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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A new coach, a new arena and a new attitude. The Sacramento Kings hope these qualities can help transform a losing franchise into a winning one.DeMarcus Cousins had 29 points and Rudy Gay added 28 and the Kings defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 106-103 on Saturday night.Down as many as 18 points and playing lethargic basketball that was somewhat typical of the past few seasons, the Kings played inspired basketball in the second half when they outscored the Timberwolves 52-38 to win their second game of the season.Its definitely a different attitude this year and a different locker room, reserve guard Ben McLemore said. We have older veterans on this team who have been to the playoffs. They have been in a position like we were in tonight. We hung in there and played well when it mattered most.One of those veterans is Matt Barnes, who played last season in Memphis under Dave Joerger, now the Kings coach. Barnes had 12 points and nine assists and played tough defense throughout the game.Following a listless first half, the Kings gained control in the third, running off 17 straight points to take the lead. The suddenly cold Timberwolves shot 3 for 12 in the third when they were outscored 31-12 and trailed 85-77 heading into the fourth.Just defense and energy, said Barnes, explaining the third-quarter turnaround. Youve got to be locked in for 48 minutes, you cant pick and choose when you want to play defense. We got hit in the face (in the first half) and just played bad basketball.McLemore had 13 points for the Kings, who won for the first time at new Golden 1 Center. And the Kings hung on to the victory despite losing Cousins, who picked up two fouls in the games final minute and fouled out.Andrew Wiggins scored 29 points for the Timberwolves, who are off to an 0-2 start under new coach Tom Thibodeau. Zach Levine had three 3-pointers and 21 points while Karl Anthony-Towns had 15 points and Gorgui Dieng had 14 points and 13 rebounds.The third quarter was a problem. A big problem, Thibodeau said. So we got to look at the film to see what the issues were. Weve got to be tougher.A putback by Towns got Minnesota within 105-103. After regaining possession following a jump ball with 7.5 seconds left, Wiggins misfired on a jumper and Barnes corralled the rebound and made one of two free throws to end the game.Gay put the Kings ahead by two with a jumper and Ty Lawson connected on a corner 3 for a 105-100 lead with 1:10 remaining.BIG QUARTERNow in his fourth season, McLemore has suffered through some tough times, seeing his playing time continually decrease due in part to erratic shooting.After being stripped twice late in Thursdays game by Kawhi Leonard in a loss to San Antonio, McLemore delivered in the fourth quarter against Minnesota. He made two big 3-pointers and scored nine points in the fourth.He was very impressive, Joerger said. He had a tough game the other night and it didnt break him. Thats what pro basketball is -- theres always going to be another night.TIP-INSTimberwolves: Last season the Timberwolves beat the Kings in all four games and they were 4-3 in the previous seven games in Sacramento. . Wiggins had 13 points and the Timberwolves shot 67 percent in leading 34-24 after one quarter.Kings: Cousins picked up his first technical late in the second quarter following his objection to an obvious personal foul. ... A Minnesota assistant last season, Bryan Gates is a Kings assistant coach. ... San Francisco 49ers defensive lineman Erik Armstead was among the sellout crowd.UP NEXTTimberwolves: Host Memphis on Tuesday in their home opener.Kings: At Atlanta on Monday for the first of five straight road games.The FIA has dismissed Ferraris request to review Sebastian Vettels Mexican Grand Prix time penalty after deciding there is no new element to consider.On Thursday Ferrari lodged a request to motorsports governing body asking to re-examine the ten-second penalty, which dropped Vettel from third to fifth in the race result. The German had been penalised for dangerous driving after moving under braking to defend position from Daniel Ricciardo.Ferraris request to the FIA came after it claimed a number of new elements had come to light in the weeks since the race. A hearing was convened on Friday, after FP2, conducted via teleconference, with the stewards talking to Ferrari, represented by senior performance engineer Jock Clear, and Red Bull, represented by team principal Christian Horner and team manager Jonathan Wheatley.For the first new element, Ferrari argued Red Bull had the power to instruct Max Verstappen to move out of the way to give Vettel third. The Dutch teenager had infuriated Vettel by refusing to yield despite holding the position because he went off track at Turn 1, meaning he then came under pressure from Ricciardo a few laps later. Verstappen did not give up the position after being told over radio the stewards would investigatte after the race -- which they did, eventually handing Verstappen a ten-second penalty of his own.dddddddddddd.?The stewards responded to this by saying that, though the FIA race director Charlie Whiting does have absolute authority to tell a driver to move over, there is no obligation to do so, adding that Verstappen refusing to move over was not relevant to the penalty handed to Vettel.Ferrari argued a second new element was GPS data it presented. The stewards said the data brought forward by Ferrari was not only available to the teams during the race but also to the stewards afterwards, when it decided to penalise Vettel.The stewards verdict note said: When asked if the GPS data in any way contradicted the telemetry and other evidence the stewards concluded showed that the driver of Car 5 had steered whilst under braking at Turn 4, Mr Clear conceded that it did not.Article 14.2 of the International Sporting Code gives the stewards sole discretion to determine if a new element exists. In this case, the stewards have decided it does not.Under the regulations, Ferrari can appeal the decision again if it wishes. ' ' '