De’Aaron Fox scored 30 points, while Domantas Sabonis added a 20-point, 13-rebound double-double in the Sacramento Kings' comeback against home team Denver Nuggets, 102-98.
The Kings have now improved to 3-0 in their season series against the Nuggets.
Fox took over late and scored 15 fourth-quarter points, including a personal 8-0 run in the final 2:02 seconds of the game, to lead the Kings' 16-point rally in the second half.a big dub headed into the all-star break 🟣🔦#LightTheBeam pic.twitter.com/80nyVQAGNz
— Sacramento Kings (@SacramentoKings) February 15, 2024
The Kings trailed 93-92 with two minutes left until... De'Aaron Fox TOOK OVER.
— NBA (@NBA) February 15, 2024
He ripped off 8 straight points and Sacramento pulled out the W in Denver 🔥🦊 pic.twitter.com/yls0UASPJX
Sabonis extended his league-leading double-double tally to 37 straight games, as the former All-Star outplayed two-time MVP Nikola Jokic in their highly-anticipated duel.
He is tied with Kevin Garnett and John Stockton for the fourth-longest double-double streak since the ABA-NBA merger.
.@Dsabonis11 recorded his 37TH CONSECUTIVE double-double tonight in a win over the reigning champions 😤
— Sacramento Kings (@SacramentoKings) February 15, 2024
He is tied with Kevin Garnett (2/1-11/6/06) and John Stockton (2/27-11/29/89) for the fourth-longest double-double streak since the ABA-NBA merger prior to the 1976-77… pic.twitter.com/C3OxHNF4p3
The Kings are now one game away from sweeping their season series against the Nuggets after winning the first two in Sacramento.
Coming off a second game of a back-to-back, Sacramento started slow and found themselves in an early 53-41 hole at the half behind a cold-shooting and 11 turnovers.
But it was a tale of two halves for the Kings, who outscored the Nuggets, 61-45, in the second half.
all tied up in Denver 😤 pic.twitter.com/Lrbw6RhRhK
— Sacramento Kings (@SacramentoKings) February 15, 2024
Jokic had a quite struggling night, posting just 15 points, his lowest scoring game since January 7, and shot poorly going 6/17 in the field. Aaron Gordon topscored Denver with 25 points and added 15 rebounds, but the Nuggets fell to a third straight loss.
Sacramento improved to 31-23 as eighth seed in the West, while Denver slid to 36-19 as the number four team in the same conference.
Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.
