{"id":164837,"date":"2026-02-05T07:37:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T07:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/164837\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T07:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T07:37:16","slug":"grizzlies-beat-sacramento-129-125-send-kings-to-their-season-worst-10th-straight-loss-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/164837\/","title":{"rendered":"Grizzlies beat Sacramento 129-125, send Kings to their season-worst 10th straight loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — – Cam Spencer<\/a> hit three key baskets late in the fourth quarter and finished with 20 points, and Ty Jerome<\/a> added 28 as the Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> beat Sacramento 129-125 on Wednesday night, sending the Kings to their season-worst 10th straight loss.<\/p>\n

Spencer hit a 3-pointer with 2:08 remaining in the fourth to give Memphis a 122-118 lead. After GG Jackson<\/a> hit a jumper, Spencer added a 16-foot jumper with 43 seconds left to keep the margin at four points. After the Kings pulled within a point on DeMar DeRozan<\/a>‘s 3, Spencer hit a 3-pointer with 18 seconds left to restore the four-point lead and help seal the win.<\/p>\n

Jaylen Wells<\/a> scored 18 points, Jackson added 16 and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope<\/a> 15 as Memphis won its second straight. Santi Aldama<\/a>, back in the lineup after missing four game with a right knee injury, had 12 points and six rebounds.<\/p>\n

The Grizzlies were playing their first game since trading Jaren Jackson Jr<\/a>. to the Utah Jazz<\/a> on Tuesday in an eight-player, three-draft-pick deal. Memphis has also been engaged in talks about moving star guard Ja Morant<\/a>. The trade deadline is Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Domantas Sabonis<\/a> scored 20 of his 24 points in the first half and added 15 rebounds for the Kings, whose last victory came on Jan. 16 against Washington, the final game of a four-game win streak.<\/p>\n

DeRozan scored 20 points, Nique Clifford<\/a> added 14, and Russell Westbrook<\/a> and Malik Monk<\/a> had 13 points apiece. Zach LaVine<\/a> scored 11 and Devin Carter<\/a> 10 for Sacramento, which also had losing streaks of seven and eight games earlier this season.<\/p>\n

Westbrook moved into 14th place on the NBA’s career scoring list with a 3-pointer at the 10:06<\/a> mark of the first quarter. He moved past Hakeem Olajuwon<\/a> (26,946) and has 26,597 career points. Elvin Hayes ranks 13th with 27,313.<\/p>\n

De’Andre Hunter, who was acquired by the Kings in a trade with Cleveland on Saturday, started in his Sacramento debut. He hit his first attempt<\/a>, a 3-pointer, and finished with nine points.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Grizzlies: At Portland on Friday and Saturday night.<\/p>\n

Kings: Host the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

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