Douglas Farmer's best NBA picks and lineup for playing DraftKings' NBA Pick6 on March 9, featuring DeMar DeRozan odds, Anthony Edwards odds, and Andre Drummond odds.
The Kings scored 50 points in the paint, knocked down 15 3-pointers (on 36 attempts), and shot 17-of-31 in the mid-range. Sacramento finished the game with seven players in double-figures and added 11 points from the free-throw line.
The Utah Jazz is listing Walker Kessler (illness) as questionable for Wednesday’s game against the Sacramento Kings. John Collins (low back injury management), Taylor Hendricks (leg), Lauri Markkanen (low back injury management) and Collin Sexton (ankle) have been ruled out.
Keegan Murray scored a season-high 26 points and Zach LaVine added 22 to lift the hot-shooting Sacramento Kings to a 118-101 win over the Utah Jazz.
Keegan Murray scored a season-high 26 points to lead the Sacramento Kings to a 118-101 victory over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday at Delta Center in Salt Lake City. Murray posted his fourth 20-point game of the season and his first since Nov.
Keegan Murray scored 26 points to lead seven Sacramento players in double figures as the Kings blasted the Utah Jazz 118-101 on Wednesday in Salt Lake City.
The Kings have been an elite mid-range shooting team, ranking third in the league at 47 percent. In the three matchups against the Jazz this season, Sacramento has upped that conversion rate to 55.4 percent, making it imperative that Utah’s defense is ready to make life difficult for the Kings in the mid-range.
A foot injury forced Kings forward Keegan Murray to miss two games in early January, but that might have been a blessing in disguise.
The Kings are currently 14-14 on the road with a point differential of 1, while the Jazz have a 4-6 record in their last ten games at home.
DeMar DeRozan joined LeBron James as being one of only six currently active players in the NBA who have reached the 24,000 career points plateau. In addition to James and DeRozan, the other current players who have reached that mark are Kevin Durant, James Harden, Russell Westbrook and Stephen Curry.