Doug Christie’s message to Kings’ DeMar DeRozan after passing Allen Iverson

The The Sacramento Kings continue to flourish under interim head coach Doug Christiewho led the team to a 123-100 victory over the Washington Wizards at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento on Sunday. But the meeting with the Wizards is also best remembered for the veteran’s individual bucket-making milestone DeMar DeRozan reached.

The 35-year-old DeRozan surpassed the NBA legend and former superstar guard of the Philadelphia 76ers Allen Iverson on the NBA’s all-time scoring list during a Wizards game. DeRozan entered that contest 30th on the all-time scoring list with 24,355 points, and needed just 14 points to surpass Iverson. DeRozan continued to light up the scoreboard with 24 points on 9-for-21 shooting from the floor, six rebounds, two steals and an assist in 38 minutes to help Sacramento to its 22nd regular season win of the 2024-25 NBA season. — and, of course, to climb to 29th place on the NBA’s all-time scoring list.

Christie had nothing but great words for DeRozan after the game.

“Congratulations to DeMar DeRozan for being 29th all-time in the NBA in points,” Christie told reporters at the postgame press conference, including Sean Cunningham of FOX40 News. “It’s special. If you surpass Allen Iverson in anything, you’re doing something, so to my man, big respect. DeMar is, he is what a professional is.”

For what it’s worth, Iverson needed 914 games to reach 24,368 points, while DeRozan passed the AI ​​after 1,147 regular season NBA games. However, DeRozan planted only 18,627 field goal attempts to Iverson’s 19,906. Iverson also made 6,375 free throws, while DeRozan hit 6,344.

The Kings are finding their style with Doug Christie

The The Kings have seemingly turned things around since firing Mike Brown and replacing him temporarily with Christie. Sacramento has gone 9-2 since Christy started scoring for the Kings, who also beat the Houston Rockets last Thursday before beating the Wizards.

Sacramento is averaging 116.7 points per game in the 2024-25 NBA regular season, but in the team’s last 10 games, the Kings have outscored, giving up 122.1 points over that span while shooting 46.7 percent from the floor and 37.3 percent from deep.

The 22-20 Kings will look to win their 10th game under Christie on Wednesday against the Golden State Warriors at home.