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Sacramento, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - Brook Lopez had 22 points and six rebounds as the Brooklyn Nets held off the Sacramento Kings 103-100 on Wednesday night. Brooklyn led by as many as 23 in the first half before the Kings trimmed the deficit to two late in the fourth quarter, but the Nets were able to stave them off down the stretch. Jarrett Jack posted 16 points and eight assists, while Joe Johnson added 16 points and eight rebounds for the Nets, who have won two of their last three games on the heels of a seven-game losing skid. DeMarcus Cousins supplied 28 points and 14 rebounds and Rudy Gay chipped in 25 points, eight boards and six assists for Sacramento, which has lost five consecutive contests. Gay scored the final eight points of a 12-2 run to trim an early 17-point fourth quarter deficit to 88-81 midway through the frame and Cousins netted the last four points of a 9-2 spurt later in the period to whittle the gap to 96-94 with 1:31 to go. Johnson answered at the other end with a left wing 3-pointer before Cousins and Johnson each hit a pair of foul shots for a 101-96 Brooklyn advantage with 24.1 ticks remaining. Cousins drove in for a dunk and Johnson split a pair from the charity stripe, but Ben McLemore was off on a triple and Jack hit 1-of-2 foul shots with 8.6 seconds on the clock to seal the outcome. Earlier, Jack capped a 14-5 burst to close the opening frame with a jumper as the Nets headed into the second with a 36-24 advantage. An Alan Anderson trey provided the Nets with their largest lead, 60-37, late in the second and they were up 62-46 at the break. Sacramento was within 82-69 after three. Game Notes Brooklyn point guard Deron Williams sat for the eighth time in nine games due to fractured rib cartilage ... Brooklyn has beaten Sacramento six times in their last seven meetings ... Anderson netted 14 points off the bench ... Darren Collison recorded 16 points and five assists for the Kings. 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Ilonen had just 26 putts on the occasion of his 300th European Tour event.NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Colin Wilson made sure Nashvilles winning streak lived on, and extended Columbus losing streak in the process.Wilson scored the tiebreaking goal with 2:12 to play in the third period, lifting the Predators to a 2-1 win over the Blue Jackets on Saturday night.Mike Ribeiro also scored for Nashville, winners of four straight and six of seven.Curtis McElhinney made 40 saves for Columbus, which lost its sixth in a row.With the game tied at 1 late in the third, after taking a pass from Calle Jarnkrok, Craig Smith got the rebound of his own shot and slid it to Wilson in front for a spinning backhand.Jarny got it over to Smitty, good shot, and I just had to put it in the empty net, Wilson said. I was going to be frustrated if one didnt end up going in, so it was nice.Its fun playing right now, and its a fun line to be on.Wilson has six points in seven games.Hes been excellent all year, Nashville coach Peter Laviolette said. Hes one of those guys that maybe the points werent coming at the beginning of the year maybe as frequently as he would like, but again thats something that we dont really talk about internally.Ribeiro scored the first goal, at 12:47 of the second period. He got the rebound of Roman Josis errant shot behind the net, carried the puck out on the right side, and slipped a shot by McElhinney.McElhinney had stopped Nashvilles first 30 shots before Ribeiro scoreed.ddddddddddddMcElhinney was making his first appearance since Nov. 14.He gave us a chance to win that game if wed found a way to score a couple more goals, Johansen said. We just came up short.Johansen tied it 1-1 with a power-play goal at 3:48 of the third period.With Josi in the penalty box for high-sticking, Johansen took a pass from Nick Foligno on the left side and snapped a shot past goalie Pekka Rinne.Weve got to find ways to win hockey games, Columbus coach Todd Richards said. Our goaltender was very good, kept us in it. (We) found a way to tie it up, had a chance. Im just talking about getting it to OT, getting a point, but obviously we failed at that.The goal ended Rinnes shutout streak at 127 minutes, 5 seconds. He has an NHL-best 16 wins this season.Their power play, they tried to make some low plays, and thats how they got their one goal, Rinne said. Obviously, other than that, they didnt have a lot of shots. Overall, I thought that was a great game by us from start to finish.Rinne finished with 21 saves.Nashville came up empty in four power-play attempts and is an NHL-worst 1 for 41 at home this season.NOTES: Nashville D Seth Jones played in his 100th NHL game. ... Predators C Matt Cullen returned after missing one game with an upper-body injury. ... Johansen has goals in two of his last three games. ... Columbus has eight wins in 40 trips to Nashville. ' ' '