Sacramento Kings guard Malik Monk (0) dunks next to Golden State Warriors center Trayce Jackson-Davis, second from right, during the second half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
SAN FRANCISCO — Malik Monk had 26 points and 12 assists, Domantas Sabonis contributed 22 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists, and the Sacramento Kings dominated the Golden State Warriors 129-99 on Sunday night for their fourth straight win despite playing without leading scorer De’Aaron Fox.
The Kings never trailed, led 75-51 at halftime and didn’t look back — with many frustrated home fans heading early for the Chase Center exits while Sacramento’s lively contingent chanted “Let’s go Kings!”
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Stephen Curry scored 26 to go with seven rebounds after resting the first night of a back-to-back Saturday against the Grizzlies, and Andrew Wiggins added 18 points.
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Malik Monk vs. GSW tn 👑 ⤵️
🔥 26 PTS
🔥 12 AST
🔥 4 STL
🔥 65% FG pic.twitter.com/AXRpbPrzAK— Sacramento Kings (@SacramentoKings) January 6, 2025
This marked Sacramento’s first visit to Chase Center since coach Mike Brown — the former top assistant for Golden State — was dismissed Dec. 27 following a 13-18 start. Warriors coach Steve Kerr continued to express his “shock” over good friend Brown’s firing. Doug Christie is interim coach.
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Takeaways
Kings: Fox bruised a glute muscle when he fell hard on a flagrant foul by Memphis big man Jaren Jackson Jr. … Sacramento hit 10 of its initial 17 shots — 5 for 9 on 3s — to go ahead 25-14.
Warriors: Forward Jonathan Kuminga will be sidelined for at least three weeks with a sprained right ankle he injured against Memphis on Saturday night.
READ: NBA: Warriors’ Kuminga out at least three weeks with ankle injury
Key moment
Curry had a dazzling stretch but it was one of few highlights for his team. With 9:44 left in the second quarter, the first of Curry’s two four-point plays got Golden State back within 40-29. Draymond Green hit from deep the next time down to make it an eight-point game before Curry converted another four-point play after a foul by Sabonis.
Key stat
A night after dishing out 32 assists, the Warriors were held to 22, matching their total of turnovers.
Up next
The Kings host the Heat on Monday in a back-to-back, while the Warriors take on Miami on Tuesday night to finish their six-game homestand.
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