NBA: De’Aaron Fox keeps momentum building for Sacramento Kings with victory over Orlando Magic

De’Aaron Fox scored five points in overtime to help Sacramento Kings secure a 138-135 victory against Orlando Magic at Golden 1 Center.

Fox edged Kings ahead with 58.1 seconds left before hitting one of two free throws with 13.6 seconds on the clock.

Domantas Sabonis had a triple-double as the Kings overcame a career-best 43 points from Orlando’s Paolo Banchero.

Sacramento sit fifth in the Western Conference.

Meanwhile, Western Conference leaders the Minnesota Timberwolves fell to a second successive defeat with a 117-106 home loss to the New Orleans Pelicans.

Zion Williamson scored 27 points for the Pelicans in Minneapolis as Anthony Edwards registered 35 points in response for the hosts, who lost back-to-back games for the first time this season.

The Oklahoma City Thunder, second in the West, also slipped up as their five-match winning streak was ended courtesy of a 141-138 defeat by the Atlanta Hawks.

The Houston Rockets ran out 112-101 winners to pile further misery on the Brooklyn Nets, who have now lost five in a row.

The Dallas Mavericks suffered a 37-point defeat against Utah Jazz on Monday, but bounced back to beat the Portland Trail blazers 126-97 with Luka Doncic scoring a game-high 41 points.

Elsewhere, the Indiana Pacers made it five wins on the bounce with a 142-130 victory against second-placed Milwaukee Bucks.

Source: BBC