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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
Sacramento Kings 112

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
DeMar DeRozan GS 41:00 27 6 5 1 0 1 2 7-16 1-3 12-13 +11
Russell Westbrook GS 39:11 19 6 11 0 0 4 3 6-13 2-6 5-7 +4
Precious Achiuwa GS 38:35 20 14 2 2 2 2 1 7-14 2-4 4-7 +16
Zach LaVine GS 36:14 25 5 1 0 0 3 4 8-14 5-9 4-4 +16
Maxime Raynaud GS 26:37 10 4 0 0 0 1 1 4-6 0-1 2-2 +13
Dylan Cardwell 21:23 2 6 1 1 3 0 3 1-2 0-0 0-0 -2
Malik Monk 19:10 9 3 3 0 1 2 5 2-7 0-2 5-5 -5
Nique Clifford 13:09 0 4 0 0 0 2 2 0-1 0-1 0-0 +2
Keon Ellis 4:42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0
Totals 112 48 23 4 6 15 21 35-74 10-27 32-38

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
New York Knicks 101

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Mikal Bridges GS 35:50 19 3 1 2 1 0 2 6-20 2-9 5-5 -11
Karl-Anthony Towns GS 33:19 13 4 1 5 0 3 5 5-14 0-1 3-4 -8
Josh Hart GS 31:45 10 5 5 0 1 2 2 4-7 2-4 0-2 -13
OG Anunoby GS 27:21 15 3 4 0 2 1 4 5-13 0-6 5-8 -16
Jalen Brunson GS 4:59 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 2-3 0-1 0-0 -8
Miles McBride 27:38 10 6 6 0 0 1 4 4-14 2-8 0-0 -7
Tyler Kolek 23:32 7 5 5 1 0 0 3 3-9 1-4 0-0 +2
Jordan Clarkson 23:04 11 3 1 2 1 0 1 5-11 1-4 0-0 0
Mitchell Robinson 19:04 8 11 0 1 1 0 3 3-3 0-0 2-4 -3
Guerschon Yabusele 5:47 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1-5 0-4 0-0 0
Ariel Hukporti 2:34 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 0-0 0-0 +3
Mohamed Diawara 2:34 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +3
Pacôme Dadiet 2:34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +3
Totals 101 45 23 11 6 9 24 39-100 8-41 15-23

Lineups

SAC
Sacramento Kings
Sacramento Kings

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

NYK
New York Knicks
New York Knicks

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
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

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)