There was a point Wednesday night at Arco Arena when Kings rookie Tyreke Evans was a little embarrassed.

After all, it was a night designed and orchestrated by his team's management to promote him for the NBA's Rookie of the Year award.

As if he needed the t-shirts with Reke for ROY across the front to earn the award.

Evans provided his own legitimate promotion with his first NBA triple-double (19 points and game-highs of 10 rebounds and 10 assists) to lead the Kings to a commanding 113-90 victory over the Toronto Raptors before a crowd of 13,412.

Both Evans and the Kings had a slow start amidst all the hype. The Raptors led 45-40 at the half and Evans was three for nine from the field and had eight points.

However, the Kings put together their best quarter of the season with 43 points in the third, while holding the Raptors to 23 points on seven of 20 field-goal shooting.

Sacramento changed the game from a five-point deficit to a 15-point lead entering the fourth. The only suspense for the rest of the game rested on whether Evans could get a triple-double on his night.

The double-digit assists came last and the tenth came courtesy of a jump shot by Francisco Garcia, who remained true to his word.

"I told him if he wanted it," Garcia said of Evans, "give it to me."

Evans' triple-double was the first by a rookie in the Kings organization since Nov. 5, 1969 when the late Norm Van Lier did it with the Cincinnati Royals against the San Diego Clippers. Van Lier had 13 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists.

Evans received a lot of help from his teammates. Five other Kings reached double-figure scoring on their way to shooting 29 of 47 (61.7 percent) in the second half and scoring 73 points.

Evans said he was embarrassed at times to hear the crowd chant, "ROY, ROY," while he was at the free-throw line. However, he also said that it motivated him.

"You hear the crowd chanting like that and it made me step up my game," he said. "I started being more aggressive and our whole team was more aggressive in the second half."

Evans said the Raptors players told him he was going win the award and then playfully provided a little verbal harassment.

Kings coach Paul Westphal said Evans has been one of the most consistent rookies he's seen.

"When you look at it objectively from day one all the way through now, (Tyreke) has consistently been up there averaging over 20 (points) five boards and five assists and really taking steps to change the culture of this team," he said. "I just think that his consistency, as well as the obvious talent he has, just makes it an open and closed vote."

Evans, whose face was plastered on sticks given to fans, couldn't remember if he had a triple-double during his one season at Memphis, but said it really didn't matter.

"If I did, this is the one I enjoyed the most," he said.

Toronto coach Jay Triano echoed the comments of most other coaches around the league.

"In the third quarter I thought we started to come back," said Triano, whose Raptors have lost seven of their past eight games, "then (Evans) just picked us apart. We can't stop him with one guy."

And that's what likely will make him the Rookie of the Year.