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Sacramento Kings vs. Detroit Pistons

December 23, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Pistons beat the Kings 136-127 on 2025-12-23 on the road against the Kings. The Kings started Russell Westbrook, DeMar DeRozan, Precious Achiuwa, Keegan Murray, and Maxime Raynaud. The Pistons started Tobias Harris, Duncan Robinson, Cade Cunningham, Jalen Duren, and Ausar Thompson. Cade Cunningham (Pistons) scored 16 points (4/9) in his matchups, with DeMar DeRozan as his primary defender. Russell Westbrook (Kings) scored 15 points (6/8) in his matchups, with Cade Cunningham as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

SAC

Sacramento Kings 127

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
DeMar DeRozan GS	41:38	37	3	8	0	0	1	3	12-18	0-3	13-15	-5
Russell Westbrook GS	38:22	27	6	4	2	0	3	3	9-21	4-12	5-7	0
Precious Achiuwa GS	26:52	15	12	3	2	1	1	4	6-13	3-4	0-0	+1
Maxime Raynaud GS	22:34	8	8	2	0	1	1	2	4-8	0-1	0-0	+3
Keegan Murray GS	20:13	2	1	1	1	2	0	1	1-4	0-1	0-0	-15
Dylan Cardwell	26:45	5	6	4	2	1	0	6	0-1	0-0	5-5	-12
Nique Clifford	25:04	14	2	0	2	0	2	4	5-10	2-5	2-2	+3
Dennis Schröder	20:32	10	2	3	1	0	3	2	2-7	0-2	6-6	-10
Malik Monk	13:47	9	1	1	2	0	2	0	3-8	2-4	1-2	-6
Keon Ellis	4:13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-4
Totals		127	42	26	12	5	13	25	42-92	11-33	32-37

Did not play: Doug McDermott (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dario Šarić (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DET

Detroit Pistons 136

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cade Cunningham GS	38:39	23	7	14	5	0	9	4	8-15	2-5	5-6	+7
Ausar Thompson GS	35:38	19	6	2	0	0	0	2	6-13	0-0	7-10	-3
Jalen Duren GS	32:29	23	13	4	0	2	1	3	10-15	0-0	3-7	-2
Duncan Robinson GS	30:38	9	1	4	1	0	0	3	3-7	3-7	0-0	+1
Tobias Harris GS	29:10	24	4	4	0	0	1	0	10-16	3-6	1-1	0
Isaiah Stewart	21:17	16	3	3	0	1	1	2	6-12	2-6	2-2	+11
Caris LeVert	19:16	5	3	4	2	3	2	2	2-6	1-3	0-0	+10
Javonte Green	18:24	9	2	0	1	0	1	3	3-6	1-2	2-2	+6
Jaden Ivey	14:29	8	3	3	0	2	0	4	3-5	2-3	0-0	+15
Totals		136	42	38	9	8	15	23	51-95	14-32	20-28

Did not play: Daniss Jenkins (DNP - Coach's Decision), Paul Reed (DNP - Coach's Decision), Marcus Sasser (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

SAC

Sacramento Kings

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Precious Achiuwa · Keegan Murray · Maxime Raynaud Starter 5.6 min
Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Precious Achiuwa · Nique Clifford · Dylan Cardwell 7.3 min
Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Precious Achiuwa · Nique Clifford · Maxime Raynaud 4.0 min
Russell Westbrook · Dennis Schröder · Malik Monk · Precious Achiuwa · Dylan Cardwell 3.4 min
Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Dennis Schröder · Malik Monk · Maxime Raynaud 3.2 min

DET

Detroit Pistons

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Tobias Harris · Duncan Robinson · Cade Cunningham · Jalen Duren · Ausar Thompson Starter 17.9 min
Caris LeVert · Javonte Green · Isaiah Stewart · Cade Cunningham · Ausar Thompson 4.9 min
Tobias Harris · Javonte Green · Cade Cunningham · Jalen Duren · Ausar Thompson 3.7 min
Caris LeVert · Duncan Robinson · Javonte Green · Isaiah Stewart · Cade Cunningham 3.2 min
Tobias Harris · Duncan Robinson · Jaden Ivey · Jalen Duren · Ausar Thompson 2.8 min

Who guarded whom

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

Kings defense

Cade Cunningham 16 pts (4/9) in 79 possessions

Guarded by: DeMar DeRozan (19 %, 10 pts) · Russell Westbrook (17 %, 6 pts) · Nique Clifford (16 %, 0 pts)
Jalen Duren 26 pts (10/16) in 70 possessions

Guarded by: Dylan Cardwell (38 %, 0 pts) · Maxime Raynaud (26 %, 2 pts) · Precious Achiuwa (8 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
DeMar DeRozan	Tobias Harris: 26 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Javonte Green: 19 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Russell Westbrook	Ausar Thompson: 34 poss., 5 pts (2/7) · Cade Cunningham: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Precious Achiuwa	Tobias Harris: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Isaiah Stewart: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Dylan Cardwell	Jalen Duren: 26 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Isaiah Stewart: 12 poss., 3 pts (0/0)
Nique Clifford	Duncan Robinson: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Cade Cunningham: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Maxime Raynaud	Jalen Duren: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Cade Cunningham: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Keegan Murray	Duncan Robinson: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Cade Cunningham: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dennis Schröder	Jaden Ivey: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Javonte Green: 6 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Malik Monk	Caris LeVert: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Duncan Robinson: 7 poss., 1 pts (0/2)
Keon Ellis	Caris LeVert: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ausar Thompson: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pistons defense

Russell Westbrook 15 pts (6/8) in 80 possessions

Guarded by: Cade Cunningham (36 %, 5 pts) · Ausar Thompson (25 %, 2 pts) · Caris LeVert (9 %, 0 pts)
Malik Monk 2 pts (1/2) in 30 possessions

Guarded by: Duncan Robinson (32 %, 0 pts) · Caris LeVert (21 %, 0 pts) · Jaden Ivey (18 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Cade Cunningham	Russell Westbrook: 28 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Keegan Murray: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Ausar Thompson	Russell Westbrook: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Precious Achiuwa: 18 poss., 2 pts (0/3)
Jalen Duren	Dylan Cardwell: 24 poss., 5 pts (1/4) · Maxime Raynaud: 18 poss., 8 pts (4/5)
Tobias Harris	DeMar DeRozan: 32 poss., 11 pts (5/9) · Precious Achiuwa: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Duncan Robinson	Nique Clifford: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Malik Monk: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Isaiah Stewart	Dylan Cardwell: 12 poss., 7 pts (3/3) · Precious Achiuwa: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Caris LeVert	Dennis Schröder: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Russell Westbrook: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Javonte Green	DeMar DeRozan: 14 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Russell Westbrook: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jaden Ivey	Dennis Schröder: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Malik Monk: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)