Sacramento Kings guard De'Aaron Fox didn't miss a shot in the first 12 minutes Saturday night, on his way to a 49-point effort, during a 121-117 win over the Utah Jazz on Saturday night which came one game -- and one night -- after he scored 60 points.
He didn't miss a shot in the first 12 minutes. And as he continued to keep getting downhill, and also got his three shot falling, he knew he was in a zone."I was a little tired coming in today, but I feel like when the game started I was fine," Fox said."I'm not going to say I'm not tired ... but I can't say this back-to-back has made me more tired than any other back-to-back.
"Woah," Kings coach Mike Brown said when he heard that stat, a big grin spreading across his face."The back-to-back, the overtime game, him playing 75 minutes last night ... for him to come with us missing three of our top six guys, that's what says OK, he's DeAaron Fox and he did his job. Wilt, Kobe, Foxy."
Brown said he didn't have to have a conversation with Fox about picking up the slack. It was already understood."When you have guys of his caliber -- and I've been around the Stephs and the KDs and the Kobes and the LeBrons and the Tim Duncans... they get to their spots when they want to," Brown said."The biggest difference between those guys and the other pretty good players is that they do it consistently. So no, I didn't have to say anything to Fox. He knew ...
Fox scored at every level on Saturday, shooting 16-of-30 from the floor, only three of which were 3's. He also shot 14-of-16 from the free throw line -- the two of which he missed he apologized for.
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