Coach George Karl moved into a tie for fifth on the NBA wins list with 1,155 when DeMarcus Cousins had 32 points and nine rebounds Saturday to lead the host Sacramento Kings to a 142-119 victory over the Phoenix Suns, who lost their eighth in a row.
Karl matched Phil Jackson with the milestone win. The 63-year-old Karl is 1,155-795 in 27 seasons.
Brandon Knight had 23 points and Devin Booker had 21 for the Suns, who have lost 10 of 11. TJ Warren scored 19 points and Mirza Teletovic had 13.
Darren Collison had 21 points and six assists and Marco Belinelli had 19 points for the Kings. Rudy Gay added 16 points and Rajon Rondo had 15 points and 15 assists. The Kings had a season high for points and shot 61.6 percent in snapping a three-game skid.
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Lou Williams scored 12 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter against his former team and Jordan Clarkson added 19, leading the Lakers to a 93-84 victory over Philadelphia 76ers (3-32) on Friday night in Los Angeles.
Rookie forward Larry Nance Jr. had a season-high 14 rebounds and 8 points for the Lakers (7-27) on his 23d birthday while playing on a tender right ankle.
Julius Randle scored 15 points off the bench for Los Angeles in a matchup between teams with the NBA’s two worst records.
Kobe Bryant didn’t play for the Lakers against his hometown team because of a sore right shoulder, the same one he had surgery on last January to repair a torn rotator cuff. That forced the NBA’s No. 3 all-time scorer to miss the final 48 games of the 2014-15 season.
Bryant is averaging 17.2 points in 29 games for the Lakers, who were coming off a 112-104 victory at Boston on Wednesday night in which he recorded his first double-double of the season with 15 points and 11 rebounds in 33 minutes and shot 5 for 18 from the field.
Nerlens Noel had 15 points and 12 rebounds for the Sixers, who tied an NBA record with their 0-18 start before beating the Lakers, 103-91, on Dec. 1 at Philadelphia.
Point guard Ish Smith had 9 points and three assists. Both teams shot less than 35 percent from the field through the first three quarters, with the Lakers holding a 62-60 edge.
Sixers reserve Nik Stauskas helped reduce an 8-point deficit to 73-70 on a dunk with 8:11 remaining after missing his first six shots.
But Williams, who played his first seven NBA seasons in Philadelphia, hit a pair of 3-pointers and a 20-footer during a 15-2 run that gave Los Angeles an 88-72 cushion with 4:21 left.
In other games Friday night, Orlando defeated Washington, 103-91; Chicago pounded New York, 108-81; Miami trounced Dallas, 106-82; and Toronto upended Charlotte, 104-94.
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John Wall scored 24 points with 13 assists, Otto Porter had 20 points and 11 rebounds, and host Washington extended its dominance of Orlando.
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Hassan Whiteside had 25 points and 19 rebounds, Gerald Green added 19 points off the bench, and host Miami rolled past Dallas to snap a two-game slide.
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DeMar DeRozan had 23 points and Kyle Lowry added 18 points and 11 assists as Toronto rallied to beat visiting Charlotte.