SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Domantas Sabonis recorded his NBA-leading 25th triple-double of the season on a milestone night, leading the Sacramento Kings to a 108–96 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday at Golden 1 Center.
Sabonis had 11 points, 13 rebounds, and 10 assists to become the fifth player in NBA history with at least 25 triple-doubles in a season, joining Nikola Jokic, Russell Westbrook, Wilt Chamberlain, and Oscar Robertson.
Sabonis also posted his 54th consecutive double-double, breaking a tie with Kevin Love for the longest streak since the 1976–77 merger between the NBA and old American Basketball Association. Sabonis is nowhere close to the all-time record of 227 straight double-doubles held by Chamberlain, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
Keegan Murray and De'Aaron Fox each scored 23 points for the Kings, who snapped a 10-game skid against the Sixers to move into a tie with Dallas for sixth place in the Western Conference. Sacramento hosts the Mavericks on Tuesday night as the teams fight to remain in the top six and avoid the play-in tournament.
Tyrese Maxey scored 29 points to lead the Sixers, who wrapped up a 1–3 West Coast swing. Philadelphia dropped into eighth place in the Eastern Conference, a half-game behind idle Miami.
Maxey scored Philadelphia’s first 16 points and was a one-man show offensively in the first quarter. With 21 points, he accounted for 84 percent of the 76ers’ total.
No player in at least the past 28 seasons had scored a higher share of his team’s points in a first quarter that featured at least 20 points scored. Maxey topped the previous high of 82.8 percent by Michael Jordan for Washington against Charlotte on Dec. 29, 2001.
But Maxey didn’t get nearly enough help, and the Sixers trailed 60–48 at halftime.
Sacramento maintained a comfortable lead throughout the second half, with the biggest excitement coming in the third quarter when Sabonis reached his milestone. A tribute video was played for him during the first stoppage after he reached the mark.
Philadelphia played without Kelly Oubre, sidelined by a sore left shoulder sustained in a fall on Sunday against the Los Angeles Clippers.
Up Next
76ers: Host the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night.
Kings: Host the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night.
