TORONTO -- By winning on the second night of a back-to-back, the Sacramento Kings avoided an empty road trip.DeMarcus Cousins had 22 points and 14 rebounds, Rudy Gay scored 23 against his former team and Sacramento beat the Toronto Raptors 96-91 on Sunday night before a sellout crowd of 19,800 at Air Canada Centre.It was much needed, a confidence boost, a momentum boost, Cousins said.Its a good feeling. It would have been a pretty long flight if we went home off this road trip with no wins, so it makes it a bit better. But were still finding ourselves. Weve still got a lot of growing to do.Gay had nine points in the fourth quarter as the Kings (3-5) snapped a four-game losing streak by winning the finale of their five-game trip.Matt Barnes had eight points and 10 rebounds, and Kosta Koufos added 13 points and six rebounds.DeMar DeRozan led the Raptors (4-2) with 23 points, the first time this season hes been held under 30. Kyle Lowry added 15 points and 11 assists for Toronto, which had a three-game winning streak snapped.We were out of it the entire night offensively. We were off rhythm, Raptors coach Dwane Casey said. They did a good job of sending bodies off of our young guys and onto DeMar, Kyle and our shooters.With center Jonas Valanciunas sidelined by a sore knee, rookie Jakob Poeltl started for Toronto. But he was in foul trouble all night and fouled out with six points and four rebounds in 18 minutes.Valanciunas injury and Poeltls foul trouble meant Lucas Nogueira, seeing his first action of the season, had to pick up the slack. He had seven points and five rebounds in 21 minutes.The teams swapped leads throughout the fourth quarter until Cousins layup with 2:55 to go gave the Kings a 90-88 advantage. They led the rest of the way.I think it shows what were capable of, Barnes said. Out of all the teams (on the road trip), we beat the best team after a back-to-back.We just need to stick together, start gelling and it wont be a problem.After DeRozan missed a pair of free throws that would have tied it, Gay hit two from the stripe at the other end to give the Kings a 92-88 lead with 1:54 remaining.We got a lot of great shots at the end of the game that we missed, DeRozan said. I missed two free throws. Norm (Powell) had two wide-open 3s that would have given us big momentum.It was one of those games that we are going to be able to look at and learn a lot going forward.Lowrys steal and three-point play put Toronto up 73-72 with 9:34 to go. But 3-pointers by Gay on consecutive trips staked the Kings to an 87-83 lead with 4:41 left.Lowrys 3 and DeRozans basket gave Toronto a short-lived 88-87 lead.It was a hard-fought game, Kings coach Dave Joerger said. Im really proud of our guys getting the win on a back-to-back, our third back-to-back of the season already.We played a team that was waiting for us and that is a very, very good team that I have a lot of respect for. Its been a tough road trip and its good to finish with a win.Sacramento led 68-66 going into the fourth quarter. The Kings, who trailed by 11 midway through the third, closed the period on a 7-2 run to take their first lead since early in the first.The Raptors led 50-44 at halftime.TIP-INSKings: Cousins had his 247th double-double, most in Sacramento history. ... The Kings dominated in the paint, outscoring the Raptors 52-30. ... Sacramento has defeated Toronto in three straight games.Raptors: Valanciunas was a late scratch. He bruised his left knee last week and it swelled up before the game. He is day to day. ... Toronto rookie Pascal Siakim set season highs for minutes (24) and points (10). ... The Raptors scored 13 points off 11 Kings turnovers, while Sacramento had two points off six Toronto turnovers.KINGS OF THE ROADSacramento has played an NBA-high six road games, going 2-4.SHUTDOWN DThe Kings limited the Raptors to a season-low 35.7 percent shooting from the field (30 for 84), holding them without a field goal over the final 6:42 of the third quarter.TWO-YEAR SELLOUT STREAKThe Air Canada Centre was sold out for the 96th straight game, including playoffs, dating to Nov. 11, 2014. Thats the longest streak in franchise history.HE SAID ITThey played as well as you can against a guy like DeMarcus Cousins. Hes one of the hardest matchups that you can have in the NBA. -- Casey on the play of rookies Poeltl and Siakam, who filled in for Valanciunas.UP NEXTKings: Host the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday, starting a stretch with seven of their next eight games at the new Golden 1 Center. 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Former middleweight world titleholder Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., out of action since July 2015, is returning to the boxing ring, and hes eyeing Canelo Alvarez down the road.Chavezs father, Mexican legend Julio Cesar Sr., was in attendance at a news conference Wednesday for the announcement of his sons 10-round fight with Germanys Dominik Britsch, which will take place on Dec. 10 (beIN Sports Espanol, 11 p.m. ET) at the Monterrey Arena in Monterrey, Mexico.The bout is contracted at 170 pounds, two over the super middleweight limit.I am very excited to return to boxing, Chavez said. In my return, I wanted a rival of the level of Britsch. Surely, it will be a great fight for the fans. My absence of the ring for (more than) one year was because of several factors. I fractured my hand (and had surgery) and then there were questions about promoters and television networks. But all that is behind me.Chavezs troubles are no secret. He has had a DUI arrest, missed weight multiple times, showed up at fights in less-than-optimal condition and was in a protracted legal fight with co-promoter Top Rank over his contract. Chavez left Top Rank, signed with adviser Al Haymon and litigation ensued. Finally, Top Rank took a seven-figure buyout and the case was settled.In his first fight after the case was settled, an out-of-shape Chavez faced Andrzej Fonfara in April 2015 and quit on his stool after the ninth round. Chavez returned in July 2015 and missed weight, but he won a 10-round decision over Marcos Reyes.The 30-year-old Chavez (49-2-1, 32 KOs) has reunited with former longtime co-promoter Zanfer Promotions and will return to Mexican network Azteca for the fight with Britsch (32-2-1, 11 KOs), 29, who has won four in a row. Britsch was scheduled to challenge super middleweight world titleholder Gilberto Zurdo Ramirez on July 23 on the Terence Crawford-Viktor Postol undercard in Las Vegas, but the fight was canceled when Ramirez toore a tendon in his knuckle.ddddddddddddAlthough Britsch is in front of him, Chavez rekindled talk of a fight with countryman Canelo Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs), Mexicos biggest star fighter. Chavez said he would be willing to go down in weight to meet Alvarez at a 164-pound catch weight. Chavez has not been below 167 pounds since he lost his middleweight belt to Sergio Martinez in a one-sided fight in September 2012.Alvarez, a reigning junior middleweight titleholder and the former middleweight world champion, fought his middleweight bouts at a catch weight of 155 pounds and returned to 154 pounds in September. He knocked out Liam Smith in the ninth round to win another junior middleweight title. Alvarez intends to move up to 160 pounds for an eventual fight with unified middleweight titleholder Gennady Golovkin, which is being discussed for September 2017.But several years ago, there was a lot of discussion and fan interest in an Alvarez-Chavez showdown, when they were much closer in weight.It would be a fight for the people, for the Mexican public, Chavez said. I imagine they want to see it. I do not know if there is a lot of interest, but I think it might be attractive. And on the weight, I think it would have to be negotiated. I can make 164 pounds for Canelo.Chavez, who held a middleweight world title from 2011 to 2012, said he also wants to win another title.My goal is to fight in one or two fights for a world championship, he said. I want to be a champion again, but if there is a major fight with Canelo, with Golovkin, of course, I would take it.Britsch said he plans to ruin those plans.Chavez Jr. has the ideal style for me, he said. He goes straight ahead, does not take care of his defense and gets hit with everything. Besides, he is slow. It will be a great fight and I will win. ' ' '
