The Sacramento Kings cemented a winning season on Thursday with a 101-96 win over the Brooklyn Nets.<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t Sacramento's prettiest win of the season, but luckily they all count the same. Thursday game was a slog offensively for both teams, but in the end, Sacramento made plays when it counted.<\/p>\n
De\u2019Aaron Fox followed up his game-winner with an inefficient scoring game, but luckily other guys stepped up in his place. <\/p>\n
Here are three takeaways from the victory:<\/p>\n
Sabonis was masterful on Thursday, finishing with 24 points and 21 rebounds. Nic Claxton and the rest of the Nets\u2019 bigs were no match for Sabonis\u2019 heft in the paint. <\/p>\n
It seems like Sabonis knows when he has a skinnier center guarding him that he can just bludgeon them around the rim. He did just that on Thursday. <\/p>\n
With Fox struggling, Sabonis was able to step up as the team\u2019s second star. <\/p>\n
Kevin Huerter suffered a scary hamstring injury in the first half and had to be helped to the locker room. ESPN\u2019s Adrian Wojnarowski reported mid-game that Huerter would get an MRI on Friday to determine the severity.<\/p>\n
Losing Huerter for a few weeks would hurt, but losing him in a more permanent way would really hurt the Kings\u2019 chances in the playoffs. With it being a hamstring injury, you worry about how it could affect his lift on his jumper once he comes. <\/p>\n
The timing really sucks, because had been playing some of his best basketball as a King in the last several games. <\/p>\n
Here\u2019s hoping Huerter can come back healthy in time for the playoffs. <\/p>\n
Edwards balled out in a major way against his former team, scoring 10 points on six shots and playing solid defense on the wing. Whether he wanted to or not, Edwards made a statement against a team that traded him away for nothing. <\/p>\n
Despite having only been with the team for about a month, it\u2019s impressive how well Edwards has blended in as a role player with this team. He doesn\u2019t take bad shots, can move without the ball, make open threes, and has the length to defend opposing wings.<\/p>\n
Edwards should remain a fixture in this rotation moving forward, especially if Huerter has to miss an extended stretch. <\/p>\n
The Sacramento Kings cemented a winning season on Thursday with a 101-96 win over the Brooklyn Nets. It wasn\u2019t Sacramento's prettiest win of the season, but luckily they all count the same. Thursday game was a slog offensively for both teams, but in the end, Sacramento made plays when it counted. De\u2019Aaron Fox followed up […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5133],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n