SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Feeling healthy and free of the legal burden that resulted in a 25-day sentence for a probation violation earlier this season, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope tied his career-high with eight 3-pointers made in a game and nearly became only the second Los Angeles Lakers player to make nine in a game.
Caldwell-Pope scored a season-high 34 points, grabbed seven rebounds and hit 8-of-14 3-pointers in a 113-108 victory over the Sacramento Kings. Caldwell-Pope became the eighth Lakers player to hit 8 triples in a game. Kobe Bryant is the only Laker to make more than eight, sinking nine 3's on three different occasions and a franchise-record 12 in another game in 2007.