By Tony Renteria

photo credit: sacbee.com Sac Kings Kosta Koufos grabs rebound against NO Pelicans center Alexis Ajinca Wednesday night at Sleep Train Arena

SACRAMENTO–The Sacramento Kings are still fighting to shake off an identity of a team that continues to struggle as the host Sacramento Kings lost the visiting New Orleans Pelicans 109-97.  Sacramento faithfully has lost two games for every win this season and as the All Star break gets closer they proving that they are the team there record says they are as they sit 15-23.

The Pelicans sit in last place in the Southwest division but the Kings were not able to defend home court against a team they should be able to put away at home.

The Kings were by DeMarcus Cousins 32 points and 12 rebounds but the he was not able to keep the Kings close in this game, the score was not even as close as the game really was as the Pelicans we up by over 25 points at one point of the game in the third quarter.

The Kings look to bounce back as they head to Salt Lake to face the Jazz on Thursday and Pelicans return home to the Big Easy to face the Bobcats from Charlotte on Friday.