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Sacramento Kings vs. Phoenix Suns

March 3, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Suns beat the Kings 114-103 on 2026-03-03 on the road against the Kings. The Kings started Russell Westbrook, DeMar DeRozan, Precious Achiuwa, Nique Clifford, and Maxime Raynaud. The Suns started Devin Booker, Royce O'Neale, Jalen Green, Mark Williams, and Collin Gillespie. Jalen Green (Suns) scored 7 points (3/11) in his matchups, with Nique Clifford as his primary defender. Russell Westbrook (Kings) scored 16 points (6/7) in his matchups, with Collin Gillespie as his primary defender.

Box score

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

SAC
Sacramento Kings
Sacramento Kings 103

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Nique Clifford GS 39:19 10 8 4 3 0 2 3 5-13 0-5 0-0 +5
Precious Achiuwa GS 38:57 18 9 1 1 1 0 1 8-14 0-2 2-2 0
Maxime Raynaud GS 35:56 22 10 4 2 0 3 4 10-12 0-0 2-3 +3
DeMar DeRozan GS 33:36 17 2 1 0 0 1 1 5-15 0-2 7-9 -14
Russell Westbrook GS 31:28 16 2 7 4 1 3 2 6-14 3-6 1-2 -2
Daeqwon Plowden 20:58 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 0-3 0-2 2-2 -11
Malik Monk 17:51 13 3 5 0 0 4 0 5-10 3-7 0-0 -19
Killian Hayes 9:51 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1-4 1-3 0-0 -3
Devin Carter 9:25 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 1-4 0-0 0-0 -7
Drew Eubanks 2:39 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 -7
Totals 103 40 25 11 2 14 14 41-90 7-27 14-18

Did not play: Dylan Cardwell (DND - Injury/Illness), Doug McDermott (DNP - Coach's Decision)

PHX
Phoenix Suns
Phoenix Suns 114

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Collin Gillespie GS 31:29 17 5 9 1 0 2 2 6-10 5-8 0-0 +15
Devin Booker GS 31:08 17 4 6 0 0 3 2 6-19 4-9 1-1 -5
Jalen Green GS 31:01 20 4 1 4 1 7 1 7-16 2-8 4-4 +8
Royce O'Neale GS 28:59 6 4 5 2 1 1 4 2-7 2-7 0-0 -7
Mark Williams GS 22:12 10 9 0 1 0 1 0 3-6 0-0 4-6 -10
Oso Ighodaro 25:48 14 14 3 0 1 2 2 7-10 0-0 0-2 +21
Grayson Allen 25:20 18 3 6 3 0 3 0 6-15 4-12 2-2 +18
Ryan Dunn 16:49 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-2 0-1 0-2 +13
Rasheer Fleming 15:06 8 6 1 0 0 0 2 3-4 2-3 0-0 +5
Amir Coffey 12:08 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1-3 0-1 0-0 -3
Totals 114 53 31 11 3 19 13 42-92 19-49 11-17

Did not play: Jamaree Bouyea (DNP - Coach's Decision), Haywood Highsmith (DNP - Coach's Decision), Isaiah Livers (DNP - Coach's Decision), Khaman Maluach (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

SAC
Sacramento Kings
Sacramento Kings

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

PHX
Phoenix Suns
Phoenix Suns

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
Maxime Raynaud Mark Williams: 30 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Oso Ighodaro: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Nique Clifford Jalen Green: 23 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Grayson Allen: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Precious Achiuwa Devin Booker: 19 poss., 4 pts (2/5) · Oso Ighodaro: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
DeMar DeRozan Royce O'Neale: 28 poss., 8 pts (2/3) · Jalen Green: 10 poss., 1 pts (0/3)
Russell Westbrook Collin Gillespie: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Jalen Green: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Daeqwon Plowden Grayson Allen: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Royce O'Neale: 6 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Malik Monk Grayson Allen: 8 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Jalen Green: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Killian Hayes Collin Gillespie: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ryan Dunn: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Devin Carter Ryan Dunn: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Collin Gillespie: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Drew Eubanks Oso Ighodaro: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Green: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Suns defense

Defender Guarded most
Devin Booker Precious Achiuwa: 25 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Nique Clifford: 9 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Jalen Green Nique Clifford: 26 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Russell Westbrook: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Royce O'Neale DeMar DeRozan: 25 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Nique Clifford: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Collin Gillespie Russell Westbrook: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Precious Achiuwa: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Oso Ighodaro Maxime Raynaud: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Precious Achiuwa: 14 poss., 6 pts (3/3)
Grayson Allen Nique Clifford: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Daeqwon Plowden: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Mark Williams Maxime Raynaud: 27 poss., 5 pts (1/2) · Precious Achiuwa: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Ryan Dunn Daeqwon Plowden: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Malik Monk: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rasheer Fleming DeMar DeRozan: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nique Clifford: 6 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Amir Coffey Russell Westbrook: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Precious Achiuwa: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2)