Sacramento Kings Team Report - January 12

(Basketball News) - Peja Stojakovic led six players in double figures with 27 points, as the Sacramento Kings downed the Denver Nuggets, 109-100, on Tuesday at ARCO Arena.

Mike Bibby scored 18 points and Kevin Martin netted 17 for the Kings, who have won five of their last seven games overall. Maurice Evans totaled 14 points while Darius Songaila and Brad Miller each added 12 in the victory.

Sacramento has captured 12 of the last 14 meetings with the Nuggets, who have dropped 17 straight contests at ARCO. The last Denver victory at Sacramento was on January 7, 1997.

Stojakovic is averaging 32 points and 4.5 rebounds in his last two contests. He has scored in double-digits in all 33 of Sacramento’s games this season.

The Kings are off until Thursday when they host Carlos Boozer and the Utah Jazz. Earlier this season, the Kings defeated the Jazz, 109-102, on December 31st at the Delta Center.