CHICAGO (AP) — Domantas Sabonis had 22 points, 15 rebounds and eight assists, and the Sacramento Kings beat the Chicago Bulls 124-119 on Sunday to extend their season-high win streak to seven games.
De’Aaron Fox scored 26 points and grabbed nine rebounds for Sacramento after missing three games because of a bruised right glute. Malik Monk had 18 points, nine assists and eight rebounds.
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Sacramento Kings' Kevin Huerter (9) goes up to shoot against Chicago Bulls' Patrick Williams (44), Matas Buzelis (14) and Jevon Carter, left, during the first half of an NBA basketball game on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
Sacramento Kings' Malik Monk (0) goes up to shoot against Chicago Bulls' Patrick Williams (44) and Lonzo Ball, left, during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
Sacramento Kings' Domantas Sabonis, center, battles against Chicago Bulls' Patrick Williams, left, and Matas Buzelis, right, for the ball during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
Sacramento Kings' DeMar DeRozan, third from right, goes up to shoot against Chicago Bulls' Lonzo Ball (2), Jalen Smith (7) and Josh Giddy, front left, during the first half of an NBA basketball game on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
DeMar DeRozan got a warm reception in his return to Chicago and finished with 21 points. The six-time All-Star spent three seasons with the Bulls before leaving for Sacramento in a three-team trade in July.
Sabonis had another big outing after he had 23 points and a season-high 28 rebounds against Boston on Friday. He helped the Kings improved to 7-1 under interim coach Doug Christie, who took over when Mike Brown was fired on Dec. 27.
Zach LaVine led Chicago with 36 points. Making his first start since Jan. 14, 2022, Lonzo Ball set season highs with 15 points and five 3s.
Kings: The Kings made enough plays down the stretch to come away with another win.
Bulls: LaVine continues to roll along with six straight 30-point games.
LaVine made two free throws and a turnaround jumper to cut Sacramento's lead to one with 2:28 remaining. Fox bumped the lead back to three when he made two foul shots with 1:29 left.
Vucevic blocked a drive by Monk with 22 seconds remaining. The Bulls then got called for a five-second violation following a timeout, and Sabonis hit two free throws to make it 124-119 with 14 seconds left.
Fox went 4 for 8 from long range.
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Sacramento Kings' Kevin Huerter (9) goes up to shoot against Chicago Bulls' Patrick Williams (44), Matas Buzelis (14) and Jevon Carter, left, during the first half of an NBA basketball game on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
Sacramento Kings' Malik Monk (0) goes up to shoot against Chicago Bulls' Patrick Williams (44) and Lonzo Ball, left, during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
Sacramento Kings' Domantas Sabonis, center, battles against Chicago Bulls' Patrick Williams, left, and Matas Buzelis, right, for the ball during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
Sacramento Kings' DeMar DeRozan, third from right, goes up to shoot against Chicago Bulls' Lonzo Ball (2), Jalen Smith (7) and Josh Giddy, front left, during the first half of an NBA basketball game on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nadia Comaneci, Apolo Ohno, Bart Conner and Cullen Jones were among the more than 300 Olympic and Paralympic athletes who gathered Tuesday under the peristyle at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, where the Summer Games will open in 2028.
In an effort to promote Wednesday's registration launch for tickets to the Los Angeles Games, the athletes representing 28 different Olympics dating to 1960 joined Janet Evans in a short countdown to the lighting of the Olympic Cauldron against a clear blue winter sky.
“LA is committed to delivering an athlete-centered games and that can only happen if athletes are actually at the center of our planning,” said Evans, the Olympic champion swimmer who is chief athlete officer for the LA28 organizing committee.
The get-together felt like a homecoming to Ohno, the most decorated U.S. Winter Olympian ever with eight short track speedskating medals.
“I walked in and I literally saw like 50 of my friends that I'd grown up in the Olympic training center with for many years,” he said. "I haven't seen some of these people for 10 years or more."
The athletes met with LA28 officials beforehand, with several offering suggestions on how to improve the athlete experience.
“We have the athlete voice in the areas that really need to be heard,” said Jones, the retired swimmer who joined the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee last summer as associate director of athlete marketing. “I'm really excited to see what LA28 looks like.”
Conner noted that with the majority of venues already built in Los Angeles and Oklahoma City, which will host softball and canoe slalom, organizers can focus on the competitors. The three-time Olympic gymnast capped his career at the 1984 Los Angeles Games.
“The athletes know that they're the center of every decision,” he said. “It's not just like, let's call the athletes and see what they think about it. The athletes are already in all the board meetings. I understood today that there's more athletes involved in leadership here in the Olympic organizing committee than there are at the IOC.”
Nearby, Comaneci twirled for photographers under the peristyle. The Romanian gymnast became a teenage superstar at the 1976 Montreal Games, where she earned the first perfect 10.0 mark in Olympic history. She and Conner will mark their 30th wedding anniversary in April.
Registration opens at 10 a.m. EST on Wednesday at Tickets.LA28.org. It's the first step for a chance to secure a time slot to buy tickets starting in April. After registering, fans will be randomly assigned time slots to buy tickets throughout future ticket releases.
Individual tickets, hospitality packages including tickets and packages involving travel and accommodations will also go on sale later this year.
The Olympic cauldron is lit at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum ahead of the launch for ticket registration to the 2028 Summer Olympic Games Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Former Olympians gather for a group photo at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum ahead of the launch for ticket registration to the 2028 Summer Olympic Games Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
The Olympic cauldron is lit at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum ahead of the launch for ticket registration to the 2028 Summer Olympic Games Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Former Olympian Jane Evans, LA28 Chief Athlete Officer, center right, stands next to Casey Wasserman, LA28 Chairperson and President, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum ahead of the launch for ticket registration to the 2028 Summer Olympic Games Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
The Olympic cauldron is lit at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum ahead of the launch for ticket registration to the 2028 Summer Olympic Games Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
