Christie spent countless hours with Sabonis over the past three years as his player development coach. Christie has watched Sabonis improve his 3-point shooting dramatically from 23.5% in his first season with the Kings to almost 48% this season while doubling his volume.

The Washington Wizards hung tough for maybe the first six minutes, and then the Sacramento Kings asserted themselves and cruised to a comfortable victory. The Kings led by six at the end of one, by 14 at the half,