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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - After squandering huge leads in back-to-back road losses earlier this week, the Sacramento Kings were quite pleased to hold on for a victory over the defending champion San Antonio Spurs.DeMarcus Cousins had 25 points and 10 rebounds despite playing limited minutes, helping the Kings beat the Spurs 94-91 on Saturday night.The Kings, who blew leads of 24 and 26 points in losing their previous two games, snapped a nine-game losing streak to the Spurs, who had won 21 of the past 22 meetings.To be honest, we were a little down about the last game (a 111-110 loss to Memphis). This was a huge win, said Kings point guard Darren Collison, who had 19 points. Were maturing as a team and not worrying about the past and thinking about the present.Rudy Gay scored 18 for the Kings, who committed only nine turnovers against 19 assists. Omri Casspi provided a spark off the bench with nine points for the Kings, who opened the season with a 5-1 record.Cousins sat out the entire second quarter with foul problems, and left the game briefly after getting a cut over his left eye late in the third. He was limited to just under 27 minutes.I dont know if theres a more competitive player in the NBA, Kings coach Michael Malone said. We all know how skilled he is, and he hates to lose. Theres a big difference between guys who love to win and hate to lose. Hes maturing right before our eyes.Manu Ginobili had 21 points, Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green scored 16, and Tim Duncan finished with 15 points and eight rebounds.The Spurs were looking to sweep their four-game road trip. They posted a league-best 30-11 road record last season en route to an NBA championship.We hung in there, we just ran out of juice a little bit, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. A couple of guys were probably a little tired at the end of the road trip, but everybody goes through that. We had a good chance to win the thing; we just didnt.The Kings had dropped their previous 11 home games to the Spurs, dating to Nov. 26, 2007.San Antonio took a one-point lead, its first since the second quarter, before Gay converted two free throws, Collison drove the lane and made a layup in traffic, and Cousin made two free throws, giving Sacramento a 93-88 lead with 21 seconds remaining.Ginobilis three-point play cut it to 93-91, but Collison made one of two free throws before Ginobili shot an airball on the Spurs last attempt.We could have stepped it up little earlier in the game and played with more intensity, Leonard said. We have to play the whole 48 minutes. But give credit to the Kings. They played great, executed down the stretch, and played great defence.___TIP-INSSpurs: Marco Belinelli missed his sixth straight game with a strained groin. ... Leonard wore a bandage over his left eye. He was hit in the face in Fridays game against the Lakers and the cut required five stitches.Kings: Cousins picked up his second technical of the season for continuing to question a call during a first-quarter timeout. Cousins had two fouls in the games first nine minutes and didnt return until the start of the third quarter. ... Sacramento missed all 12 3-pointers.QUOTABLEIt was hard to tell how much time was left, Ginobili said of his 3-point attempt that came up short. By the time I got it, I saw Cousins coming towards me so I just tried to get it high in the air. I wasnt balanced and it didnt feel good at all leaving my hands.THE UNDER 25 CLUBThe Kings, who own a 6-4 record, are the only team this season to not allow an opposing player to score 25 or more points in a game. 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Louis Cardinals a hard-fought victory. The Colorado Rockies intentionally walked Yadier Molina with one out and runners on first and third to load the bases for Kozma.Michael van Gerwen retained his title at the Grand Slam of Darts after completing a comfortable 16-8 victory over James Wade in the final. The world No 1 quickly took command of the match after a sluggish start and reeled off five successive legs to secure another major trophy at the Civic Hall in Wolverhampton.Van Gerwen had recorded an average of over 111, the sixth highest in the tournaments history, during a semi-final win over Peter Wright and could not maintain those high standards against Wade. The Dutchman had defeated Peter Wright in the earlier semi-final Clinical finishing had been the deciding factor in Wades semi-final victory over Gary Anderson and he made an assured start in the final, rattling off a 112 checkout to open a 3-1 lead.But Wade spurned the chance to extend his lead and MVG drew level in a blur of green, powering through a 104 finish. James Wade let an early lead slip away Van Gerwen was not scoring with his normal intensity, but he gradually drained Wades confidence with his accuracy at the doubles and moved 8-5 up following a 94 finish.The wilting Wade could only watch as Van Gerwen extended his lead to 10-5 following an iice-cool 127 checkout.dddddddddddd Wade admitted he could not maintain his form after defeating Gary Anderson in the semis As Mighty Mike surged towards the finish line, Wade did delay him with a run of three legs in a row, which enlivened the partisan home crowd.But Van Gerwen soon extinguished any brief hopes of a fight back with a red-hot run of legs and sunk his arrow into double 16 to seal victory. Also See: Sky Bets darts odds Schedule/Results Features Get Sky Sports ' ' '