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TORONTO -- By winning on the second night of a back-to-back, the Sacramento Kings avoided an empty road trip.DeMarcus Cousins had 22 points and 14 rebounds, Rudy Gay scored 23 against his former team and Sacramento beat the Toronto Raptors 96-91 on Sunday night before a sellout crowd of 19,800 at Air Canada Centre.It was much needed, a confidence boost, a momentum boost, Cousins said.Its a good feeling. It would have been a pretty long flight if we went home off this road trip with no wins, so it makes it a bit better. But were still finding ourselves. Weve still got a lot of growing to do.Gay had nine points in the fourth quarter as the Kings (3-5) snapped a four-game losing streak by winning the finale of their five-game trip.Matt Barnes had eight points and 10 rebounds, and Kosta Koufos added 13 points and six rebounds.DeMar DeRozan led the Raptors (4-2) with 23 points, the first time this season hes been held under 30. Kyle Lowry added 15 points and 11 assists for Toronto, which had a three-game winning streak snapped.We were out of it the entire night offensively. We were off rhythm, Raptors coach Dwane Casey said. They did a good job of sending bodies off of our young guys and onto DeMar, Kyle and our shooters.With center Jonas Valanciunas sidelined by a sore knee, rookie Jakob Poeltl started for Toronto. But he was in foul trouble all night and fouled out with six points and four rebounds in 18 minutes.Valanciunas injury and Poeltls foul trouble meant Lucas Nogueira, seeing his first action of the season, had to pick up the slack. He had seven points and five rebounds in 21 minutes.The teams swapped leads throughout the fourth quarter until Cousins layup with 2:55 to go gave the Kings a 90-88 advantage. They led the rest of the way.I think it shows what were capable of, Barnes said. Out of all the teams (on the road trip), we beat the best team after a back-to-back.We just need to stick together, start gelling and it wont be a problem.After DeRozan missed a pair of free throws that would have tied it, Gay hit two from the stripe at the other end to give the Kings a 92-88 lead with 1:54 remaining.We got a lot of great shots at the end of the game that we missed, DeRozan said. I missed two free throws. Norm (Powell) had two wide-open 3s that would have given us big momentum.It was one of those games that we are going to be able to look at and learn a lot going forward.Lowrys steal and three-point play put Toronto up 73-72 with 9:34 to go. But 3-pointers by Gay on consecutive trips staked the Kings to an 87-83 lead with 4:41 left.Lowrys 3 and DeRozans basket gave Toronto a short-lived 88-87 lead.It was a hard-fought game, Kings coach Dave Joerger said. Im really proud of our guys getting the win on a back-to-back, our third back-to-back of the season already.We played a team that was waiting for us and that is a very, very good team that I have a lot of respect for. Its been a tough road trip and its good to finish with a win.Sacramento led 68-66 going into the fourth quarter. The Kings, who trailed by 11 midway through the third, closed the period on a 7-2 run to take their first lead since early in the first.The Raptors led 50-44 at halftime.TIP-INSKings: Cousins had his 247th double-double, most in Sacramento history. ... The Kings dominated in the paint, outscoring the Raptors 52-30. ... Sacramento has defeated Toronto in three straight games.Raptors: Valanciunas was a late scratch. He bruised his left knee last week and it swelled up before the game. He is day to day. ... Toronto rookie Pascal Siakim set season highs for minutes (24) and points (10). ... The Raptors scored 13 points off 11 Kings turnovers, while Sacramento had two points off six Toronto turnovers.KINGS OF THE ROADSacramento has played an NBA-high six road games, going 2-4.SHUTDOWN DThe Kings limited the Raptors to a season-low 35.7 percent shooting from the field (30 for 84), holding them without a field goal over the final 6:42 of the third quarter.TWO-YEAR SELLOUT STREAKThe Air Canada Centre was sold out for the 96th straight game, including playoffs, dating to Nov. 11, 2014. Thats the longest streak in franchise history.HE SAID ITThey played as well as you can against a guy like DeMarcus Cousins. Hes one of the hardest matchups that you can have in the NBA. -- Casey on the play of rookies Poeltl and Siakam, who filled in for Valanciunas.UP NEXTKings: Host the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday, starting a stretch with seven of their next eight games at the new Golden 1 Center. 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The parade and rally were held to celebrate the Saskatchewan Roughriders 45-23 win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Sunday in the CFLs championship game.AB de Villiers has stepped down as South Africas Test captain with immediate effect and has been ruled out of the three Tests against Sri Lanka as he continues to recover from elbow surgery. De Villiers endorsed his stand-in, Faf du Plessis, to take over permanently.The interests of the team must always outweigh the interests of any individual, including me, de Villiers said. It was a fantastic honour for me to be asked to captain the Test side but I have missed two series and I am still in doubt for the upcoming series against Sri Lanka. Following the squads outstanding performances in Australia, it is clearly in the greater interests of the team that Faf du Plessis should be confirmed as the permanent Test captain.ddddddddddddDe Villiers has been out of action since the Caribbean Premier League in July and was expected to be fit for the Sri Lanka Tests but still needs another three to four weeks before being declared fully fit. He will target the ODIs later in January, a format in which he remains captain, for a comeback.More to follow... ' ' '