Sacramento Kings at Dallas Mavericks
· National Basketball AssociationKings beat the Mavericks 115-100 for their first victory of the season
Malik Monk added 24 points and Zach LaVine had 23 for the Kings, the last NBA team this season to win.
Daniel Gafford and Walter Clayton Jr. each had 20 points for Dallas. Cooper Flagg added 17 on 3-of-19 shooting. He did make all 11 of his free throws.
Dallas guard Kyrie Irving sat out to rest his left knee. The Mavericks dropped to 4-3. They had won three in a row.
The Kings led 54-53 at the half.
Mavericks: At San Antonio on Wednesday night.
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Regular Season Series
SAC leads series 1-0
Recent Plays
| 4th 0.0 |  |
End of Game | 115 - 100 |
| 4th 0.0 | |
End of the 4th Quarter | 115 - 100 |
| 4th 5.8 |  |
shot clock turnover | 115 - 100 |
| 4th 29.8 |  |
Tobi Lawal makes 2-foot layup (Walter Clayton Jr. assists) | 115 - 100 |
| 4th 44.0 | |
Leaky Black makes 22-foot three point jumper (Domantas Sabonis assists) | 115 - 98 |
Statistics
 SAC |
 DAL |
|
|---|---|---|
| 43-82 | FG | 32-78 |
| 52 | Field Goal % | 41 |
| 19-43 | 3PT | 7-33 |
| 44 | Three Point % | 21 |
| 10-15 | FT | 29-35 |
| 67 | Free Throw % | 83 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 10 | Offensive Rebounds | 10 |
| 32 | Defensive Rebounds | 25 |
| 25 | Assists | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 3 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 20 | Total Turnovers | 16 |
| 1 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 1 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 19 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Fast Break Points | 7 |
| 38 | Points in Paint | 40 |
| 24 | Fouls | 15 |
| 19 | Largest Lead | 6 |
| 17 | Lead Changes | 17 |
| 63 | Percent Led | 27 |
Dallas Mavericks Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Morez Johnson Jr., F | Day-To-Day | Nov 9 |
| Sergio de Larrea, F | Out | Nov 5 |
| Tarik Biberovic, F | Out | Nov 1 |
| Dereck Lively II, C | Out | Nov 1 |
Sacramento Kings Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Maxime Raynaud, C | Out | Nov 9 |
| Keegan Murray, F | Day-To-Day | Nov 9 |
| Domantas Sabonis, F | Day-To-Day | Nov 9 |
| Ben Simmons, G | Out | Oct 20 |
Game Information
Location: Dallas, TX
Attendance: 18,967 · Capacity:
2026-27 Pacific Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 LA Lakers |
10 | 2 | .833 | - | W6 |
 Golden State |
8 | 3 | .727 | 1.5 | W8 |
 Phoenix |
3 | 6 | .333 | 5.5 | L1 |
 LA Clippers |
2 | 7 | .222 | 6.5 | W1 |
 Sacramento |
1 | 9 | .100 | 8 | L3 |
2026-27 Southwest Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 San Antonio |
- | 2 | W9 | 0.8181818 | 9 |
 Houston |
1 | 3 | W1 | 0.72727275 | 8 |
 Memphis |
1.5 | 3 | W1 | 0.7 | 7 |
 Dallas |
2 | 4 | W3 | 0.6363636 | 7 |
 New Orleans |
5 | 7 | L3 | 0.36363637 | 4 |
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