Jennings scores 35 points, Bucks beat Kings 114-108 in double overtime

Jennings, Bucks hold off Kings

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Brandon Jennings scored 35 points, hit a career-high eight 3-pointers and added eight assists in the Milwaukee Bucks’ 114-108 double-overtime victory over the Sacramento Kings on Friday night.

Jennings’ points total was the rookie’s highest since he had 55 in a Nov. 14 game at Golden State.

Kings rookie Tyreke Evans was hit in the mouth late in regulation on a loose-ball situation and didn’t return. Evans, who may have sustained a concussion, had 15 points, four rebounds and four assists. He had his first triple-double last week and was an assist shy of having two more in the following three games.

John Salmons had 27 points, and Andrew Bogut added 21 points and 11 rebounds for the Bucks, who avoided their first two-game losing streak since mid-January.

Beno Udrih had 26 points and nine assists for the Kings, who have lost two straight and six of eight. Spencer Hawes and Carl Landry scored 16 points each.

The Bucks hold down fifth place in the Eastern Conference playoff chase and are 2½ games ahead of sixth-place Charlotte, which lost to Atlanta in overtime.

The Bucks scored the first five points of the second overtime and never trailed.

Jennings hit a jumper with 1:12 left for a 112-108 lead.

In the first overtime, Jennings missed a jumper in the closing seconds that would have won the game. Neither team scored in the final 59 seconds and went into the second overtime tied at 101.

Ersan Iilyasova sent the game into overtime, making a long 3-pointer to tie it at 95 with 6.4 seconds left. The Kings squandered a nine-point lead in the final 2:26.

The battle of the two talented rookies definitely belonged to Jennings in the first half. He made five 3-pointers and had 22 points for Milwaukee, which led 49-48.

NOTES: Bucks forward Carlos Delfino was back in the starting lineup after missing the last two games because of left ankle bone bruise. … The Kings ended their five-game homestand and will play six of their next seven on the road, starting Sunday against the Clippers.