Kings rally in 4th to hand Nets 6th straight loss
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Tyrese Haliburton scored seven of his 12 points in the fourth quarter on his way to a double-double, and the Sacramento Kings handed the stumbling Brooklyn Nets their sixth consecutive loss, 112-101 on Wednesday night.
Harrison Barnes scored 19 points and Haliburton had 11 assists to help the Kings stop a seven-game skid. Buddy Hield and Davion Mitchell scored 18 apiece.
Nic Claxton had a career-high 23 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for Brooklyn. James Johnson added 18 points.
James Harden, who has been nursing a sore right hand and a hamstring injury, was held to four points, his fewest since scoring five against the Chicago Bulls on May 15, 2021.
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Sacramento Kings forward Chimezie Metu (7) throws a pass past Brooklyn Nets forward James Johnson (16) during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/José Luis Villegas)
"There’s no concern," Harden said. "We don’t have our entire team and this is happening to us. We’re just trying to figure out what works best, what guys fit, what guys don’t. Hopefully after the break we can get our whole roster and start making strides in the right direction."
The Nets’ skid is their longest since a seven-game slide Dec. 26, 2019, to Jan. 7, 2020. Brooklyn, which played at NBA-best Phoenix on Tuesday night, hasn’t won since beating the Spurs in San Antonio on Jan. 21.
Nets coach Steve Nash said his team looked tired in the second half.
"This trip our objective is to get better. The first two games and the first half tonight we were getting better," Nash said. "We didn’t contain the ball enough in