NBA regular season: Durant's 28-point losing streak was unstoppable, and the Suns lost to the Kings and dropped to tenth in the West

On December 23, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, the Suns played against the Kings on the road, Sabonis Jr. scored 28 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists, for the fourth time this season, and scored a triple-double for the 36th time in his NBA career. Durant scored 28 points and had seven turnovers, and the Suns eventually lost 105-120 to the Kings, and the Suns suffered a two-game losing streak, and the Suns lost eight of their last 11 games, and were overtaken by the Lakers in the Western Conference to drop to 10th place.

Statistics

Kings: Fox 23 points and 7 assists, Sabonis Jr. 28 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists, Barnes 19 points, Keegan Murray 21 points, Huerter 13 points.

Suns: Durant 28 points, 7 rebounds and 7 turnovers, Booker 24 points and 7 assists, Allen 11 points, Azubuik 11 points and 11 rebounds, Metu 10 points.

Star of the game: Sabonis Jr

Xiao Sa gave an all-round performance, and led the Kings to release team firepower to shoot down the Suns with a series of throws and passes.

Match tidbits

Booker mentioned five embarrassing shots, and the empty basket did not score.

Highlight reel moments

Booker assists Eubanks on an empty dunk.

Sabonis Jr. made a hard dunk under the basket.

Fox returned to the pistol and made a move to the basket.

The King patiently channeled the opportunity to create a good opportunity, and Barnes shot through the heart.

At 35 years old, McGee can still fly.

Metu presents the slack.

The top 10 balls are stable!Munch glides and splits.

Fox singled out Durant to show off his dream footsteps.

Barnes quasi-press whistle 2+1.

Game recap

Beal, who sprained his right ankle, continues to be sidelined, while Nurkic misses the game for personal reasons. Okogie did not play due to a right hip strain. The two teams started to attack, Sabonis Jr. hit three consecutive balls to lead the team to the Suns basket, and Eubanks played 3 minutes before two fouls were replaced. Sabonis Jr. had three assists in a row, and Fox answered Sabonis Jr.'s pass and scored three consecutive three-pointers, and the Kings built a seven-point lead. Durant and Booker led the team to chase the score, the King played steadily under the instigation of Xiao Sa's pass, and Huerter received Xiao Sa's assist and scored three points, and the difference came to 9 points. The Suns made 7 of 7 free throws in the first quarter, the Suns trailed the Kings by five points at 30-35 at the end of the first quarter, Fox scored 12 points in the first quarter, and Sabonis Jr. dished out five assists.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Wizkov hit a three-point shot, and Fox made a pull-up jumper, and the Kings opened up a 10-point gap. The Suns played in a mess, Eubanks missed a layup, Goodwin missed a dribble, and Monk sent a brutal dunk on a fast break to make the Kings' home court boil. Azubuike dunked, and Durant, who was resting off the court, entered to celebrate being whistled for a technical foul, and Booker also received a technical foul in an argument with the referee. The Kings pinched Booker with the ball, Durant took the ball and first assisted Little to hit a layup, then rushed to the basket himself, and then scored another three-pointer, Fox singled out Durant and scored a jumper, Sabonis Jr. counterattacked and shook off the defense to the basket, Keegan Murray scored in the show in front of Booker, and the Kings repelled the Suns' counterattack and stretched the lead to 12 points. Allen scored 5 points in a row for the Suns, Durant returned to the court for a violation, and Suns coach Vogel was dissatisfied with the blow, roaring at the referee and being whistled for a technical foul, Barnes first executed a technical foul and hit a free throw, and then received a pass from Sa Jr. to shoot a three-pointer, and the Kings led the Suns by 11 points 65-54 to complete the first half. Fox had 19 points in the half, and Sabonis Jr. had 12 points, eight rebounds and seven assists.

At the start of the second half, Sabonis Jr. led the Kings to a wave of 9-0 with consecutive shots and passes, extending the lead to 20 points to stop the Suns. After returning from a timeout, Booker and Durant teamed up to score points, and Sa Jr.'s pass strategy pushed the Kings to blossom more, and with Barnes hitting a three-pointer, the Kings' offensive run in the third quarter extended to 23-8, bringing the margin to 26 points. The Suns took another timeout but it didn't work, Fox scored a layup, Keegan Murray hit a three-pointer, and the Kings hit all 11 of their first 11 shots of the quarter, bringing the gap between the two teams to 29 points. The Kings' shooting percentage dropped, and Durant led the team to narrow the gap to 16 points. Barnes hit a shot and foul on Little's defense, and Barnes hit a free throw to give the Kings a 19-point lead over the Suns 103-84 heading into the fourth quarter. Durant scored 12 points in the third quarter. Fox had seven assists in the game, increasing the Kings' career total to 2,583, breaking the all-time assist record held by Mike Bibby after the Kings moved to Sacramento in 1985.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Suns chased 4 points in a row, Monk first hit a layup, and then assisted Sabonis Jr. to score a basket, the Kings still maintained a 19-point lead, and the Suns called a timeout again. The timeout was still ineffective, with Monk providing back-to-back assists and Sabonis Jr. and Keegan Murray teaming up to score points, and the Kings stretched the margin to 22 points. With the time remaining in the fourth quarter dwindling, the Suns struggled to close the gap significantly, and the two teams made one after another to change their main players three minutes before the final game, and the Kings finally won the victory.

Both sides start

Kings: Sabonis Jr., Barnes, Keegan Murray, Huerter, Fox

Suns: Eubanks, Durant, Eric Gordon, Allen, Booker