Welcome to the happiest place on Earth. After cruising through South Beach on Monday evening, the Sacramento Kings stormed the Magic's kingdom on Tuesday, the second night of a back-to-back.
It wasn’t the prettiest game of basketball, but the upstart Kings kept their streak alive, knocking off the Orlando Magic for a 107-99 win.
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Here are three takeaways as the Kings picked up their fourth straight win and moved to 5-3 on the season:
Budding Buddy
Buddy Hield continues to thrive in the up-tempo style. With Fox struggling due to a back injury, Hield took the ball on plenty of possessions and ran to the other end to initiate the offense.
Hield filled up the basket for 25 points on 9-of-15 shooting. He also hit the glass for a career-best 11 rebounds and dished out three assists in the win.
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Believing in Bjelica
It’s been eight games and Nemanja Bjelica continues to show more. The veteran forward went off against Orlando, scoring 21 points on 8-for-13 shooting from the field and 3 of 5 from long range.
He’s a perfect floor-spacer for the Kings’ up-tempo style, and he’s opening up everything for Fox and Willie Cauley-Stein.
Rookie battle
The 2018 NBA Draft is quickly proving to be a good one. On Tuesday evening, fellow draftees Marvin Bagley and Mo Bamba went at it.
Bagley won the battle and the war, finishing the night with 10 points and nine rebounds in 22 minutes. The Kings’ rookie even buried a couple of 3-pointers.