Kings 118-115 Lakers (8 Jan, 2016) Play-by-Play

Los Angeles Lakers

8-29, 4-19 away

115

	1	2	3	4	T
LAL	21	27	38	29	115
SAC	38	31	33	16	118

Sacramento Kings

15-21, 10-9 home

118

DeMarcus Cousins misses driving layup
Ben McLemore misses 21-foot jumper
Rudy Gay makes 21-foot jumper (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
Ben McLemore makes driving dunk (Rajon Rondo assists)
Quincy Acy makes dunk (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
Rudy Gay makes 23-foot three point jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
DeMarcus Cousins misses layup
Quincy Acy makes dunk
DeMarcus Cousins makes 25-foot three point jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
Ben McLemore makes 11-foot two point shot
Quincy Acy makes dunk (Rudy Gay assists)
Ben McLemore misses 24-foot three point jumper
Rajon Rondo misses three point jumper
Rajon Rondo misses 4-foot jumper
Ben McLemore makes driving layup
DeMarcus Cousins makes 24-foot three point jumper (James Anderson assists)
Ben McLemore misses three point jumper
Ben McLemore misses layup
Kobe Bryant blocks Kosta Koufos 's 5-foot jumper
Kosta Koufos makes two point shot
DeMarcus Cousins makes 10-foot two point shot (Rajon Rondo assists)
Marco Belinelli makes 21-foot jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
Kosta Koufos makes layup (Marco Belinelli assists)
DeMarcus Cousins misses 23-foot three point jumper
Marco Belinelli misses 24-foot three point jumper
Darren Collison misses 9-foot jumper
Kosta Koufos makes 3-foot two point shot (Rudy Gay assists)
Marco Belinelli makes 25-foot three point jumper (Rudy Gay assists)
Marco Belinelli makes two point shot
Rudy Gay misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kosta Koufos makes 11-foot two point shot (Rudy Gay assists)
Kosta Koufos makes dunk (Marco Belinelli assists)
Seth Curry misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rudy Gay misses 7-foot jumper
Darren Collison makes 24-foot three point jumper (Marco Belinelli assists)
DeMarcus Cousins makes jumper
Rudy Gay makes 19-foot jumper (Darren Collison assists)
DeMarcus Cousins makes two point shot (Rudy Gay assists)
Ben McLemore misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rajon Rondo makes two point shot
DeMarcus Cousins makes two point shot
Rudy Gay misses jumper
Rudy Gay misses three point jumper
Rudy Gay makes 11-foot two point shot
Rajon Rondo misses 17-foot jumper
Ben McLemore makes dunk (Rudy Gay assists)
Rudy Gay makes dunk (Rajon Rondo assists)
DeMarcus Cousins makes 9-foot two point shot
Quincy Acy makes two point shot (Rajon Rondo assists)
Rajon Rondo misses
Quincy Acy makes dunk (Rajon Rondo assists)
Ben McLemore makes 25-foot three point jumper (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
Quincy Acy makes dunk (Rajon Rondo assists)
Ben McLemore misses 25-foot three point jumper
Louis Williams blocks Ben McLemore's jumper
Rajon Rondo makes layup (Ben McLemore assists)
Ben McLemore misses 18-foot jumper
Rudy Gay misses jumper
Kosta Koufos makes jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
Marco Belinelli makes 18-foot jumper
Quincy Acy misses 7-foot jumper
Kosta Koufos makes layup
Marco Belinelli misses 26-foot three point jumper
Quincy Acy makes 20-foot jumper (Darren Collison assists)
Darren Collison misses 16-foot jumper
Quincy Acy makes driving dunk
Brandon Bass blocks Kosta Koufos's jumper
Marco Belinelli misses 27-foot three point jumper
Rudy Gay makes two point shot
Rudy Gay misses 25-foot three point jumper
Seth Curry misses 3-foot jumper
Rajon Rondo makes driving layup (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
Rajon Rondo misses 7-foot Running Jumper
Brandon Bass blocks Rajon Rondo 's 2-foot layup
DeMarcus Cousins makes jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
DeMarcus Cousins misses layup
Marco Belinelli misses 21-foot jumper
Rudy Gay misses 26-foot three point jumper
Rudy Gay makes two point shot (Rajon Rondo assists)
Rudy Gay misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rudy Gay makes 7-foot jumper (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
Marco Belinelli misses 21-foot jumper
Rajon Rondo makes 7-foot two point shot
Roy Hibbert misses 13-foot jumper
Larry Nance Jr. makes 17-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Rudy Gay blocks Louis Williams 's 5-foot layup
Kobe Bryant misses 22-foot jumper
Louis Williams makes driving layup (Roy Hibbert assists)
Jordan Clarkson misses 18-foot jumper
Louis Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 24-foot three point jumper
Larry Nance Jr. misses 19-foot jumper
Rajon Rondo blocks D'Angelo Russell 's 2-foot layup
Louis Williams makes three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Kobe Bryant makes 12-foot two point shot
Louis Williams misses three point jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 7-foot two point shot
D'Angelo Russell makes two point shot
Kobe Bryant misses 26-foot three point jumper
Julius Randle misses 21-foot jumper
Louis Williams makes 24-foot three point jumper (Brandon Bass assists)
Louis Williams makes 16-foot two point shot (D'Angelo Russell assists)
D'Angelo Russell misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jordan Clarkson misses 8-foot jumper
Jordan Clarkson misses 24-foot three point jumper
D'Angelo Russell makes driving layup
D'Angelo Russell makes 12-foot jumper
Jordan Clarkson makes 19-foot two point shot
D'Angelo Russell makes layup (Kobe Bryant assists)
Kobe Bryant makes 12-foot jumper
D'Angelo Russell misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant makes layup
Kosta Koufos blocks Kobe Bryant 's 7-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant makes two point shot (Jordan Clarkson assists)
Kobe Bryant makes 22-foot jumper (Brandon Bass assists)
Louis Williams misses three point jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 9-foot two point shot
Quincy Acy blocks Larry Nance Jr. 's 3-foot jumper
Larry Nance Jr. makes layup (Kobe Bryant assists)
Jordan Clarkson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 25-foot three point jumper (Louis Williams assists)
Kobe Bryant makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jordan Clarkson assists)
Kobe Bryant makes two point shot (Louis Williams assists)
Louis Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 23-foot jumper
Louis Williams makes driving layup
Larry Nance Jr. makes 5-foot two point shot (Brandon Bass assists)
D'Angelo Russell makes 24-foot three point jumper (Louis Williams assists)
D'Angelo Russell makes driving layup
Louis Williams makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brandon Bass assists)
Julius Randle makes 21-foot jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
D'Angelo Russell makes 25-foot three point jumper
Louis Williams makes 14-foot two point shot
D'Angelo Russell misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant misses driving layup
Brandon Bass makes dunk (Jordan Clarkson assists)
Julius Randle misses 21-foot step back jumpshot
Julius Randle misses 17-foot jumper
Jordan Clarkson makes two point shot
Jordan Clarkson makes driving layup
D'Angelo Russell makes 20-foot jumper (Jordan Clarkson assists)
Jordan Clarkson makes 8-foot two point shot
D'Angelo Russell makes 9-foot jumper
D'Angelo Russell misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jordan Clarkson misses 8-foot Running Jumper
Jordan Clarkson misses 19-foot jumper
Anthony Brown misses 24-foot three point jumper
D'Angelo Russell makes 25-foot three point jumper (Julius Randle assists)
Jordan Clarkson makes 8-foot two point shot
D'Angelo Russell makes two point shot
Quincy Acy blocks Jordan Clarkson 's 5-foot jumper
Brandon Bass makes layup
Jordan Clarkson makes 23-foot jumper
Jordan Clarkson misses 6-foot jumper
Louis Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper

LAKERS

KINGS

TIME		LAL	SAC
12:00	Roy Hibbert vs. DeMarcus Cousins (Kobe Bryant gains possession)	0	0
11:45	Rudy Gay personal foul (Roy Hibbert draws the foul)	0	0
11:36	Kobe Bryant lost ball turnover (DeMarcus Cousins steals)	0	0
11:26	DeMarcus Cousins misses driving layup	0	0
11:26	Roy Hibbert defensive rebound	0	0
11:11	Roy Hibbert misses 13-foot jumper	0	0
11:11	Ben McLemore defensive rebound	0	0
10:57	Ben McLemore misses 21-foot jumper	0	0
10:56	Jordan Clarkson defensive rebound	0	0
10:48	Larry Nance Jr. makes 17-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)	2	0
10:26	Roy Hibbert 3 second turnover	2	2
10:15	Rudy Gay makes 21-foot jumper (DeMarcus Cousins assists)	2	4
10:03	Rudy Gay blocks Louis Williams 's 5-foot layup	2	4
10:02	Rajon Rondo defensive rebound	2	4
10:00	Ben McLemore makes driving dunk (Rajon Rondo assists)	2	6
9:37	Kobe Bryant misses 22-foot jumper	2	6
9:37	DeMarcus Cousins defensive rebound	2	6
9:32	Quincy Acy makes dunk (DeMarcus Cousins assists)	2	8
9:32	Kobe Bryant shooting foul (Quincy Acy draws the foul)	2	9
9:32	Quincy Acy makes free throw 1 of 1	2	9
9:26	Ben McLemore personal foul (Jordan Clarkson draws the foul)	2	9
9:17	Louis Williams makes driving layup (Roy Hibbert assists)	4	9
9:02	Rudy Gay makes 23-foot three point jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)	4	12
8:45	Jordan Clarkson misses 18-foot jumper	4	12
8:45	Rajon Rondo defensive rebound	4	12
8:41	Roy Hibbert clear path foul (DeMarcus Cousins draws the foul)	4	14
8:41	DeMarcus Cousins makes free throw clear path 1 of 2	4	14
8:41	DeMarcus Cousins makes free throw clear path 2 of 2	4	14
8:34	DeMarcus Cousins misses layup	4	14
8:33	Quincy Acy offensive rebound	4	14
8:33	Quincy Acy makes dunk	4	16
8:11	Larry Nance Jr. lost ball turnover (Rajon Rondo steals)	4	16
8:03	DeMarcus Cousins makes 25-foot three point jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)	4	19
7:52	Lakers Full timeout	4	19
7:43	Louis Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper	4	19
7:41	Rajon Rondo defensive rebound	4	19
7:37	Ben McLemore makes 11-foot two point shot	4	21
7:37	Jordan Clarkson shooting foul (Ben McLemore draws the foul)	4	21
7:37	Ben McLemore misses free throw 1 of 1	4	21
7:37	Roy Hibbert defensive rebound	4	21
7:24	Kobe Bryant misses 24-foot three point jumper	4	21
7:24	Ben McLemore defensive rebound	4	21
7:16	Quincy Acy makes dunk (Rudy Gay assists)	4	23
7:01	Larry Nance Jr. misses 19-foot jumper	4	23
7:00	DeMarcus Cousins defensive rebound	4	23
6:54	Larry Nance Jr. shooting foul (DeMarcus Cousins draws the foul)	4	23
6:54	DeMarcus Cousins makes free throw 1 of 2	4	24
6:54	D'Angelo Russell enters the game for Larry Nance Jr.	4	24
6:54	Julius Randle enters the game for Jordan Clarkson	4	24
6:54	DeMarcus Cousins makes free throw 2 of 2	4	25
6:43	Rudy Gay shooting foul (Kobe Bryant draws the foul)	4	25
6:43	Kobe Bryant misses free throw 1 of 2	4	25
6:43	Lakers offensive team rebound	4	25
6:43	James Anderson enters the game for Rudy Gay	4	25
6:43	Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2	5	25
6:28	Ben McLemore misses 24-foot three point jumper	5	25
6:26	Julius Randle defensive rebound	5	25
6:16	Rajon Rondo blocks D'Angelo Russell 's 2-foot layup	5	25
6:15	James Anderson defensive rebound	5	25
6:03	Rajon Rondo misses three point jumper	5	25
6:03	D'Angelo Russell defensive rebound	5	25
5:52	Louis Williams makes three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)	8	25
5:39	Rajon Rondo misses 4-foot jumper	8	25
5:37	James Anderson offensive rebound	8	25
5:33	Ben McLemore makes driving layup	8	27
5:11	Kobe Bryant makes 12-foot two point shot	10	27
4:58	DeMarcus Cousins makes 24-foot three point jumper (James Anderson assists)	10	30
4:43	James Anderson shooting foul (Kobe Bryant draws the foul)	10	30
4:43	Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2	11	30
4:43	Brandon Bass enters the game for Roy Hibbert	11	30
4:43	Kosta Koufos enters the game for Quincy Acy	11	30
4:43	Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2	12	30
4:24	DeMarcus Cousins traveling	12	30
4:07	Louis Williams misses three point jumper	12	30
4:07	DeMarcus Cousins defensive rebound	12	30
3:59	Ben McLemore misses three point jumper	12	30
3:58	Brandon Bass defensive rebound	12	30
3:48	Kobe Bryant makes 7-foot two point shot	14	30
3:33	DeMarcus Cousins lost ball turnover (D'Angelo Russell steals)	14	30
3:31	D'Angelo Russell makes two point shot	16	30
3:13	Ben McLemore misses layup	16	30
3:12	D'Angelo Russell defensive rebound	16	30
2:59	Kobe Bryant misses 26-foot three point jumper	16	30
2:59	DeMarcus Cousins defensive rebound	16	30
2:45	Kobe Bryant blocks Kosta Koufos 's 5-foot jumper	16	30
2:43	Ben McLemore offensive rebound	16	30
2:35	Kosta Koufos makes two point shot	16	32
2:13	Julius Randle misses 21-foot jumper	16	32
2:13	DeMarcus Cousins defensive rebound	16	32
2:08	Kings Full timeout	16	32
2:08	Anthony Brown enters the game for Kobe Bryant	16	32
2:08	Marco Belinelli enters the game for Ben McLemore	16	32
1:52	DeMarcus Cousins makes 10-foot two point shot (Rajon Rondo assists)	16	34
1:32	Louis Williams makes 24-foot three point jumper (Brandon Bass assists)	19	34
1:21	Marco Belinelli makes 21-foot jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)	19	36
1:04	Louis Williams makes 16-foot two point shot (D'Angelo Russell assists)	21	36
42.0	Kosta Koufos makes layup (Marco Belinelli assists)	21	38
21.0	D'Angelo Russell misses 24-foot three point jumper	21	38
21.0	Anthony Brown offensive rebound	21	38
2.0	Anthony Brown traveling	21	38
2.0	Darren Collison enters the game for Kosta Koufos	21	38
0.0	DeMarcus Cousins misses 23-foot three point jumper	21	38
0.0	Kings offensive team rebound	21	38
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	21	38

Regular Season Series

SAC leads 2-0

Lakers
114
Kings
132

Game 1

31/10

Lakers
115
Kings
118

Game 2

8/1

Kings
112
Lakers
93

Game 3

21/1

Kings
106
Lakers
98

Game 4

16/3

Sleep Train Arena

3:30 AM, 8 January 2016

Sacramento, CA

Attendance: 17,386

Referees:
Eli Roe
Mark Lindsay
Rodney Mott

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Phoenix	6	1	.857	-	W5
Golden State	6	1	.857	-	W4
LA Lakers	4	3	.571	2	L1
Sacramento	4	3	.571	2	W1
LA Clippers	3	4	.429	3	W1

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