Fox, Hield Lead Kings Over Lakers 141-137 In Triple Overtime

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Alvin Gentry said erstwhile helium became Sacramento’s interim manager that it was going to instrumentality everyone if the Kings were going to halt their play from spiraling retired of control.

On Friday night, they got plentifulness of contributions up and down the roster. Seven players scored successful treble figures arsenic Sacramento outlasted the Los Angeles Lakers 141-137 successful triple overtime.

“There are guys this play that haven’t played galore minutes, but they are starting to springiness america a boost erstwhile called upon,” Gentry said. “For america it takes a colony and that’s what we are trying to do. We continued to compete, plow our mode backmost a small astatine a clip and yet took the lead.”

De’Aaron Fox scored 34 points and Buddy Hield had 13 of his 25 aft regularisation for the Kings, who person won 2 consecutive aft dropping 8 of nine. They are 2-1 since Luke Walton was fired Sunday.

In a crippled that saw 19 ties and 23 pb changes, the Lakers led 126-124 a infinitesimal into the 3rd overtime erstwhile the Kings went connected an 11-2 tally to spell up by 7 with 1:54 remaining. Marvin Bagley III had 5 points during the spurt, including a three-point play to springiness Sacramento the lead.

Carmelo Anthony deed a 3-pointer with 9.4 seconds remaining to get the Lakers wrong a basket, but Hield sank a brace of escaped throws connected the ensuing possession to enactment it away.

Tyrese Haliburton had 19 points for the Kings, who were successful their archetypal triple-OT crippled since 2009.
“It’s been bully to get the 2 wins but we are inactive climbing,” Fox said. “We wanted to support moving and support the gait up. We didn’t person caller legs retired there, but they were young legs.”

The Lakers, who are 10-11 aft dropping 5 of their past seven, had 4 players with astatine slightest 20 points with the archetypal clip this season. LeBron James led the mode with 30 points, Russell Westbrook added 29, Anthony Davis 23 and Malik Monk 20.

“When we get an accidental to sound a squad out, we conscionable let them to instrumentality around,” Lakers manager Frank Vogel said. “We knew the aboriginal play was going to beryllium bumpy. You privation to triumph games similar this but determination is simply a big-picture mindset we are taking with this team.”

The Lakers scored the archetypal six points of the archetypal overtime and were up 110-103 earlier the Kings scored 7 straight, including Hield’s 3-pointer to necktie it with 28 seconds remaining. Davis had a driving layup with 9.0 seconds remaining but Sacramento forced a 2nd OT connected Hield’s 18-foot jumper.

The largest pb anyone had successful the 2nd overtime was 3 points. James made a driving layup with 24 seconds remaining to necktie it astatine 124. Sacramento had the last possession, but couldn’t get a changeable off.

“We’re precise frustrated. First crippled aft the roadworthy trip, this is simply a crippled we should person won,” Davis said. “We had power of it successful the 4th and fto it get away. We person to beryllium a amended location squad than we are close now.”

How We Got To Overtime

Monk scored 11 points during a 24-8 second-half tally that saw the Lakers crook a three-point shortage with 4 minutes to spell successful the 3rd 4th into an 86-73 vantage with 10:02 remaining.

The Kings would antagonistic with a 22-5 rally, including 8 points from Alex Len, to prehend a 98-93 vantage with 2:26 to go. Los Angeles, though, scored 7 of the past 9 points of regularisation to nonstop it to overtime.
After a layup by James gave the Lakers a 100-98 advantage, Fox tied it with a layup with 21 seconds to go. The Lakers had the last shot, but James missed a 3-pointer astatine the buzzer to nonstop it to overtime.

Tip-ins

Kings: Maurice Harkless started and played lone 8 minutes owed to near genu soreness. … It was Fox’s 2nd crippled this play with astatine slightest 30 points. He scored 37 connected Nov. 10 astatine San Antonio. … Terence Davis had 13 points earlier fouling retired successful overtime. … Harrison Barnes (right ft sprain) and Richaun Holmes (right oculus contusion) were retired of the lineup.

Lakers: It was Los Angeles’ archetypal triple OT crippled since 2011. … Anthony (16 points) was 6 of 13 from the tract aft going 7 of 27 the past 2 games. … This was Monk’s 3rd crippled with astatine slightest 20 points since joining Los Angeles during the offseason. … Davis reached 800 vocation steals erstwhile helium stripped the shot from Fox during the archetypal overtime.