Sacramento Kings center DeMarcus Cousins scored a career-high 56 points in Monday's 129-128 double-overtime loss to the Charlotte Hornets, topping his previous personal best of 48 points that he set in Saturday's 108-97 win over the Indiana Pacers, per NBA.com/Stats .
Arguably the NBA 's hottest player over the past couple of weeks, the 25-year-old big man scored the most points for any player in a game that his team lost since Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant put up 58 in a losing effort back in December 2006 against the then-Charlotte Bobcats, per ESPN Stats & Info .
Also per ESPN Stats & Info , Cousins' 56 points are the most any Kings player has produced since the team moved to Sacramento in 1985-86, though he did fall three shy of Jack Twyman's franchise record , set in January 1960 against the Minneapolis Lakers when the franchise was known as the Cincinnati Royals.
