Sacramento Kings 127, Detroit Pistons 117 — Recap

April 7, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Sacramento Kings 127, Detroit Pistons 117. Scoring by quarter: Q1 SAC 38-37 DET; Q2 SAC 24-35 DET; Q3 SAC 35-22 DET; Q4 SAC 30-23 DET.

Top performers (box score): Zach LaVine (SAC) 43 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 8 threes on 16-of-28 shooting; DeMar DeRozan (SAC) 37 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 14-of-26 shooting; Cade Cunningham (DET) 35 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 13-of-21 shooting; Domantas Sabonis (SAC) 19 points, 15 rebounds, 10 assists on 7-of-11 shooting; Tim Hardaway Jr. (DET) 19 points, null rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · SAC

Zach LaVine

43 PTS, 3 REB, 4 AST, 8 3PM · 16-28 FG

Scoring · SAC

DeMar DeRozan

37 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 1 3PM · 14-26 FG

Scoring · DET

Cade Cunningham

35 PTS, 3 REB, 5 AST, 1 3PM · 13-21 FG

Season highs

Zach LaVine · Season-high 43 points

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

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
SAC	38	24	35	30		127
DET	37	35	22	23		117

🧮 How They Scored

SACDET

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

59.0%Effective FG%56.1%

7.8%Turnover %9.5%

37.8%Offensive rebound %30.2%

0.301Free-throw rate0.351

Box Score

Sacramento Kings

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Zach LaVine G	45	43	3	4	1	—	1	16-28	8-11	3-4	+6
DeMar DeRozan G	37	37	4	2	—	1	2	14-26	1-6	8-10	+15
Keon Ellis G	37	2	6	—	3	—	—	1-2	0-1	—	+9
Domantas Sabonis F	35	19	15	10	—	1	2	7-11	—	5-5	+6
Devin Carter G	22	7	2	1	1	—	1	3-8	1-3	—	+15
Jonas Valanciunas C	13	10	12	1	—	1	1	2-5	—	6-6	+4
Malik Monk G	6	2	—	1	—	—	1	1-3	0-1	—	-2
Isaac Jones F	4	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-3
Doug McDermott F	3	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-3

Detroit Pistons

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Tim Hardaway Jr. G	35	19	—	2	—	—	2	6-15	4-11	3-3	-17
Cade Cunningham G-F	33	35	3	5	2	—	4	13-21	1-4	8-11	-9
Dennis Schroder G	32	5	3	2	—	—	1	1-4	1-2	2-4	-19
Ausar Thompson G-F	29	15	4	5	3	1	—	7-13	1-1	—	+13
Isaiah Stewart F-C	28	8	10	4	—	2	—	2-6	1-3	3-4	-4
Jalen Duren C	20	6	9	6	1	1	—	2-4	—	2-2	-6
Ronald Holland II F	15	5	4	1	1	—	1	2-3	—	1-1	+8
Marcus Sasser G	10	8	1	3	—	—	—	3-5	1-2	1-1	+8
Simone Fontecchio F	8	2	2	—	1	—	1	1-3	0-2	—	-14

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Zach LaVine	Bench	45	43	72.2	28.6	+6.8	16.3
DeMar DeRozan	Bench	37	37	60.9	36.0	+17.3	16.6
Domantas Sabonis	Bench	35	19	72.0	18.3	+8.6	21.5
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	13	10	65.4	25.7	+15.4	21.6
Devin Carter	Bench	22	7	43.8	16.7	+32.1	2.5
Malik Monk	Bench	6	2	33.3	22.2	-6.0	-3.2
Keon Ellis	Bench	37	2	50.0	2.3	+17.2	3.4
Doug McDermott	Bench	3	—	0.0	0.0	-26.8	6.5
Isaac Jones	Bench	4	—	0.0	0.0	-46.7	5.3

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Cade Cunningham	Bench	33	35	67.7	37.7	-17.6	17.2
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Bench	35	19	58.2	21.7	-27.3	6.7
Ausar Thompson	Bench	29	15	57.7	18.8	+24.0	11.2
Isaiah Stewart	Bench	28	8	51.5	12.7	-7.7	12.6
Marcus Sasser	Bench	10	8	73.5	19.2	+38.1	14.6
Jalen Duren	Bench	20	6	61.5	10.2	-11.0	13.1
Dennis Schroder	Bench	32	5	43.4	9.5	-28.0	1.2
Ronald Holland II	Bench	15	5	72.7	12.1	+23.9	10.3
Simone Fontecchio	Bench	8	2	33.3	18.2	-77.8	4.5
Paul Reed	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lindy Waters III	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bobi Klintman	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Daniss Jenkins	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tolu Smith	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0