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Fox, Sabonis help Kings rally past Nuggets

Published February 15, 2024, 2:00 PMNBA.com Philippines Staff
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De'Aaron Fox made 30 points, while Domantas Sabonis tallied his 37th consecutive double-double.

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.

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.

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.

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.