It defeated Sacramento on Friday and regained the lead by a half-game, but yesterday's loss in the final meeting between the teams put the Liberty a half-game back of the Comets.

New Jersey defeated Sacramento, 97-90, at Continental Arena tonight before a crowd of 13,010, holding the Kings scoreless over the final 4 minutes 46 seconds.

The following season, Los Angeles won 11 fewer regular season games, but swept the first three rounds of the playoffs, defeating the Portland, Sacramento, and San Antonio.

Celtics 129, Kings 115 Sherman Douglas had a career-high 21 assists as Boston defeated Sacramento, the Kings' eighth straight loss and their 15th consecutive defeat at the Boston Garden.

Earlier that postseason, they defeated Sacramento in Game 5 of the first round.

The Knicks have defeated Detroit, Indiana, San Antonio, Sacramento, Phoenix, New Orleans, Houston, Philadelphia and the Nets.

Personally, It Hurts' Since the shake-up, the Knicks have defeated Sacramento and the Nets, and are hoping to continue that success on a three-game road trip, which begins tonight in Detroit.

It was a tough way to end a good road trip, on which the Nets defeated Golden State, the Los Angeles Clippers and Sacramento and played Phoenix and Utah competitively.

After defeating tough Sacramento and Milwaukee, they were beaten by the horrible Chicago Bulls (2-25) at the United Center.

And the Knights did their part to keep the noise level high inside and outside the stadium, defeating Sacramento, 28-20, on a chilly spring evening.