De’Aaron Fox outdueled Anthony Edwards and the Sacramento Kings won their second straight close game against the home Minnesota Timberwolves, 114-111.
Fox overcame a slow start to finish with 37 points, while Edwards scored 35.
Domantas Sabonis added 23 points and 17 rebounds for the Kings, who shot 52.3% to the Timberwolves’ 48.9%.
At 30-19, the Kings are 11 games over .500 for the second time this season.
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The Kings never led in the first half, though there were six ties and the Timberwolves never led by more than six points. It was 25-23 after one quarter and 52-50 at halftime.
Both offenses were near-unstoppable in the third quarter, as Sacramento outscored Minnesota 40-35, with Fox getting 16 of them. His three-point play gave the Kings their first lead at 56-54 early in the period. That was the first of seven lead changes in the quarter. Fox hit a three-pointer to put the Kings up 81-78, and they’d never trail again. It was 90-87 at the end of three.
The Timberwolves tied the game at 93, and again at 102 with under six minutes to play. But Keegan Murray and Fox both converted three-point plays, and Sabonis scored to make it an 8-0 run and a 110-102 lead with under four minutes to play. The Timberwolves got no closer than three the rest of the way.
This game was played with Bank Shot Basketball.
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