The Sacramento Kings beat the Phoenix Suns 116-109.
The Kings never trailed and led by as many as 19.
During clutch time, the Kings outscored the Suns 7-2. Davion Mitchell scored 5 of the Kings’ 7 at the line, 5 for 6.
Damian Jones scored 19 points (14 in the paint) on 8 for 9 shooting, and Mitchell added 18 points and 15 assists. Mitchell assisted on 6 of Justin Holiday’s 7 baskets, 5 of them 3-pointers.
For the Suns, Landry Shamet scored a season-high 27 points with 5 3-pointers, and Aaron Holiday went 1 for 8 from 3. The Suns had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
The Kings shot 52.6% from the field and 53.8% from 3 to the Suns’ 40.8% and 29.8%. The Suns outscored the Kings 28-18 in 9 minutes with Biyombo, Holiday, Shamet, Wainright and Lundberg on the floor together. Aaron Holiday and Ish Wainright fouled out.