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Sacramento Kings vs. Washington Wizards

January 16, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Kings beat the Wizards 128-115 on 2026-01-16 at home. The Kings started Russell Westbrook, DeMar DeRozan, Zach LaVine, Precious Achiuwa, and Maxime Raynaud. The Wizards started Justin Champagnie, Alex Sarr, Bub Carrington, Kyshawn George, and Tre Johnson. Alex Sarr (Wizards) scored 15 points (7/11) in his matchups, with Maxime Raynaud as his primary defender. Russell Westbrook (Kings) scored 9 points (3/6) in his matchups, with Bub Carrington as his primary defender.

Box score

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

SAC
Sacramento Kings
Sacramento Kings 128

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
DeMar DeRozan GS 32:47 17 2 4 1 0 2 4 6-13 1-2 4-5 -7
Zach LaVine GS 32:22 16 2 3 1 2 0 3 6-12 3-6 1-2 +10
Russell Westbrook GS 31:03 26 2 6 1 0 4 2 9-14 6-9 2-2 0
Precious Achiuwa GS 27:33 16 6 1 0 2 1 0 7-8 1-2 1-2 -2
Maxime Raynaud GS 21:40 4 8 5 1 0 1 1 2-5 0-0 0-2 -7
Domantas Sabonis 21:14 13 6 5 1 1 4 2 5-6 0-1 3-5 +14
Dennis Schröder 20:10 15 1 5 0 0 1 1 4-6 2-3 5-8 +12
Nique Clifford 18:53 9 7 3 0 0 1 1 3-6 2-4 1-2 +19
Dylan Cardwell 18:40 8 9 1 0 0 1 5 4-5 0-0 0-0 +23
Malik Monk 15:38 4 2 3 0 0 3 0 1-6 0-4 2-2 +3
Totals 128 45 36 5 5 18 19 47-81 15-31 19-30

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

WAS
Washington Wizards
Washington Wizards 115

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Bub Carrington GS 38:52 11 2 9 2 0 3 3 3-4 3-4 2-2 +2
Tre Johnson GS 29:45 18 2 4 1 1 1 0 7-17 4-8 0-0 -1
Alex Sarr GS 27:43 19 4 3 0 1 2 0 8-12 0-0 3-4 -5
Justin Champagnie GS 26:43 15 7 2 0 0 0 4 7-11 1-3 0-0 -12
Kyshawn George GS 23:50 15 8 3 1 0 0 4 6-12 0-4 3-3 -12
Jamir Watkins 26:09 6 2 0 2 0 2 3 2-5 0-2 2-4 0
Will Riley 21:59 6 1 2 0 0 2 3 2-8 2-7 0-0 -18
Marvin Bagley III 19:12 8 4 0 1 0 0 4 1-5 0-1 6-8 -8
Malaki Branham 13:14 13 1 0 1 0 0 0 6-9 1-2 0-0 +11
AJ Johnson 11:28 4 3 0 1 0 1 1 2-6 0-2 0-0 -22
Anthony Gill 1:05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0
Totals 115 34 23 9 2 11 22 44-90 11-34 16-21

Did not play: Khris Middleton (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

SAC
Sacramento Kings
Sacramento Kings

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

WAS
Washington Wizards
Washington Wizards

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 Justin Champagnie: 20 poss., 4 pts (1/5) · Jamir Watkins: 20 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Zach LaVine Tre Johnson: 25 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Will Riley: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Russell Westbrook Bub Carrington: 30 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Kyshawn George: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Precious Achiuwa Kyshawn George: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Justin Champagnie: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Maxime Raynaud Alex Sarr: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Marvin Bagley III: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Domantas Sabonis Marvin Bagley III: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Alex Sarr: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Dennis Schröder Bub Carrington: 15 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Will Riley: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nique Clifford Bub Carrington: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Will Riley: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dylan Cardwell Alex Sarr: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamir Watkins: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Malik Monk Tre Johnson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamir Watkins: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Wizards defense

Defender Guarded most
Bub Carrington Zach LaVine: 18 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Dennis Schröder: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tre Johnson Russell Westbrook: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Zach LaVine: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Alex Sarr Maxime Raynaud: 20 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Domantas Sabonis: 9 poss., 6 pts (3/4)
Jamir Watkins DeMar DeRozan: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Domantas Sabonis: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kyshawn George Precious Achiuwa: 12 poss., 6 pts (3/5) · Russell Westbrook: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Justin Champagnie DeMar DeRozan: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Russell Westbrook: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Will Riley Zach LaVine: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Dylan Cardwell: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Marvin Bagley III Domantas Sabonis: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Maxime Raynaud: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Malaki Branham Zach LaVine: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Russell Westbrook: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
AJ Johnson Zach LaVine: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Dennis Schröder: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Anthony Gill Precious Achiuwa: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dylan Cardwell: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)