Vezenkov scored a basket, Petrusev did not play in Sacramento’s loss in New Orleans

The Kings suffered their sixth loss in 14 games early Thursday (11/23) when they lost to the Pelicans (117-112) in New Orleans.

The Sacramento team (4-1 home and 4-5 away) was without Keegan Murray (starting PF), relied on Fox, Barnes, Sabonis, but from then on didn’t get things from regional players Herter, Monk, Duarte and in the end she lacked a good sequence of defense and attack phases to win the game. With the score at 113-110, Fox missed a three-pointer from the top and Brandon Ingram immediately punished the Kings.

Sasha Vezhenkov played 10 minutes, had a three-pointer on four attempts, but the worst thing about him is that Trey Lyles looks in great shape (12 points, 3 three-pointers, 8 rebounds) and his return to the rotation sends him even further down the field will be on the bench. Filip Petrusev didn’t play, who doesn’t count anyway and is only in the squad because Alex Len is injured and will be out for a few more weeks.

The Pelicans (6-4 at home and 2-3 away) improved to 8-7 when Brandon Ingram tied the game with a big basket to make the score 115-110. Zion Williamson has filled his statistics without extortionate efforts, Jonas Valanciunas and the players Marshall, Hawkins, Alvarado have really helped and in New Orleans they will continue to dream of playoffs, even if the absence of CJ McCollum is a problem that is not covered by insiders can be .

The Kings’ next opponent is the Minnesota Timberwolves, in the early hours of Saturday (November 25th) at 3:00 a.m. in Minneapolis.

Sasha Vezenkov’s report

He entered the game with 3:04 remaining in the first quarter and promptly botched a pass to give the Pelicans a 21-27 possession. He was on the floor during an 11-0 run by the home team, had a missed board floater and a missed 3-pointer, and posted a -8 +/- at 3:02 of the quarter.

He had missed a second three-pointer early in the second and was finding iron for the third time when Brown pinned him to the floor to steady him. He came back with 1:44 left in the half to tie the clock at four, hit his only shot of the game off an assist from Fox and stayed within those three points.

With Murray out, his time was very limited as Brown preferred to give up 41 minutes to Harrison Barnes and 28 minutes to his (?) current rival Trey Lyles.

• 3 points
• 0/1 two points
• 1/4 three points
• 2 rebounds
• 2 errors
• -14 to +/-
• at 10:14

THE DODECALEPTA: 32-30, 64-50, 93-79, 117-112

NEW ORLEANS PELICANS (Willie Green): Ingram 21 (8/14 2-points, 1/4 3-points, 2/2 shots, 4 rebounds, 3 assists), Williamson 25 (10/16 2-points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists) , Valanciunas 15 (6/9 2-pointers, 3/4 shots, 11 rebounds, 2 assists), Jones 7 (5 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals), Daniels 8 (2/9 shots, 7 rebounds), Hawkins 13 (2/8 3-pointers), Marshall 12 (2/2 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 4 assists), Alvarado 10 (2 3-pointers, 3 steals), Zeller, Nance 4

SACRAMENTO KINGS (Mike Brown): Herter 8 (2/7 3-pointers, 7 rebounds), Barnes 22 (4), Sabonis 23 (8/11 2-pointers, 7/10 shots, 9 rebounds, 6 assists), Duarte 6 ( 2), Fox 26 (7/10 2-point shots, 2/7 3-point shots, 6/7 shots, 5 assists), Monk 10 (2/8 shots, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals) , Mitchell, Lyles 12 (3 3-pointers, 8 rebounds), McGee, Vezenkov 3 (1), Edwards

New Orleans Pelicans team stats: 34/57 2-pointers, 7/30 3-pointers, 28/37 shots, 58 rebounds, 23 assists, 10 steals, 2 blocks, 10 turnovers, 28 fouls

Sacramento Kings team stats: 19/32 2-pointers, 15/44 3-pointers, 29/35 shots, 45 rebounds, 22 assists, 3 steals, 1 block, 15 turnovers, 25 fouls