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Kings Roll Pacers

Marvin Bagley III kept Sacramento's slim playoff hopes alive Wednesday night with a breakthrough performance - scoring a season-high 31 points and grabbing 12 rebounds to lead the Kings past the Indiana Pacers 104-93.

 

Delon Wright added 23 points as Sacramento won its fourth straight - all on the road - and swept the two-game series with the Pacers for the first time in five years. The Kings started the day 3 1/2 games behind San Antonio in the chase for the West's final play-in spot.

 

Indiana was led by Domantas Sabonis, who fell just short of his eighth triple-double this season with 17 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists. The Pacers were trying to become the first team since Phoenix in 2009 to top the 140-point mark in three consecutive games.

 

But after missing 85 games over the past two seasons, Bagley finally delivered with 24 points, eight rebounds and going 12 of 17 from the field in the first half as Sacramento pulled out to a 56-47 lead.

Buddy Hield and Richaun Holmes spurred an early second-half scoring flurry that put the Kinds in complete control midway through the third quarter with a 76-56 lead.

 

Indiana never recovered.

 

Caris LeVert scored 14 points and T.J. McConnell had 11 points, seven assists and three steals. Indiana committed 21 turnovers. 

 

The Pacers will try to win its seventh straight home game against Atlanta on Thursday.

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