Jalen Johnson's double-double leads Hawks past Kings 133-100

Jalen Johnson had 24 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists arsenic the Atlanta Hawks routed the slumping Sacramento Kings 133-100

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Jalen Johnson had 24 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists arsenic the Atlanta Hawks routed the slumping Sacramento Kings 133-100 connected Wednesday night.

Johnson scored 18 successful the archetypal fractional and changeable 9 of 10 from the tract wide for his 4th double-double this play and the 44th of his career. He made each 4 of his escaped throws, too.

Onyeka Okongwu added 21 points disconnected the bench, Zaccharie Risacher had 15 and the Hawks won their 3rd consecutive contempt playing without Trae Young. The four-time All-Star defender has missed 7 games owed to a genu sprain and could beryllium sidelined 2 much months.

Atlanta (7-5) led by 44 and ne'er trailed, getting balanced scoring with 7 players successful treble figures.

Keon Ellis had 20 points with six 3-pointers for Sacramento (3-9). Domantas Sabonis provided 12 points and Devin Carter added 11. Russell Westbrook and Precious Achiuwa each scored 10.

The Kings mislaid their 4th successful a enactment and person been outscored 398-326 during that span.

Atlanta took power aboriginal and ne'er fto up, adjacent aft manager Quin Snyder emptied his bench.

The Hawks led by 15 midway done the archetypal 4th earlier the Kings recovered a bushed and pulled to 40-37 connected Carter’s 3-pointer aboriginal successful the second.

Sacramento got sloppy aft that and missed 7 consecutive shots with 3 turnovers arsenic the Hawks closed the archetypal fractional connected a 25-9 run.

Risacher’s dunk extended the pb to 85-52 successful the 3rd 4th arsenic large boos from the location assemblage filled Golden 1 Center.

The booing continued into the 4th erstwhile the Hawks led by 37.

Hawks: Host the Utah Jazz connected Thursday.

Kings: Play the Minnesota Timberwolves arsenic portion of the in-season tourney Friday.

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