Malik Monk scored 11 of his 31 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Kings to a 138-133 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento. DeMar DeRozan added 29 points for the Kings (16-19), who have won three in a row under interim coach Doug Christie.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Up and down, the two high-octane offenses went. The Memphis Grizzlies and Sacramento Kings combined for 202 points through three quarters in a battle of fast and explosive ...
De’Aaron Fox appeared on the injury report Friday morning with a glute injury, and the Kings are expected to be without him. Fox was seen participating in Kings’ shootaround earlier in the day, but it looks as though the star point guard will be unable to play in Friday’s game.
The Kings used a balanced approach to take down the Grizzlies, with 6 players in double digits, but Malik Monk led the way with a season-high 31 points on 6-of-12, 50%, from beyond the arc. Monk scored 11 of his 31 points in the fourth quarter to help close out the game for the Kings.
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The rookie has been in concussion protocol and missed the past two games. A team spokesperson said post-shootaround on Friday that Edey is progressing well. After working through testing, it was determined he had a complex migraine causing concussion-like symptoms.
Memphis rookie and Sacramento native Jaylen Wells scored a career-high 30 points, but the Grizzlies came up six points short against the Kings in a wild, competitive fourth quarter.
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Memphis Grizzlies wing Jaylen Wells returned to where he grew up on Friday night and had his best scoring performance in the NBA.
The Memphis Grizzlies couldn’t put together enough stops in a high-scoring road loss against the Sacramento Kings on Friday night.
The Kings are riding a season-long five-game winning streak as they prepare to open a three-game road trip against the Boston Celtics on Friday at TD Garden. They kept the streak alive when they overcame a 17-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat the Miami Heat in a double-overtime thriller Monday at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.
On Friday night, the Sacramento Kings will be in Boston to play the Celtics. For the game, they could be without their best player, as De'Aaron Fox is on the i