DeMarcus Cousins was asked if there was a lesson learned on Wednesday as he apologized for his incident with George Karl and the Sacramento Kings beat the Detroit Pistons 101-92.

“Just win,” said Cousins. “(Shoot), I’ll take the hit. If it results in this, I’ll take the hit. I’ll be the scapegoat.”

Cousins had 33 points and nine rebounds.

“I think we moved the ball,” Cousins said. “I think the biggest thing was we were playing some defense which led to our offense. Pretty free-flowing game and everything clicked tonight and I think it started with our defense.”