Sabonis’ triple-double anchors Kings past Lakers for season series sweep

Domantas Sabonis registerd yet another triple-double of 17 points, 19 rebounds, and 10 dimes to power the Sacramento Kings over the Los Angeles Lakers, 120-107, in a battle of two teams jockeying for playoff positions.

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Sabonis now has a league-leading tally of 23 triple-doubles. The lefty do-it-all big man continues his insane run of consecutive double-double outings in 48 games this season. Domas is five away from tying Kevin Love’s record of 53-straight double-double games dating back from 2010-11 season.

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Harrison Barnes topscored for the Kings with 23 points built on seven triples, while De'Aaron Fox added 21 points, including the dagger three-pointer which put Sacramento up by 13, 118-105, with under a minute left in regulation.

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After a tight first half, the Kings opened the third canto on a blistering 10-2 run to carve a 12-point lead, 70-58, via Keon Ellis' three-pointer. Fox connected on a floater to start the fourth and gave his squad the biggest lead at 17 points, 93-76.

De'Aaron Fox goes behind the back for the floater to push the Kings' lead in the 4Q!

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Austin Reaves led the way for the Lakers with 28 points. Anthony Davis, who is now 0-10 all-time against Sabonis in their head-to-head encounters, had a double-double of 22 points and 10 rebounds.

LeBron James connected on back-to-back slams in the fourth to breathe some life for the Purple and Gold squad. LBJ finished with 18 markers and 13 boards.

LeBron James drives and throws down the acrobatic slam 💪

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Sacramento is now tied with the Phoenix Suns with identical 38-27 win-loss records, but the Kings occupy the sixth spot in the West due to 2-1 lead in their season series.

The Lakers got their two-game winning run snapped and fell to a 36-31 slate, two-and-a-half games back from the eighth-seeded Dallas Mavericks (38-28) and a full game ahead of the tenth-ranked Golden State Warriors (34-31).