Historic achievement: Sabonis broke the NBA record and joined exceptional company

The Lithuanian team beat the Philadelphia 76ers (39-33) at home 108:96 (31:25, 29:23, 23:20, 25:28).

D. Sabonis scored 11 points (3/5 doubles, 5/8 penalties), rebounded 13 balls and handed out 10 assists in 33 minutes. This is already the center’s 54th double-double in a row this season.

According to this indicator, he broke the NBA record set in 2010-2011. reached in the season by Kevin Love.

At the same time, it was the tall man’s 25th triple double – D. Sabonis remains the season’s leader in this category. He became just the fifth player in league history to hit that mark in a season, joining Nikola Jokic, Russell Westbrook, Wilt Chamberlain and Oscar Robertson.

Such a game of the Lithuanian helped the “Kings” team break the curse of the “76ers” – the Sacramento team had lost to their opponents 11 times in a row, and the last time they enjoyed a victory was in 2019.

The Kings had a 12-point lead at halftime, and finally broke through in the third quarter, winning the stretch 9-0 – 71-53. The 76ers couldn’t get any closer from that point on, and the biggest difference between the clubs at one point was 22 points.

The Philadelphia 76ers are still struggling without their biggest star, Joel Embiid.

Kings: K. Murray and D. Fox 23 each, D. Mitchell 18, D. Sabonis and M. Monk 11 each.

76ers: T. Maxey 29, T. Harris 12, R. Council IV and DJ Wilson 10 each.