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Seeking a win in the opener of a four-game
Western swing, the Bulls spent the next 13 minutes chipping away
at the deficit, finally drawing even at 109-all on a White layup
with 1:32 to go.
After a Kings turnover, White misfired on a 3-point attempt, but
Nikola Vucevic retrieved the offensive rebound and found White
for a short jumper that gave the visitors the lead for good with
47.6 seconds remaining.
Fox had a chance to grab back the lead for the Kings, but
couldn't connect on a 3-point attempt with 38 seconds left.
After Sacramento retained possession when the rebound went out
of bounds, Fox turned the ball over with a bad pass, setting up
two DeMar DeRozan clinching free throws with 3.5 seconds to go.
White finished with 37 points, bettering by one his previous
career-high total established in a visit to Sacramento in
January 2021. He shot 14-for-19 overall and 5-for-9 from 3-point
range.
DeRozan had White's back with 33 points, while Ayo Dosunmu
chipped in with 20 points and Vucevic had 10 points to
complement a team-high 13 rebounds. Alex Caruso tied White for
team-high assist honors with seven to go with four steals.
Sabonis snatched a game-high 21 rebounds to complete his nightly
double-double with 18 points for the Kings, who lost for the
third time in their past four games.
Returning from a two-game absence caused by knee soreness, Fox
paced Sacramento with 20 points and a game-high 10 assists.
Kevin Huerter added 12 points, Keegan Murray and Malik Monk 11
apiece and Harrison Barnes 10.
The Kings lost despite outrebounding the visitors 51-32.
--Field Level Media
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