SACRAMENTO, Calif. – – De’Aaron Fox had 26 points and 11 assists, Buddy Hield made two free throws with six-tenths of a second remaining and the Sacramento Kings held off the short-handed Boston Celtics 116-111 on Wednesday night.
Hield finished with 15 points and 11 rebounds, Harrison Barnes scored 24 points and Tyrese Haliburton added 21.
“We found a way to grind that one out,” Kings coach Luke Walton said. “A lot of our guys gave us a lot of good things.”
Jeff Teague started at point guard and had seven points and one assists.
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Celtics: Brown had seven points during a 19-4 run in the third.