Domantas Sabonis and the Kings tore the Celtics apart in the fourth quarter on Friday, continuing their impressive stretch with a 114-97 victory.
Here are the takeaways.
Domantas Sabonis was dominant.
We’ll get into the Celtics in a minute, but the Kings – who are winners of their last six games and have come together since firing Mike Brown – do deserve the first bullet point here, and Sabonis in particular merits attention.
The Kings big man recorded one of the most impressive double-doubles you will see in the NBA this season – a 23-point, 28-rebound outing, which (the NBC Sports Boston broadcast noted) was the first time a player recorded that many rebounds against the Celtics since Ben Wallace, and the first time a player scored 23 points and recorded 27 rebounds against the Celtics since Moses Malone.