADS 1 MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Ken Appleby made 27 saves and Oshawa produced all its offence in the first period en route to defeating the Steelheads. Josh Sterk, Jacob Busch, Joe Manchurek and Hunter Smith scored for the Generals (40-17-5). Mississauga (23-34-4) got its lone goal from Bobby MacIntyre. Chase Marchand allowed all four goals on 15 shots before Spencer Martin took over to start the second period. Martin made 19 saves in relief. --- WOLVES 6 STORM 5 SUDBURY, Ont. -- Trevor Carrick scored once and set up two more as the Wolves came from behind to defeat Guelph. Ray Huether, Nicholas Baptiste, Jacob Harris, Radek Faksa and Nathan Pancel also scored for Sudbury (31-2-10), which trailed 5-2 after 40 minutes of play. Robby Fabbri, Pius Suter and Zach Mitchell each had a goal and an assist for the Storm (47-11-3) while Brock McGinn and Marc Stevens added singles. Franky Palazzese made 36 saves for the Wolves. Guelphs Justin Nichols stopped 32-of-38 shots in defeat. Cheap Jerseys ' ' ' |
