The Sacramento Kings beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 103-99.
The Kings took control with a 28-11 run bridging the second and third quarters and led by as many as 17.
The Thunder got within 100-99 on Darius Bazley’s three-point play with 1:09 to play. They had the ball down 1 with 51 seconds left, but Wright blocked Bazley’s driving layup, lifting the Kings’ chance to win from 60% to 63%. It would have put the Thunder ahead. Delon Wright followed with a reverse layup, and the Thunder got no closer.
Richaun Holmes’ free throw with 4.3 seconds left made it 103-99 and put it away.
Late in the fourth quarter, Wright had 2 of his 4 steals, and the Kings scored 2 points off them.
Wright had 13 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 steals and 4 blocks. The Kings had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
For the Thunder, Bazley had 24 points and 11 rebounds, and Gabriel Deck added 16 points (9 in the second quarter) off the bench.
The Kings shot 41.1% from the field to the Thunder’s 35.7%. The Kings outscored the Thunder 22-11 in 6 minutes with Harkless, Wright, Hield, Jones and Davis on the floor together.