Kings 129-128 Mavericks (10 February 2025) Game Recap

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Dallas-Demar Derozan scored a season high 42 points, including A baseline floater With 2 seconds left in overtime, and Sacramento Kings beat the depleted Dalla Maverick’s 129-128 Monday night.

Zach Lavine and Malik Monk each scored 17 points for Kings in the opener of a three-game trip. Domantas Sabonis had 16 points and 15 rebounds.

Mavericks Lost Center Daniel Gafford to a sprained right knee after he had a knee-to-knee collision with a monk early in the second quarter.

Dallas already played without power forward Anthony Davis and PJ Washington, and Centers Dereck Lively II and Dwight Powell – all due to injuries.

Kyrie Irving scored 30 points for Mavericks. Irving was added to All-Star Roster Earlier in the day, Davis replaces.

Takeaways

Kings: Improved to 14-8 under temporary coach Doug Christie after walking 13-18 under Mike Brown, which was fired December 27. Sabonis leads NBA with 47 double doubles in 50 matches.

Mavericks: at night where Luka Doncic debuted in Los Angeles Lakers after he was part of the February 1st deal that brought Davis to Dallas, several fans were escorted out of the American Airlines Center from a group sang his name under several free throwing situations.

Keying moment

Mavericks’ last possession ended with Spencer Dinwiddie called for an offensive error at Midcourt.

Key State

The kings led 18-5 in points in the second chance and exceeded Maverick’s 50-33.

Up next

On Wednesday, Kings will play the first of back-to-back games in New Orleans to end their games before the All-Star break, while Mavericks hosts Golden State.

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