The Sacramento Kings beat the Los Angeles Lakers 84-83 to end a 4-game losing streak.
Buddy Hield’s driving dunk put the Kings ahead for good with 37 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
The Lakers had the ball down 2 with 37 seconds left, but Bogdan Bogdanović stole the ball from Alex Caruso. A basket would have tied the game.
De'Aaron Fox’s floater with 11.0 seconds left made it 84-80.
During clutch time, the Kings outscored the Lakers 12-9. Fox (No. 8 in clutch wins added, 2017-18) scored 6 of the Kings’ 12 on 2 for 4 shooting and 2 for 3 at the line. In the fourth quarter, Hield had 3 of his 4 steals, one of them leading to his driving dunk that put the Kings ahead 82-80, and the Kings scored 2 points off them.
Bogdanović scored 15 points.
For the Lakers, Julius Randle scored 19 points (11 in the fourth quarter) on 5 for 8 shooting.
The Kings held the Lakers to 83 points.