SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Peja Stojakovic scored 23 points and Sacramento routed injury-depleted Los Angeles in an anticlimactic meeting of archrivals.

Mike Bibby had 21 points for the Kings, who won their fourth straight and improved the NBA's best record to 28-9. But the Kings attached almost no significance to their first game of the season against Los Angeles _ because these weren't the real Lakers.

Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, Karl Malone, Horace Grant and Rick Fox all missed the game, leaving coach Phil Jackson, Gary Payton and the Lakers' supporting cast to endure the taunts and cowbells of Sacramento. The Lakers had won three straight with their diminished roster, but they were no match for the Kings.

Sacramento scored 17 consecutive points early in the third quarter.

Heat 87, Clippers 85

LOS ANGELES (AP) Eddie Jones capped a 21-point effort with a clutch 3-pointer in the final minute and Miami held off Los Angeles, ending a four-game losing streak.

Lamar Odom, playing his first game against the team he spent his first four NBA seasons with, had 11 points and 15 rebounds in 37 minutes for Miami. Reserve Caron Butler scored 14 points for the Heat, who lost their previous five road games.

Miami committed a season-low five turnovers.

Elton Brand had 22 points and 12 rebounds, and Corey Maggette had 21 points for the Clippers, who played without Quentin Richardson for the third time in four games because of a sprained right wrist.

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