Fox, Kings roll past Dubs
Scores career-high 44 for Sacramento in rout of Curry-less Golden State
SACRAMENTO >> De’Aaron Fox had a career-best 44 points and the Sacramento Kings beat the short-handed Golden State Warriors 141-119 on Thursday night.
Fox shot 16 of 22 and added seven assists, continuing his two-week scoring surge. The mercurial point guard has topped 40 points twice this season and poured in 30 or more in six of his last 10 games. He is averaging 30.7 points during that span.
Tyrese Haliburton added 21 points with a career-high six 3-pointers, and Richaun Holmes had 25 points and 11 rebounds for the Kings.
Buddy Hield scored 16. Sacramento has won five of six.
Andrew Wiggins had 26 points for the Warriors. Kelly Oubre Jr. and Nico Mannion scored 19 apiece.
Golden State beat Sacramento by 31 points in January. This time, the Warriors were missing two of their stars.
Stephen Curry sat out his fourth straight game with a bruised tailbone.
Draymond Green also was held out after waking up feeling ill.
“Draymond did not come to shootaround and is not feeling
well at all right now,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said before the game.
Haliburton put the
Kings up by 22 late in the third quarter with a double step-back move that left Damion Lee flailing before
the Sacramento rookie sank a 3-pointer and was fouled.
Haliburton also made a four-point play a night earlier
against Atlanta.
Oubre’s 3-pointer cut the gap to 111-100 but the Warriors couldn’t get any closer.
Fox made consecutive 3s, then added a pair of free throws to extend the margin to 18.