Buddy Hield saw his first action of the second half of Friday night's Kings game against the Charlotte Hornets with 5:34 remaining in the third quarter. Hield never made it back to the bench, playing the final 17:34 of the close 124-123 loss.
Hield struggled in the second half, going just 1-for-7 from the field and 0-4 from 3-point range. Kings interim coach Alvin Gentry explained after the loss why he elected to leave Hield in the game despite his troubles making shots.
"He's always a threat to be out there, and he creates spacing as we talked about," Gentry told reporters after the game.