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#RUDY GAY LAKERS 31 POINTS FREE#
But Gay hit a pair of free throws with 1:18 left to put the Kings back up five and Wesley Johnson missed a layup with 29.9 seconds left that could have gotten L.A. Sacramento led by 11 after three periods, 87-76, but the Lakers tried to make it interesting down the stretch, twice getting the deficit down to three points. The Lakers did not have Pau Gasol (vertigo) or Steve Nash (nerve root irritation) with them in Sacramento, while Xavier Henry (torn ligament in wrist) and Chris Kaman (sore right calf) did not dress. The teams were both short-handed in this one the Kings played without backup center Aaron Gray, who was not with the club due to a stomach illness, and point guard Isaiah Thomas missed his fourth straight game with a bruised quad. in the game was they were 5-for-11 from long range in the period. The Kings (27-48) did most of their damage in the second quarter, when they shot 15-for-21 while holding the Lakers to 9-of-27 shooting. For the Lakers (25-50), it is just the second time since moving to Los Angeles from Minneapolis in 1960 they have lost 50 games in a season they lost 52 games in 1974-75.