MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Malik Monk scored 39 points and the Sacramento Kings beat the Western Conference-leading Minnesota Timberwolves 124-120 in overtime. Monk scored 35 of his 39 points after halftime.
Domantas Sabonis scored 21 points while grabbing 15 rebounds and 8 assists for his 42nd consecutive double-double. He committed a foul in overtime.
Anthony Edwards, Minnesota’s leading scorer, had 11 problems in the first half but played after the break for non-public reasons, according to team officials.
Minnesota led 120-117 at the halfway point before Monk scored back-to-back points. The Wolves had a chance to tie the game with 17. 5 seconds left, but Naz Reid missed a corner 3-pointer and Trey Lyles made a loose throw to secure the win.
Keegan Murray scored 17 points, Davion Mitchell 16 and Harrison Barnes 14 for the Kings, who were without leading scorer De’Aaron Fox, who missed his straight game with a left knee contusion.
Jaden McDaniels led the Timberwolves with 26 points. Karl-Anthony Towns scored 19 points, Reid 18 and Rudy Gobert struggled and rebounded.
Monk scored 11 of Sacramento’s final 13 points in the third quarter to extend a one-point lead to a 91-82 lead.
The Wolves opened the quarter on a 14-4 run for a 96-95 lead on a 3-pointer by McDaniels. But Monk responded with a layup and a dunk to put the Kings on top.
Gobert made one of two loose shots with 40. 1 seconds left to tie the score at 115-115 and go into overtime.
For the second game in a row, Wolves found themselves in a hole from the start. Two nights after falling to Memphis 14-0, Minnesota started 1-for-4 with 3 turnovers in its first seven possessions. Meanwhile, the Kings made 4 of their first six 3-point attempts and took an 18-4 lead.
Sabonis scored 12 points and grabbed 8 rebounds in the first quarter as the Kings led by 14. But Monte Morris and Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored three points straight away in the final minute to cut the Kings’ lead to 30-22 in the end. end of the quarter.
Edwards shot 2 of 11 in the first half, 6 of 6 from the line as the Wolves rallied. Barnes hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to send the Kings into halftime with a 60-59 lead.
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