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Brooklyn Nets forward Noah Clowney sprained his left ankle in Monday's 110-96 loss to the Sacramento Kings, Brooklyn announced during the game.

De'Aaron Fox scored 16 of his 30 points in the third quarter Monday night as the Sacramento Kings erased a nine-point deficit and pulled away down the stretch for a 110-96 victory over the Brooklyn Nets in New York.

After winning eight of their previous nine games, the Kings have lost two in a row. Most recently they were smacked Saturday by the Knicks, 143-120. Sacramento has allowed 275 points in the two losses. The Nets have lost six straight and have dropped to 12 th in the Eastern Conference. They own the sixth-worst record in the NBA.

The Nets' interest in Kings star De'Aaron Fox underscores the teams intriguing flexibility during year one of a rebuild.

The Sacramento Kings got back on the winning track Monday in Brooklyn, avoiding their third straight loss against the lowly Nets and getting De’Aaron Fox to snap out of his recent slump.

Could De’Aaron Fox reunite with Jordi Fernandez in Brooklyn? ESPN’s Shams Charania reported on Tuesday that the Sacramento Kings could potentially trade the All-Star guard ahead of the NBA’s Feb. 6 trade deadline.

Fox immediately supplants Jimmy Butler atop the list of available game-changers, and Brooklyn sees the Kings guard as a trade target — though sources tell The Post that Giannis Antetokounmpo is still the ultimate prize.

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Domantas Sabonis and De'Aaron Fox explode for massive games to lead the Sacramento Kings to a 110-96 win over the Brooklyn Nets