Toronto Raptors forward Brandon Ingram (3) grabs the rebound against Sacramento Kings forward Precious Achiuwa (9) in the first half at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento on Wed Jan 21, 2026 (AP News photo)

Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026

Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, California

Toronto Raptors 122 (27-19)

Sacramento Kings 109 (12-33)

By Stephen Ruderman

SACRAMENTO–The Sacramento Kings came out on the wrong side of a wild seesaw game against the Toronto Raptors, as Sacramento led by 12 points towards the end of the second quarter, but the Raptors came back, and won it by a final of 122-109 to hand the Kings a tough loss to end their seven-game homestand Wednesday night.

The Kings were right back at it after suffering their second-straight loss Tuesday night. The Raptors came up I-80 to Sacramento after a dominant win against the Warriors Tuesday night in San Francisco. Right away, Toronto gave the Kings problems.

Zach LaVine hit a three 20 seconds into the game to open the scoring for the Kings. Sandro Mamukelashvili then hit a three 27 seconds to tie it, and Brandon Ingram hit a jumper to give the Toronto lead.

Toronto jumped out to an eight-point 14-6 lead, just under three minutes into the game, when Immanuel Quickley hit a jumper. The Raptors took two more eight-point leads, and then the Kings had their chance in the latter part of the first quarter.

With the Raptors up 18-10 and 6:25 left in the first quarter, the Kings would start their drive, and very quickly went on a 8-2 run. LaVine threw down a dunk to cut the deficit to just two points at 20-18, and then he hit a three soon afterwards to put the Kings back ahead. The Kings made it a 20-6 run to close out the first quarter, and they led it 30-26.

The Kings kept their momentum going into the second quarter. Russell Westbrook and Malik Monk led the charge for the Kings, who opened up a 12-point-lead as the game approached the half.

The Kings went into the third quarter up 61-52. However, it seemed too good to be true for the Kings to have such a big lead over a strong Raptors’ team. Unfortunately, the third quarter would prove that correct.

Quickley hit a jumper to open the quarter for Toronto. Scottie Barnes was then fouled, and hit both shots from the line to make it 61-56.

Westbrook hit a three to give the Kings a brief reprieve. To give credit to the Kings: they fought tooth and nail to hold onto the lead in the early minutes of the quarter.

However, come the middle of the third quarter, the Raptors’ onslaught was too much. Barnes ran a layup to tie the game at 73-73 with 6:37 to go. Precious Achiuwa threw in a layup to put the kings back ahead.

Quickley was fouled, and hit both shots from the line to tie again. Ingram was also fouled, and he, too, hit both shots from the line. That gave the Raptors a 77-75 lead, their first since the first quarter.

It was a lead that the Raptors would not let go of for the remainder of the game, as they took complete control of the game at the end of the third quarter. Barnes and Jamal Shead let the scoring for Toronto in the third quarter with 14 and 10 points respectively.

The Raptors led 95-82 going to the fourth quarter. They eventually opened up their lead to 111-92 after a dunk by Mamukelashvili with 6:48 to go.

Just as they did last night, the Kings went down fighting. They were able to go on a 13-2 run, and cut Toronto’s lead to eight at 113-105 with 3:27 left after a layup by LaVine.

However, after Ingram immediately followed that up by hitting a jumper, that quickly extinguished any hopes of a miraculous Kings’ comeback. The Raptors won by a final of 121-109.

Ingram and Barnes led the Raptors in scoring with 23 points, and Ingram was money from beyond the arc, as he went 3-for-5 in three-point attempts. Mamukelashvili followed them up with 22 points, and was 8-for-14 in field goal attempts. Quickley scored 18, and Shead scored 15. Shea, like Ingram, was 3-for-5 from downtown.

Westbrook and Levine led the scoring for the Kings with 23 and 19 points respectively. Malik Monk followed them up with 17 points, and Dennis Schroder was right behind Monk with 16.

For the Kings, this is the third-straight loss, as they drop to 12-33. They will now head on the road for what will be a tough 6-game east coast swing. The trip will start Friday against a solid Cavaliers’ team in Cleveland. Tipoff will be at 7:30 p.m. in Cleveland, and 4:30 back home in Sacramento.

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