Doug McDermott

Fans who left the Golden 1 Center at the fourth quarter’s eight-minute mark could’ve beaten traffic, assured that the Sacramento Kings — then ahead by “only” 35 points — had put in a memorable day’s work on December 8, 2024. For those that stayed, though, the opportunity arrived to see “Doug McBuckets” in peak form. Officially a few degrees hotter than what the Kings’ commentator famously called, “early fish grease alert,” McDermott, having already sank five 3-pointers, settles into a spot atop the 3-point arc as his teammates hunt down a loose ball. Commanding a noticeable murmur from the arena before the basketball even arrives, McDermott invites positive chaos, burying his sixth trifecta of the quarter against the Utah Jazz. As the record books would soon confirm, McDermott, over a eight-minute, 22-second span, collected 18 points (on six-of-seven shooting, all on 3-pointers), contributions that became a cherry on top of the northern California’s memorable night.