The game between the Sacramento Kings and Boston Celtics will take place at Golden 1 Center on Tuesday, March 21 at 10:00 PM ET.
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The Sacramento Kings will welcome the Boston Celtics to Golden 1 Center for an NBA game on Tuesday. The Sacramento Kings lost 128-120 in their last game over the Jazz. De’Aaron Fox had 37 points and seven assists to lead Sacramento. Keegan Murray added 22 points for the Kings. Fox and Murray combined to make 12 3-pointers. Harrison Barnes scored 16 for Sacramento, and Malik Monk added 15.
Sacramento trailed by double digits throughout the first half before erasing the deficit during the third quarter. Fox and Murray led the charge, combining for 33 points in the period. Fox scored five baskets to fuel a 19-5 run that cut Utah’s lead to 76-74 midway through the quarter. The Kings tied it three times on 3-pointers from Monk, Murray and Fox but did not go in front until early in the fourth quarter.
Chimezie Metu completed a 3-point play to give Sacramento its first lead at 100-98 with 9:15 remaining. “You can’t trick a trick defense,” Kings coach Mike Brown said. “You’ve just got to just run your stuff. If you run your stuff, somebody’s going to get an open shot.” Playing without the team’s top three scorers — Lauri Markkanen, Jordan Clarkson and Collin Sexton — did not slow down Utah’s offense in the first quarter.
The Boston Celtics on the other hand lost 118-117 against the Jazz in their last game. Jaylen Brown scored 25 points, Malcolm Brogdon had 16 and Tatum finished with 15, but was shut out in the second half as the short-handed Celtics were playing their third game in four nights. “Our physicality waned,” Williams said. “They started playing more aggressive and … we started playing a little more passively.”
The Celtics (49-23) made 22 3-pointers, one off their season high, but missed enough down the stretch for the Jazz to pull off the win. After Brown’s 3-pointer gave the Celtics a 117-113 lead with 1:19 to play, Markkanen made a 3-pointer and Horton-Tucker drove for a layup while Tatum missed two jumpers. Meanwhile, the injury-riddled Celtics were looking for someone to score, and the Jazz were daring somebody other than Tatum to beat them. “I was just playing the game the right way. They were trying to get the ball out of my hands,” Tatum said.
Sacramento Kings: Keegan Murray, Harrison Barnes, Domantas Sabonis, De’Aaron Fox, Kessler Edwards
Boston Celtics: Jayson Tatum, Grant Williams, Blake Griffin, Jaylen Brown, Derrick White
Sacramento Kings: Kevin Huerter
Boston Celtics: Payton Pritchard, Danilo Gallinari
The game between the Sacramento Kings and Boston Celtics will take place at Golden 1 Center on Tuesday, March 21 at 10:00 PM ET.
The match between the Sacramento Kings and Boston Celtics will be telecast live on NBC Sports California, NBC Sports Boston, NBA TV.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | NBC Sports California, NBC Sports Boston, NBA TV. | March 21 (10:00 PM ET) |
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