How the unlikely emergence of Keon Ellis has become a key to the Sacramento Kings’ season

Harrison Barnes drove into the lane on Paolo Banchero and couldn’t get a shot on the 6-foot-10 forward. He kicked the ball out to Keon Ellis hoping to salvage a stalled possession in a crucial moment for the Sacramento Kings. Ellis waited for Barnes to come set a screen along the right wing. Ellis dribbled to his left and the Orlando Magic defense switched, putting Banchero on Sacramento’s second-year guard. Ellis saw the shot clock winding down and realized he didn’t have time to get the ball back to Barnes,...