The Sacramento Kings dominated the fourth quarter and scored the final 12 points of the contest to eke out a 115-106 home victory over the New York Knicks.
In a game that featured 12 lead changes, including five in the fourth quarter, the Kings (39-26) outscored the Knicks 26-16 in the final period.
Three Kings scored 20 or more points: De’Aaron Fox with 22 and Domantas Sabonis and Keegan Murray with 20 each. Sabonis also had team highs of 15 rebounds and seven assists.
The Kings overcame a 34-point performance by Julius Randle.
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After a close first quarter that had six lead changes, the Kings led 32-27. Sacramento built a 13-point lead, its biggest of the game, first at 46-33. But Randle scored 18 points in the second quarter to turn things around as the Knicks led 60-54 at halftime.
New York led for almost the entirety of the third quarter, though by never more than nine points. The Kings closed to within one at the end of the period at 90-89.
Neither team led by more than three points in the fourth quarter until the final two minutes. Isaiah Hartenstein put New York up 106-103 with under three minutes to play, but the Knicks wouldn’t score again. Harrison Barnes put the Kings in front 107-106 and Murray had two baskets in the game-ending 12-0 run.
This game was played with Bank Shot Basketball.
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