Fox, Haliburton Lead Kings Past Magic 142-130

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — De’Aaron Fox scored 33 points, Tyrese Haliburton had a large 4th fourth and the Sacramento Kings won their season-best 3rd consecutive game, beating the Orlando Magic 142-130 connected Wednesday night.

Fox changeable 12 of 18 and made a brace of 3-pointers to assistance the Kings acceptable a play precocious for scoring.

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Haliburton added 18 points and matched his vocation precocious with 11 assists for his 3rd NBA double-double and 2nd this season. The 12th wide prime successful the 2020 draft, Haliburton scored 11 successful the 4th fourth with 3 3s and a floater disconnected the glass. He besides threw a brace of alley-oop passes for dunks.

The Kings are 5-3 since interim manager Alvin Gentry replaced Luke Walton.

Cole Anthony had 33 points and 8 assists for the Magic (5-21), who person mislaid 3 consecutive and 10 of 11.

Fox scored 10 points successful the 3rd 4th erstwhile the Kings led by 16, past made a 3-pointer precocious to enactment Sacramento up 137-124.

Davion Mitchell had 18 points disconnected the seat for the Kings. Terrence Davis and Harrison Barnes scored 16 apiece. Tristan Thompson added 14 points and 10 rebounds.

Marvin Bagley III, playing accrued minutes since the coaching alteration astir 3 weeks ago, had 8 points successful the archetypal quarter, including back-to-back 3s, to enactment Sacramento ahead.

Orlando stayed adjacent and got wrong 70-67 connected Mo Bamba’s buzzer-beating 3 to extremity the 2nd quarter.

After trailing by 16 midway done the third, the Magic closed to 98-90 erstwhile Terrence Ross converted a four-point play followed by a thunderous, one-handed dunk and escaped throw.

HOLMES LEAVES INJURED

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Kings halfway Richaun Holmes was taken to the locker country successful the 2nd 4th aft getting chopped adjacent his close oculus erstwhile helium was deed successful the caput by Wendell Carter Jr. The play was reviewed and determined to beryllium a communal foul. Holmes had humor trickling down his look and was being evaluated for a concussion.

COMMISSIONER VISITS

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver was connected manus for the crippled and watched from the stands. Silver had been successful Reno for a speaking engagement earlier successful the day.

FAN CLUB

A tiny but vocal radical of fans seated successful 1 country of Golden 1 Center loudly cheered each play made by Orlando backup halfway Robin Lopez. When Lopez was fouled and went to sprout escaped throws, the radical chanted “MVP! MVP!”

TIP-INS

Magic: Jalen Suggs missed his 4th consecutive crippled with a fractured close thumb. Suggs, who was injured Nov. 29, is expected to beryllium re-evaluated each 2 weeks.

Kings: Buddy Hield missed 9 of his archetypal 10 3-point attempts. Hield entered the time 2nd successful the NBA with 87 makes from beyond the arc. … Thompson was called for a method foul for taunting erstwhile helium dunked and past turned and pointed astatine Ross.

UP NEXT

Magic: Play successful Los Angeles against the Clippers connected Saturday. Orlando had mislaid 14 consecutive against the Clippers earlier winning past March.

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Kings: Play the Hornets successful Charlotte connected Friday.