Randolph leads Kings past Pelicans in OT

NEW ORLEANS — Zach Randolph scored a season-high 35 points, Buddy Hield led a fourth-quarter rally against his former team and the Sacramento Kings beat the New Orleans Pelicans 116109 in overtime on Friday night.

Randolph made two of his career-high five 3-pointers in overtime and added 13 rebounds. Hield made a 3-pointer with 34 seconds left in regulation to force overtime and finished with 18 points off the bench.

De’Aaron Fox added 14 points and Frank Mason III had 12 for the Kings, who won for just the fourth time in 15 road games this season.

DeMarcus Cousins, who along with Hield was the main piece in a trade between the teams in February, led New Orleans with 38 points and 11 rebounds. Anthony Davis, returning from a threegame absence with an adductor strain, had 18 points. Ian Clark had a seasonhigh 15 points in his first start and Jrue Holiday scored 14.

Randolph started the overtime scoring with a 3-pointer, and Cousins answered with a three-point play. Randolph made another 3-pointer, and Mason added a jumper that gave Sacramento a 110-105 lead with 3:13 left.

Holiday made a jumper, but Fox made two free throws and Mason scored on a drive for a seven-point lead with 58 seconds left.

Warriors beat Pistons 102-98 to finish unbeaten trip

DETROIT — It wasn’t a perfect road trip for Golden State — not with Stephen Curry going down with an ankle injury — but the Warriors made it through with an unblemished record.

Kevin Durant scored 13 of his 36 points in the third quarter, and the Warriors beat the Detroit Pistons 102-98 on Friday night to finish 6-0 on the trip. They’ve played the past two games without Curry, who is recovering from a sprained right ankle .

“Just a great finish to just an amazing trip,” coach Steve Kerr said. “The last two games without Steph, obviously, tonight against a team that’s given us some problems and beat us a few weeks ago — so thrilled with the effort and now we get to go home and we’re all very happy about that.”

Detroit had a chance to tie it in the final seconds, but Reggie Jackson’s wild drive to the basket did not lead to a good shot, and Klay Thompson made two free throws with 5.3 seconds left for the final margin.