Hield scores 19, Kings beat Lakers 84-83 to snap 4-game skid Read Orginal Source:https://goo.gl/6sxCPJ LOS ANGELES -- After a big first half, Buddy Hield struggled to score after the break. However, his persistence paid off in the end. Hield scored 17 of his 19 points in the first two quarters, and then had a key steal and tiebreaking fast-break dunk with 37 seconds left to help the Sacramento Kings snap a four-game skid with an 84-83 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night. "As good as he was in the first half, he equally as unimpressive in the second half," Kings coach Dave Joerger said. "But he stuck with it and did some other things. That's a credit to him. . I thought he gave us life all night long." With the game tied at 80 late in fourth quarter, Hield stepped out of bounds with 54 seconds remaining. However, his steal and dunk 17 second later put the Kings ahead 82-80. The Lakers turned the ball over again, which led to De'Aaron Fox making a floater for a four-point lead with 11 seconds to go. Los Angeles' Brook Lopez made a 3-pointer with 2 seconds remaining for the final margin. Bodgan Bodganovic had 15 points, while Willie Cauley-Stein added 11 points and seven rebounds for the Kings, who were on the second night of a back-to-back. They lost to the Golden State Warriors on Saturday. Julius Randle scored 19 points, while Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 16 for Los Angeles, which has lost seven of nine. "The lesson learned is that we feel how frustrating it is to lose a game like that," Lakers coach Luke Walton said. "That is a game we should win at home when we hold the opponent to 84 points. We didn't do a good job of taking it when we had our chance and we keep telling our guys, if you leave it up to the end of the game in the NBA, anything can happen." The Kings scored seven straight points to start the fourth quarter and Cauley-Stein gave Sacramento a 77-74 lead on a dunk with 3:31 remaining. Fox completed a three-point play for an 80-78 lead after the Lakers made four consecutive free throws to briefly regain the advantage. Randle blocked JaKarr Simpson's layup and made a free throw at the other end to tie score at 80 with 1:08 left. Nigel Hayes' 3 capped a 10-2 run that gave Sacramento a 60-58 lead with 2:34 remaining in the third. Los Angeles answered with consecutive 3s from Josh Hart and Channing Frye before the end of the period. Despite shooting only 39 percent from the field in the first half, the Kings went into halftime tied with the Lakers at 43 after Fox made a 17-foot jump shot with 5.6 seconds remaining in the half. Randle's second dunk of the first quarter put the Lakers up 14-13 with 4:08 left in the period. Los Angeles went on an 8-0 run to take a 22-16 lead.