Sacramento Starts Longest Trip Right

Already the NBA’s best home team, Sacramento wants to be Kings of the road too.

Peja Stojakovic scored 27 of his 37 points in the second half Thursday night as Sacramento opened its longest trip of the season with a 95-89 victory over the Cavaliers at Cleveland.

The Kings will play their next five away from home, where they are a league-best 21-3. Now, they want to make their road record (9-7) just as good.

“It’s tough to travel, make a long trip in the cold weather,” said King guard Mike Bibby. “But that’s what you do in the NBA. You have to play through those things. We did it tonight, and now we have to do it all over again [tonight at Memphis].”

Stojakovic scored 20 in the third quarter, and the Kings held off the Cavaliers, who played their second straight game without rookie LeBron James, who has a sprained ankle.

Dajuan Wagner had 20 points for Cleveland.

Seattle 103, Golden State 87 -- Antonio Daniels had 18 points at Seattle as the SuperSonics were never threatened after holding a 16-point halftime lead. Mike Dunleavy Jr. led Golden State with 18 points and 11 rebounds.