SALT LAKE CITY (NBA.com exclusive)  --  All it took for Sacramento Kings rookie Tyreke Evans to get in a rhythm was a couple of easy baskets.

In the second quarter of the Kings' shocking 104-99 win over the Utah Jazz on Saturday night, Evans made two dunks in transition in a span of 15 seconds. He gained some confidence from the easy baskets and Utah paid the price.

Evans scored a career-high 32 points to lead Sacramento to its second win of the season. He scored 12 of his points in the second quarter when the Kings completely erased a 15-point deficit. A switch to playing zone defense that led to several Sacramento fast breaks, with Evans leading the charge, changed the momentum in the game.

"That's the style of play I always liked to play at Memphis - up and down the court, fast breaks," Evans said. "Once I got that going, I got into a rhythm. Once I get a rhythm going I think I'm unstoppable."

The Jazz could hardly dispute how tough Evans, who played one season at Memphis, was to guard on Saturday. He displayed an arsenal of post moves, jump shots and an ability to finish in transition. He made a couple of 3-pointers. He had 19 free-throw attempts, after taking just 20 foul shots in Sacramento's first five games.

"What took him so long?" joked Kings coach Paul Westphal. "It's only his sixth game [as a pro]. He's a very special player."

He'll also be one that the Kings rely on. Sacramento played its first game without leading scorer Kevin Martin, who suffered a wrist fracture and will have surgery on Monday to fix it. Martin will be out of action for about two months. He averaged 30.6 points in Sacramento's first five games.

Beno Udrih started in Martin's place and scored 15 points. He made a couple of layups in the final minute to help the Kings hold off a late charge by the Jazz.

"It shows a lot about the heart of our team," Westphal said of beating the Jazz. "It's really hard for anybody to come in here and get a win and after the week we had and we get off to a bad start and still found a way to win that game against a very good team. It makes me feel very proud of those guys."

Without Martin, the Kings will have to scrap together enough offense and defense to be successful like they were against the Jazz. Things looked grim early in Saturday's game when Utah jumped out to a quick 15-point lead in the second quarter. A suggestion by Kings assistant coach Jim Eyen to start playing zone defense helped turn the tide in Sacramento's favor.

The Kings quickly got back into the game, tying it at 43-43 after trailing 39-24. Evans scored eight points during the run and assisted on another basket.

"We went to it and it kept working and all of the sudden we were back in the game," Westphal said. "We just kind of fed off the momentum of what we got off that decision."

Jazz guard Deron Williams said Sacramento's switch to zone was the turning point.

"That's where it started," he said. "When they went zone, our offense got a little stagnant which is what they were trying to do. They forced a couple turnovers and they got some confidence and started hitting some shots."

The Kings took control in the third quarter. After falling behind 60-55, they scored 19 consecutive points, holding Utah scoreless for 6 full minutes. The Jazz shot 6-for-17 while scoring 13 points in the third quarter.

Offensively, the Kings had great ball movement, opening things up for their shooters on the perimeter. Sacramento was deadly from 3-point range, draining 11 of 19 3-point attempts. Andres Nocioni made four of the team's 3-pointers.

For the Jazz, the loss was a major setback. They were coming off an impressive 14-point win over San Antonio on Thursday, and looked to be building off of that victory in the early going against the Kings. But that wasn't the case, and the Jazz fell to 2-4 on the season, the same record Sacramento now has.

"I thought we'd come with a lot more energy," said Jazz coach Jerry Sloan. "We had energy there for a little bit, it looked like we were going to be in pretty good shape, and then all of the sudden we started taking shots and not executing our offense, and pretty soon they put some guys out there that we didn't defend well."