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A sellout crowd, only the second of the season, egan to chant "Here we stay" during player introductions, but did not repeat it as often as expected throughout the rest of a tightly contested game.
Blake Griffin had 27 points and 12 rebounds for the Clippers, who lost their fifth straight and eighth in nine games. Randy Foye scored 23 points, newly acquired Mo Williams had 16, and Chris Kamen 12.
Beno Udrih had 19 points and seven assists for the Kings, who outscored the Clippers 27-16 in the fourth quarter. Omri Casspi had 15 points and eight rebounds and Jason Thompson added 10 points.
Slumping rookie DeMarcus Cousins had just five points and nine rebounds in a reserve role.
Williams connected on a 3-pointer, but Thornton responded with a pair of free throws to give the Kings a 100-97 lead with 31.7 seconds left. The Clippers misfired on several 3-point attempts in the final 20 seconds.
Foye hit a 3-pointer to cut the Sacramento lead to 98-94, but DeAndre Jordan missed four straight free throws, the final two with 1:32 remaining, that could have nike sb low dunks cut into the Kings' lead even further.
Last week, the Maloofs requested an extension of the March 1 deadline to give Kings ownership the opportunity to discuss their options with the NBA Board of Governors at its April 14-15 meeting. The Board is currently considering the Kings' request.
The Kings wore the 1950-51 retro uniforms of the Rochester Royals, who won an NBA championship that season, the only title in franchise history. The crowd cheered loudly at times for the inspired Kings. Among the crowd were Kings owners Joe, Gavin and George Maloof sitting in their usual courtside seats.
The game was the final one under the Arco Arena name. Starting Tuesday, the new arena name is Power Balance Pavillion. The current arena had the Arco name since the inaugural game in the building on Nov. 8, 1988.
The Kings ran off nine straight points, the final two on an alley-oop nike sb shoes dunk resulting from a Thornton pinpoint pass to Casspi, to build a 97-91 lead with 4:22 remaining.
Trailing 91-88, Casspi scored on a fastbreak dunk and Udrih followed by hitting a wide-open 3-pointer at the 5:19 mark, giving Sacramento a 93-91 lead.
Griffin scored nine points in the third quarter and Foye had seven to help Los Angeles head into the fourth quarter with a 83-78 advantage.
Williams connected with Griffin on an alley-oop dunk, then hobbled off the court after turning his ankle late in the third quarter with the Clippers leading 73-70. Williams returned to the game to start the fourth quarter.
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