The Sacramento Kings may not be leading the league, but they have all the talent necessary to build a contender if they trust in their hidden superstar big man.

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Anthony Davis had 36 points, 15 rebounds and eight assists in the Los Angeles Lakers’ 132-122 win over Sacramento on Saturday night in the Kings’ first game under interim coach Doug Christie.

The Kings lost their sixth in a row in Doug Christie’s debut as interim coach a day after Mike Brown was fired.

Sacramento dropped their record down to 13-18 with the loss, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Los Angeles, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a massive bump to their 17-13 record this season.

That left the Lakers to face a team in turbulence following the firing of its head coach. The Sacramento Kings dismissed Mike Brown on Friday after two-plus seasons and promoted Doug Christie to ...

The Los Angeles Lakers faced their second straight game without one of their star players. Last time out, the squad watched their star big man Anthony

LOS ANGELES ... the Lakers returned home with an ailing LeBron James, who was still feeling under the weather and did not play Saturday night against the Sacramento Kings.

The Kings are riding a season-long five-game winning streak as they prepare to open a three-game road trip against the Boston Celtics on Friday at TD Garden. They kept the streak alive when they overcame a 17-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat the Miami Heat in a double-overtime thriller Monday at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.

After losing his debut as interim head coach, Doug Christie has led the Sacramento Kings to five consecutive wins. The Kings are now tied for tenth place in the Western Conference with an 18-19 record, sitting just two-and-a-half games behind the Los Angeles Lakers for sixth place.

The Nets could welcome back Cam Johnson from an ankle injury during an upcoming six-game road trip on the West Coast.