Kings 114, Pelicans 97: Rudy Gay tied a career high with 41 points to go with eight rebounds to lead visiting Sacramento past New Orleans.

Isaiah Thomas added 20 points and 11 assists for the Kings, who snapped a two-game losing streak and won on the road for the first time in 2014. DeMarcus Cousins totaled 18 points and 11 rebounds, extending his league-high double-double streak to 15 consecutive games.

Tyreke Evans dropped 17 points on his former team to lead the offense for the Pelicans, who have lost nine of their last 10 games. Anthony Davis had 16 points and a team-high six rebounds and Brian Roberts chipped in with 15 points and six assists for New Orleans.

Sacramento had the hot hand early, draining nine of its first 11 attempts from the field en route to a season-high 38-point first quarter. After extending the lead to as many as 23, led by 19 first-half points from Gay, the Kings allowed New Orleans to shoot 11-of-14 in the second quarter to trim the lead to just eight by halftime.

After the break, Sacramento appeared to regain its form from the first quarter, knocking down 10-of-14 from the floor to start the period on the way to a 91-70 lead entering the final stanza. In the fourth, the Pelicans would get no closer than a 15-point deficit and after a 3-pointer from Gay pushed the lead to 20 points with just under eight minutes to go, the Kings kept their distance down the stretch.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Sacramento F Quincy Acy, who joined the Kings along with Gay in a December trade with Toronto, grabbed a career-best 10 rebounds. ... Pelicans rookie C Jeff Withey scored a career-high 14 points on 5-of-6 shooting. ... Thomas finished 3-of-8 from 3-point range, marking his 34th consecutive game with at least one make from beyond the arc and drawing within five games of Mitch Richmond's franchise record of 39.