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Detroit Pistons vs. Sacramento Kings

January 25, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Pistons beat the Kings 139-116 on 2026-01-25 at home. The Pistons started Tobias Harris, Duncan Robinson, Cade Cunningham, Jalen Duren, and Ausar Thompson. The Kings started Russell Westbrook, DeMar DeRozan, Domantas Sabonis, Precious Achiuwa, and Nique Clifford. Russell Westbrook (Kings) scored 8 points (2/7) in his matchups, with Cade Cunningham as his primary defender. Cade Cunningham (Pistons) scored 10 points (4/13) in his matchups, with DeMar DeRozan as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DET
Detroit Pistons
Detroit Pistons 139

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Cade Cunningham GS 30:18 29 5 11 3 1 5 4 13-22 3-5 0-1 +18
Tobias Harris GS 24:29 16 2 3 2 0 1 0 6-12 4-6 0-0 +17
Duncan Robinson GS 24:02 13 0 1 0 0 1 1 5-9 3-6 0-0 +10
Jalen Duren GS 23:43 18 6 1 2 1 0 1 7-8 0-0 4-5 +7
Ausar Thompson GS 20:28 5 5 6 2 0 2 2 2-5 0-0 1-2 +9
Isaiah Stewart 24:25 8 8 0 0 2 0 3 2-6 0-1 4-5 +11
Daniss Jenkins 22:40 11 1 6 1 1 0 2 4-6 2-3 1-2 +20
Ronald Holland II 21:24 11 4 2 1 0 2 3 3-7 1-2 4-4 +6
Jaden Ivey 16:34 11 2 0 0 0 4 1 4-6 3-4 0-0 -3
Javonte Green 14:54 11 4 0 4 0 1 1 1-4 0-3 9-9 +8
Chaz Lanier 5:01 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 1-2 0-0 0-0 +4
Paul Reed 5:01 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 1-2 0-0 0-0 +4
Marcus Sasser 3:55 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-2 0-1 0-0 +3
Bobi Klintman 3:05 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 +1
Totals 139 43 31 15 5 18 21 50-91 16-31 23-28

SAC
Sacramento Kings
Sacramento Kings 116

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Nique Clifford GS 33:20 15 3 1 0 1 0 3 6-13 2-4 1-4 -12
Domantas Sabonis GS 24:44 12 7 8 2 0 2 2 6-7 0-0 0-1 -11
Russell Westbrook GS 22:21 13 2 4 2 0 4 4 4-9 2-3 3-3 -16
DeMar DeRozan GS 18:40 16 0 4 0 0 2 3 6-12 0-1 4-6 -9
Precious Achiuwa GS 17:21 4 4 1 0 0 1 1 2-4 0-1 0-0 -10
Dylan Cardwell 26:44 4 9 5 1 2 0 3 2-2 0-0 0-2 -8
Dennis Schröder 24:50 15 1 7 1 0 7 1 5-10 1-2 4-6 -13
Maxime Raynaud 21:58 2 4 0 0 1 2 0 1-6 0-3 0-0 -12
Malik Monk 21:46 19 1 2 1 3 0 2 7-11 3-5 2-2 -11
Keon Ellis 21:24 14 0 0 0 0 1 2 5-9 3-6 1-2 -11
Devin Carter 6:52 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 2-2 -2
Totals 116 33 32 7 7 19 21 44-84 11-25 17-28

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

Lineups

DET
Detroit Pistons
Detroit Pistons

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

SAC
Sacramento Kings
Sacramento Kings

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.

Pistons defense

Defender Guarded most
Cade Cunningham Russell Westbrook: 26 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Nique Clifford: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Tobias Harris DeMar DeRozan: 16 poss., 6 pts (2/5) · Domantas Sabonis: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jalen Duren Domantas Sabonis: 19 poss., 10 pts (4/4) · Precious Achiuwa: 18 poss., 7 pts (3/3)
Duncan Robinson Nique Clifford: 32 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Russell Westbrook: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Isaiah Stewart Dylan Cardwell: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Maxime Raynaud: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ausar Thompson Domantas Sabonis: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Precious Achiuwa: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Daniss Jenkins Dennis Schröder: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Russell Westbrook: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Ronald Holland II Malik Monk: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Keon Ellis: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaden Ivey Keon Ellis: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Malik Monk: 6 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Javonte Green Malik Monk: 7 poss., 4 pts (0/0) · Nique Clifford: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Chaz Lanier Keon Ellis: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Nique Clifford: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Paul Reed Maxime Raynaud: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dylan Cardwell: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Marcus Sasser Keon Ellis: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Devin Carter: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bobi Klintman Dylan Cardwell: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Keon Ellis: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Kings defense

Defender Guarded most
Nique Clifford Duncan Robinson: 37 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Javonte Green: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Domantas Sabonis Jalen Duren: 31 poss., 6 pts (3/3) · Isaiah Stewart: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Dylan Cardwell Isaiah Stewart: 31 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Paul Reed: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Dennis Schröder Daniss Jenkins: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Ronald Holland II: 11 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Malik Monk Ronald Holland II: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Cade Cunningham: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Russell Westbrook Ausar Thompson: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Cade Cunningham: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Maxime Raynaud Tobias Harris: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Javonte Green: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Keon Ellis Jaden Ivey: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Ronald Holland II: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
DeMar DeRozan Cade Cunningham: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Tobias Harris: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Precious Achiuwa Tobias Harris: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Duren: 6 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Devin Carter Daniss Jenkins: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Marcus Sasser: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)