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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- David Lee had 23 points and 11 rebounds, Klay Thompson scored 18 points and the Golden State Warriors held off the Sacramento Kings 101-92 on Wednesday night in a game both teams played short-handed. Stephen Curry added 13 points and eight assists for the Warriors (32-22) in the first game following the All-Star break for each team. Golden State is 3-0 against Sacramento this season. With both centres out with injuries and a shorter roster from trades each team made earlier in the day, the depth of the Warriors was just too much for the Kings to overcome. Isaiah Thomas had 26 points and seven assists, and Travis Outlaw scored 18 points for a Sacramento (18-36) team thats headed for an eighth straight losing season. Quincy Acy grabbed a career-high 12 boards to help the Kings outrebound the Warriors 49-35, but Sacramento committed 21 turnovers, fading in the closing minutes. The game was played in the aftermath of a busy day for both Northern California teams. The Kings traded guard Marcus Thornton to Brooklyn for veterans Jason Terry and Reggie Evans in the afternoon. Just before tipoff, the Warriors acquired point guard Steve Blake from the Los Angeles Lakers for reserves Kent Bazemore and MarShon Brooks. Andrew Bogut also missed his fifth straight game for the Warriors with a left shoulder injury. DeMarcus Cousins, who strained his left hip flexor in Sacramentos final game before the break in New York, also sat out. Both centres are day to day. The Kings dropped to 0-8 without Cousins this season but still led 76-75 entering the fourth quarter. The Warriors quickly put together a pair of scoring spurts to pull away. Lee converted a layup through traffic, Thompson made a 3-pointer and Andre Iguodala hit a fadeway jumper in an 8-0 run that gave Golden State an 86-79 lead early in the fourth. After the Kings started to rally, Iguodala found Draymond Green for a dunk, and Lee followed with a layup that put the Warriors up 94-84 with 3:28 remaining that all but sealed it. Most of the game played out in similar fashion. The Warriors went ahead by 10 points in the first quarter and 15 in the second, spreading the floor and moving the ball fast without any true centres on the court. The Kings had come back each time, though, playing just like the two-faced team theyd been before the All-Streak break -- prone to scintillating scoring spurts but, at times, lacking defence and discipline -- that buried them at the bottom of the Western Conference standings. Sacramento scored the final nine points of the third quarter, including the last six by Thomas, to take a 76-75 lead before the Warriors pulled away for good. NOTES: The teams meet for the final time this season April 4 in Oakland. ... Recently retired NFL tight end Tony Gonzalez, a former star at California, sat in a courtside seat between Kings owner Vivek Ranadive and team executive Chris Mullin. ... The Warriors are hoping Blake will be in uniform when they host Houston on Thursday night in Oakland. ... Terry and Evans should have plenty of time to make it to Sacramento before the Kings host Boston on Saturday night. Cheap Nike MLB Jerseys . The Tiger-Cats announced on Friday the linebacker has signed a new contract with the team through the 2016 season. Cheap MLB Jerseys Nike 2020 . - Erick Torres scored his 10th goal of the season on a stunning volley, and Chivas USA edged 10-man Real Salt Lake 1-0 on Saturday night. https://www.mlbjerseyschina.us/. It all would have been for naught, however, had it not been for some clutch shooting in the fourth quarter by Kobe Bryant and a couple of equally critical hustle plays by Derek Fisher and Pau Gasol in the final minutes. Discount MLB Jerseys . The Kings paraded the Stanley Cup through downtown Los Angeles on Monday to celebrate their second NHL title in three seasons. Clearance MLB Jerseys . Louis Blues are reportedly taking restricted free agent forward Vladimir Sobotka to arbitration.EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Sheldon Richardson was stunned when he heard the news Saturday that two New York City police officers were killed in the line of duty.The New York Jets defensive lineman who has been critical of law enforcement in the past spoke out Sunday in support of Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu. They were fatally ambushed in their squad car in Brooklyn by a gunman with a long criminal record.Some innocent blood was spilled, Richardson said after New Yorks 17-16 loss to New England. Im not with that at all. Thats the message that Im trying to get across. Its sad, real sad that two officers lost their lives and cant go home to their families. Its just tough, man.Richardson, from the St. Louis area, had recently been critical of the grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri, which didnt indict officer Darren Wilson in the killing of Michael Brown on Aug. 9. He wrote on Twitter after the jurys decision that they let this pig get off.Ramos and Liu were shot while sitting in their patrol car in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn. The gunman, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, wrote on an Instagram account: Im putting wings on pigs today. They take 1 of ours, lets take 2 of theirs, officials said.I dont know the guy, I dont know the perp, Richardson said. I just heard that two officers lost their lives sitting in their car. Im with the peaceful protests and stuff like that, defending your rights. ... Thats not the way to go, murdering innocent cops.ddddddddddddJets centre Nick Mangold wore a black NYPD cap while walking into MetLife Stadium off the team bus, and held it to his heart during the singing of the national anthem. The team also observed a 10-second moment of silence before the game.Mangold, who left the game with an ankle injury in the second quarter, said in the locker room that it was a shame to hear the news.Every one of those guys thats out there, they risk their lives every day, Mangold said. They go out there to keep the community safe and for that to happen to those two guys, their families, thats a raw deal. If wearing that (cap) gives them a little bit of comfort or shows support for those folks, Im happy to do it.Tight end Jeff Cumberland took to Twitter on Saturday after hearing about the shootings to offer his condolences.Revenge does nothing except cause more tension, he wrote. Thoughts and prayers up for the families of the NYPD officers from todays shooting.In St. Louis, Giants coach Tom Coughlin wore a black strip on the left shoulder and a peace sign under the NY logo on his pullover for the teams game against the Rams. A Giants spokesman said Coughlin made the personal decision to pay tribute to the fallen officers.Lets hope that the voice of reason can prevail, Coughlin said. Violence never solves anything.I realize there are issues, but solve them with non-violent means.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL ' ' '