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Sacramento, CA (Sports Network) - Tyreke Evans had 24 points and 10 assists to help the Sacramento Kings take a 106-97 win over the Utah Jazz. cheap jerseys . DeMarcus Cousins had 17 points, nine rebounds and six assists while Francisco Garcia also had 17 points for the Kings, who snapped a two-game slide. Well I thought that was a good solid performance by us, said Sacramento head coach Paul Westphal. We sputtered a little bit, maybe the last six minutes of the first half, but other than that, for the most part, we kept good energy on both ends, we shared the ball, attacked, and it was a professional win. Paul Millsap had 21 points while Gordon Hayward added a career-high 19 points for the Jazz, who have lost their past eight games. Its Utahs longest losing streak since dropping nine straight from March 4-19, 2005. I dont think overall its what we expected, said Utah head coach Tyrone Corbin. This team is struggling a little bit. We thought wed come out with a good effort at the beginning of the ballgame especially put more pressure on them. We let them get their confidence going and they had a pretty good game as a result. The Kings trailed for much of the first quarter, but a 9-0 run later in the frame helped the team take a 26-19 lead into the second. Sacramento extended its lead to 20 points when Marcus Thorntons free throw made it a 41-21 game with under eight minutes to play, but Utah used a 15-4 run later in the frame to cut its deficit to 10 at the break, 50-40. Utah made it a five-point game with 8 1/2 minutes to play in the third, but Evans countered with a three-ball and two free throws from Cousins got the lead back to 10. The Kings kept the score in double digits for much of the remainder of the third, but Derrick Favors hit a jumper and Earl Watson closed out the scoring in the frame with a three to make it an 81-72 game heading into the final period. 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Martin tied a season high with 32 points, including the winning free throws with 23.6 seconds remaining, to lead the Rockets to a 96-95 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night. Before the game McHale recounted the discussion they had Tuesday night. "Weve got to do a better job of trying to get you going, but youve got to do a good job of getting yourself going, too," McHale said he told Martin. "I did it for a lot of years and its incumbent on you to go out there and get yourself going." Martin took his advice to heart. "When it comes to NBA basketball, were both pretty smart, (but) he might be a little smarter than me," Martin said. "So I was listening a little bit more and it was just a great conversation especially after the last week has gone. It was a conversation we needed to have." Kevin Durant missed three shots in the last 16 seconds and Houston finally grabbed the rebound on the last miss to secure the win. Goran Dragic missed a pair of free throws for Houston after that, but the Thunder didnt have time to get down the court for another shot. "I got where I wanted to get, I just missed the shots," Durant said. "Thats what happens. Guys cant expect you to make every shot at the end or youre setting yourself up for failure." Martin didnt score in the fourth quarter until his free throws for the win. "Its not even about points," he said. "Yesterday, we got beat and I was over there sitting and that wasnt pleasant. So tonight it was good to be out there and it was a total team effort." Thunder coach Scott Brooks was disappointed with his teams 21 turnovers and its work on defending Martin. "We did not have a handle on him all game," Brooks said. "He was aggressive, attacking our defenders and we didnt do a good job on Kevin." Durant led the Western Conference-leading Thunder with 33 points and Russell Westbrook added 26 points. Houston got 15 points from Luis Scola and 14 from Chandler Parsons. Kyle Lowry, who finished with 11 points, cut the lead to 95-94 with a putback layup with about a minute left. Durant missed a jump shot on the other end to give Houston the ball back and set up Martins free throws. Houston led by five points before Oklahoma City scored seven straight -- capped by a monster dunk by Durant to take an 89-87 lead with six minutes left. He had annother dunk soon after that before his alley-oop layup had Oklahoma City up 93-92 about two minutes later. NFL Jerseys Deals. Durant has scored 25 points or more 13 times against the Rockets in his career. James Harden, who had 17 points, scored Oklahoma Citys first seven points of the fourth quarter and the teams were tied at 80 after his layup with about nine minutes remaining. The teams exchanged the lead several times in the third quarter before Houston made it 73-70 with a three-point play by Martin, who had 15 points in the quarter. He banked on off-balance shot while being fouled by Durant and hit the free throw. Courtney Lee sank two free throws after that, but Durant found a wide-open Reggie Jackson for a three-pointer at the end of the quarter to cut Houstons lead to 75-73 entering the fourth quarter. Players from both teams got technical fouls in the third quarter. Kendrick Perkins got one when he linked his arm in Scolas to try and slow his path to the basket with about five minutes left in the quarter. Lowry got one about 1 1/2 minutes later when he got tangled up with Serge Ibaka while trying to get a rebound. Martin cooled down in the second quarter after his hot shooting first quarter and the Thunder finally got their offence going. The Rockets were up by 18 points early in the second quarter before Oklahoma City went on an 8-0 run to close the gap to 31-21 less than 10 minutes before halftime. Oklahoma City went on a 10-2 run capped by a three-pointer by Durant after that to get within 35-31 about five minutes later. The Thunder tied it at 42-42 when Samuel Dalembert was called for goaltending on a shot by Durant with a minute left in the first half. Martin then scored his only points of the second quarter with a three-pointer seconds later to put Houston back on top 45-42. Martin got going early in this one, with his first basket coming on a jump shot with nine minutes left in the first quarter that made it 6-0. A pair of three-pointers later in the quarter gave him 10 points, pushed Houstons lead to 18-6 and had a rowdy group of fans chanting his name. Parsons hit a three-pointer with about three seconds left in the first quarter to leave the Rockets up 29-13 entering the second period. Martin scored 28 points against Golden State on Sunday, but has struggled in his three other recent games. His 12 first-quarter points were double what hed scored in those three outings. Notes: Thunder G Thabo Sefolosha missed his 10th straight game with a sore right foot. Daequan Cook started in his place for the eighth straight time. ... Houston went 3-3 on the six-game road trip that ended Monday. ... Oklahoma City is 2-1 against Houston this season. ' ' '
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