AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Nathan Denette
By Jeff Hall
TORONTO –
An unexpected extra night of rest did not help the Kings who fell to the Toronto Raptors 119-102 The loss for the Kings was a season high seventh straight loss.
Toronto was firing on all cylinders from the 3-point line scoring 17 3-point baskets Lou Williams led the way for the Raptors scoring 27 points.
The game seemed evenly matched between the two teams at the half when the score was tied 54-54.
The Raptors put the kings by going on a 29-10 scoring drive against the Kings.
The Kings star DeMarcus Cousins did not have one of his better nights. He got into foul trouble in the third quarter and went to the Kings bench. Cousins’ averages 26.4 scored 13 points a game had just four rebounds in this game and turned the ball over nine times. The Kings turned the ball over 18 times as a team, which led to 21 point for the Raptors.
After the game Cousins had this to say about the his team’s performance. “We had a chance to stop the bleeding, we didn’t and they ran off with the game,”
Kings coach Tyrone Corbin spoke highly about the performance of the Raptors. “They’re playing with a lot of confidence and they’re talented guys,”
The extra night off did not seem to help the Kings who went missed their first six field goal attempts of the game..
Rudy Gay led the Kings in scoring with 22 points, Ben McLemore had 17 points and Carl Landry had 14 points after missing five straight games with a sprained right wrist.
The Kings Nik Stauskas who is from Canada was playing his first Game in Toronto in front of friends and family. Stauskas scored 8 points in 17 minutes of play.
Up next the Kings Head to Cleveland to face the Cavs on Friday Night.

