On Saturday night, the Los Angeles Lakers were taking on the Sacramento Kings for the third time in little over a week. However, L.A. needed a player like Rui Hachimura to step up with LeBron James being sidelined due to illness.
Thankfully, Hachimura did exactly that by putting up 21 points on 7-for-11 from the field and 4-for-5 from 3-point range. Seeing how Sacramento came into Crypto.com Arena with renewed energy following head coach Mike Brown’s firing, it could have spelled disaster for the Lakers.
Despite handling the Kings in the previous three meetings, Sacramento is a good offensive team despite their defensive woes.