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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - If trade rumours are bothering Brook Lopez, its hard to tell, because the veteran centre is playing inspired basketball of late for the Brooklyn Nets.He had 22 points and six blocks and the Brooklyn Nets defeated the Sacramento Kings 103-100 on Wednesday night for only their second win in the last 10.Lopez has lost his starting spot to Mason Plumlee and has been the subject of recent trade rumours with the Nets poor play. He has one year remaining on his $16.7 million contact and is expected to opt out in the off-season.Ive been on the trading block for 6 1/2 years, so that doesnt bother me, said Lopez, who had 26 points in a victory last week over Washington. I just live with it.Lopez was a major force at the offensive end, making 8 of 15 shots and 6 of 7 free throws. He also played a role in slowing down Kings centre DeMarcus Cousins with some solid defence and several of his season-high six blocks.Its definitely a challenge going against him, but its a benchmark to see where Im at, Lopez said.The Nets had a 23-point lead in the opening half, but the Kings eventually cut it to two late in the fourth quarter. Some clutch shooting by Joe Johnson helped preserve the victory for Brooklyn.Johnson scored 16 points, including six in the final 1:11 to help the Nets avoid yet another loss.Thats Joe, thats what we expect him. Thats the type of player he is, Lopez said.Jarrett Jack also had 16 points and added eight assists for the Nets. Alan Anderson had 14 and Bojan Bogdanovic added 10.The Nets won six of seven games and reached the .500 mark on Jan. 2. But Brooklyn had been in a terrible stretch ever since, at one point losing seven straight.Cousins had 28 points and 14 rebounds for Sacramento, which matched its season-high fifth straight loss.Rudy Gay scored 25 points and had eight rebounds and six assists and Darren Collison had 16 points.Gay had 14 points in the fourth and Cousins added 13. The Kings outscored the Nets 31-21 in the final frame.This is right up there with all the losses that weve had, Collison said. Its just so frustrating because it seems like we are playing hard, but not getting the results that we want.Trailing by 15, Gay ignited a 12-2 run by the Kings. His steal and dunk pulled the Kings within 91-85 with 4:40 remaining. Gay had 10 of the 12 points in the spurt.Gays basket, Collisons tip-in and Cousins two free throws pulled the Kings to within 96-94. Johnson responded with a 3 to build the Nets lead to five points. Johnson added three free throws in the final 24 seconds to hold off the Kings.Down the stretch they went small and became more aggressive and we couldnt run our offence, Nets coach Lionel Hollins said. But we hung in there and got the win.The Nets reserves were instrumental in establishing the 62-46 first-half lead. They shot 14 of 23 and outscored the Kings bench 32-16.TIP-INSNets: Deron Williams (fractured rib cartilage) is travelling with team, but missed his seventh straight game. The veteran point guard was shooting at Mondays practice and Tuesday ran on the treadmill, then dribbled and shot after practice.Kings: Reserve guard Ramon Sessions was back on the court after missing the previous 13 games with a low back sprain. He had two points and four assists in 22 minutes. ... Cousins and Gay, Sacramentos leading scorers, shot a combined 4 for 20 in the opening half.UP NEXTBrooklyn visits the Clippers on Thursday.Kings travel to Golden State on Friday. 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