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SACRAMENTO (AP) — Buddy Hield scored 18 of his 29 points successful the 4th fourth and made 7 3-pointers to assistance the Sacramento Kings bushed the San Antonio Spurs 121-114 connected Sunday.
Tyrese Haliburton added 27 points and matched his career-high with 11 assists, Damian Jones scored a career-high 23 points, and Harrison Barnes had 14 points and 7 rebounds. The Kings won for the 2nd clip successful six games.
“Buddy was big,” said Kings adjunct manager Doug Christie, who is filling successful portion interim manager Alvin Gentry is successful the NBA’s wellness and information protocol. “That’s what I genuinely expect. Buddy shoots the shot astatine specified an unthinkable level. Every clip helium shoots it, for me, it seems similar it’s going successful and contiguous it did.”
Hield had lone 5 points earlier making back-to-back 3s precocious successful the 3rd quarter. He opened the 4th fourth with a mid-range jumper and scored connected a brace of driving layups, past made 4 3s implicit the last 5 minutes.
Hield had 24 points implicit the last 15 minutes — much than helium has scored successful each but 3 games this season.
“He tin sprout the screen disconnected the ball,” Haliburton said. “It helps erstwhile he’s making shots for us. He was large down the stretch.”
Dejounte Murray had 25 points, 9 assists, and 7 rebounds for San Antonio. The Spurs, coming disconnected a 128-126 triumph astatine Utah connected Friday night, outrebounded the Kings but were outscored 27-11 successful second-chance points.
“Just started the crippled excessively casually,” Spurs manager Gregg Popovich said. “I’m don’t cognize if they took it for granted. I don’t cognize if they’re inactive excited astir the Utah win. Who knows? But that was a disappointing loss.”
The Kings fell down aboriginal earlier Hield and Haliburton made consecutive 3s and Barnes converted a three-point play. Barnes aboriginal connected connected a country 3 to marque it 37-27.
San Antonio got wrong six precocious successful the 2nd 4th but struggled to incorporate Haliburton, who has taken implicit astatine constituent defender for Sacramento portion De’Aaron Fox is successful the NBA’s wellness and information protocol.
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Haliburton had a double-double by halftime and changeable 12 of 19 overall.
Heated Exchange Ok By Christie
Moe Harkless appeared to get aggravated astatine Hield during a timeout successful the archetypal half. At 1 constituent Harkless waved his arms and stood extracurricular of the squad huddle portion speaking with an assistant. Christie, seated successful the mediate of the huddle, tried to drawback Harkless, who past walked to the extremity of the seat and sat down.
“For maine that’s good, you care,” Christie said. “‘Do you got a pulse? Show maine that this is what you want.’ On apical of it, we perpetually inquire for communication. They’re communicating. How they’re communicating, I’ll permission that to everybody other to judge. The information that they enactment it retired unneurotic and past we support it moving, I’m truthful present for that. If you clasp it in, what happens then?”
Tip-ins
Spurs: Doug McDermott was held retired due to the fact that of a toothache.
Kings: Kings interim manager Alvin Gentry, Marvin Bagley III, Davion Mitchell Terence Davis and Alex Len are besides successful the NBA wellness and information protocol with Fox. … Richaun Holmes (right eye) was besides out.
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Spurs: At Los Angeles Clippers connected Monday night.
Kings: At Golden State connected Monday night.
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