The Sacramento Kings reaped their sixth consecutive victory by beating the Oklahoma City Thunder by a tight 113-118 where rookie Keegan Murray, the Californians’ top exponent with 29 points and 14 rebounds, shone.
The one who was number 4th in the 2022 Draft achieved his new career scoring record through 10/12 shooting from the field and a perfect 4/4 from the free throw line. Also, he becomes the first rookie King since the 2018-19 season with consecutive double-double.
“Overall I feel like our team has rallied around me, and I’m very grateful to them for that,” Murray acknowledged. ESPN.
«Keegan has surprised me tonight. He had a couple moves that I was really impressed with. I’m glad he’s starting to show what he’s capable of,” said his coach Mike Brown.
Domantas Sabonis does not lower his bar either, being the beacon of these Kings with a new career triple-double: 18 points, 14 rebounds and 14 assists.
They also added double-digit scorers De’Aaron Fox with 25 points; Kevin Huerter with 14 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists; and Harrison Barnes with 11 points.
In the Thunder, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander continues with his superlative level, and this time he went up to 37 points and 7 assists, although they were insufficient to beat the Kings.
His teammate Josh Giddey added 15 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists; and from the bench Isaiah Joe contributed 21 points.
“Our team always tries until the end. We have a great competitive level. We have played exceptionally hard. Without a doubt the most relevant game from which we can learn, “said Joe.
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