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When DeMarcus Cousins checked out for the final time in his first game against the Sacramento Kings, he got a congratulatory handshake from Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry and a standing ovation from the crowd. Cousins had 37 points and 13 rebounds against the only other NBA team for which he's played, and New Orleans routed Sacramento 117-89 on Friday night. My biggest fear was coming in, doing that and coming out with a loss,'' said Cousins, who also had four assists and blocked two shots. Continue to Article

April 01, 2017 12:45:am EST

DeMarcus Cousins did well to laugh it up for part of Thursday, in anticipation of his reunion with his ex-teammates from the Sacramento Kings on Friday evening. The New Orleans Pelicans star, traded to Sac after six and a half frustrating, playoff-less seasons with the Kings, told reporters that he was set to merely “go in, play hard and try to get a win” repeatedly in a cheery segment with both California and New Orleans press, before insisting that he wasn’t “trying to make this personal,” against a cast of ex-teammates that he mostly got on well with, relative to their own curiosities regarding Mr. Cousins. DeMarcus wasn’t giving the press a front, in this instance, because even these pointless games (New Orleans is mostly out of the playoff race, the Cousins-less Kings are tanking) are rather complicated. Continue to Article

March 31, 2017 4:13:pm EST

When it comes to staying healthy, the Jazz can't seem to catch a break. A quadriceps contusion sidelined forward Gordon Hayward on Monday against New Orleans. Then, on Wednesday at Sacramento, point guards George Hill and Raul Neto both sat out with strained groins. Continue to Article

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