(My Sportsbook) - The Boston Celtics are still searching for a win on their current four-game road trip and will try to stop a season-high two-game losing streak tonight against the Sacramento Kings at ARCO Arena. After having its franchise-record 19-game winning streak stopped on Thursday against the Los Angeles Lakers, Boston fell to 0-2 on the trek with a 99-89 setback at Golden State on Friday night. Paul Pierce paced the Celtics with 21 points and Kevin Garnett added 14 points for Boston, which will try to avoid its first three-game slide since February 19 - 22, 2008. Ray Allen scored just seven points in defeat. The Celtics will also visit the Portland Trail Blazers and are 10-3 away from Beantown this season. In injury news for Boston, center Kendrick Perkins is questionable for Sunday's game with a sprained left shoulder. Sacramento will try to put the brakes on a five-game losing streak when it welcomes the defending champion Celtics to town. It opened a three-game homestand with Friday's 107-101 loss to the Toronto Raptors, as Brad Miller and John Salmons netted 20 points apiece in a losing effort. The Kings were coming off a winless four-game road trip and fell for the seventh time in eight games overall. Bobby Jackson registered 17 points and six boards in a losing cause. Sacramento is 5-10 at home this season and will also host the Los Angeles Clippers. Boston went 2-0 against the Kings last season, but Sacramento has won six of nine and 12 of the last 16 meetings. Boston has lost 11 of the last 12 trips to ARCO Arena.
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