Bagley’s Breakout Game Leads Kings Past Rockets, 126-115

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January 15, 2022 astatine 12:14 pm

SACRAMENTO (AP) — Marvin Bagley III had play highs of 26 points and 13 rebounds, and the Sacramento Kings bushed the Houston Rockets 126-114 connected Friday night.

De’Aaron Fox added 27 points and 8 assists for Sacramento. Buddy Hield scored 19 points and Harrison Barnes had 16 points and 9 rebounds.

Christian Wood had 26 points for Houston. Jae’Sean Tate added 17 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists. The Rockets person mislaid 16 of 20.
The teams play each different again connected Sunday.

Bagley had his champion crippled of the play and was beardown down the stretch, scoring 10 points successful the 4th fourth portion helping Sacramento to its 2nd consecutive win.

“I’m conscionable trying to enactment locked successful connected what we’re doing,” Bagley said. “I’m showing up each time with a bully mindset, trying to support my assemblage steadfast and enactment affirmative and play arsenic hard arsenic I perchance tin each clip I measurement retired there. I’m conscionable blessed I’m capable to travel successful and lend to the squad winning.”

The 2nd wide prime successful 2018, whose minutes person gone up importantly since interim manager Alvin Gentry took implicit erstwhile Luke Walton was fired successful November, was 12 of 20 from the floor.

“He did a truly bully occupation of uncovering unfastened spots erstwhile we drove the basketball,” Gentry said. “Even erstwhile we drove it baseline, helium conscionable recovered those unfastened holes successful the defence and was capable to decorativeness astatine the basket. We request that benignant of play retired of him.”

Sacramento led 98-91, past scored 12 straight. Houston responded with a speedy flurry of 3-pointers and got wrong 110-103 earlier Bagley made a brace of escaped throws, Hield sank 2 and Bagley scored connected a spinning one-hander successful the lane.

The Rockets got to 118-111 but Barnes made a abbreviated runner and Tyrese Haliburton made 2 escaped throws.

“In the halfcourt they marque it hard connected you,” Rockets manager Stephen Silas said. “Fox is tough. He was driving, making shots. Bagley with his violative rebounds and successful the paint, those 8-foot shots. Those wounded us.”

Wood had 15 points successful the archetypal 7 ½ minutes of the crippled and helped the Rockets physique an aboriginal 11-point lead. But helium spent overmuch of the archetypal fractional connected the seat aft picking up his 3rd foul with 4:14 near successful the archetypal quarter.

Sacramento took vantage portion Wood sat. The Kings tied it precocious successful the 2nd connected Hield’s 3 and closed the 4th connected a 10-2 tally to spell up 65-60.

KEEPING THEIR GUARDS UP

The Kings closed the 3rd play with 5 guards connected the court: Fox, Haliburton, Hield, Terence Davis and Davion Mitchell.

TIP-INS

Rockets: Houston is 10-5 erstwhile starring by 10 oregon more. … The Rockets scored 40 points successful the archetypal quarter. … First-round prime Alperen Sengun had 9 points and 4 rebounds successful 14 minutes successful his instrumentality aft missing 7 games with a close ankle sprain. … Daniel Theis was fixed a method aft being called for an violative foul successful the 2nd quarter.

Kings: Sacramento’s 126 points were its astir since scoring a season-high 142 against Orlando connected Dec. 8. … Bagley’s double-double is his 4th this season. … Damian Jones has cleared the NBA’s wellness and information protocols and joined Richaun Holmes successful conditioning workouts. … Tristan Thompson (non-COVID illness) remains out.

UP NEXT

The 2 teams conscionable for the 2nd clip successful 3 days erstwhile they play astatine Golden 1 Center connected Sunday afternoon. They’ll bash the aforesaid happening successful Houston connected March 30 and April 1.
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