Fears' 13 assists lead Pelicans past Kings 132-120
New Orleans outscored Sacramento's reserves 41-8 and pulled away with two 10-0 runs after halftime, handing the Kings their fifth straight loss to start the season.
- Fears: 22 points, 13 assists, 8 rebounds, 4 blocks
- Pelicans bench outscored Kings' bench 41-8
- Acuff Jr.: 34 points and 13 assists in the loss
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Final
Game card: Sacramento Kings 120, New Orleans Pelicans 132, with each team's leader
Jeremiah Fears had 22 points and 13 assists, and the New Orleans Pelicans beat the Sacramento Kings 132-120 on Thursday, October 29, pulling away with two second-half 10-0 runs.
Fears added 8 rebounds and 4 blocks as New Orleans shot 59.5 percent. Zion Williamson scored 22 on 10-of-12 shooting and stole the ball 5 times.
Sacramento led 32-24 early in the second quarter, its biggest lead, before a 10-0 Pelicans run made it 34-32. New Orleans scored 39 points in the second quarter and 39 again in the third, when another 10-0 run put it up 88-69, its largest lead of the night. A third 10-0 run in the fourth made it 123-106.
The Kings (0-5) cut it to 125-117 on a Domantas Sabonis layup with 1:54 left. Karlo Matkovic answered with a driving layup off a Fears pass, and Williamson dunked for 129-117.
Zach LaVine hit a 3-pointer with 56.2 seconds left to make it 129-120. Trey Murphy III made one of two free throws, and Matkovic finished an alley-oop dunk from Fears for the final score.
Darius Acuff Jr. led Sacramento with 34 points on 13-of-26 shooting and 13 assists, but he turned the ball over six times. De'Andre Hunter and Precious Achiuwa each scored 24.
New Orleans (1-4), the favorite going in, got 41 bench points to Sacramento's 8, and the Kings committed 25 turnovers.
Up next
Kings: at the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday, October 31.
Pelicans: vs. the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday, October 31.
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