Detroit Pistons 136, Sacramento Kings 127 — Recap

December 23, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Detroit Pistons 136, Sacramento Kings 127. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DET 37-24 SAC; Q2 DET 38-34 SAC; Q3 DET 40-39 SAC; Q4 DET 21-30 SAC.

Top performers (box score): DeMar DeRozan (SAC) 37 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists on 12-of-18 shooting; Russell Westbrook (SAC) 27 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-21 shooting; Tobias Harris (DET) 24 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-16 shooting; Jalen Duren (DET) 23 points, 13 rebounds, 4 assists on 10-of-15 shooting; Cade Cunningham (DET) 23 points, 7 rebounds, 14 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · SAC

DeMar DeRozan

37 PTS, 3 REB, 8 AST · 12-18 FG

Scoring · SAC

Russell Westbrook

27 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 4 3PM · 9-21 FG

Scoring · DET

Tobias Harris

24 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 3 3PM · 10-16 FG

Season highs

DeMar DeRozan · Season-high 37 pointsRussell Westbrook · Season-high 27 pointsPrecious Achiuwa · Season-high 12 rebounds

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

DET 24 largest lead Q2 2:32 (DET 71, SAC 47) · 7-0 run, Q1 3:56–Q1 2:56

SAC 3 largest lead Q1 9:41 (DET 5, SAC 8) · 7-0 run, Q2 0:00–Q3 11:08

Swings 9 lead changes Tied 1 time

Ahead for good: Cade Cunningham makes 26-foot three pointer (Q1 7:29, DET 14, SAC 12).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
DET	37	38	40	21		136
SAC	24	34	39	30		127

🧮 How They Scored

DETSAC

70Points in the paint48

27Fast-break points8

16Second-chance points30

16Points off turnovers16

38Bench points38

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

61.1%Effective FG%51.6%

12.3%Turnover %10.7%

41.0%Offensive rebound %42.2%

0.295Free-throw rate0.402

Box Score

Detroit Pistons

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cade Cunningham G-F	39	23	7	14	5	0	9	8-15	2-5	5-6	+7
Ausar Thompson G-F	36	19	6	2	0	0	0	6-13	0-0	7-10	-3
Jalen Duren C	32	23	13	4	0	2	1	10-15	0-0	3-7	-2
Duncan Robinson F	31	9	1	4	1	0	0	3-7	3-7	0-0	+1
Tobias Harris F	29	24	4	4	0	0	1	10-16	3-6	1-1	0
Isaiah Stewart F-C	21	16	3	3	0	1	1	6-12	2-6	2-2	+11
Caris LeVert G	19	5	3	4	2	3	2	2-6	1-3	0-0	+10
Javonte Green G-F	18	9	2	0	1	0	1	3-6	1-2	2-2	+6
Jaden Ivey G	14	8	3	3	0	2	0	3-5	2-3	0-0	+15

Sacramento Kings

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
DeMar DeRozan G	42	37	3	8	0	0	1	12-18	0-3	13-15	-5
Russell Westbrook G	38	27	6	4	2	0	3	9-21	4-12	5-7	0
Precious Achiuwa F	27	15	12	3	2	1	1	6-13	3-4	0-0	+1
Dylan Cardwell C	27	5	6	4	2	1	0	0-1	0-0	5-5	-12
Nique Clifford G	25	14	2	0	2	0	2	5-10	2-5	2-2	+3
Maxime Raynaud C	23	8	8	2	0	1	1	4-8	0-1	0-0	+3
Dennis Schroder G	21	10	2	3	1	0	3	2-7	0-2	6-6	-10
Keegan Murray F	20	2	1	1	1	2	0	1-4	0-1	0-0	-15
Malik Monk G	14	9	1	1	2	0	2	3-8	2-4	1-2	-6
Keon Ellis G	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-4

🔬 Advanced Stats

Detroit PistonsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Tobias Harris	Starter	29	24	73.0	21.8	0.0	15.9
Cade Cunningham	Starter	39	23	65.2	26.0	+7.1	15.3
Jalen Duren	Starter	32	23	63.6	22.1	-7.0	14.6
Ausar Thompson	Starter	36	19	54.6	19.8	-6.0	7.1
Duncan Robinson	Starter	31	9	64.3	9.0	+1.6	5.1
Isaiah Stewart	Bench	21	16	62.1	24.1	+30.9	12.4
Javonte Green	Bench	18	9	65.4	15.7	+6.3	5.6
Jaden Ivey	Bench	14	8	80.0	12.8	+46.9	9.9
Caris LeVert	Bench	19	5	41.7	15.4	+23.8	9.0
Paul Reed	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Marcus Sasser	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Daniss Jenkins	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Sacramento KingsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
DeMar DeRozan	Starter	42	37	75.2	23.3	-4.3	17.0
Russell Westbrook	Starter	38	27	56.1	26.5	-1.5	9.8
Precious Achiuwa	Starter	27	15	57.7	19.2	+3.8	14.3
Maxime Raynaud	Starter	23	8	50.0	15.5	+9.0	7.5
Keegan Murray	Starter	20	2	25.0	8.5	-37.5	1.8
Nique Clifford	Bench	25	14	64.3	20.6	+6.0	5.8
Dennis Schroder	Bench	21	10	51.9	24.1	-29.1	5.1
Malik Monk	Bench	14	9	50.7	28.2	-18.2	6.2
Dylan Cardwell	Bench	27	5	78.1	4.3	-18.9	6.9
Doug McDermott	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dario Saric	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Keon Ellis	Bench	04	0	0.0	16.7	-71.4	-7.5