George Hill scored 21 points, and the Sacramento Kings beat the Dallas Mavericks 93-88.
Skal Labissiere’s 19-foot jumper answered Harrison Barnes’ 3-pointer and put the Kings back ahead for good with 8:46 left in the fourth quarter.
The Mavericks got within 78-77 on Dorian Finney-Smith’s corner 3-pointer with 5:33 to play, but Kosta Koufos answered with an alley oop layup, and the Mavericks got no closer than 85-83.
Hill’s 28-foot 3-pointer with 1:24 left made it 88-83, and Willie Cauley-Stein’s layup with 6.5 seconds left put it away at 93-88.
During clutch time, the Kings outscored the Mavericks 13-8. Hill scored 7 of the Kings’ 13 on 3 for 3 shooting and 0 for 1 at the line.
For the Mavericks, Barnes scored 24 points (16 in the fourth quarter), and Wesley Matthews went 0 for 7 from 3. Barnes scored 16 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter.
The Kings grabbed 16 offensive rebounds to the Mavericks’ 7.