Sacramento had lost all five of those games, but the Kings picked up the slack in a big way against the Bucks, getting double-digit scoring from six of the eight players who appeared in the game. Antetokounmpo had a three-point play to cut it to 113-107 with 3:50 left.
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“We prepared for Cousins, but he didn’t play and it affected us a little bit”, Bucks forward John Henson said. We gave them warm-up jump shots.
Although Gay had a great game, the story of the Kings’ offensive success was really the balance of their scoring, as six players finished with double-digit scoring.
Rudy Gay scored 36 points and the Sacramento Kings beat the Milwaukee Bucks 129-118 on Wednesday night for their second road victory of the season. Prior to the leaving the game DeMarcus had tallied 30 points and 11 rebounds.
Kidd could be seen arguing with Zach Zarba and then, with a swing of his right arm, knocking the ball from Zarba with 1:49 left in the fourth quarter and the Bucks trailing 120-109 in Milwaukee.
DeMarcus Cousins missed the game in Milwaukee with a strained lower back.
Sacramento went to the line 37 times, making 31 attempts while the Bucks had 10 fewer trips, and makes but Kidd said that wasn’t the leading factor in the loss. Milwaukee had its full roster available against Kings, except for G/F Damien Inglis, who is on a D-League assignment….
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Kings coach George Karl got hit with a technical earlier in the game.
