The Sacramento Kings beat the LA Lakers 132:127 after overtime at home, and Bulgarian basketball player Alexander Vezenkov recorded 18 minutes and 11 points for his team's dramatic success. Vezenkov added 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 umbrella to his solid performance.
The game in Sacramento marked exactly 20 years since the NBA debut of Lakers star LeBron James, and curiously, the King's first game was in Sacramento. On the court, the two teams battled hard, with the hosts taking a 15-point lead midway through the second half, but the Lakers were able to claw their way back into the game and even led by 5 in the final quarter, with LeBron scoring a basket in overtime with 13 seconds remaining. In the added five minutes, Malik Monk was on top of everyone and scored 12 points for the Kings to bring the team their second win of the season.
Alexander Vezenkov recorded the most minutes since the beginning of the campaign, spending a total of 18:21 minutes on the court. He made four out of ten attempts, including 2/6 from three, and scored his only foul shot. Above all for the Kings was De'Aaron Fox with 37 points and 8 assists, Monk joined in with 22 points from the bench, and Domantas Sabonis realized his regular double-double - 12 points and 15 rebounds.
For the Lakers, Anthony Davis finished with 30 points and 16 rebounds, and LeBron James had 27 points, 15 rebounds and 8 assists.
For Sacramento, the visit of the Golden State Warriors is coming up on Thursday morning (Bulgarian time). /BGNES
