Kings keep rolling with third consecutive win over Warriors

SAN FRANCISCO — Harrison Barnes scored 21 points, De’Aaron Fox played through some nagging pains and the Sacramento Kings kept rolling, defeating the Golden State Warriors 112-94 on Tuesday night as “Sac-ra-mento” chants rang out inside Chase Center in San Francisco.

Fox also finished with 21 points for the Kings (24-33), who have won three in a row and nine of 13 to get within four games of the eighth-place Memphis Grizzlies. Buddy Hield scored 15 of his 19 in the second half. Bogdan Bogdanovic added 17 points.

Marquese Chriss had 21 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Warriors (12-46). Andrew Wiggins had 16 points.

The Kings have won all three games against the Warriors this season. Sacramento had not won three in a row against Golden State since the Kings enjoyed a 15-game winning streak in the series from Jan. 15, 2000, to Nov. 16, 2003.

The Kings led 33-22 following a nearly flawless first quarter. They shot 59.1% from the field, made 4 of 8 from 3-point range and recorded 11 assists on 13 made baskets with only two turnovers.

Barnes had the hot hand early, scoring 14 points in the opening period. The Kings led by as many as 12 in the first quarter and went up by 16 on a basket by Harry Giles III midway through the second. Giles finished with 13 points and nine rebounds, just missing his second consecutive double-double.

The Kings carried a 55-43 lead into the halftime break and extended their lead to 18 on a three-point play by Fox early in the third quarter, but the Warriors wouldn’t go away. They staged a 16-2 run to get within four on a free throw by Damion Lee midway through the third.

Sacramento led 81-73 at the start of the fourth. Hield buried three 3-pointers in the first 1:22 to put the Kings up 9073. The Warriors cut the deficit to eight with 5:01 remaining, but they couldn’t get any closer.