Item 1 of 54 Nov 28, 2025; Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; Sacramento Kings forward Precious Achiuwa (9) warms up before the game against the Utah Jazz at Delta Center. Mandatory Credit: Chris Nicoll-Imagn Images<\/p>\n
[1\/54]Nov 28, 2025; Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; Sacramento Kings forward Precious Achiuwa (9) warms up before the game against the Utah Jazz at Delta Center. Mandatory Credit: Chris Nicoll-Imagn Images Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab<\/a><\/p>\n November 29 – Keyonte George scored 31 points, Lauri Markkanen added 28 points, and the Utah Jazz avoided a winless round of pool play in the NBA Cup with their 128-119 defeat of the visiting Sacramento Kings on Friday in Salt Lake City.<\/p>\n Utah (1-3), which came into Friday’s contest on a four-game skid, used a 12-2 run early in the second quarter to take a lead it never relinquished.<\/p>\n The Jazz built a lead of as many as 17 points late in the third quarter, but Sacramento (0-4) whittled away at the deficit in the fourth quarter. The Kings shot a blistering 18-of-29 from the floor in the final period to cut the Utah lead to single digits, riding the hot shooting of Zach LaVine.<\/p>\n LaVine hit three 3-pointers in the fourth quarter, part of a 6-of-9 period on his way to a game-high 34 points. Friday marked LaVine’s sixth 30-plus-point game of the season and first since Nov. 1.<\/p>\n The initial hole was too deep for Sacramento to climb out of, however, as Utah kept the Kings at an arm’s length of 8-to-11 points for the closing minutes. The Jazz sank eight straight free throws in the final 35.3 seconds to close out a 31-of-40 night shooting from the charity stripe.<\/p>\n Sacramento finished 23-of-32 at the foul line.<\/p>\n Utah also edged the Kings from long distance, shooting 13-of-40 despite Markkanen’s 2-of-13 struggles. George set the pace at 4-of-9, while Brice Sensabaugh knocked down 2-of-5 as part of his 20-point effort off the bench.<\/p>\n Sacramento went 10-of-29 from outside, led by LaVine’s 4-of-9. Keegan Murray scored 23 points to complement LaVine, but went just 1-of-6 from 3-point distance.<\/p>\n Maxime Raynaud came off the bench to score 19 points for the Kings, while Russell Westbrook and DeMar DeRozan each added 16 points.<\/p>\n The loss was Sacramento’s second straight — both contributing to a winless showing in pool play of the NBA Cup — and dropped the Kings to 2-10 over their last 12.<\/p>\n –Field Level Media<\/p>\n Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab<\/a><\/p>\n