By Matthew T.F. Harrington

The Sacramento Kings erased a 14-point fourth quarter deficit, then rode a Ray McCallum buzzer-beating tip-in to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 93-92 Friday night from Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena. DeMarcus Cousins dropped a game-high 21 points for the Kings along with 10 rebounds for a double-double, while Palo Alto’s own Jeremy Lin paced LA with 19 points off the bench.

Apart from Cousins, the Kings received only 16 points combined from the remaining starting five of Ben McLemore, Darren Collison, Jason Thompson and Rudy Gay. Reserves Nik Stauskas (10), Ramon Sessions (13) and Derrick Williams(14) all put up double-digit scoring to push the Kings past their SoCal foes.

The Kings held a 49-48 edge heading in to the half, but LA dominated the third quarter. The Lakers outscored Sacramento 28-15 after 36 minutes of play for a 76-64 margin, but the Kings collected 29 fourth-quarter points, including McCallum’s game-winner, while forcing the LA to settle with 16 points.

With the win, the Kings wrap up preseason play with a 3-4 overall record. They open the season Wednesday night at home against in-state rivals the Golden State Warriors.