Kings Show Clippers the Way : Pro basketball: Webb’s 22 points help Sacramento’s 110-93 victory over an envious team in the Sports Arena.

Guard Spud Webb of the Sacramento Kings said he felt like he let his teammates down when he was thrown out of last Friday night’s 110-93 loss at Utah after drawing two technical fouls for arguing with referee Steve Javie at the end of the first half.

Webb didn’t let the Kings down against the Clippers.

He scored 22 points, two shy of his season high, as the Kings held off the Clippers, 105-93, before an announced crowd of 8,740 Sunday afternoon at the Sports Arena.

“I didn’t want to be coming out and apologizing for the last game,” Webb said. “You feel like you let your teammates down. I didn’t want to go around the locker room saying, ‘I let you down. I’ll come back the next game.’ I wanted to come out and show the guys that I’m ready to play and be more aggressive.”

Hampered by a strained right groin that caused him to miss five of seven games, Webb has averaged only six points and shot 21.7% in his last three games. He broke out of his slump against the Clippers, making six of 12 shots, including a three-point basket.

“This was the first time I felt like I had my legs under me,” Webb said. “I hadn’t run in two or three weeks because of the injury.”

Webb impressed Clipper point guard Pooh Richardson.

“Spud played well tonight,” Richardson said. “When he’s playing like that, it’s hard to play him because he’s so quick.”

Forward Walt Williams scored 25 points and Mitch Richmond got 20 points as the Kings (30-30) reached the 30-victory mark for the first time since 1985-86, their first season in Sacramento.

“The Kings are a good team,” Richardson said. “There’s a lesson to be learned there. They’ve been able to build through the draft and get a couple of free agents and they’re sticking to the plan. If we keep doing the same, we’ll get there too. We’re just going through some growing pains right now.”

While the Kings are one of the NBA’s most-improved teams, the Clippers (13-50) continued their decline, reaching the 50-loss plateau for the second consecutive season. It’s the fourth time in the last nine years that the Clippers have reached the 50-loss mark in fewer than 65 games.

Leading, 54-50, at halftime, the Clippers put owner Donald T. Sterling and their fans to sleep in the third quarter.

The Clippers, who have been outscored in the third quarter in 16 of their last 19 games, were outscored, 25-8, in the first 9 1/2 minutes of the third quarter and trailed by 16 points early in the fourth.

Loy Vaught, who had a team-high 20 points and eight rebounds, made seven consecutive shots as the Clippers outscored the Kings, 20-10, to close to within 96-90 on Eric Piatkowski’s dunk with 2:11 remaining.

However, the Kings outscored them, 9-3, in the final 2:09 to beat the Clippers for the third time in as many games.

“We played well in the fourth, but the third quarter really cost us,” Vaught said. “I’m not sure why we were so slow.”