Harrison Barnes tied a season high with seven 3-pointers en route to a team-high 23 points, Domantas Sabonis had a triple-double and the Sacramento Kings survived a late LeBron James surge to beat the visiting Los Angeles Lakers 120-107. Wednesday evening.
All five Kings starters scored in double figures, including Sabonis, who had 17 points, 19 rebounds and 10 assists for his NBA-leading 23rd triple-double.
Sacramento trailed the Lakers by three games in the Western Conference playoff race and also completed a 4-0 series sweep.
James finished with 18 points and led the Lakers with 13 rebounds, but missed a 111th career triple-double by an assist. Austin Reaves led the team with 28 points, hitting seven of his team’s 14 3-pointers, while Anthony Davis added 22 points and 10 rebounds.
DeMar DeRozan scored two of his season-high 46 points on a jumper forcing overtime with 0.3 seconds left in regulation, and he added nine in the extra period as the Chicago Bulls eliminated the Indiana Pacers 132-129 in Indianapolis.
DeRozan scored the final three points of regulation after Indiana sent him to the free throw line with 3.8 seconds remaining. He made the first one, then the Pacers knocked the ensuing intentional miss out of bounds, setting up DeRozan’s game-tying bucket from the baseline.
Pascal Siakam finished with 17 points, while Aaron Nesmith added 13 points. Tyrese Haliburton finished with 17 points and 14 assists. He had a contested look on a potential 3-point attempt late in overtime, but it wasn’t good.
Luka Doncic’s seven-game streak with a triple-double ended, but the Dallas Mavericks turned to shot-blocking big men Daniel Gafford and Derek Lively II to survive shorthanded at Golden State 109- 99.
Gafford and Lively combined for 22 points, 14 rebounds and nine blocks, helping the Mavericks win for only the second time this season by scoring fewer than 112 points. They also earned their fourth straight victory overall.
Jonathan Kuminga scored a game-high 27 points for the Warriors, who were missing Stephen Curry for their third straight game because of a sprained right ankle. Golden State was also without Draymond Green, who was a late scratch with lower back soreness.
(Reuters)
