Kings 116-109 Pelicans (9 Dec, 2017) Play-by-Play

Sacramento Kings

8-17, 4-11 away

116

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
SAC	24	23	30	25	14	116
NO	25	28	29	20	7	109

New Orleans Pelicans

13-13, 6-7 home

109

DeMarcus Cousins misses 17-foot jumper
E'Twaun Moore makes driving layup (Anthony Davis assists)
Ian Clark misses driving floating jump shot
Ian Clark makes 24-foot three point jumper (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
Jrue Holiday misses 9-foot two point shot
DeMarcus Cousins makes driving layup
Jrue Holiday makes 2-foot driving dunk (Ian Clark assists)
E'Twaun Moore makes driving layup (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
DeMarcus Cousins makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ian Clark assists)
Darius Miller makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)
DeMarcus Cousins makes dunk
Darius Miller misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jameer Nelson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jameer Nelson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Dante Cunningham makes driving layup (E'Twaun Moore assists)
Omer Asik misses layup
E'Twaun Moore misses 22-foot jumper
E'Twaun Moore misses 8-foot jumper
Jameer Nelson misses 17-foot two point shot
DeMarcus Cousins misses 7-foot two point shot
Anthony Davis misses 10-foot two point shot
DeMarcus Cousins misses hook shot
DeMarcus Cousins makes driving layup
DeMarcus Cousins makes driving layup
Bogdan Bogdanovic blocks DeMarcus Cousins 's 1-foot layup
Darius Miller misses 26-foot three point jumper
Anthony Davis misses 21-foot jumper
DeMarcus Cousins makes 25-foot three point jumper (E'Twaun Moore assists)
DeMarcus Cousins misses 27-foot three point jumper
Anthony Davis makes 1-foot dunk (Jrue Holiday assists)
DeMarcus Cousins makes 19-foot jumper
Ian Clark makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jameer Nelson assists)
Jameer Nelson misses 24-foot jumper
DeMarcus Cousins makes dunk (Jrue Holiday assists)
Ian Clark makes driving layup
E'Twaun Moore misses 26-foot three point jumper
DeMarcus Cousins makes 28-foot three point jumper (Ian Clark assists)
Jrue Holiday makes driving layup
Garrett Temple blocks Jrue Holiday 's 7-foot two point shot
Anthony Davis misses 27-foot three point jumper
DeMarcus Cousins makes 20-foot jumper
DeMarcus Cousins makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)
Anthony Davis misses layup
DeMarcus Cousins makes driving layup
Jrue Holiday makes 24-foot three point jumper
E'Twaun Moore makes layup
Anthony Davis makes layup
Ian Clark misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jrue Holiday makes layup
Jrue Holiday misses 26-foot three point jumper
DeMarcus Cousins misses 5-foot jumper
Darius Miller makes 15-foot jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)
Ian Clark makes 22-foot step back jumpshot
Dante Cunningham misses 18-foot jumper
Darius Miller misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jameer Nelson misses 27-foot three point jumper
Ian Clark makes 5-foot two point shot
Jameer Nelson makes 26-foot three point jumper
Ian Clark makes two point shot (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
Darius Miller makes 22-foot pullup jump shot
Vince Carter blocks E'Twaun Moore 's 1-foot layup
Vince Carter blocks DeMarcus Cousins 's 1-foot layup
DeMarcus Cousins misses 18-foot two point shot
Dante Cunningham makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jameer Nelson assists)
DeMarcus Cousins misses 26-foot three point jumper
Anthony Davis misses 20-foot jumper
Jrue Holiday makes 4-foot two point shot (Anthony Davis assists)
Jrue Holiday misses 16-foot jumper
Anthony Davis misses 2-foot tip shot
Anthony Davis makes dunk
Anthony Davis makes 17-foot two point shot (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
Anthony Davis makes 12-foot two point shot
Anthony Davis misses layup
DeMarcus Cousins misses layup
E'Twaun Moore misses 17-foot jumper
DeMarcus Cousins misses 26-foot three point jumper
DeMarcus Cousins makes dunk (Jameer Nelson assists)
Jrue Holiday misses 12-foot two point shot
DeMarcus Cousins misses layup
DeMarcus Cousins makes driving layup
DeMarcus Cousins misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jrue Holiday makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
DeMarcus Cousins misses jumper
Jrue Holiday misses driving layup
E'Twaun Moore misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
DeMarcus Cousins misses 26-foot three point jumper
E'Twaun Moore makes layup
Jameer Nelson misses 23-foot three point jumper
DeMarcus Cousins misses three point jumper
De'Aaron Fox makes 27-foot three point jumper (George Hill assists)
Zach Randolph misses 7-foot jumper
De'Aaron Fox misses layup
Garrett Temple misses 21-foot jumper
Zach Randolph makes layup
George Hill misses 27-foot three point jumper
Zach Randolph makes 5-foot hook shot
Zach Randolph makes 26-foot three point jumper (De'Aaron Fox assists)
Zach Randolph makes 16-foot jumper (George Hill assists)
Garrett Temple misses 6-foot two point shot
Zach Randolph misses layup
Garrett Temple misses 44-foot three point jumper
George Hill makes 6-foot two point shot
Kosta Koufos makes 5-foot hook shot (Zach Randolph assists)
Zach Randolph makes 6-foot hook shot
De'Aaron Fox misses 26-foot three point jumper
Bogdan Bogdanovic misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Buddy Hield misses 6-foot jumper
De'Aaron Fox misses driving floating jump shot
Buddy Hield makes layup (Kosta Koufos assists)
Frank Mason III makes 20-foot jumper
Vince Carter misses 27-foot three point jumper
Bogdan Bogdanovic makes dunk
Vince Carter makes 15-foot two point shot
Kosta Koufos misses 9-foot hook shot
Kosta Koufos misses 9-foot hook shot
Buddy Hield makes 24-foot three point jumper (Vince Carter assists)
Georgios Papagiannis makes alley oop layup (Frank Mason III assists)
Buddy Hield misses 15-foot jumper
Georgios Papagiannis makes tip shot
Georgios Papagiannis makes alley oop dunk shot (Bogdan Bogdanovic assists)
Bogdan Bogdanovic makes 17-foot two point shot
Frank Mason III misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Buddy Hield misses 23-foot three point jumper
Buddy Hield makes 26-foot three point jumper (De'Aaron Fox assists)
De'Aaron Fox misses 21-foot jumper
Zach Randolph makes two point shot
De'Aaron Fox misses layup
Garrett Temple misses 26-foot three point jumper
Zach Randolph misses 17-foot jumper
Zach Randolph makes 5-foot hook shot
JaKarr Sampson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Garrett Temple assists)
Garrett Temple misses 24-foot three point jumper
De'Aaron Fox misses 39-foot three point jumper
De'Aaron Fox misses 11-foot jumper
Zach Randolph misses 27-foot three point jumper
George Hill makes 8-foot two point shot
Garrett Temple makes 17-foot step back jumpshot
De'Aaron Fox makes 13-foot pullup jump shot (George Hill assists)
Zach Randolph makes layup (De'Aaron Fox assists)
George Hill makes 25-foot three point jumper (Georgios Papagiannis assists)
Jrue Holiday blocks De'Aaron Fox 's 2-foot layup
George Hill misses 15-foot two point shot
De'Aaron Fox makes driving dunk
Garrett Temple misses 23-foot three point jumper
George Hill misses 28-foot three point jumper
George Hill misses layup
George Hill makes layup
De'Aaron Fox misses layup
Zach Randolph makes 26-foot three point jumper (Buddy Hield assists)
Zach Randolph makes 27-foot three point jumper (Buddy Hield assists)
Bogdan Bogdanovic misses 23-foot three point jumper
Bogdan Bogdanovic makes 16-foot jumper
De'Aaron Fox makes 14-foot jumper
Bogdan Bogdanovic makes two point shot
Kosta Koufos misses 11-foot hook shot
Dante Cunningham blocks Buddy Hield 's 1-foot layup
Kosta Koufos misses layup
Bogdan Bogdanovic misses layup
Buddy Hield misses 23-foot jumper
Bogdan Bogdanovic misses 11-foot jumper
Vince Carter makes dunk (Frank Mason III assists)
Frank Mason III makes 27-foot three point jumper
Frank Mason III misses 16-foot two point shot
Darius Miller blocks Bogdan Bogdanovic's layup
Frank Mason III misses layup
Vince Carter makes 1-foot dunk
Buddy Hield makes 7-foot two point shot (Bogdan Bogdanovic assists)
Zach Randolph misses 24-foot three point jumper
Zach Randolph makes 1-foot two point shot (Vince Carter assists)
Vince Carter misses 27-foot three point jumper
De'Aaron Fox makes 9-foot two point shot
Frank Mason III misses 15-foot two point shot
Buddy Hield makes 26-foot three point jumper (Zach Randolph assists)
Buddy Hield makes two point shot
Zach Randolph makes two point shot
Frank Mason III misses layup
Buddy Hield makes 26-foot three point jumper (Frank Mason III assists)
Zach Randolph misses layup
Zach Randolph makes 26-foot three point jumper (De'Aaron Fox assists)
Zach Randolph makes 23-foot three point jumper
Frank Mason III makes 23-foot jumper
Zach Randolph misses 27-foot three point jumper
Vince Carter misses two point shot
Zach Randolph misses 26-foot three point jumper
Frank Mason III makes 9-foot two point shot
Frank Mason III misses 5-foot three point jumper

KINGS

PELICANS

TIME		SAC	NO
12:00	JaKarr Sampson vs. Anthony Davis (Jrue Holiday gains possession)	0	0
11:45	DeMarcus Cousins lost ball turnover (De'Aaron Fox steals)	0	0
11:31	De'Aaron Fox makes 27-foot three point jumper (George Hill assists)	3	0
11:14	DeMarcus Cousins misses 17-foot jumper	3	0
11:10	Zach Randolph defensive rebound	3	0
10:56	Zach Randolph misses 7-foot jumper	3	0
10:52	Anthony Davis defensive rebound	3	0
10:48	E'Twaun Moore makes driving layup (Anthony Davis assists)	3	2
10:23	JaKarr Sampson back court turnover	3	2
10:06	Ian Clark misses driving floating jump shot	3	2
10:03	Zach Randolph defensive rebound	3	2
9:58	De'Aaron Fox misses layup	3	2
9:58	E'Twaun Moore defensive rebound	3	2
9:51	Ian Clark makes 24-foot three point jumper (DeMarcus Cousins assists)	3	5
9:27	Garrett Temple misses 21-foot jumper	3	5
9:23	Zach Randolph offensive rebound	3	5
9:21	Zach Randolph makes layup	5	5
9:14	JaKarr Sampson personal foul	5	5
9:10	DeMarcus Cousins out of bounds bad pass turnover	5	5
8:59	George Hill misses 27-foot three point jumper	5	5
8:54	Zach Randolph offensive rebound	5	5
8:47	Zach Randolph makes 5-foot hook shot	7	5
8:34	Jrue Holiday misses 9-foot two point shot	7	5
8:32	Garrett Temple defensive rebound	7	5
8:17	Zach Randolph makes 26-foot three point jumper (De'Aaron Fox assists)	10	5
8:07	DeMarcus Cousins makes driving layup	10	7
8:07	JaKarr Sampson shooting foul	10	7
8:07	DeMarcus Cousins makes free throw 1 of 1	10	8
7:55	Zach Randolph makes 16-foot jumper (George Hill assists)	12	8
7:43	Jrue Holiday makes 2-foot driving dunk (Ian Clark assists)	12	10
7:20	Garrett Temple misses 6-foot two point shot	12	10
7:16	JaKarr Sampson offensive rebound	12	10
7:16	Kosta Koufos enters the game for JaKarr Sampson	12	10
7:05	Zach Randolph misses layup	12	10
7:04	Kosta Koufos offensive rebound	12	10
7:04	E'Twaun Moore shooting foul	12	10
7:04	Kosta Koufos misses free throw 1 of 2	12	10
7:04	Kings offensive team rebound	12	10
7:04	Kosta Koufos misses free throw 2 of 2	12	10
7:02	DeMarcus Cousins defensive rebound	12	10
6:57	E'Twaun Moore makes driving layup (DeMarcus Cousins assists)	12	12
6:31	Garrett Temple misses 44-foot three point jumper	12	12
6:30	shot clock turnover	12	12
6:30	Pelicans Full timeout	12	12
6:30	Kings offensive team rebound	12	12
6:18	Kosta Koufos shooting foul	12	12
6:18	Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2	12	13
6:18	Darius Miller enters the game for E'Twaun Moore	12	13
6:18	Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2	12	14
5:59	George Hill makes 6-foot two point shot	14	14
5:48	Jrue Holiday bad pass (George Hill steals)	14	14
5:47	George Hill steps out of bounds turnover	14	14
5:47	Dante Cunningham enters the game for Anthony Davis	14	14
5:39	DeMarcus Cousins bad pass (Zach Randolph steals)	14	14
5:26	Kosta Koufos makes 5-foot hook shot (Zach Randolph assists)	16	14
5:11	DeMarcus Cousins makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ian Clark assists)	16	17
4:53	Ian Clark personal foul	16	17
4:53	Bogdan Bogdanovic enters the game for George Hill	16	17
4:40	Zach Randolph makes 6-foot hook shot	18	17
4:30	Jrue Holiday bad pass (Kosta Koufos steals)	18	17
4:21	De'Aaron Fox misses 26-foot three point jumper	18	17
4:18	Ian Clark defensive rebound	18	17
4:14	Darius Miller makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)	18	20
3:51	Garrett Temple bad pass (DeMarcus Cousins steals)	18	20
3:45	DeMarcus Cousins makes dunk	18	22
3:45	Garrett Temple shooting foul	18	22
3:45	Vince Carter enters the game for Zach Randolph	18	22
3:45	DeMarcus Cousins makes free throw 1 of 1	18	23
3:41	Kings Full timeout	18	23
3:41	Omer Asik enters the game for DeMarcus Cousins	18	23
3:41	Jameer Nelson enters the game for Ian Clark	18	23
3:41	Buddy Hield enters the game for Garrett Temple	18	23
3:34	Bogdan Bogdanovic misses 15-foot pullup jump shot	18	23
3:30	Omer Asik defensive rebound	18	23
3:24	Darius Miller misses 25-foot three point jumper	18	23
3:18	Kosta Koufos defensive rebound	18	23
3:08	Buddy Hield misses 6-foot jumper	18	23
3:03	Dante Cunningham defensive rebound	18	23
2:49	Jameer Nelson misses 25-foot three point jumper	18	23
2:45	Kosta Koufos defensive rebound	18	23
2:40	De'Aaron Fox misses driving floating jump shot	18	23
2:40	Kings offensive team rebound	18	23
2:40	E'Twaun Moore enters the game for Jrue Holiday	18	23
2:27	Buddy Hield makes layup (Kosta Koufos assists)	20	23
2:12	Jameer Nelson misses 23-foot three point jumper	20	23
2:08	Dante Cunningham offensive rebound	20	23
2:04	Dante Cunningham makes driving layup (E'Twaun Moore assists)	20	25
1:47	Frank Mason III enters the game for De'Aaron Fox	20	25
1:47	Buddy Hield offensive goaltending turnover	20	25
1:34	Omer Asik misses layup	20	25
1:32	Pelicans offensive team rebound	20	25
1:30	E'Twaun Moore misses 22-foot jumper	20	25
1:21	Frank Mason III defensive rebound	20	25
1:14	Frank Mason III makes 20-foot jumper	22	25
1:06	Jameer Nelson out of bounds bad pass turnover	22	25
46.0	Vince Carter misses 27-foot three point jumper	22	25
42.0	Darius Miller defensive rebound	22	25
36.0	Jameer Nelson bad pass (Bogdan Bogdanovic steals)	22	25
33.0	Bogdan Bogdanovic makes dunk	24	25
26.0	E'Twaun Moore misses 8-foot jumper	24	25
21.0	Frank Mason III defensive rebound	24	25
20.0	Frank Mason III lost ball turnover (E'Twaun Moore steals)	24	25
1.0	Jameer Nelson misses 17-foot two point shot	24	25
1.0	Pelicans offensive team rebound	24	25
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	24	25

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Pelicans
114
Kings
106

Game 1

27/10

Kings
116
Pelicans
109

Game 2

9/12

Kings
114
Pelicans
103

Game 3

31/1

Pelicans
114
Kings
101

Game 4

8/3

Smoothie King Center

1:00 AM, 9 December 2017

New Orleans, LA

Attendance: 15,019

Referees:
Marc Davis
Kevin Scott
Lauren Holtkamp

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Clippers	51	31	.622	-	L3
Phoenix	49	33	.598	2	W3
LA Lakers	47	35	.573	4	W2
Sacramento	46	36	.561	5	W1
Golden State	46	36	.561	5	W1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Dallas	50	32	.610	-	L2
New Orleans	49	33	.598	1	L1
Houston	41	41	.500	9	W2
Memphis	27	55	.329	23	L5
San Antonio	22	60	.268	28	W2

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