by Tony Renteria

The Sacramento Kings (14-20) looking to get back into the playoff race hosted the Oklahoma City Thunder (17-18) tonight with 104-83 impressive win.  The Kings took an early 28-16 lead in first quarter carried it though for the entire game.

The Kings were led by forward Rudy Gay who took his 9 for 19 shooting and turned into to 28 points and chipped in a balanced nine rebounds with four coming from the offense glass.

Point Guard Darren Collison match the shooting of Gay but only managed a very respectful 24 points while adding a solid seven assists.

Center and perhaps one of the most powerful players in the league DeMarcus Cousins added in 23 points but he took 23 shots and 13 times to the line to come up to that total.

The Thunder were led by All World and still recovering Kevin Durant who paced the team with 24 points, the other half of the offense duo Russell Westbrook only added 10 points on a horrible shooting night going 3 for 19.

The Kings who are looking to get back to the basketball that was played under former Coach Malone head to Denver on Friday as the Thunder heads East as well to play the Jazz.