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11/20 21:33 CST Aldama scores 29 points to help Grizzlies send Kings to 8th
straight loss, 137-96
Aldama scores 29 points to help Grizzlies send Kings to 8th straight loss,
137-96
By CLAY BAILEY
Associated Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) --- Santi Aldama scored 29 points, Jock Landale added 21
and the Memphis Grizzlies built a big first-half lead and sent the Sacramento
Kings to their eighth straight loss, 137-96 on Thursday night.
Cedric Coward scored 19 points and Zach Edey finished with 16 points as Memphis
snapped a five-game losing streak. Vince Williams had a career-best 15 assists.
Zach LaVine led the Kings with 26 points, connecting on 10 of 17 shots. Maxine
Raynaud finished with 12 points. Russell Westbrook and Keegan Murray, making
his season debut, scored 11 points each. Murray had been out of action since a
left thumb injury in the preseason.
The Kings have lost all eight in the skid by double digits. Four of the losses
have come by at least 27 points. The 41-point setback Thursday was their
largest of of the season.
Before the game, the Kings announced that an MRI revealed a partial meniscus
tear in the left knee of starting center Domantas Sabonis. The team said he
will be reevaluated in three to four weeks. He suffered the injury in Sunday's
loss at San Antonio.
With Sabonis out of the middle, Memphis worked inside with Edey and Landale.
The tandem missed only one of their 13 shots in the firsts half, Edey scoring
16 points, Landale adding 13. Memphis shot 54% in the first two quarters, and
the Grizzlies scored their most points in a half this season for a 75-47 lead
at intermission.
The Grizzlies stretched the lead to 37 --- 113-76 --- entering the fourth.
Up next
Kings: Close out five-game trip at Denver on Saturday night.
Grizzlies: At Dallas on Saturday night.
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