By George Devine, Sr.

The Kings are thriving on home cooking at Sleep Train Arena, having beaten Chicago 99-70 and now Toronto, 109-101.

A key factor was that Rudy Gay and DeMarcus Cousins were both on the court again Cousins accounted for 25 points and 10 rebounds. Gay had 24 points and also 10 rebounds. Jason Thompson was another to achieve 10 boards, and scored 9 points. Isaiah Thomas had 23 points and 5 assists.

For the visitors, Kyle Lowry had 21 points, 8 assists and 7 rebounds. Patrick Patterson had 14 points, and Jonas Valancianas had 12 points with 11 rebounds.

Sacramento led by a substantial margin in all quarters but the fourth, by which time it was too late for Toronto to overcome the lead.