{"id":412906,"date":"2026-01-17T12:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T12:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/412906\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T12:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T12:22:08","slug":"sabonis-returns-as-kings-beat-wizards-128-115-in-4th-straight-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/412906\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabonis returns as Kings beat Wizards 128-115 in 4th-straight win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDomantas Sabonis scored 13 points in his return from a knee injury, Russell Westbrook had 26 and the Sacramento Kings beat the Washington Wizards 128-115 on Friday night for their fourth straight victory.Sabonis returned after missing 27 games because of a partially torn meniscus in his left knee. The three-time All-Star forward\/center came off the bench, entering with 5:11 left in the first quarter.Sabonis also had seven rebounds and five assists in a little over 21 minutes. He was 5 of 6 from field, with the miss coming from 3 -point range.Dennis Schroder also was back for the Kings after serving a three-game suspension for confronting Lakers star Luka Doncic after a game in Los Angeles. Schroder had 15 points and five assists.Westbrook was 9 of 14 from the field, hitting 6 of 9 3-pointers, and had six assists. DeMar DeRozan scored 17 points, and Precious Achiuwa and Zach LaVine each had 16.The Kings have won the first three games of a seven-game homestand to improve to 12-30. They opened the run against Houston, then beat the Lakers and New York.Alex Sarr led Washington with 19 points, and Tre Johnson had 18. The Wizards dropped to 10-30 with their fifth straight loss.Washington newcomer Trae Young \u2014 acquired from Atlanta in a deal that sent CJ McCollum and Corey Kispert to the Hawks \u2014 is sidelined by knee and quadriceps injuries. He will be re-evaluated in mid-February.Sacramento led 67-61 at the half after scoring 41 points in the first quarter and giving up 39 in the second. The Kings had a 34-23 edge in the third.Up nextWizards: At Denver on Saturday night.Kings: Host Portland on Sunday night.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tSACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Domantas Sabonis scored 13 points in his return from a knee injury, Russell Westbrook had 26 and the Sacramento Kings beat the Washington Wizards 128-115 on Friday night for their fourth straight victory.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/domantas-sabonis-sacramento-kings-knee-return-668a7739ab107d1ac6075d887dbf4268?utm_source=copy&amp;utm_medium=share\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sabonis returned after missing 27 games<\/a> because of a partially torn meniscus in his left knee. The three-time All-Star forward\/center came off the bench, entering with 5:11 left in the first quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Sabonis also had seven rebounds and five assists in a little over 21 minutes. He was 5 of 6 from field, with the miss coming from 3 -point range.<\/p>\n<p>Dennis Schroder also was back for the Kings after serving a three-game suspension for confronting Lakers star Luka Doncic after a game in Los Angeles. Schroder had 15 points and five assists.<\/p>\n<p>Westbrook was 9 of 14 from the field, hitting 6 of 9 3-pointers, and had six assists. DeMar DeRozan scored 17 points, and Precious Achiuwa and Zach LaVine each had 16.<\/p>\n<p>The Kings have won the first three games of a seven-game homestand to improve to 12-30. They opened the run against Houston, then beat the Lakers and New York.<\/p>\n<p>Alex Sarr led Washington with 19 points, and Tre Johnson had 18. The Wizards dropped to 10-30 with their fifth straight loss.<\/p>\n<p>Washington newcomer Trae Young \u2014 acquired from Atlanta in a deal that sent CJ McCollum and Corey Kispert to the Hawks \u2014 is sidelined by knee and quadriceps injuries. He will be re-evaluated in mid-February.<\/p>\n<p>Sacramento led 67-61 at the half after scoring 41 points in the first quarter and giving up 39 in the second. The Kings had a 34-23 edge in the third.<\/p>\n<p>Up next<\/p>\n<p>Wizards: At Denver on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>Kings: Host Portland on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">See more coverage of top California stories here<\/a> | <a target=\"_blank\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/article\/get-kcra-news-on-the-go-download\/44039145\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/article\/get-kcra-news-on-the-go-download\/44039145\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Download our app<\/a> | <a target=\"_blank\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/subscribe\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/subscribe\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Subscribe to our morning newsletter<\/a> | <a target=\"_blank\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@KCRA\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@KCRA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Domantas Sabonis scored 13 points in his return from a knee injury, Russell Westbrook had 26 and the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[24796,402,6423,142813,109037,15635,198059,5460,16695,52575,355,2005,13544,14828,198058,6404,51611,99,11948,99867],"class_list":["post-412906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-assist","tag-basketball","tag-dennis-schroder","tag-domanta-sabonis","tag-domantas-sabonis","tag-field","tag-first-quarter","tag-game","tag-king","tag-knee-injury","tag-nba","tag-new-york","tag-point","tag-russell-westbrook","tag-sabonis-return","tag-sacramento-kings","tag-saturday-night","tag-sports","tag-washington-wizards","tag-wizards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}