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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
Sacramento Kings 126

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Precious Achiuwa GS 39:03 13 9 3 0 0 0 3 6-12 1-1 0-0 +17
Maxime Raynaud GS 38:04 26 11 2 1 3 1 3 10-20 0-1 6-6 +15
Daeqwon Plowden GS 34:48 16 3 2 0 0 1 4 6-13 2-7 2-3 +4
Russell Westbrook GS 34:43 23 11 12 1 0 0 2 7-17 3-5 6-6 +10
Nique Clifford GS 30:46 8 6 3 2 1 1 1 3-7 2-4 0-0 +9
Malik Monk 30:48 30 4 5 0 1 0 2 11-24 3-10 5-5 +16
Killian Hayes 15:44 2 3 3 0 0 0 3 1-4 0-1 0-0 +5
Drew Eubanks 9:56 5 4 0 0 1 0 2 2-4 0-0 1-2 +1
Devin Carter 6:08 3 4 3 1 0 0 1 1-4 0-0 1-1 +3
Totals 126 55 33 5 6 3 21 47-105 11-29 21-23

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
Chicago Bulls 110

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Josh Giddey GS 33:35 15 12 10 1 0 3 0 6-13 2-6 1-1 0
Tre Jones GS 31:37 12 1 5 1 0 0 0 5-10 0-3 2-3 -16
Matas Buzelis GS 30:29 20 8 4 0 3 3 3 5-12 2-6 8-9 -4
Isaac Okoro GS 23:44 9 1 1 0 0 0 6 2-5 2-5 3-4 -9
Guerschon Yabusele GS 22:02 4 5 3 0 0 1 1 1-6 1-3 1-2 0
Collin Sexton 22:16 28 2 3 0 0 0 0 9-12 7-9 3-4 -9
Nick Richards 20:44 10 11 1 0 1 3 0 3-8 0-1 4-7 +5
Jalen Smith 19:53 4 3 0 0 1 0 3 1-6 1-5 1-4 -6
Patrick Williams 17:12 5 1 0 0 1 3 3 2-6 1-4 0-0 -18
Rob Dillingham 14:40 3 5 0 0 0 1 2 1-5 1-2 0-0 -17
Leonard Miller 1:16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 -2
Lachlan Olbrich 1:16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2
Yuki Kawamura 1:16 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2
Totals 110 49 27 2 6 14 19 35-84 17-45 23-34

Lineups

SAC
Sacramento Kings
Sacramento Kings

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

CHI
Chicago Bulls
Chicago Bulls

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Kings defense

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

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)