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Kings Cousins earns All-NBA honors

KIngs Cousins named to All-NBA 2nd Team.
April 5, 2015; Sacramento, CA, USA; Sacramento Kings center DeMarcus Cousins (15) dunks the basketball against the Utah Jazz during the second quarter at Sleep Train Arena. Mandatory

NEW YORK (AP) — Golden State's Stephen Curry, the league MVP, and LeBron James are the only unanimous selections to the All-NBA first team.

New Orleans' Anthony Davis and Memphis centerMarc Gasol joined Curry as newcomers on the team. Houston's James Harden rounded it out with his second straight selection.

Curry and James, who are three victories from meeting in the NBA Finals, each received first-team votes on all 129 ballots Thursday. James earned his ninth first-team selection in 12 years, tying Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and Oscar Robertson for third all-time.

Voting was done by a panel of writers and broadcasters in the U.S. and Canada, who voted for two guards, two forwards and one center to comprise a first, second and third team.

Oklahoma City's Russell Westbrook led the second team, joined by Portland'sLaMarcus Aldridge, the Clippers' Chris Paul, Chicago's Pau Gasol and Sacramento's DeMarcus Cousins.

Cousins becomes only the fourth Kings player in the Sacramento era to receive All-NBA honors, joining Mitch Richmond, Chris Webber and Peja Stojakovic. He also the first Kings player to earn All-NBA team accolades since Stojakovic was named to the 2003-04 All-NBA Second Team.

The third team was the Clippers' Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan, San Antonio's Tim Duncan, Cleveland's Kyrie Irving and Golden State's Klay Thompson.

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