Kings Edge Pacers in NBA, 108-106

DeMarcus Cousins delivered the big shots inside. Darren Collison and Rajon Rondo made life difficult on the perimeter.

Cousins scored 25 points and had a season-high 16 rebounds, Collison added a season-best 24 points and Rondo fell just short of his fifth triple-double this season as the Kings fended off the Indiana Pacers' late push in a 108-106 victory Wednesday night.

"We don't win without Darren Collison," Kings coach George Karl said. "It was a team effort in a lot of ways, but Darren Collison was special. I know he played (with Indiana). Sometimes coming back to places (motivates you)."

It was more than just Collison, though.

Rondo nearly added to his league-high total of triple doubles by finishing with 13 points, 16 assists and eight rebounds as the Kings won for the fifth time in seven games on a night that didn't go quite as easily as it could have.

Indiana rallied from a 15-point halftime deficit to take a 106-104 lead on Monta Ellis' 3-pointer from the corner with 2:06 to play.

Rudy Gay made a pull-up jumper to tie the score, Cousins made two free throws to give Sacramento the lead with 1:05 left, and Paul George's 16-foot jumper to force overtime bounced off the back of the rim as the buzzer sounded.

Wednesday, December 23 Scoreboard

Boston 102, Charlotte 89
    
Cleveland 91, New York 84

Sacramento 108, Indiana 106
     
Orlando 104, Houston 101
    
Washington 100, Memphis 91

Dallas 119, Brooklyn 118 (OT)
    
Atlanta 107, Detroit 100
    
Milwaukee  113, Philadelphia 100

San Antonio 108, Minnesota 83
    
New Orleans 115, Portland 89

Denver 104, Phoenix 96

Golden State 103, Utah 85

Oklahoma City 120, Los Angeles85

Thursday, December 24

No games scheduled

Friday, December 25 Schedule (All Times Central)

New Orleans at Miami, 11 a.m.

Chicago at Oklahoma City, 1:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Golden State, 4 p.m.

San Antonio at Houston, 7 p.m.

Los Angeles at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.

Saturday, December 26 Schedule (All Times Central)

Washington at Brooklyn, 3 p.m.

Toronto at Milwaukee, 4 p.m.

Memphis at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Miami at Orlando, 6 p.m.

Houston at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

New York at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.

Boston at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

Indiana at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Denver at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Los Angeles at Utah, 8 p.m.

Cleveland at Portland, 9 p.m.

Sunday, December 27 Schedule (All Times Central)

Los Angeles at Memphis, 5 p.m.

New York at Boston, 6 p.m.

Denver at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

Portland at Sacramento, 8 p.m.