Peja Stojakovic bounced back from a sub-par effort with 26 points and led eight players in double figures as the Kings halted a two-game losing streak with a 133-101 rout of the Phoenix Suns on Sunday.
Webber missed the first 20 games of the season and Sacramento went 15-5. On Sunday, he sat out his third consecutive contest due to left ankle tendinitis.
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Stojakovic was not the only King who rebounded from a bad game in Los Angeles. In Saturday's loss, Sacramento shot 41 percent from the field. That figure rose to 58 percent (52-of-90) back home as the Kings hit 12-of-26 3-pointers.
Hedo Turkoglu made 4-of-5 from beynod the arc and scored 21 points off the bench.
"There was no perimeter defense," Suns coach Scott Skiles said. "They drove right around us at will. That's one of the worst beatings I've ever been involved in. They shot 58 percent. They scored 78 points in the second half. All they had to do was make a little step-fake and drive right by us."
"Peja hit some tough shots and had a couple of easy layups, but that was it," added Phoenix forward Shawn Marion. "On the threes he was hitting, I was in his face. I was tentative on the defensive end."
In a 114-88 loss at Phoenix on Dec. 12, Stojakovic made 2-of-8 shots and scored six points. But he nailed a 3-pointer on Sunday to spark a 26-12 second quarter that put the game out of reach.
Sacramento shot 50 percent (9-of-18) in the period while holding the Suns to 23 percent (6-of-26) and turning a five-point lead into a 55-36 halftime cushion.
The Kings did not let up in the second half. Vlade Divac scored nine of his 12 points in the third quarter, when Sacramento made four more 3-pointers.
Bobby Jackson's shot from beyond the arc gave the Kings their largest lead, 85-53, with 2:22 left in the period.
"We did a 180 tonight," Sacramento coach Rick Adelman said. "You look at that Phoenix game there and it's like two different games. They didn't hurt us too much on the boards and they didn't get the breaks they got. Offensively, it was night and day."
Webber remains day-to-day for Wednesday's game against Portland. But Adelman has confidence his team can continue to play well in his absence.
"As you saw tonight, the guys are capable of picking up the slack," he said.
Reserve guard Tony Delk scored 24 points, but Phoenix shot just 39 percent (36-of-92) and suffered its seventh defeat in the last 10 trips to ARCO Arena.
"We got to pick it up," Delk said. "Going into the second half, we have to come out and play a lot better than we've been doing. Sometimes we play good and sometimes we don't."