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Number crunch: DeMarcus Cousins grabs some history in Kings’ loss to Mavericks

Mavericks guard Deron Williams (8) drives against Kings defenders Rudy Gay (8) and Darren Collison (7) as the Mavericks’ Dirk Nowitzki watches during the second overtime in Tuesday night’s game in Dallas. The Mavericks won 117-116.
Mavericks guard Deron Williams (8) drives against Kings defenders Rudy Gay (8) and Darren Collison (7) as the Mavericks’ Dirk Nowitzki watches during the second overtime in Tuesday night’s game in Dallas. The Mavericks won 117-116. The Associated Press

A statistical look at the Kings’ 117-116 double-overtime loss to the Mavericks on Tuesday night:

1: The Kings’ DeMarcus Cousins is the first player with at least 35 points, 15 rebounds and 10 turnovers in a game since the Spurs’ Tim Duncan on March 4, 1998, according to ESPN Stats & Info.

3: Number of 20-point, 10-rebound, five-steal games for Cousins in his career.

3: Consecutive 30-point games by Cousins.

4: Three-pointers made by the Kings’ Marco Belinelli in 13 attempts.

5: Buzzer-beater victories by the Mavericks since 2013, most in the NBA, according to ESPN Stats & Info.

6: Steals by Cousins.

8: Unanswered points by Dallas over the final 1:20 in the second overtime.

12: Assists by the Kings’ Darren Collison, who started at point guard in place of the injured Rajon Rondo. Collison also scored 14 points.

15: Second-chance points scored by the Mavericks in the first half.

17: Rebounds by Dallas center Zaza Pachulia.

17: Rebounds by Cousins, with 14 coming on the defensive end.

23: Points scored by Dallas star Dirk Nowitzki, whose career scoring total now stands at 28,708.

25: Points scored by Dallas point guard Deron Williams, none bigger than his game-winning three-pointer in the second overtime.

31: Points scored by the Kings’ Rudy Gay.

4,019: Career rebounds for Cousins, the most in Kings history.

View the full box score.

Compiled by Stu Rosenberg

This story was originally published January 5, 2016 at 9:53 PM with the headline "Number crunch: DeMarcus Cousins grabs some history in Kings’ loss to Mavericks."

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