By Tony Renteria

The Sacramento Kings (10-10) hosted the Visiting Utah Jazz (5-15), team leader DeMarcus Cousins absent again with viral meningitis but Rudy Gay put the team on his back as he lead the Kings in scoring dropping in 29 points in a 101-92 Kings win.

Gay feeling the pressure to fill the void left by the absent Cousins did so well guarding Jazz leading Gordon Hayward and limiting him to just 19 points as the Kings used the home court advantage for the win.

Also filling the void was Rookie Nik Stauskas who scored a career high 15 points and added in 8 rebounds as the Kings improved to (2-4) with out Cousins.

The Jazz were lead by Hayward’s points, and seven assists and four steals.

This was the first meeting between the two this season, the nest game will be in early February.  The Jazz head home to host the San Antonio Spurs, While the Kings head to Los Angeles to face the Lakers tomorrow.