LOS ANGELES, Calif. Bruce Rondon Jersey . - The Sacramento Kings never beat the Los Angeles Clippers in four games last season. They made sure that wouldnt happen again with a dominant fourth quarter.DeMarcus Cousins had 34 points and 17 rebounds, Rudy Gay added 25 points, and the Kings handed the poor-shooting Clippers their first loss in three games this season, 98-92 on Sunday.We definitely earned that one, said Cousins, who was singing in the shower afterward.The Kings rallied from a 10-point deficit in the third quarter and outscored the Clippers 28-18 in the fourth. They took the lead for good on a layup by Gay with just under six minutes to play.Weve just been holding our ground, said Darren Collison, who had 14 points against his old team. This is definitely a confidence booster.Blake Griffin and Spencer Hawes both scored 17 points to lead five Clippers in double figures. Chris Paul had 16 points and 11 assists after spraining his foot early, J.J. Redick had 12 points, and Jordan Farmar added 10.The Clippers struggled offensively for the third straight game, shooting 33 of 88. They were 9 of 31 from 3-point range, with Matt Barnes, Paul and Redick combining to miss a slew in the fourth.It finally caught up with us, Paul said. Were getting great looks, weve got the right people shooting. Shots just not falling.Griffin took just five shots in the second half.I did a poor job of setting the tone early, he said. I missed a lot of easy ones.Even new Clippers owner Steve Ballmer couldnt exhort his team to victory, his fists clenched, his face red and his lips forming the words, Lets go! from his baseline seat.The Clippers led by two early in the fourth, when their second unit got things going. But the starters returned and couldnt make a difference.In the third, the Clippers led by 10, but the Kings chipped away. Gay scored seven straight to whittle the Kings deficit to single digits.The empty possessions were because we went into style points, Clippers coach Doc Rivers said. We had a wide-open 3-point shot; instead we flip it to J.J. and get nothing. Then we flip up a finger-roll lob and they steal it. Now its a different game.The Kings held the Clippers to 0 of 12 from 3-point range in the fourth.Cousins scored the Kings first eight points of the game, and he had 11 points in the third when they cut a 10-point deficit to four heading into the fourth.We played great on both ends of the floor, shared the ball well, communicated well, Cousins said. This was a good team effort all the way around.Sacramentos Ben McLemore received a flagrant-1 for pulling Griffin down from behind midway through the first. Griffin was on a breakaway when McLemore yanked on his jersey, sending Griffin to the court, where he landed at McLemores feet near the basket support. Cousins was trailing on the play, and the referees quickly moved in to separate the players.INJURED PAULPaul sprained his left foot in the first half, but stayed in the game, playing a total of 37 1/2 minutes. He was limping afterward and groaned slightly while sitting down and getting up again.TIP-INSKings: Collison spent last season with the Clippers as Pauls backup before leaving for a starting role and more money in Sacramento. He said it wasnt too tough facing his old team, adding, If I had been with them longer I probably would feel a little different. Rivers said he knew by mid-season that Collison wouldnt be back and there was nothing the team could have done to keep him. C Ryan Hollins followed Collison north, and the team also has former Clipper Reggie Evans.Clippers: G Jamal Crawford had an X-ray on his sore left ribs, which was negative, but he is doubtful for Monday. He got hit by the Lakers Robert Sacre in the second half of Fridays game. ... 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Niang scored 25 points before leaving with that gash above his right eye, and the No. 16 Cyclones held on down the stretch to beat No. 10 Kansas 94-83 Friday night and reach their first Big 12 tournament title game since 2000. "We love competing for championships," Niang said later, a bandage over his wound. "Coach says take it one day at a time, but the Big 12 championship is one day away from us." DeAndre Kane had five 3-pointers and scored 20 points, and Big 12 player of the year Melvin Ejim added 19 points for the fourth-seeded Cyclones (25-8), who will play for just their second tournament title Saturday night against the winner of Texas-Baylor. The victory for Iowa State represented its first in four tries against Kansas in the Big 12 tournament, and its first over the Jayhawks in Kansas City since March 10, 1996, when the schools were still part of the Big Eight. It also allowed Iowa State to match its 2001 team for the second-most wins in school history, trailing only the 32 wins piled up by the 2000 team. Incidentally, it was that team that won the Cyclones only Big 12 tournament title. "Its a great win for us, for the fact it gives us confidence we can compete with anyone in the nation," Cyclones coach Fred Hoiberg said. "It was good to finally get one of these after struggling to close out games against Kansas the past few years." Relying on some hot outside shooting, Iowa State took charge in the second half, and then held on as the top-seeded Jayhawks (24-9) tried to make a late run to get back into the game. Perry Ellis led Kansas with 30 points. Andrew Wiggins finished with 22. The Jayhawks again were playing without 7-footer Joel Embiid, the leagues defensive player of the year, and his rim-protecting presence was sorely missed. The freshman has a stress fracture in his back and is likely out until at least the second weekend of the NCAA tournament. "Joel not being in there, he could probably guard Niang better," Kaansas coach Bill Self said, "but I think it was more a collection of everybody rather than just one individual. Michael Jordan Jersey. " The Sprint Center was packed to the rafters with fans eager to see whether Iowa State could finally end its five-game losing streak against the Jayhawks, or whether Kansas could burnish what it hoped would be a resume worthy of a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. The teams got after it right from the tip, racing up and down the floor in what amounted to a series of 94-foot wind sprints. Iowa State got the better of it early, forging a 23-16 lead, but the Jayhawks countered with a brutally efficient 20-3 charge to take control. Things got so intense that the normally placid Hoiberg was rung up with a technical foul after Kane appeared to be hammered on the way to the basket and no foul was called. "I used a bad word," Hoiberg said sheepishly. "Im not going to say I didnt." The Jayhawks lead was also short-lived. Kane started the comeback by converting a three-point play, Ejim and Niang went to work inside, and the Cyclones tied it 46-all in the closing minutes of the first half when Kane knocked down another shot from the corner. Their hot perimeter shooting continued in the second half, when the Cyclones turned a 48-46 deficit into a 66-57 lead, the last points in the run on a deep ball from Naz Long. By that point, Iowa State was 11 of 16 from the 3-point line. "We were on our heels defensively throughout the game," Ellis said. "I felt in the first half we did a lot better. In the second half, we let too many straight-line drives to the basket." The Jayhawks eventually extended their defence to the perimeter, and thats when Iowa State started going to the basket again. Niang scored four straight baskets for Iowa State during one stretch that made it 81-72, and scored on three straight trips to make it 86-74. The lead never got much smaller, even after Niang was whacked in the face during a scrum under the basket, prompting him to start the party for the Iowa State fans in attendance. "We felt like we had these guys in the second half," Niang said. "We came out and threw the first punch and from there it was clear skies." Cheap Capitals Jerseys Cheap Blackhawks Jerseys Cheap Avalanche Jerseys Cheap Stars Jerseys Cheap Wild Jerseys Cheap Predators Jerseys Cheap Blues Jerseys Cheap Jets Jerseys Cheap Ducks Jerseys Cheap Coyotes Jerseys Wholesale Flames Jerseys Cheap Golden Knights Jerseys Cheap Oilers Jerseys Cheap Kings Jerseys Cheap Sharks Jerseys Cheap Canucks Jerseys ' ' '