By Jeff Hall

SACRAMENTO–

The first place Chicago Bulls were in Sacramento to take on the Kings and the Kings outplayed the visiting bulls 103 – 88 at Sleep Train Arena in front of a sellout Crowd of 17, 317 and a on a nationally televised game on TNT.

The Bulls were without two of their key players Derrick Rose and Pau Gasol who did not play because of injuries. Rose has a left hamstring injury and Gasol has a left calf string injury.

The loss prevented the Bulls from starting the season on the road with a 7-0 record for the first time in team history.

The last team to start the season 7-0 was the San Antonio Spurs who started the season on the road with an 8-0 record in the 2010-2011 season.

The Bulls offense became sloppy in the second quarter turning the ball over and the Kings took overthe lead at the end of the half out scoring the Bulls 30-18 in the second quarter.

The Kings Forward Derrick Williams was strong off the bench scoring 10 points in the first half. Rudy Gay led all scorers with 13 points in the first half. Malone spoke highly about the play of his young Forward. “ He’s not played a lot this year, but he stayed ready, he’s been working very very hard.” Said Malone.

A happy Kings coach Michael Malone spoke after the game about the play of his team. “Everybody stepped up, a big win for us to close out the homestand 2-1.”

Up next the King will head to Minnesota to take on the Timberwolves Saturday