Sacramento - Seattle 116-126

Drobnjak and Jerome James celebrate victory in Sacramento

Sacramento, USA, February 18 (agencies) - The Seattle Supersonics ended the Sacramento Kings' 20-game home winning streak Sunday with a 126-116 victory.

For three quarters, the Sonics simply rolled over the Kings, whose only previous home loss was on Dec. 2 against Dallas, 120-114 in overtime.

The Kings own the NBA's best home record at 27-2.

Rallying from a 25-point, third-quarter deficit, Sacramento cut the deficit to 120-116 on a dunk by Chris Webber with 1:21 left. But Payton responded with a running one-hander off the glass, a layup and two free throws.

Gary Payton had 31 points and 13 assists for the Sonics. Yugoslav NBA rookies in Seattle, Vladimir Radmanovic and Predrag Drobnjak, combined for 20 points and 12 rebounds. After his career-high 16 points against Boston Celtics on Feb 17, Drobnjak gave one more good performance adding 14 points, seven rebounds, one assist and one block in 22 minutes. Radmanovic, who appeared in the starting lineup, had six points, five rebounds and four assists.

Webber scored a season-high 39 points and had 11 rebounds for the Kings. Yugoslav duo in Sacramento, Predrag "Peja" Stojakovic and Vlade Divac, combined for 31 points. Stojakovic had 20 points and seven rebounds, and Vlade Divac had 11 points and four rebounds.