Kings thrash the Nets while Luka Magic prevails over the Clippers

(Basketball news) The Sacramento Kings won their 4th straight match as they thrashed the Brooklyn Nets 153-121. For the Kings, Terence Davis scored 31 points off the bench as Kevin Huerter had 19 points and Domantas Sabonis added 17 as they had their highest-scoring game in nearly 30 years. For the Nets, Kevin Durant scored 27 points as153 points allowed were the most ever in a regulation game in Nets history. With this win the Kings have won seven of nine following an 0-4 start to coach Mike Brown's first season.

''It's a great feeling,'' Brown said. ''It's why we are a team. … We have had guys contribute on multiple nights off the bench. Sky is the limit when you start to have that happen.''

''We had great intentions,'' Durant said. ''They made shots. That's demoralizing when you see teams making shots. It's not like we didn't try. They were better than us.''

''It's fun,'' Huerter said. ''You keep winning and people want to see you play. . We got good momentum here right now.''

''I don't know if our minds, our bodies and souls are still in LA,'' Vaughn said. ''LA can do that to you sometimes. … We definitely gave maximum effort against the Clippers and we've been reeling ever since.''

Luka Doncic helped the Dallas Mavericks win against the Los Angeles Clippers 103-101. For the Mavericks, Dorian Finney-Smith scored 21 points as Doncic scored the game winner and went on to make 35 points in the match. For the Clippers, Paul George scored 23 points, playing the entire second half Nicolas Batum scored the first 21 of his 22 points all on 3-pointers without a miss while Marcus Morris Sr. scored 18 for the Clippers. With this result the Mavericks improved their record to 8-5 to move up to 5th in the Western Conference table. 

''I wanted a celebration,'' Doncic said about the last of his 35 points with 27 seconds remaining. ''I'm not going to shush our fans, so I don't know why I did that.''

''He got tired,'' Clippers coach Tyronn Lue said. ''That was on me. They were double-teaming him, just like we wanted them to do. We just had to complete some of the passes, which we didn't do.''

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