Domantas Sabonis scored 27 points and grabbed 12 rebounds and the Sacramento Kings stormed back for a 115-104 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night in Minneapolis.
Malik Monk added 27 points off the bench for Sacramento, which snapped a four-game losing streak. De’Aaron Fox finished with 26 points, eight rebounds and eight assists.
Anthony Edwards scored 29 points to lead Minnesota, which lost its fourth consecutive game. Julius Randle had 21 points and nine rebounds, and Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 17 points off the bench.
Sacramento finished the fourth quarter on a 20-2 run to seize the victory.
Minnesota led 102-95 when Rudy Gobert made a pair of free throws with 5:11 left.
Monk scored the next seven points on a free throw and a pair of 3-pointers, the second of which evened the score at 102 with 3:42 to go.
Fox made a 3-pointer to put Sacramento on top 105-102 with 3:17 to play.
Edwards hit a jump shot with 2:15 left, and it proved to be the final basket for the Timberwolves.
Fox followed with a 3-pointer, Monk made a basket and Jae Crowder drained a trey, the last of those occurring with 20.1 seconds left to put the score out of reach.
The Timberwolves pulled ahead in the third quarter, outscoring the Kings 29-12.
A layup by the Crowder gave Sacramento a 71-57 advantage with 11:11 to go in the third quarter. It was the first game with the Kings for Crowder, who signed with the team earlier Wednesday after spending last season with the Milwaukee Bucks.
The Timberwolves scored the next 10 points to slice the deficit to 71-67 with 8:21 remaining in the third. Randle and Mike Conley made back-to-back 3-pointers to finish the run.
Randle’s hook shot gave Minnesota a 78-77 edge with 2:44 to play in the third. Donte DiVincenzo and Alexander-Walker each hit a 3-pointer and Naz Reid added a basket late in the quarter to boost the Timberwolves’ advantage to seven.
Sacramento led 69-57 at the half.
–Field Level Media
