Sunday marks the first time the future Hall of Famer will play in Chicago since joining the Sacramento Kings in a sign-and-trade.
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DeMar DeRozan led a thrilling Kings comeback and compared Sacramento’s Beam to the Bat-Signal, as their win streak hit five games.
The Boston Celtics took a stunning home loss to the Sacramento Kings on Friday night, after closing out an impressive four-game Western Conference road trip with Boston taking home three out of the four matchups.
The Sacramento Kings entered Friday night’s matchup against the Boston Celtics amid a five-game winning streak, but they knew they would have a tough test against the defending champions. Instead, the Kings dominated the Celtics, defeating them 114-97, pushing their winning streak to six games.
A competitive game Friday night turned ugly late for the Celtics, who were run off their home floor by the shorthanded Sacramento Kings.
The Celtics are now just 3-5 in their last eight home games, which is more losses than they had at home all of last season.
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The Sacramento Kings defeated the Boston Celtics 114-97. The Kings entered on a five-game winning streak, which they pushed to six off a 38-point fourth quarter. They were shorthanded, playing without their star Point Guard De’Aaron Fox, but that did not matter. The Celtics were relatively healthy.
This is the 1 st of a 3-game road trip for the Kings. They won Monday night at home in double overtime 123-118 against the Miami Heat. DeMar DeRozan led the Kings with 30 points. Boston is back home after a 118-106 win in Denver over the Nuggets behind 29 from Jayson Tatum.
Domantas Sabonis had 23 points and a career-high 28 rebounds and the Sacramento Kings used a fourth quarter rally to beat the Boston Celtics 114-97 on Friday night.
The Sacramento Kings are on a five-game winning streak heading into Friday’s night matchup with the defending champion Boston Celtics. Boston picked up a win o