Webber had 30 points, nine rebounds and nine assists and Stojakovic chipped in 26 points on 11-of-15 shooting and seven assists for the Kings, who snapped a three-game road losing streak and evened their mark away from Arco Arena at 13-13.
"This is just the beginning," Stojakovic said. "We just have to play better on the road. I think we've played better in our first and third quarter but we didn't play a good 48 minutes. We have to work to be consistent on the road and we're going (to) approach much better teams than Golden State on the road, and to be a good team in the playoffs we have to play better on the road."
"(Peja) shot the lights out," Kings coach Rick Adelman said. "He made some long rainbows over them and I think with him and Chris, they both had it going, and the (Warriors) didn't seem to have an answer for either one of them."
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Kings-Warriors: 56k | 300k ![]() Doug Christie and the Kings had plenty of room to roam against the Warriors. Rocky Widner NBAE/Getty Images |
"They came out shooting really well and we got in the hole right away, so we fought uphill all night," Warriors coach Brian Winters said. "Stojakovic was unbelievable shooting the ball tonight. There were a couple of times when he was highly contested and still making threes. It was one of those nights for him, he was in a zone. And Webber was good tonight, too."
The Kings led 59-53 at the half and extended their advantage to 89-75 entering the fourth quarter. The Warriors never got within double digits until the final minute.
Doug Christie registered 19 point and Vlade Divac added 15 and 10 rebounds for the Kings, who had the support of much of the sellout crowd.
"It was great," said Webber of the encouragement. "Our fan support, a lot of our fans are from the Bay Area, but I've seen a lot of familiar faces that drove up here. We're just proud of our fans. They energize us."
Antawn Jamison and Larry Hughes scored 20 points apiece and Danny Fortson had 13 and 17 rebounds for the Warriors, who lost for the eighth time in nine games.
"We put ourselves in the hole," Jamison said. "We missed some easy shots in the first half and they did a good job of taking advantage of it."
The Kings led, 28-18, after one quarter and led by as many as 19 points in the second before the Warriors rallied before halftime to get within six at the break.
Jason Richardson was 2-of-9 for seven points before leaving the game in the third quarter with a sprained left ankle after landing on Divac's foot. Richardson did not return.
"I feel good," Richardson said. "It's a little sprain and I've got to get healthy and get ready to take it back on the road."
"It doesn't help us, obviously," Winters said. "Jason's been playing well since the All-Star Game, and you want to get him on the court as much as we can, but there's nothing I can do about that. Injuries are a part of the game. The guys behind him have to step up."
Golden State has not beaten Sacramento since a 111-99 triumph in Oakland on December 20, 1999.
"We had spurts and had spurts when we weren't very good," Adelman said. "We've got to play better than that. We did enough to win that game but every time we seemed to have them down we let them back in the game and they kept playing hard, kept coming at us. I think we've got to play better than we did tonight."








