The Sacramento Kings have had another disappointing season but there are definitely signs that they are heading in the right direction and have a bright future.Head coach Dave Joerger is handing valuable minutes to his talented youngsters to end the campaign and several of them are stepping up and proving their worth.This year's number five draft pick De'Aaron Fox is getting better with each game and has developed a promising backcourt partnership with fellow rookie Bogdan Bogdanovic.Buddy Hield is gaining confidence and Willie Cauley-Stein is also improving. Another young player who has shown flashes of his potential is power forward Skal Labissiere.In Sacramento's 102-99 win over the New York Knicks on Sunday night, the 21-year-old showed this once again as he stepped up and made the crucial play to win his team the game.With just four seconds on the clock, Labissiere received an inbounds pass but instead of handing it off to a teammate as expected, he turned the corner and hoisted a desperation three-pointer which fell with just 1.6 seconds on the clock.

It sent the crowd inside the Golden 1 Center into raptures and it turned out to be the game-winner as the Knicks missed their opportunity to win when Trey Burke missed a three of his own.

After the game, the Haitian admitted that he was meant to hand the ball off to either Fox or Bogdanovic but he decided to take the shot on as time was expiring.

"It's one of the plays we run down the stretch," Labissiere said, per the Sacramento Bee. "Usually the ball ends up with either (De'Aaron) Fox or (Bogdanovic). It just so happened that I had it, read the play and decided to take the shot."

The Kentucky product showed no hesitation on the play either and displayed real confidence to take the shot from deep despite not attempting many three-pointers.

“Once Fox went by and that option was taken away, and Bogi went by, I just faked the handoff and took a shot,” he said.

Both of his teammates have hit big shots in the clutch this season, with Fox doing so as recently as Thursday night against the Brooklyn Nets when he tied the game at the buzzer. 

So Labissiere certainly wasn't among the players who would've been considered to take the last shot but he had the self-belief to take it without thinking.

“Just play with confidence,” Labissiere said. “When I’m hesitant the game becomes harder, so I just try to not even think about that. ... What happens, happens.”

What happened was the first game-winning shot of his NBA career and who knows, coach Dave Joerger may even start to trust him with the game on the line in future.