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Jacob Rude

Pelicans vs. Kings Recap: The good, the bad and the Lonzo Ball

The New Orleans Pelicans snapped their five-game losing streak on Sunday with a 128-123 win on the road against the Kings.

New Orleans scored at least 30 points in all four quarters and won three of the four periods on the night. After a game of runs early in the first period, the Pelicans built up a 19-point lead in the second period.

Though the Kings never took back the lead, it was trimmed down to three points by the end of the third and hung around five points down the stretch, forcing the Pelicans to execute in the final minutes of the fourth.

Zion Williamson finished with 31 points on 13-of-15 shooting for New Orleans while Brandon Ingram had 22 points and Eric Bledsoe had 21.

De’Aaron Fox finished with a career-high 43 points while Marvin Bagley III had 26 for Sacramento.

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