Bibby leads Sacramento past San Antonio

Bonzi Wells netted 19 points and five steals for the Kings, who have won four of their last five games while moving to within one game of the idle Los Angeles Lakers for the seventh spot in the Western Conference playoff picture.

Shareef Abdur-Rahim added 16 points off the bench in the win.

Tony Parker paced San Antonio with 14 points and five assists as the Western Conference-leading Spurs had their four-game winning streak halted. Tim Duncan donated 11 points and six rebounds in defeat.

The Kings led 26-22 after the first quarter and then netted the first 10 points of the second to take a 36-22 advantage. Abdur-Rahim hit back-to-back jumpers to start the run and the forward later capped it with another jumper with 9:07 left in the second.

The Spurs cut it to seven, 40-33, midway through the frame courtesy of a 10-2 run, but Sacramento rebounded and carried a 56-43 lead into halftime.

Sacramento padded its lead in the third after a Bibby layup made it a 66-49 game with 5:28 remaining and the Kings led 79-61 after the conclusion of the third.

Parker tried to get the Spurs back into the game early in the fourth as he accounted for all of San Antonio’s points during an 8-2 burst that made it 81-69 with 9:07 left. The Kings, though, netted the next nine points to increase their lead to 90-69 with 6:14 remaining and never looked back.

Ron Artest added 15 points and six rebounds as Sacramento shot 46.8 percent from the floor. The Spurs, meanwhile, shot 40.3 percent from the floor.

Game Notes

Kenny Thomas pulled down 10 rebounds and Brad Miller added nine boards in the win...Nazr Mohammed netted 10 points with nine rebounds for the Spurs...Sacramento’s largest lead of the game was 21 while San Antonio never led by more then five...The Kings scored 17 points off of fast breaks to the Spurs five.