DeMarcus Cousins scored 56 points for Sacramento Kings at Sleep Train Arena against Charlotte Hornets, but his team couldn’t record the victory. That is a record in his career, a record in the history of Sacramento and a record for the NBA this season. But, eventually the final score was 129-128 for Charlotte Kings after double overtime. Troy Daniels scored a 3-pointer with 9 seconds to go and secured the victory for The Hornets. Darren Collins could even turn thing around, but he missed a jumper a few seconds later.
Cousins was just unstoppable for the defence of Charlotte. He scored in 21 of his 30 shooting attempts in the match. Moreover, the centre of Sacramento took 12 rebounds, made 4 assists. DeMarcus also blocked two shots, but left the pitch for his six fouls in the second period. With 56 points, scored in the match, Cousins recorded a total of 104 only in the last two games of Sacramento after he scored 48 on Saturday against Indiana.
“It was a tough loss. I was just sitting here (in the locker room) thinking how a lot of the plays early on could have changed the game. But I think through all of the mistakes, we all left it on the floor. You hate to lose games like this,” the hero of the night, Cousins, said.
Sacramento Kings’ coach, George Karl was impressed by DeMarcus Cousins’ performance, but he was also disappointed with the defeat. “He’s having big nights, but we just aren’t shooting the ball very well,” Karl said in the post-match interview.
Rudy Gay managed to score 20 points for The Kings. Darren Colllison, who started from the bench, added 15 and Omri Casspi finished with 13 points for Sacramento.
The guard Rajon Rondo made the impressive 20 assists and 10 rebounds for the hosts, but the unbeaten run of The Kings went to an end. They had six consecutive victories until the defeat of The Hornets.
For Charlotte, Troy Daniels finished with 28 points, which is a record in his career. The guard scored the winning three points for his team 9 seconds before the end of the match. Kemba Walker added 24 points for the 22nd victory for the visitors. Marvin Williams finished with 21 points, and Jeremy Lin added 20.
“He’s so gifted and talented. Cousins is one of the best big men I’ve ever played against. He’s pretty unstoppable,” Kemba Walker said of Cousins after the match.
