Kings hold off the Rockets 117-111 in OT
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-01-29 15:49

Chris Webber scored 30 points, including a 3-pointer to force overtime, and the Sacramento Kings beat the Houston Rockets 117-111 on Friday night.

Mike Bibby added 28 points and 14 assists for the Kings, who won despite playing without Peja Stojakovic for the second straight game.

Webber hit an awkward 3-pointer over Houston's Tracy McGrady to tie it with 1.3 seconds left in regulation. McGrady missed a desperation jumper at the buzzer, sending the game to overtime.

Cuttino Mobley, playing in Houston for the first time since being traded to Orlando last summer, hit back-to-back 3s for the Kings to put them ahead to stay in the extra period. Webber then hit a jumper with 1:26 left, extending Sacramento's lead to 111-108.

Mobley finished with 24 points in his triumphant homecoming and Brad Miller had 19 points and 14 rebounds, helping the Kings overcome the absence of Stojakovic. The All-Star forward sat out because of back spasms — he also missed a 90-80 loss at San Antonio the night before.

McGrady had 30 points and 12 assists, and Scott Padgett scored a career-high 22 for the Rockets, who had their four-game winning streak snapped.

Padgett nearly came up with a little more late magic for Houston, just one game after his 3 clinched a win over New Orleans on Wednesday. The backup forward also hit the game-winning shot at New York last week.

He hit a 3 to break a 98-all tie with just more than two minutes left and nailed another jumper from the corner with 44.5 seconds to go, pushing the Rockets' lead back to three points.

But Webber answered with a 27-foot jumper just before the buzzer, silencing the sellout crowd of 18,191. He wagged his finger at McGrady, then took an exaggerated backpedal down the floor for a few chest bumps with his teammates.

He continued to come up big in the extra session.

Padgett hit a 3-pointer to open overtime, but Webber found Mobley wide open for another 3 to tie the game. Webber hit a 20-foot jumper to put the Kings up by 3 and later stole the ball from the Rockets in the closing seconds.

Meanwhile, the Rockets got little help from their All-Star big man.

Yao Ming made Houston's first two baskets, then went scoreless for nearly 32 minutes until a putback dunk with 2:08 left in the third. He finished with 13 points on 6-of-13 shooting, nine rebounds and four turnovers.

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