Kings run win streak to four
Sacramento gets key performances from Fox, Hield
LOS ANGELES — De’aaron Fox scored 36 points and Buddy Hield added 22 as the Sacramento Kings beat the Los Angeles Clippers 113-110 on Sunday for their fourth straight victory.
The Kings are 7-1 since a 19-point drubbing by the Clippers on Jan. 20.
Lou Williams scored 23 points off the bench for the Clippers, who dropped two in a row for the first time this season. Kawhi Leonard had 20 points and 10 rebounds as L.A. played without injured Paul George. The Clippers’ reserves outscored the starters, 57-53.
Neither team led by more than nine points in the backand-forth affair that featured 11 ties.
Nicolas Batum’s potential tying 3-pointer missed in the closing seconds for the Clippers.
■ Suns 100, Celtics 91 — At Phoenix, Mikal Bridges scored 19 points and Devin Booker had 18 points and 11 assists for Phoenix, which has won five of six. Cam Johnson added 17 points off the bench, while Deandre Ayton had 16 points and 11 rebounds. Jayson Tatum led Boston with 23 points and seven assists.
■ Jazz 103, Pacers 95 —At Indianapolis, Donovan Mitchell had 27 points and 11 assists as Utah (19-5) improved on its Nba-best record. Utah, winner of 15 of its last 16, got a clutch three-point play from ex-pacer Bojan Bogdanovic at 5:36 of the final quarter that resulted in an 86-83 lead. The Jazz led the rest of the way. Bogdanovic finished with 18 points, Jordan Clarkson added 17 off the bench and Rudy Gobert had 16 points and 16 rebounds. Domantas Sabonis scored 20 for the Pacers.
■ Hornets 119, Wizards
97 — At Charlotte, N.C., Terry Rozier had 26 points, including five 3-pointers, and Gordon Hayward added 25 points for Charlotte. Lamelo Ball followed a career-best 34-point effort against Utah with 19 points, seven rebounds and five assists. Washington, which got 31 points from the NBA’S leading scorer, Bradley Beal, has lost seven of its past nine.
■ Heat 109, Knicks 103 — At New York, Bam Adebayo had 24 points and 11 rebounds and Jimmy Butler finished with 17 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists for Miami. Kendrick Nunn and Tyler Herro each added 16 points for the Heat, who won their second straight after dropping seven of eight. Julius Randle had 26 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists for the Knicks, who had won two in a row.