The Kings lost a game Friday night at Arco Arena.

However, that was secondary to the loss of their rookie of the year candidate Tyreke Evans.

Evans suffered a concussion and some facial lacerations during the fourth quarter of Sacramento's 114-108 double-overtime loss to the Milwaukee Bucks before a stunned crowd of 12,098.

Evans went down during a wild scramble for a loose ball underneath the Kings basket with 27.3 remaining in regulation following a shot attempt by Kings forward Carl Landry. Evans remained on the floor after Landry was called for a foul.

Evans eventually was helped back to the Kings bench for a brief period before being helped to the Kings locker room. Landry said Evans told him he'd been hit by an elbow from Bucks 6-foot-10, 235-pound reserve forward Ersan Ilyasova.

Evans did not return to action. He was X-rayed at the arena. There was no sign of a fractured jaw initially, but the rookie is scheduled to undergo further examination today. He will not join the team on its trip to Los Angeles for Sunday afternoon's game at Staples Center against the Los Angeles Clippers.

Evans is an unlikely participant in Monday night's home game against the Memphis Grizzlies. Kings coach Paul Westphal said it was unknown when he would be able to play again. 

"Tyreke has a concussion," Westphal said of his rookie, who finished with 15 points, four rebounds, four assists and eight turnovers against a Bucks defense geared to slow him.

"He has some damage to his teeth and his jaw. There will be more tests. ... We have no idea how long he'll be out or how serious the injury is until the doctors are able to really examine him with all the equipment they have."

Meanwhile, it appeared the Kings would be able to hold off the Bucks, who have been one of the NBA's winningest teams since the All-Star break.Milwaukee has won 13 of its past 15 games.

By the time Evans walked off the floor, it appeared the only victory Milwaukee would have this night would be their own rookie of the year candidate, Brandon Jennings, winning his individual battle with the Kings rookie. Jennings put on a sterling performance with a game-high 35 points. That included a season-high, eight made three-point field-goals in 13 attempts.

Yet, the Bucks followed Jennings, former Kings swingman John Salmons and center Andrew Bogut back against the odds.

The feeling of security for the Kings, though, turned into a mirage.

Sacramento (23-46) had led 91-82 following a put-back by swingman Ime Udoka with 2:28 left in the fourth quarter. The teams exchanged missed possessions until Ilyasova pulled the Bucks within 91-84 with 1:42 remaining in the fourth quarter.

The Kings missed their final four field-goal attempts of regulation, but Francisco Garcia and Beno Udrih each made a pair of free throws during the final 24 seconds.

Salmons, though, converted a three-pointer off an inbounds play and then Ilyasova stuck a three-pointer six-feet beyond the three-point line at the Kings logo with 6.4 seconds remaining, to tie the game at 95-95.

"I thought we made our free throws down the stretch, and we made them take the shots we wanted them to take for the most part and they hit some shots that defied description," said Westphal. "All you can really say is it had to be their night."

It certainly wasn't the Kings' night.

Notes: Tom Abatemarco, who has worked with the Maloof organization for seven years, has accepted an offer to join the men's basketball coaching staff at the University of Colorado.