Albuquerque Journal

Cousins suspended one game by Kings

Spurs handle Bulls for 31st straight home win

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Sacramento Kings have suspended center DeMarcus Cousins for one game for “conduct detrimenta­l to the team.”

Vlade Divac, the Kings’ vice president of basketball operations and general manager, announced the disciplina­ry action Thursday. The Kings said Cousins would sit out today’s home game against the Orlando Magic.

While the Kings offered no other details about Cousins’ conduct, video from Sacramento’s 120-111 home loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday showed Cousins sitting on the bench and in the huddle yelling and heatedly gesturing with his arm at coach George Karl, who was only a couple of feet away.

BOSH: Chris Bosh’s latest blood-clot scare is over. His quest to rejoin the Miami Heat playoff push is not.

Bosh released a statement Thursday announcing he does not currently have deep vein thrombosis — or blood clots in his leg — and that he remains hopeful of getting back on the court with the Heat at some point this season.

SPURS 109, BULLS 101: In San Antonio, Kawhi Leonard had 29 points, LaMarcus Aldridge added 26 points and 10 rebounds and San Antonio won its 31st straight at home to open the season.

Tony Parker added 20 points and had 12 assists for San Antonio, which has won 40 straight at home going back to last season. The Spurs have their best start after 65 games at 55-10. RAPTORS 104, HAWKS 96: In Toronto, DeMar DeRozan had 30 points and five rebounds to help Toronto beat Atlanta.

Kyle Lowry had 19 points and seven assists for the Raptors, and Luis Scola had 10 points and 12 rebounds.

NUGGETS 116, SUNS 98: In Denver, Emmanuel Mudiay scored a career-high 30 points and Denver beat Phoenix.

Nikola Jokic had 18 points and 10 rebounds for Denver.

CAVALIERS 120, LAKERS

108: In Los Angeles, Kyrie Irving scored 26 points and LeBron James added 24 as Cleveland beat Kobe Bryant and Los Angeles.

Bryant scored 26 points to lead the Lakers.

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