Sacramento Kings vs. New York Knicks
January 14, 2026 · 2025-26 season
The Kings beat the Knicks 112-101 on 2026-01-14 at home. The Kings started Russell Westbrook, DeMar DeRozan, Zach LaVine, Precious Achiuwa, and Maxime Raynaud. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, and Jalen Brunson. Karl-Anthony Towns (Knicks) scored 18 points (6/10) in his matchups, with Maxime Raynaud as his primary defender. Russell Westbrook (Kings) scored 6 points (2/10) in his matchups, with Karl-Anthony Towns as his primary defender.
Box score
In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.
SAC
Sacramento Kings
112
Did not play: Devin Carter (DNP - Coach's Decision), Drew Eubanks (DNP - Coach's Decision), Doug McDermott (DNP - Coach's Decision), Daeqwon Plowden (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dario Šarić (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dennis Schröder (DNP - League Suspension)
NYK
New York Knicks
101
Lineups
SAC
Sacramento Kings
Starting lineup
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Russell Westbrook
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Zach LaVine
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DeMar DeRozan
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Precious Achiuwa
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Maxime Raynaud
The 5 most-used lineups:
- Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Zach LaVine · Precious Achiuwa · Maxime Raynaud Starter 22.5 min
- Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Zach LaVine · Precious Achiuwa · Dylan Cardwell 6.4 min
- Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Malik Monk · Nique Clifford · Dylan Cardwell 4.7 min
- DeMar DeRozan · Malik Monk · Precious Achiuwa · Nique Clifford · Dylan Cardwell 3.3 min
- Russell Westbrook · Zach LaVine · Malik Monk · Precious Achiuwa · Maxime Raynaud 2.5 min
NYK
New York Knicks
Starting lineup
The 5 most-used lineups:
- Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Josh Hart · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson Starter 3.9 min
- Jordan Clarkson · Karl-Anthony Towns · Josh Hart · Mikal Bridges · Tyler Kolek 6.8 min
- Jordan Clarkson · OG Anunoby · Mikal Bridges · Mitchell Robinson · Miles McBride 6.0 min
- Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Josh Hart · Mikal Bridges · Tyler Kolek 4.9 min
- Karl-Anthony Towns · Josh Hart · Mitchell Robinson · Miles McBride · Tyler Kolek 4.2 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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Karl-Anthony Towns 18 pts (6/10) in 64 possessions
Guarded by: Maxime Raynaud (33 %, 6 pts) · Dylan Cardwell (21 %, 2 pts) · Precious Achiuwa (18 %, 3 pts)
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Jordan Clarkson 7 pts (3/8) in 44 possessions
Guarded by: Russell Westbrook (34 %, 3 pts) · Nique Clifford (15 %, 0 pts) · DeMar DeRozan (14 %, 2 pts)
| Defender | Guarded most |
|---|---|
| DeMar DeRozan | Josh Hart: 21 poss., 5 pts (2/7) · Mikal Bridges: 15 poss., 7 pts (1/3) |
| Russell Westbrook | Tyler Kolek: 17 poss., 10 pts (3/4) · Jordan Clarkson: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/2) |
| Precious Achiuwa | OG Anunoby: 22 poss., 7 pts (2/3) · Josh Hart: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/3) |
| Zach LaVine | Mikal Bridges: 21 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Miles McBride: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/1) |
| Maxime Raynaud | Karl-Anthony Towns: 21 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Mitchell Robinson: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1) |
| Dylan Cardwell | Mitchell Robinson: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) |
| Malik Monk | Miles McBride: 16 poss., 5 pts (1/2) · Mikal Bridges: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) |
| Nique Clifford | Jordan Clarkson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tyler Kolek: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) |
| Keon Ellis | Karl-Anthony Towns: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tyler Kolek: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) |
Knicks defense
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Russell Westbrook 6 pts (2/10) in 79 possessions
Guarded by: Karl-Anthony Towns (29 %, 2 pts) · Josh Hart (12 %, 0 pts) · Tyler Kolek (11 %, 0 pts)
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Malik Monk 16 pts (5/11) in 41 possessions
Guarded by: Miles McBride (33 %, 0 pts) · Jordan Clarkson (30 %, 7 pts) · Mikal Bridges (11 %, 2 pts)
| Defender | Guarded most |
|---|---|
| Mikal Bridges | Zach LaVine: 20 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · DeMar DeRozan: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/4) |
| Karl-Anthony Towns | Russell Westbrook: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Precious Achiuwa: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/5) |
| Josh Hart | Maxime Raynaud: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · DeMar DeRozan: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/1) |
| Miles McBride | Malik Monk: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Precious Achiuwa: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/3) |
| OG Anunoby | DeMar DeRozan: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Precious Achiuwa: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/4) |
| Tyler Kolek | DeMar DeRozan: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Russell Westbrook: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) |
| Jordan Clarkson | Malik Monk: 12 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Zach LaVine: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) |
| Mitchell Robinson | Dylan Cardwell: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Maxime Raynaud: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/2) |
| Guerschon Yabusele | Russell Westbrook: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Zach LaVine: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) |
| Jalen Brunson | Precious Achiuwa: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Russell Westbrook: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/2) |
| Ariel Hukporti | Maxime Raynaud: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Precious Achiuwa: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) |
| Mohamed Diawara | DeMar DeRozan: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Zach LaVine: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) |
| Pacôme Dadiet | Zach LaVine: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Precious Achiuwa: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) |