DOMANTAS Sabonis recorded 22 points and 14 rebounds in his Sacramento debut and Damion Mitchell broke the game’s final tie with a dunk with 4:13 remaining as the host Kings avenged a blowout loss the day before with a 132-119 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night (Thursday in Manila).
Acquired on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) but unavailable when the Kings were drubbed 134-114 by the Timberwolves that night in the opener of a two-day, two-game sequence, Sabonis arrived in time to help Sacramento win for the third time in its past five games.
Jeremy Lamb and Justin Holiday, also acquired in the six-player trade with the Indiana Pacers, combined for 20 points and nine assists for Sacramento. The Kings avoided a season-series sweep with their first win in three tries against Minnesota this season.
D’Angelo Russell produced 29 points and 10 assists, Anthony Edwards scored 26 and Karl-Anthony Towns put up 21 points for the Timberwolves, whose five-game winning streak ended.
In other games, it was the Jazz 111, Warriors 85; Bulls 121, Hornets 109; Cavs 105, Spurs 92; Raptors 117, Thunder 98; and Blazers 107, Lakers 105.
Jazz 111, Warriors 85
Bojan Bogdanovic led six Utah players in double figures with 23 points as the Jazz snapped Golden State’s nine-game winning streak in Salt Lake City.
Donovan Mitchell finished with 14 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists for Utah, which earned its fourth consecutive win. Reserve center Hassan Whiteside totaled 17 rebounds, nine points and seven blocked shots.
Golden State’s Jordan Poole scored 18 points and Steph Curry added 16 points, but they shot a combined 10-for-27 from the field on a night the Warriors made just 35.9 percent of their shots.
Bulls 121, Hornets 109
DeMar DeRozan pumped in 36 points as visiting Chicago topped Charlotte.
Zach LaVine racked up 27 points in his second game since returning from a back injury, hitting five 3-point shots. Nikola Vucevic supplied 18 points, 15 rebounds and eight assists and Coby White notched 15 points for the Bulls, who won for just the second time in their last five games.
The Hornets endured their season-high sixth consecutive loss, with the last four of those coming in home games. Charlotte’s LaMelo Ball notched 33 points, but it took a 12-for-25 outing from the field. — Field Level Media
