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.
The Portland Trail Blazers lost a half-game on the 10th-place Sacramento Kings in the race for the final Western Conference play-in berth on Saturday night. The Kings (31-28) won 113-103 at the Houston Rockets (37-12) and are now 3½ games ahead of 11th-place Phoenix (28-32) and 4½ ahead of the 12th-place Blazers.
A foot injury forced Kings forward Keegan Murray to miss two games in early January, but that might have been a blessing in disguise.
Many fans were excited when the LA Clippers signed veteran point guard Ben Simmons in the buyout market following the trade deadline, but things have been interesting since. Simmons played 20+ minutes in his first three games as a Clipper,
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.
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Jeremy Lamb and his alleged relationship with the Kings owner’s daughter, sparks speculation about unexpected turmoil within the franchise.