Kings hold off Raptors 126-124 for third straight win

2021-01-30 19:35

Kings hold off Raptors 126-124 for third straight win


Kings hold off Raptors 126-124 for third straight win.


De'Aaron Fox added 24 for the Kings, Buddy Hield had 22 points and Hassan Whiteside came off the bench with 16 points and nine rebounds for the Kings in his second game back after missing four games with a hip injury.


Pascal Siakam scored 32 points for the Raptors. Fred VanVleet had 26 points and six assists.


Barnes scored 13 points in the first quarter, nine during a 17-2 run that carried into the second quarter and left Sacramento with a 17-point lead.


The Kings led 68-58 after a first half. Sacramento led by 18 at one point and by double digits throughout the second half until Yuta Watanabe's 3-pointer brought the Raptors within seven with 6:02 remaining.


A layup by Watanabe got the Raptors within one with 1:08 left, but Tyrese Haliburton answered with a 3-pointer for Sacramento, and then Barnes, Hield and Fox hit free throws one after another, and the Kings extended their lead to 5 points. Van Vliet hit a three-pointer on the whistle, the Raptors were defeated, eventually losing to the Kings 124-126.