Kings Rookie Marvin Bagley III progress show in his career night, as the Kings beat the San Antonio Spurs, totaling 24 points and 12 rebounds.
Bagley III is the first Kings rookie with three straight double-doubles since DeMarcus Cousins had three in a row from Mar. 2 to Mar. 7, 2011. His three-game streak with a double-double is tied for the second most by a rookie this season as DeAndre Ayton has the most with five double-doubles in a row from Dec. 15 to Dec. 23, 2018.
San Antonio Spurs 112 (32-23) vs. Sacramento Kings 127 (28-25)
The Sacramento Kings extend their three-game win streak as they beat the San Antonio Spurs, 127-112, to also push their home win streak to seven games. The Kings victory snapped the Spurs five-game overall winning streak as the Kings defeat San Antonio for the second straight time, their longest overall win streak against the Spurs since beating them in four straight games from Apr. 12, 2001 to Feb. 12, 2002. Their two-game home winning streak against the Spurs is also their longest since winning two in a row at home versus San Antonio from Mar. 14, 2004 to Jan. 2, 2005.
Sacramento would lead by four at the halftime break, 63-59 and take a 12-point lead heading into the final 12 minutes as they led, 98-86. The Spurs would then go on an 8-2 run to cut the Kings lead to as little as six up until the 9:44 mark in the third quarter, their lowest deficit since the score was 86-80 with 3:18 remaining in the third quarter. The Kings then hit a run of their own as Sacramento would go on an 18-7 run to go up by 17 points, their largest lead of the contest with just 4:45 in the game.
Yogi Ferrell scored 12 of Sacramento’s 18 points during the run as he went 5-for-5 from the field and 2-of-2 from three-point range.
Sacramento recorded 35 fast break points for the game compared to just 17 for San Antonio as Kings tallied 20 fast break points in the first quarter alone. Entering today, the Kings are just the second team this season with 20-plus fast break points in a quarter as the Philadelphia 76ers had 21 fast break points in the first quarter on Jan. 29, 2019 at the Los Angeles Lakers.
Marvin Bagley III scored a new career-high with 24 points to go with 12 rebounds, four assists and three blocks.
The Kings went 50-of-90 from the field (.556) and are 10-4 this season when they shoot above .500 percent. San Antonio knocked in 42 shots on 98 tries (.429) as Sacramento is 23-6 in games when outshooting their opponent.
Ferrell finished with a new season-high 19 points as he was 7-for-7 from the field and 4-of-4 from three-point distance. Ferrell is one of 22 players in the NBA and the first Kings player to shoot 1.000 percent from the field and beyond the arc while attempting seven or more shots from the field and four-plus from three.
““It’s exciting to be able go out there and play a game like that at home, a great team like that. We just came out and we were playing together – moving the ball and making the right basketball plays. Whenever you’re playing like that, it’s always exciting and fun.””
DeMar DeRozan totaled a team-high 24 points while LaMarcus Aldridge recorded 22 points and nine rebounds in the loss for San Antonio.
For a second straight game, the Kings held their opponent to under .300 percent from beyond the arc as the Spurs were 9-of-32 (.281) from behind the three-point line. The Kings have held their opponents to less than .300 percent from three-point range in 18 games this season and are 14-4 in those instances. Those 14 wins when holding their opponent to under .300 percent from beyond the arc is tied for the third most by a team this season.
“They got the crowd involved; they got in transition and took advantage of us in transition. The crowd got
into it and they didn’t slow down after that.”
““I think we’ve gotten back to playing the way that we were playing at the beginning of the season. Marvin [Bagley III] is really coming in to his own, he’s been playing extremely well. Out of today, we had a lot of guys contributing. We always have a lot of different guys in double figure scoring. I just think we’re able to
attack you in so many different ways.””
