Sabonis' free throws sink Clippers
Domantas Sabonis made two free throws with seven seconds left to cap a near-triple double in the Sacramento Kings' 128-127 victory over the Clippers on Friday night.
Sabonis had 23 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists to help the Kings win their fifth straight game. Paul George missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer for the Clippers. He finished with 28 points, hitting a 3-pointer to give the Clippers a one-point lead with 51.2 seconds left.
Sabonis responded with a
THE SCORE
KINGS 128, CLIPPERS 127
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layup on the other end, and George made a layup with 33.1 seconds left to take the lead back. De'Aaron Fox added 33 points for Sacramento for his eighth consecutive 30-point game. Harrison Barnes had 20 points and Kevin Huerter 18. Russell Westbrook scored 28 points for the Clippers and Eric Gordon had 21. The Clippers have lost five straight.
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BOX SCORE
Clippers
Batum 36:46 4-6 0-0 0-4 0 3 11 George 34:01 8-1610-10 2-7 8 4 28 Plumlee 25:41 5-7 3-5 3-8 3 3 13 Gordon 30:04 8-13 2-3 0-3 3 2 21 Westbrook 35:30 12-16 2-5 0-2 10 1 27 Covington 30:59 6-11 0-0 0-4 1 4 15 Mann 22:10 3-6 0-0 0-0 3 3 8 Coffey 12:30 0-3 0-2 0-0 1 1 0 Hyland 12:17 1-9 2-2 1-4 2 3 4
Totals 240:00 47-87 19-27 6-32 31 24 127
Percentages:
FG .540, FT .704;
14-41, .341 (Batum 3-5, Gordon 3-7, Covington 3-8, Mann 2-4, George 2-8, Westbrook 1-2, Coffey 0-1, Hyland 0-6); 10. Team Turnovers: None; 3 (Westbrook 2, Plumlee); (Westbrook 5, George, Plumlee); 7 (Covington 2, Batum, George, Gordon, Hyland, Westbrook).
Clippers Sacramento
Min
FG
FT Reb A PF Pts
3-Point Goals:
Team Rebounds: Blocked Shots: Turnovers:
Steals:
7
32 31 33 31 — 127 35 33 33 27 — 128
(right knee injury management), Marcus Morris Sr. (left elbow contusion)
Sacramento Min
Barnes Murray Sabonis Fox Huerter Monk Lyles Mitchell Metu Davis Dozier 36:55 6-11 32:39 5-10 34:48 10-13 34:00 12-22 22:11 6-9 23:14 1-8 21:37 3-5 14:29 2-3 12:48 1-4 7:12 0-2 0:03 0-0
Totals 240:00 46-87 26-26 9-45 26 22 128
Percentages: Goals:
FG .529, FT 1.000;
10-33, .303 (Murray 4-9, Huerter 3-4, Lyles 2-4, Fox 1-5, Mitchell 0-1, Davis 0-2, Barnes 0-3, Monk 0-5); 2. Team Turnovers: None;
2 (Lyles, Sabonis); 11 (Monk 3, Sabonis 3, Fox 2, Barnes, Huerter, Lyles); 3 (Fox, Murray, Sabonis); Fox, 8:18 third
18,111 (17,608)
Rebounds: Blocked Shots: Turnovers:
A:
FG
FT Reb APFPts
8-8 0-0 3-3 8-8 3-3 2-2 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-7 2-5 2-10 3-7 0-0 0-2 1-8 0-0 0-5 0-0 0-0 0 0 7 7 0 8 1 3 0 0 0
3-Point
Team
Steals: Technical Fouls:
3 20 3 14 2 23 3 33 4 18 1 4 4 10 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 and C Ivica Zubac (calf soreness) were unavailable.