On April 8, 2024, Beijing time, the 31-47 Nets hosted the 44-33 Kings, the Kings are currently ranked ninth in the West by the Lakers, and this battle cannot be lost for the Kings, because they will have to face strong teams like the Thunder, Pelicans, and Suns, the Kings can't afford to lose, and they must win in the face of opponents like the Nets. Smith is out, starters: Schroder + Thomas + Bridges + Wilson + Clooney.
In the first quarter of the game, Schroder and Clooney scored, Murray and Barnes responded, the Kings 7-4, Thomas, Wilson, and Clooney scored 10-0 to overtake 7 points, Mitchell, Sabonis, and Lyles scored 12-1 to overtake 4 points, Watford dunked, Sabonis, Mitchell, and Fox responded, with a difference of 10 points, and the Kings led 29-19 in the first quarter.
In the second quarter of the game, Jones made a layup, the Kings led by 12 points, Clooney, Thomas, and Watford scored, Lyles and Ellis scored consecutive points in response, and the difference came to 16 points, Watford and Thomas chased the difference to 8 points, and Mitchell, Jones, Sabonis, Lyles, and Fox played a wave of scoring to expand the difference to 25 points, and the Kings led 65-40 at halftime.
In the third quarter of the game, the Kings started into a scoring drought and played more than 5 minutes without scoring, Bridges, Thomas, and Wilson were 10-0, and the difference was 15 points, Lyles and Murray expanded the difference to 21 points, Walker, Wilson, and Thomas scored, Sabonis responded, and the difference was 14 points, and the Kings led 78-64 in the third quarter, and the Kings only scored 13 points in this quarter.
In the fourth quarter of the game, Murray and Fox opened the game to expand the difference to 20 points, Sharpe and Thomas scored, Sabonis and Fox responded strongly, with a difference of 26 points, and there were more than 5 minutes left in the game, the suspense had been lost, and finally the Kings defeated the Nets 107-77.
Sabonis finished with 18 points, 20 rebounds and 9 assists on 7-of-14 shooting, a double-double in 61 consecutive games this season, not only a record for an active player, but also the most in the NBA since 1967, with Fox scoring 20 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists on 8-of-20 shooting, Murray scoring 19 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, Lyles 14 points and 10 boards, and Mitchell 12 points and 1 board.
Thomas had 21 points and 4 boards on 8-of-18 shooting, Watford had 16 points and 7 boards, Wilson had 10 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, Bridges had 8 points and 5 boards, Clooney had 7 points and 10 boards, and Schroder had 4 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, but the efficiency was embarrassing on 1-of-12 shooting.
After the king wins, the ranking overtakes the Lakers to return to eighth in the West, and the Lakers become ninth, the Lakers also have games today, back-to-back against the Timberwolves, this game James is absent, if the Lakers can win, the Lakers can return to eighth in the West, if they lose, then the Kings will lead the Lakers by 0.5 wins, plus the advantage of each other, it is not easy for the Lakers to overtake the King.