Without making much noise, the Kings currently have the best winning streak in the league alongside Boston, with six wins in a row. And the final four were signed by De’Aaron Fox, who was returning from injury. And the least we can say is that the leader is in great shape, and Domantas Sabonis too.
Last example: against Dallas, De’Aaron Fox compiled 30 points at 6/10 at 3-pts and the Lithuanian added 32 points, 13 rebounds and 6 assists. It was the first team’s winning shots that left their mark and made the difference.
“He worked a lot on his 3-point shot. I’m happy that it’s starting to show a little,” rejoices Mike Brown for the Sacramento Bee. “To be one of the best players in the league, you have to shoot 3-pointers. He did it “, commented Jason Kidd before the meeting. “It’s even harder to defend on him because he’s known for his penetrations towards the rim. When he gets in from afar, he puts a lot of pressure on the opposing defense. »
The two All-Stars weigh 60.1 points for four matches
Since leaving the infirmary, De’Aaron Fox has averaged 32.3 points at 52% success, including 44% at 3-points. “We need that every night from Fox and that’s his mindset. When he’s like that, he’s an MVP because no one can compete with him. He’s that talented, believe me.”says his coach.
And with this well-regulated outside shot, the All-Star gives even more space to Domantas Sabonis, the real hub of the Kings’ attack, who averages 27.8 points at 75% shooting success and 50% at 3-pts since De’Aaron Fox returned.
The two thus average 60.1 points (or 46% of Sacramento’s points) and 61% shooting success.
“We are a team that gives the ball a lot inside so if the teams feel that it is absolutely necessary to go out to defend at 3-points, then that offers Fox more possibilities to penetrate and why not deliver passes and offer open shots »analyzes Mike Brown.
Buoyed by this efficiency, the Kings have won the last four matches, including three in a row away from home, since the return to play of De’Aaron Fox, with an average difference of 13 points.
They will finish their “road trip” with two trips to New Orleans then a final one to Minnesota.
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| De’aaron Fox | 7 | 36.1 | 50.6 | 41.7 | 75.5 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 6.1 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 31.9 |
| Domantas Sabonis | 12 | 35.2 | 63.4 | 37.5 | 63.3 | 3.6 | 9.3 | 12.9 | 7.2 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 3.4 | 20.8 |
| Keegan Murray | 12 | 34.5 | 39.4 | 28.3 | 83.3 | 1.8 | 4.6 | 6.4 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 13.9 |
| Malik Monk | 12 | 23.2 | 40.8 | 41.7 | 83.8 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 5.4 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 13.6 |
| Kevin Huerter | 11 | 28.1 | 44.7 | 38.2 | 83.3 | 0.6 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 13.5 |
| Harrison Barnes | 12 | 30.7 | 45.5 | 34.5 | 79.3 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 11.1 |
| Javale McGee | 10 | 10.9 | 65.9 | 0.0 | 72.7 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 6.6 |
| Sasha Vezenkov | 11 | 14.0 | 44.6 | 35.1 | 100.0 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 6.0 |
| Davion Mitchell | 9 | 19.6 | 35.2 | 32.3 | 100.0 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 5.4 |
| Chris Duarte | 12 | 14.9 | 39.6 | 37.5 | 72.7 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 2.8 | 5.2 |
| Keon Ellis | 9 | 12.1 | 38.5 | 25.0 | 54.5 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 3.4 |
| Colby Jones | 7 | 7.9 | 44.4 | 20.0 | 100.0 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 2.7 |
| Alex Len | 6 | 6.8 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 42.9 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 2.5 |
| Jordan Ford | 4 | 3.1 | 40.0 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 |
| Kessler Edwards | 9 | 5.0 | 14.3 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Jalen Slawson | 2 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Philip Petrusev | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
