The Los Angeles Lakers pieced together a strong win over the Sacramento Kings on Thursday night. The two teams went back and forth for most of the game, but it was the Lakers that pulled away in the fourth quarter behind a strong defensive effort from head coach JJ Redick’s team.
The Lakers held the Kings to 42 points in the second half and 20 in the final quarter. And L.A. got the win despite shooting just 40.4% from the field. But they won the rebounding, turnover and fastbreak points battles to get the win on the margins, a rarity for them this season.