De’Aaron Fox and the entire Sacramento Kings offense finally broke out of their slumps as the home team pounded the San Antonio Spurs, 134-116.
The Kings hadn’t surpassed 100 points in each of the previous three games, but put up their highest total since January thanks to 58.0% shooting.
Fox had averaged 15.0 points on 37.1% shooting the last four games, but he went off with a 43-point effort on 19-for-26 shooting. He also had 11 assists for his sixth double-double of the season.
Domantas Sabonis posted his fifth triple-double of the campaign with 23 points, 18 rebounds and 11 assists. Harrison Barnes posted 26 points and was instrumental when the Kings finally pulled away.
With four games left in the season, the Kings (46-32) must go 2-2 to match their real-life total of 48 wins.
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The Kings got off to a good start and led 21-9 halfway through the first quarter. after a Sabonis three-point play. It was 29-22 at the end of the first.
Sacramento went back up by 10 at 42-32, though San Antonio got hot and eventually took the lead at 56-54. The Spurs led 60-58 at halftime.
San Antonio took its biggest lead of the game, seven points, at 71-64 with under nine minutes to go in the third quarter. But they couldn’t hold off the Kings, who scored 43 points in the quarter to take a 101-93 lead.
The lead continued to grow in the fourth quarter as the Kings put in another 33 points. They went up by 23 at 129-106 on a Keegan Murray basket.
This game was played with Bank Shot Basketball.
