The struggling Sacramento Kings hope to end a six-game slide tonight, when they resume a five-game homestand versus the Milwaukee Bucks from ARCO Arena.

(Sports Network) – The struggling Sacramento Kings hope to end a six-game slide tonight, when they resume a five-game homestand versus the Milwaukee Bucks from ARCO Arena.

The Kings have dropped three in a row in California’s capital and fell to 0-2 on the residency following Tuesday’s 117-109 overtime loss to the Golden State Warriors. Golden State outscored the opposition, 15-7, in the extra period and erased an 84-70 deficit at the start of the fourth quarter.

Beno Udrih led the Kings with a career-high 34 points, while reigning Rookie of the Year Tyreke Evans finished with 15 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists for Sacramento, which led by as many as 16 points and is a miserable 5-21 on the season. Sacramento owns a 3-12 home record in 2010-11.

“There’s a line in this league when you think you can’t get any lower, it gets lower,” Kings head coach Paul Westphal said.

Carl Landry tied a season high with 22 points and snatched 10 rebounds off the bench in a losing cause. Kings rookie DeMarcus Cousins grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds, as Sacramento pulled down a season-best 56 rebounds but committed 19 turnovers. The Kings are ranked second in the NBA with 13.4 offensive rebounds per game and will also host the Clippers and Grizzlies on the homestand.

Cousins is averaging 12.3 rpg in the last three contests, and Landry is posting 14.0 points and 6.0 boards in the previous five.

Milwaukee will wrap up a three-game road trip Thursday and has split the first two tests on the trek. It is coming off an improbable 98-79 victory over the two-time defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday, as Earl Boykins scored a season-high 22 points off the bench to help the Bucks end a three- game slide and win for the fourth time in seven tries.

The Bucks were able to rebound from Monday’s 106-80 loss in Portland.

“Yesterday, I didn’t shoot well,” Boykins said after the win over LA. “My legs were stronger today and I got into a rhythm. Last night, we were embarrassed. We came out with energy tonight.”

John Salmons added 20 points and six assists, while Ersan Ilyasova registered 17 points and 11 rebounds in a winning effort. Milwaukee is only 4-10 away from the Bradley Center this season and has held eight of the last nine opponents under 100 points, going 5-4 in that stretch.

Salmons, a former King, is averaging 16.6 points, 3.6 assists, 3.4 rebounds over his previous five outings. Andrew Bogut, who had 15 points in the win over the Lakers, has notched a double-double in five of the last nine games and has team-highs in points (17.6), rebounds (11.9) and blocks (3.0) in that time.

Bucks forward Drew Gooden (foot) is doubtful for tonight and forward Corey Maggette is questionable with concussion-like symptoms.

Sacramento and Milwaukee split a home-and-home series a season ago, with each team prevailing as the guest. The Kings are 13-5 in the past 18 encounters with the Bucks, losers in six of their last nine visits to ARCO Arena.

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After holding the two-time defending NBA champions to their lowest point total of the season, the Milwaukee Bucks will try to build on that momentum when they face the team with the league’s worst record.

The Bucks look to close their three-game road trip with back-to-back wins when they meet the Sacramento Kings on Thursday night.

Milwaukee (11-16) snapped a three-game losing streak by stunning the Los Angeles Lakers 98-79 on Tuesday. The Lakers were held to 33 points in the second half and the Bucks finished the game on a 21-7 run, keeping Los Angeles scoreless for nearly 4 minutes down the stretch.

“Both ends were good for us tonight, so I don’t want to pick one more than the other,” coach Scott Skiles said. “But in the second half we were as good as we’ve been all year on the defensive end.”

Milwaukee has one of the top defenses in the NBA, giving up 93.1 points per game, although its previous four opponents had averaged 98.0.

The most promising part of the game may not have been the defense, though, but how the offense bounced back in its second game without leading scorer Brandon Jennings(notes), who underwent foot surgery Monday and will miss four to six weeks.

Earl Boykins(notes) scored a season-high 22 points, John Salmons(notes) added 20 and Ersan Ilyasova(notes) had 17 points and 11 rebounds. The Bucks shot 50.7 percent after making 38.0 percent of their attempts in a 106-80 loss at Portland the night before.

“I think as a team, if we get that effort, we can be tough,” Salmons said. “We still haven’t been healthy all year. We just have to go in every night, compete, play hard and see what happens.”

After a big victory, the Bucks will try to avoid a letdown against Sacramento (5-21), which has dropped six straight. The Kings lost 117-109 in overtime to Golden State on Tuesday.

After giving up a tying 3-pointer at the regulation buzzer, Sacramento scored the first four points in the extra period but was dominated the rest of the way.

Beno Udrih(notes) scored a season-high 34 points and Carl Landry(notes) had 22 points and 10 rebounds.

“There’s a line in this league when you think you can’t get any lower, it gets lower,” coach Paul Westphal said. “As much as it hurts, we have to bounce back.”

Fourth-quarter struggles continue to be a problem for Sacramento. The Kings have averaged 19.7 points in the final period over their last six games, and in the last three, they’ve been outscored by 11.7 during the quarter.

“It’s the same thing that has been happening, we can’t finish the game,” Landry said. “It’s nothing new, but it’s heartbreaking. If we don’t fix that problem we will continue to take losses.”

Sacramento and Milwaukee split two meetings last season after the Bucks won both in 2008-09.