SACRAMENTO, Calif.
Rodney Gunter Cardinals Jersey . -- Fed up and frustrated at the lack of effort and energy, Sacramento Kings coach Michael
Malone shook up his lineup hoping to find some kind of spark. The move turned
out to be exactly what his team needed. Marcus Thornton scored a season-high 24
points after losing his starting spot to rookie Ben McLemore, and the Kings
snapped a five-game losing streak by beating the Brooklyn Nets 107-86 on
Wednesday night. "Marcus, I said to him after the game, Maybe I shouldve put you
on the bench sooner," Malone said. Greivis Vasquez had 17 points and 12 assists,
and Isaiah Thomas added 19 points, six assists and six rebounds to help the
Kings rout Brooklyn. Sacramento led by 18 points in the second quarter and 23
late in the third before holding off a brief rally in the fourth. The Kings shot
43.6 per cent and committed only seven turnovers. They also held the Nets to
37.8 per cent shooting and forced 15 turnovers. "If I couldve written a script
for tonight," Malone said, "it wouldve played out just like it played out."
Nothing has gone according to plan for the Nets this season. After acquiring
Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce from Boston, the pairs championship pedigree has
yet to blend in Brooklyn so far. The Nets have lost three straight to drop to
2-5 this season, including 0-4 on the road, with the latest performance perhaps
the most perplexing. "Its unacceptable," first-year Nets coach Jason Kidd said.
"We dont score, we hang our heads and then they score on the other end." The
Nets never sustained any kind of rhythm, even after DeMarcus Cousins picked up
his fourth foul and was taken out early in the third quarter. They played slow
and looked like aging veterans -- especially against Sacramentos young and
athletic rotation -- and were often embarrassed on both ends. Brook Lopez had 16
points and nine rebounds, and Deron Williams finished with 13 points and seven
assists as the Nets lost their third straight game. Brooklyn plays at Phoenix on
Friday night before wrapping up the three-game road trip at the Los Angeles
Clippers on Saturday night. "I hope this was a wakeup call to start the trip,"
said Pierce, who had 12 points and nine rebounds. Sacramento, a place where most
NBA fans are still just happy to have a team after the Kings nearly moved to
Seattle in May, finally showed some promise on the court for the first time
since winning its season opener against Denver. McLemore, the seventh overall
pick out of Kansas, made his first start along with Jason Thompson. Thornton and
Patrick Patterson, who had eight points and a season-high 10 rebounds, moved to
the bench as part of a revamped rotation Malone said he will use again Friday
against Detroit. The announced crowd of 15,122 roared when McLemore finished an
alley-oop from Vasquez on a fast break in the first quarter, though the rookie
struggled for most of the game. McLemore finished with two points on 1-of-8
shooting. Thornton scored 13 points in the second quarter, including three
3-pointers, and tossed a lob that Cousins dunked with one hand to give the Kings
a 43-25 lead. "I kept pounding in my head, Just go out there and play and
relax," said Thornton, who finished 10 of 19 from the floor, adding four
rebounds and two assists. "Shots started falling, and things happened." The Nets
answered with 11 straight points, with Williams keying the spurt despite
favouring his left ankle for a minute after slipping on teammate Andray Blatche.
Cousins also was called for a technical foul -- his second this season -- to
help Brooklyns run after the Sacramento centre shouted at official Joey
Crawford. Sacramento closed the half leading 52-40 before blowing away Brooklyn
after the break. Vasquez fed Patterson for a layup that put the Kings up 80-57
with 42 seconds remaining in the third quarter. Williams floater sliced
Sacramentos lead to 84-72 early in the fourth. Then Jason Terry was called for a
foul and a technical foul after elbowing Vasquez, part of a 16-8 run that gave
the Kings a 100-80 lead. "Were not in a comfort zone or anything like that,"
Vasquez said. "We have to come back and be professional about this and build
from this win." NOTES: The Kings had lost the last three games against the Nets.
... Nets F Andrei Kirilenko (back spasms) is not travelling with the team during
its three-game road trip. ... Garnett played his 1,330th career game, passing
Moses Malone for 10th place in NBA history.
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today," said Govortsova, who improved to 3-2 against the Italian and set up a
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in the only other matchup involving a seeded player. In other first-round
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