Warriors 128, Kings 108
Klay Thompson led the way with 25 points as Golden State easily dispatched visiting Sacramento.
Festus Ezeli contributed a career-high 15 points to go along with six rebounds and Stephen Curry collected 12 points and 11 assists as the Warriors won for the 18th time in 19 games. Justin Holiday scored a career-high 18 points off the bench and Andre Iguodala and Marreese Speights added 12 apiece for Golden State.
DeMarcus Cousins piled up 22 points, eight rebounds and six assists and Darren Collison scored 17 points for the Kings, who split a back-to-back after beating the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday. Rudy Gay had 13 points and nine rebounds while Omri Casspi added 16 and eight off the bench for Sacramento.
The Warriors closed the first quarter with a 19-2 run highlighted by 3-pointers from Thompson, Iguodala and Curry to grab a 36-20 lead. The Kings chopped the deficit to single digits when Gay’s 3-pointer made it 55-46 before Golden State stretched it back to 64-50 at the break.
Ezeli had seven points and Thompson added five during a 12-0 burst early in the third quarter that pushed the advantage to 76-53, and the Warriors took a 93-76 lead into the fourth. Shaun Livingston’s jumper with 7:33 left gave Golden State a 104-79 lead and the reserves closed it out.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Warriors F David Lee (hamstring) returned from a 21-game absence and delivered six points and seven rebounds off the bench. … Holiday entered the night having scored a total of 11 points on the season. … The Kings shot 47.8 percent from the floor, and Golden State has yet to allow a team to shoot 50 percent.