Two common themes emerged from the Sacramento Kings' blowout victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Monday night. For one, the Kings liked how they responded while playing with "a sense of urgency." For another,

The Kings destroyed the Charlotte Hornets by 42 behind a 42-point explosion from LaVine and followed it up with a 17-point road win over the Utah Jazz with 22 points from LaVine. The two-time All-Star had a slow start to his Sacramento campaign but has quickly become the potential number-one option in this offense.

Sacramento visits the Utah Jazz after Zach LaVine scored 42 points in the Kings' 130-88 win against the Charlotte Hornets.

Keegan Murray scored a season-high 26 points and Zach LaVine added 22 to lift the hot-shooting Sacramento Kings to a 118-101 win over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night.Murray made five 3-pointers, LaVine had four and Keon Ellis returned to the court to make three 3s as the Kings made 15 of 36 from beyond the arc.

LaVine has become the first player in NBA history to record 42+ points and 1+ steal with 8+ three-pointers made, 84%+ shooting from the field, and 88%+ from beyond the arc in a single game, per Stathead.

The Kings withstood an ugly stretch of basketball in the third quarter and still had 18 turnovers, but the intensity and effort was there from the jump. Tonight was a game where the good heavily outweighed the bad and was a step in the right direction against the struggling Hornets.

BOTTOM LINE: Sacramento visits the Utah Jazz after Zach LaVine scored 42 points in the Kings' 130-88 victory against the Charlotte Hornets. The Jazz are 6-34 against Western Conference opponents.