{"id":485229,"date":"2026-02-24T08:23:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T07:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=485229"},"modified":"2026-02-24T08:23:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T07:23:47","slug":"sacramento-kings-snap-franchise-worst-16-game-skid-with-123-114-win-in-memphis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/sacramento-kings-snap-franchise-worst-16-game-skid-with-123-114-win-in-memphis\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento Kings snap franchise-worst 16-game skid with 123-114 win in Memphis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"1811\" data-end=\"2178\">The <strong data-start=\"1815\" data-end=\"1835\">Sacramento Kings<\/strong> finally ended a <strong data-start=\"1852\" data-end=\"1893\">franchise-worst 16-game losing streak<\/strong>, beating the injury-plagued <strong data-start=\"1922\" data-end=\"1951\">Memphis Grizzlies 123-114<\/strong> on Monday night. Sacramento hadn\u2019t won since Jan. 16 vs Washington, and its previous road win came Dec. 6 at Miami, with its only road victory against a Western Conference opponent this season dating back to Nov. 22 at Denver.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2180\" data-end=\"2587\">Sacramento held on behind a strong fourth quarter from <strong data-start=\"2235\" data-end=\"2256\">Russell Westbrook<\/strong> and two-way player <strong data-start=\"2276\" data-end=\"2295\">Daeqwon Plowden<\/strong>, who scored 10 points each in the period and combined for <strong data-start=\"2354\" data-end=\"2377\">20 of the Kings\u2019 24<\/strong> fourth-quarter points. <strong data-start=\"2401\" data-end=\"2418\">DeMar DeRozan<\/strong> and Plowden finished with <strong data-start=\"2445\" data-end=\"2458\">19 points<\/strong> apiece, while rookie center <strong data-start=\"2487\" data-end=\"2505\">Maxime Raynaud<\/strong> posted <strong data-start=\"2513\" data-end=\"2542\">10 points and 13 rebounds<\/strong>, saying the win boosts momentum and spirits.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2589\" data-end=\"2910\">Coach <strong data-start=\"2595\" data-end=\"2612\">Doug Christie<\/strong> acknowledged the weight of the skid: \u201cObviously, you do not want that with your name,\u201d while praising how the group kept evolving. 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