The Kings (22-20) are now 9-2 since interim coach Doug Christie took the reins from the axed Mike Brown. On Sunday, the Kings blew out the Wizards, 123-100, to improve to two wins above .500 for the first time since November.

Winning at home has been a big point of emphasis since Christie took over as interim coach of the Kings when Mike Brown was fired in December. The Kings did it again in a Thursday night thriller, beating the Houston Rockets 132-127 before a sellout crowd of 18,227 at Golden 1 Center and a national television audience on TNT.

Doug Christie, the interim head coach of the Sacramento Kings, found himself at the center of a heated exchange during the team’s recent game against the Golden State Warriors. The incident, which involved a confrontation with Warriors’ head coach Steve Kerr,