Thanks to an impressive fourth-quarter surge, the Kings defeated the Washington Wizards 119-105 on Wednesday night.
Up until late in the third quarter, it had felt like another ho-hum performance from the Kings where the other team scores at will, and the Kings eventually lose by a sizeable margin. But late in the third quarter, a switch was flipped.
After a Davis Bertans three-pointer gave the Wizards an 89-77 lead in the final minutes of the third quarter, the Kings outscored Washington the rest of the game, 42-16. The screws got tightened all the way up defensively, and there was tangible energy and momentum the Kings just held for the rest of the game,
In his first game filling in for Alvin Gentry, who is currently out due to COVID-19 protocols, Doug Christie got the first win of his coaching career.