Sacramento Kings vs. Chicago Bulls
March 8, 2026 · 2025-26 season
The Kings beat the Bulls 126-110 on 2026-03-08 at home. The Kings started Russell Westbrook, Precious Achiuwa, Daeqwon Plowden, Nique Clifford, and Maxime Raynaud. The Bulls started Guerschon Yabusele, Isaac Okoro, Tre Jones, Josh Giddey, and Matas Buzelis. Collin Sexton (Bulls) scored 8 points (3/12) in his matchups, with Malik Monk as his primary defender. Russell Westbrook (Kings) scored 17 points (6/14) in his matchups, with Isaac Okoro as his primary defender.
Box score
In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.
SAC
Sacramento Kings
126
Did not play: Patrick Baldwin Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Doug McDermott (DNP - Coach's Decision), Isaiah Stevens (DND - Coach's Decision)
CHI
Chicago Bulls
110
Lineups
SAC
Sacramento Kings
Starting lineup
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Russell Westbrook
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Daeqwon Plowden
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Nique Clifford
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Precious Achiuwa
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Maxime Raynaud
The 5 most-used lineups:
- Russell Westbrook · Precious Achiuwa · Daeqwon Plowden · Nique Clifford · Maxime Raynaud Starter 14.8 min
- Russell Westbrook · Malik Monk · Precious Achiuwa · Daeqwon Plowden · Maxime Raynaud 10.7 min
- Malik Monk · Drew Eubanks · Killian Hayes · Devin Carter · Nique Clifford 4.4 min
- Russell Westbrook · Malik Monk · Drew Eubanks · Precious Achiuwa · Daeqwon Plowden 3.8 min
- Malik Monk · Killian Hayes · Precious Achiuwa · Nique Clifford · Maxime Raynaud 3.3 min
CHI
Chicago Bulls
Starting lineup
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Tre Jones
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Isaac Okoro
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Guerschon Yabusele
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Josh Giddey
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Matas Buzelis
The 5 most-used lineups:
- Guerschon Yabusele · Isaac Okoro · Tre Jones · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis Starter 8.5 min
- Patrick Williams · Jalen Smith · Tre Jones · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis 3.4 min
- Guerschon Yabusele · Collin Sexton · Tre Jones · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis 2.8 min
- Collin Sexton · Isaac Okoro · Jalen Smith · Nick Richards · Josh Giddey 2.8 min
- Collin Sexton · Isaac Okoro · Tre Jones · Nick Richards · Josh Giddey 2.5 min
Who guarded whom
Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.
Kings defense
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Collin Sexton 8 pts (3/12) in 44 possessions
Guarded by: Malik Monk (27 %, 3 pts) · Russell Westbrook (17 %, 0 pts) · Daeqwon Plowden (15 %, 0 pts)
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Josh Giddey 9 pts (4/10) in 67 possessions
Guarded by: Daeqwon Plowden (29 %, 0 pts) · Russell Westbrook (14 %, 2 pts) · Killian Hayes (13 %, 0 pts)
| Defender | Guarded most |
|---|---|
| Precious Achiuwa | Matas Buzelis: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jalen Smith: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/3) |
| Maxime Raynaud | Guerschon Yabusele: 16 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Nick Richards: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/3) |
| Russell Westbrook | Isaac Okoro: 18 poss., 9 pts (2/3) · Josh Giddey: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/3) |
| Daeqwon Plowden | Josh Giddey: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Matas Buzelis: 13 poss., 1 pts (0/0) |
| Malik Monk | Tre Jones: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Collin Sexton: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/5) |
| Nique Clifford | Tre Jones: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Matas Buzelis: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2) |
| Killian Hayes | Josh Giddey: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Matas Buzelis: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) |
| Drew Eubanks | Nick Richards: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Guerschon Yabusele: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1) |
| Devin Carter | Tre Jones: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Giddey: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) |
Bulls defense
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Russell Westbrook 17 pts (6/14) in 75 possessions
Guarded by: Isaac Okoro (33 %, 4 pts) · Josh Giddey (13 %, 5 pts) · Jalen Smith (12 %, 0 pts)
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Malik Monk 14 pts (5/9) in 65 possessions
Guarded by: Tre Jones (24 %, 2 pts) · Josh Giddey (15 %, 0 pts) · Patrick Williams (13 %, 3 pts)
| Defender | Guarded most |
|---|---|
| Josh Giddey | Daeqwon Plowden: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Precious Achiuwa: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2) |
| Tre Jones | Nique Clifford: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Malik Monk: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2) |
| Matas Buzelis | Daeqwon Plowden: 18 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Nique Clifford: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/2) |
| Isaac Okoro | Russell Westbrook: 25 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Precious Achiuwa: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) |
| Guerschon Yabusele | Maxime Raynaud: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Precious Achiuwa: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) |
| Collin Sexton | Daeqwon Plowden: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Precious Achiuwa: 8 poss., 6 pts (2/3) |
| Nick Richards | Maxime Raynaud: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Drew Eubanks: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) |
| Jalen Smith | Maxime Raynaud: 14 poss., 1 pts (0/3) · Russell Westbrook: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) |
| Patrick Williams | Malik Monk: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Precious Achiuwa: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) |
| Rob Dillingham | Malik Monk: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Daeqwon Plowden: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) |
| Leonard Miller | Precious Achiuwa: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Russell Westbrook: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0) |
| Yuki Kawamura | Malik Monk: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) |
| Lachlan Olbrich | Daeqwon Plowden: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Russell Westbrook: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) |