Cousins fouls out, Seth Curry scores 20 as Kings win in arena finale

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A raucous sellout crowd was rewarded with a victory on a night when they bid an emotional goodbye to an aging 28-year-old arena that housed one last game for the Sacramento Kings.

Rudy Gay scored 24 points, including two free throws with 1 second left, helping the Kings celebrate the final game at Sleep Train Arena with a 114-112 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday night.

Darren Collison had season-high 27 points and eight assists for the Kings, who were focused on giving their devoted fans one last victory on their longtime home court. Next season, the team will move to $519 million Golden 1 Center, which is located in downtown Sacramento.

''These are some of the best fans in the NBA and we knew how bad they wanted a win,'' said Seth Curry, who made a career-high six 3-pointers and scored 20 points. ''It was something we wanted to do for the fans.''

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Although there was nothing at stake for either team, fans were on their feet chanting, ringing cow bells, and they even did the ''wave'' in the fourth quarter. The energy was reminiscent of a playoff atmosphere The Kings have won just 32 games, though, and won't make the playoffs for a 10th straight season.

There were approximately 50 ex-Kings players and coaches introduced at halftime. The group included Rick Adelman, Spud Webb, Joe Kleine, Rodney McCray, Tyus Edney, Otis Thorpe, Reggie Theus, Brad Miller, Mike Bibby, Pete Carril, Kenny Smith and Vinny Del Negro.

''There's a lot of memories in this place,'' said Miller, who played five-plus seasons for the Kings.

DeMarcus Cousins had 15 points and seven rebounds, but fouled out with 3:26 remaining and struggled throughout, missing 17 of 24 shots. Cousins said he will not play in the team's final two games.

Sellouts have been commonplace throughout the years for the Kings. The building opened in 1988 and had sellouts in 780 of 1,122 games. The Kings had 26 sellouts this season, the most since 2006-07, when all 41 games were at full capacity.