National Basketball Association

Evans leads rooks to rare win over NBA sophomores

Published Feb. 13, 2010 4:11 a.m. ET

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Sacramento's Tyreke Evans had 26 points and San Antonio's DeJuan Blair had 22 points and 23 rebounds to give the NBA rookies a rare victory over the sophomores, 140-128 in the Rookie Challenge on Friday night.

Russell Westbrook of Oklahoma City scored 40 points for the sophomores, but he was one of seven players on the second-year team who were handed a surprising result - losing consecutive games in the event that is part of the All-Star weekend.

The sophomores had won seven straight games and eight of 10 since that format was adopted in 2000.

Evans, the league's top-scoring rookie and 14th overall with 20.3 points a game, made 11 of 15 shots to go with six rebounds and five assists.