LOS ANGELES -- The Sacramento Kings seemed downright stunned by what they had just done, throwing towels and hollering with unfamiliar joy in Staples Center's sparse visitors' locker room. DeMarcus Cousins led the festivities, bubbling with jokes and busting on everything from Carl Landry's shoes to Omri Casspi's deodorant.

"I feel like I won a championship now," the big man said with a joking smirk.

Cousins realizes Sacramento's surprising 100-95 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night wasn't for a title. It's certainly the high point of this young team's miserable season -- and for one improbable evening, the Kings were better than the champions.

Cousins had 27 points and 10 rebounds, and Casspi added 20 points as the club with the NBA's third-worst record (11-33) beat the two-time defending champs in their own building, snapping an eight-game losing streak to Sacramento's former archrivals in the process.

"Obviously they're the best team in the league, they're the champions, and it feels good," Casspi said. "It's a great way to get our first win down here together, and it's a great way to start a tough stretch of games. We feel really good."

Samuel Dalembert scored 18 points as the Kings (11-33) jumped to a 20-point lead in the third quarter against the Lakers' uninterested defense. The Kings then survived the Lakers' late rally for their first win over Los Angeles since December 2008.

Kobe Bryant passed Hakeem Olajuwon for eighth place on the NBA's career scoring list while scoring 21 of his 38 points in the first quarter, but the Lakers sure appeared to get caught looking ahead to Sunday's NBA Finals rematch with Boston.

"I don't think so," Bryant said in his clipped postgame comments. "Maybe a little bit, but I doubt it."

Even though captain Derek Fisher put a two-day ban on all talk and thought about the Celtics during Thursday's practice, the Lakers resembled the disorganized, disinterested bunch that overlooked Milwaukee in an embarrassing home loss four days before the Miami Heat's visit on Christmas -- another blowout defeat.

Shannon Brown scored 17 points, but Pau Gasol struggled with nine points on 4-of-11 shooting, and Lamar Odom had just four points while missing all seven of his field goal attempts. Los Angeles has won 10 of 13, but just three of its past six heading into Sunday.