Los Angeles Lakers vs Sacramento Kings Match Player Stats On Nov 22, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Nov 23, 2017

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Willie Cauley-Stein scored a season-high 26 points off the bench, and starter Zach Randolph added 22 as the Sacramento Kings rolled past the Los Angeles Lakers 113-102 on Wednesday at Golden 1 Center.

The two frontcourt men combined to make 20 of 30 shots, and the Kings (5-13) blazed away for 55.3 percent shooting en route to winning for the fourth time in their past five home games. Six Sacramento players scored in double figures, and 10 of the 11 Kings who played more than a minute contributed points.

Sacramento cracked the 100-point marker for the first time in seven games and only the fifth time all season.

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope topped the Lakers (8-11) with 20 points. Rookie Kyle Kuzma scored 17 points and Jordan Clarkson tallied 15 off the bench for Los Angeles, which had won its previous two. The Lakers trailed 54-41 at halftime.

Buddy Hield returned from a two-game absence caused by a sprained right ankle to score 10 points for Sacramento. Six came during a 15-6 run to start the fourth quarter that extended the Kings' lead to 91-73.

Cauley-Stein made 10 of 14 shots, two of them dunks on lobs to the basket after pick-and-rolls, and two on dribble-drives from the top of the arc that ended in dunks. Randolph scored 11 in the first quarter on 5-for-7 shooting as the Kings built a 31-19 lead and never really looked back.

The Kings' 31-point opening quarter was their best since a 40-point effort at home against the New Orleans Pelicans on Oct. 26. That game, like Wednesday's, also was on national television.

De'Aaron Fox scored 13 points but also turned over the ball five times for the Kings, while Lonzo Ball tallied 11 points, 11 assists, six rebounds and four turnovers for the Lakers. The game marked the first meeting between the No. 2 pick in last June's draft (Ball) and the No. 5 pick (Fox).

NOTES: Rookie F Kyle Kuzma, the Lakers' leading scorer at 16.7 per game, ate dinner with Kobe Bryant on Tuesday, the Orange County Register reported. Bryant led the Lakers to five championships in 20 seasons. Kuzma told the Register, "I want to be good. Why not learn from the best?" Lakers GM Rob Pelinka, Bryant's former agent, told the Register that Kuzma was "in awe by everything he heard." ... Kings F Vince Carter played for the first time since Nov. 7 after missing seven games with kidney stones. He scored two points in nine minutes. ... The Lakers scored 46 points in the paint Wednesday. They average 55.1 per game. ... Sacramento F Garrett Temple and F Skal Labissiere are a combined 8-for-45 from the floor while teaming up as starters the past three games.