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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- The Sacramento Kings can play a little
defense, too.
|  | | Chris Webber, right, knocks the ball away from the Lakers' Robert Horry. |
Chris Webber had 20 points and 12 rebounds as the Kings defeated the Lakers 103-91 Wednesday night, ending Los Angeles' seven-game winning streak and maintaining their perfect record at home this
season.
The Kings, who led the NBA in scoring last year and are leading
again this season with 106 points per game, used some
uncharacteristically tight defense to defeat the Lakers. Los
Angeles shot just 42 percent and was forced into 17 turnovers.
The Kings, who are 20th in the league in defense, held an
opponent below 92 points for just the second time this season.
"We played great defense and we played great offense, too,"
said Predrag Stojakovic, who had 19 points for the Kings.
Jason Williams added 19 points for Sacramento, which had 11
steals while running its record at Arco Arena to 7-0 this season.
The Kings have won 15 straight regular-season games on their home
court.
"I thought they did a real good job collapsing in the middle,"
Lakers coach Phil Jackson said. "I thought their defense created a
lot of opportunities."
Shaquille O'Neal had 27 points and nine rebounds for the Lakers
despite picking up his fourth foul in the opening two minutes of
the second half.
Kobe Bryant added 27 points for Los Angeles in his first start
of the season, but committed six turnovers. He missed the Lakers'
first 15 games with a broken right hand, and came off the bench in
the last four games.
Jackson said several key mistakes by Bryant in the third period
prevented the Lakers from getting back into the game.
"Sometimes you could be trying too hard," Bryant said. "Thank
God for videotape. I have to break it down and see why this
happened and where it was coming from. You have to study why that
happens in certain situations."
The Kings were back at home after losing three of five on an
East Coast trip, including a 109-95 loss at lowly New Jersey on
Monday night in which they lacked energy.
"On the East Coast we had some leads that we let go. Tonight we
didn't," Williams said.
Williams said there should be no more complaints about the Kings
building their early season success on a weak schedule.
"People weren't giving us enough credit, but tonight they
should," he said.
Sacramento led 73-64 after three periods, and extended its lead
to 11 points on Stojakovic's 3-pointer with 10 minutes remaining.
The Lakers never got closer than seven points the rest of the game,
despite 11 points by Bryant and nine from O'Neal in the fourth
quarter.
Webber and Stojakovic each had 12 points as the Kings took a
49-42 halftime lead after leading by as many as 11 points late in
the second period.
The Kings went on a 10-0 run early in the second quarter with
their second-stringers, who have nicknamed themselves the "Bench
Mob," outplaying a Lakers lineup featuring O'Neal, Bryant and Glen
Rice. Los Angeles went scoreless for 3:23 during that run.
Game notes
Before the game, the Kings placed guard Jon Barry on the
injured list with a lower back strain and activated center Bill
Wennington. ... The Kings have won only 15 of their 66 games
against the Lakers since moving to Sacramento in 1985. ... It was
the first time in eight games an opponent had scored more than 100
points against the Lakers. ... The Lakers hit just two of their
first 12 shots in the game. ... The Kings wore black bands on their
jerseys to honor former Sacramento mayor Joe Serna, Jr., who died
Nov. 7 from kidney cancer. Serna worked out a package keeping the
Kings in Sacramento two years ago.
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