“Hit It and Yell at AD’s Face”: Kings’ Malik Monk Takes Jabs at Lakers Big Man, Moments After Drilling Game-Winner to “Light the Beam

The Los Angeles Lakers suffered a disappointing loss at the hands of the Sacramento Kings. An overtime loss is always a tough pill to swallow. And if that wasn’t enough, then Kings guard Malik Monk shoving his clutch play in the face of Anthony Davis to ‘light the beam’ for the Kings was the final nail in the coffin.

The Los Angeles Lakers lost the game to the Sacramento Kings in overtime with a 132-127 final score. And a lot of the credit goes to a player on the Kings’ bench, Malik Monk.

Anthony Davis gets a dagger three in his face

The Sacramento Kings seemed to be in a lot of trouble after their All-Star point guard De’Aaron Fox left the game with an injury. To add to their problems, Domantas Sabonis fouled out late in the fourth quarter.

Going into overtime, Kings head coach Mike Brown went will a small lineup as opposed to the Lakers. And it ended up paying off as the Kings managed to go home with the win, handing the Lakers their second loss of the season.

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After the game, Malik Monk had the opportunity to talk about his performance. He was asked to give his thought process on the clutch three-pointer he hit that sparked the Kings’ run late in overtime.

Monk said, “To hit it and yell in AD’s face. Right in his face, right in his face.” When asked about how he felt about winning against his former team, Monk went on to add, “It’s good. Especially with AD. He talks a lot.”

“Bron, those are my vets, man. They taught me a lot when I was over there but it’s always good to beat them.”

Malik Monk’s heroics late in overtime

Malik Monk was pivotal in the Kings’ win over the Lakers this game. It was a fairly even game for most of the four quarters. But losing two of their top players ended up putting Sacramento in quite the predicament.

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That is when Malik Monk stepped up, scoring 11 points in overtime. He not only helped carry the offense but also managed to find a few of his teammates for some open shots to put the game away.

Monk came off the bench and took over the game in overtime. As for the Lakers, a great performance by both Anthony Davis and LeBron James ended up getting overshadowed by Monk’s heroics. Hopefully, Fox returns to the lineup with no serious injury and the Kings build on this win.