Kings run out of gas vs. Cavs to end 7,000-mile road trip

Kings center Domantas Sabonis already had a triple-double when he pulled down his 17th rebound of the night during the third quarter of Monday’s game against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Kings were looking to close the gap after cutting a 21-point deficit to 13, but before Sabonis could make a move to initiate the offense, Cavaliers forward Max Strus snuck up from behind and picked Sabonis’ pocket.

Strus ran to the corner and calmly knocked down an uncontested 3-pointer to stop Sacramento’s surge. This was that kind of night for the Kings, who looked like they were on their last legs on the last leg of a seven-game, 7,000-mile road trip.

Donovan Mitchell scored 29 points to lead the Cavaliers to a 136-110 victory over the Kings on Monday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Mitchell led seven players in double figures for Cleveland, which has been the hottest team in the NBA since early January.

Strus scored 22 points for the Cavaliers (32-16), who have won 14 of their last 15 games. Jarrett Allen had 19 points. Caris LeVert came off the bench to produce 17 points, six rebounds and seven assists. The Cavaliers shot 58% from the field and made 23 of 41 (.561) from 3-point range with 36 assists and only eight turnovers.

“They were really good tonight,” Kings coach Mike Brown said. “They shot the ball. We didn’t do a great job getting to shooters and they shot the mess out of the ball. We identify ‘hot’ players, and they have a handful of them, and their hot players, we didn’t do a good job of getting to them. Their hot players hit 18 of their 23 3s.”

Harrison Barnes scored 22 points for the Kings (29-20), who wrapped up the road trip with a 5-2 record. De’Aaron Fox scored 19 points. Malik Monk came off the bench to score 18.

Domantas Sabonis finished with 12 points, 19 rebounds and 15 assists, recording his 32nd consecutive double-double and his 15th triple-double of the season. He had eight points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in the opening half, joining Luka Doncic as the only players in the NBA this season to post 10 rebounds and 10 assists in the first half.

“Good road trip overall to finish 5-2, but tonight was disappointing,” Brown said. “We only had 12 turnovers for 17 points, but it seemed like they got their hands on maybe five to eight of our passes that weren’t turnovers, so they were really, really active defensively with their hands and causing a lot of deflections and stuff like that.

“We couldn’t sustain anything on the defensive end of the floor. I thought, offensively, we were fine. In the fourth quar

failed to come to fruition after the A’s and Oakland officials could not agree on a binding deal for the project.

“I mentioned the passionate fans of Oakland who often visit our city to cheer on the Raiders,” Goodman said in a statement. “My points included that it is my belief that in their perfect world the ownership of the A’s would like to have a new ballpark on the water in Oakland and that the ownership and government there should listen to their great fans and try to make that dream come true.”

Goodman went on to say that Las Vegas has “shown that it is a spectacular market for major league sports

franchises.”

With no indication of plans to restart talks in Oakland, all signs point to the A’s moving to Las Vegas.

Those plans include building a $2 billion ballpark on 9 acres of the 25-acre Tropicana site. Bally’s plan to build a new resort on the remaining 26 acres. The A’s and Bally’s plan to release renderings depicting both the ballpark and hotel. They have yet to set a date to when those will be unveiled.

The A’s planned ballpark site falls within unincorporated Clark County, not the city of Las Vegas’ jurisdiction, which is governed by the Clark County Commission.

“The A’s have expressed enthusiastic interest in relocating to

the Las Vegas Strip in unincorporated Clark County, and the County worked hard to ensure taxpayers were protected with the agreement the Legislature put in place to bring the A’s to Clark County,” Clark County Commissioner Jim Gibson said in a statement.

Last summer, Gov. Joe Lombardo signed a law earmarking up to $380 million in public funds for the stadium project.

In November, the A’s relocation was unanimously approved by all 30 MLB team owners and Bally’s Corp., which operates the Tropicana. The Rat Pack-era hotel is set to close on April 2 to allow for demolition of the property.

It was estimated that the demolition process could take up to one