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To the victor go the spoils ... in this case, the spoils being a bunch of hot chicks who left a nightclub with NBA star Rudy Gay ... hours after he put a dagger in the Utah Jazz.

Earlier in the night, Gay hit the game-winning shot that led the Kings over Utah -- and to celebrate the 29-year-old hit up 1 OAK nightclub on the Sunset Strip with some friends.

But the real score was on the way out ... when Rudy and his pals loaded up the car with a bunch of attractive ladies -- bound for the obligatory after-party.

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