Sacramento Kings 116, Detroit Pistons 139 — Recap

January 25, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Sacramento Kings 116, Detroit Pistons 139. Scoring by quarter: Q1 SAC 35-35 DET; Q2 SAC 30-43 DET; Q3 SAC 28-35 DET; Q4 SAC 23-26 DET.

Top performers (box score): Cade Cunningham (DET) 29 points, 5 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 threes on 13-of-22 shooting; Malik Monk (SAC) 19 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-11 shooting; Jalen Duren (DET) 18 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists on 7-of-8 shooting; Tobias Harris (DET) 16 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-12 shooting; DeMar DeRozan (SAC) 16 points, 0 rebounds, 4 assists on 6-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DET

Cade Cunningham

29 PTS, 5 REB, 11 AST, 3 3PM · 13-22 FG

Scoring · SAC

Malik Monk

19 PTS, 1 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM · 7-11 FG

Scoring · DET

Jalen Duren

18 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST · 7-8 FG

Season highs

Domantas Sabonis · Season-high 8 assists

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

📊 Game Flow

SAC 7 largest lead Q1 1:02 (SAC 31, DET 24) · 7-0 run, Q3 6:01–Q3 5:11

DET 25 largest lead Q4 0:24 (SAC 114, DET 139) · 8-0 run, Q3 9:56–Q3 8:52

Swings 6 lead changes Tied 4 times

Ahead for good: Javonte Green makes free throw 1 of 2 (Q2 11:46, SAC 35, DET 36).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
SAC	35	30	28	23		116
DET	35	43	35	26		139

🧮 How They Scored

SACDET

52Points in the paint58

8Fast-break points12

16Second-chance points26

18Points off turnovers28

56Bench points58

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

58.9%Effective FG%63.7%

16.5%Turnover %14.8%

30.8%Offensive rebound %43.2%

0.333Free-throw rate0.308

Box Score

Sacramento Kings

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nique Clifford G	33	15	3	1	0	1	0	6-13	2-4	1-4	-12
Dylan Cardwell C	27	4	9	5	1	2	0	2-2	0-0	0-2	-8
Dennis Schroder G	25	15	1	7	1	0	7	5-10	1-2	4-6	-13
Domantas Sabonis F	25	12	7	8	2	0	2	6-7	0-0	0-1	-11
Malik Monk G	22	19	1	2	1	3	0	7-11	3-5	2-2	-11
Russell Westbrook G	22	13	2	4	2	0	4	4-9	2-3	3-3	-16
Maxime Raynaud C	22	2	4	0	0	1	2	1-6	0-3	0-0	-12
Keon Ellis G	21	14	0	0	0	0	1	5-9	3-6	1-2	-11
DeMar DeRozan G	19	16	0	4	0	0	2	6-12	0-1	4-6	-9
Precious Achiuwa F	17	4	4	1	0	0	1	2-4	0-1	0-0	-10
Devin Carter G	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	2-2	-2

Detroit Pistons

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cade Cunningham G-F	30	29	5	11	3	1	5	13-22	3-5	0-1	+18
Tobias Harris F	25	16	2	3	2	0	1	6-12	4-6	0-0	+17
Jalen Duren C	24	18	6	1	2	1	0	7-8	0-0	4-5	+7
Duncan Robinson F	24	13	0	1	0	0	1	5-9	3-6	0-0	+10
Isaiah Stewart F-C	24	8	8	0	0	2	0	2-6	0-1	4-5	+11
Daniss Jenkins G	23	11	1	6	1	1	0	4-6	2-3	1-2	+20
Ronald Holland II F	21	11	4	2	1	0	2	3-7	1-2	4-4	+6
Ausar Thompson G-F	20	5	5	6	2	0	2	2-5	0-0	1-2	+9
Jaden Ivey G	17	11	2	0	0	0	4	4-6	3-4	0-0	-3
Javonte Green G-F	15	11	4	0	4	0	1	1-4	0-3	9-9	+8
Paul Reed F	5	2	4	1	0	0	1	1-2	0-0	0-0	+4
Chaz Lanier G	5	2	2	0	0	0	1	1-2	0-0	0-0	+4
Marcus Sasser G	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	+3
Bobi Klintman F	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
DeMar DeRozan	Starter	19	16	54.6	30.8	-28.1	6.2
Nique Clifford	Starter	33	15	50.8	17.9	-19.1	3.5
Russell Westbrook	Starter	22	13	63.0	23.3	-35.1	5.4
Domantas Sabonis	Starter	25	12	80.6	14.1	-20.4	13.9
Precious Achiuwa	Starter	17	4	50.0	10.4	-30.5	3.7
Malik Monk	Bench	22	19	80.0	24.5	-23.4	17.0
Dennis Schroder	Bench	25	15	59.3	30.0	-28.6	7.6
Keon Ellis	Bench	21	14	70.9	21.6	-29.9	7.8
Dylan Cardwell	Bench	27	4	69.4	4.9	-16.7	13.9
Devin Carter	Bench	07	2	53.2	14.3	-9.6	28.6
Maxime Raynaud	Bench	22	2	16.7	15.7	-24.1	-0.7
Drew Eubanks	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
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

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Cade Cunningham	Starter	30	29	64.6	35.1	+35.8	18.8
Jalen Duren	Starter	24	18	88.2	15.3	+19.5	17.3
Tobias Harris	Starter	25	16	66.7	19.4	+33.1	10.3
Duncan Robinson	Starter	24	13	72.2	16.1	+24.1	5.3
Ausar Thompson	Starter	20	5	42.5	15.4	+23.9	6.8
Javonte Green	Bench	15	11	69.1	23.7	+31.3	23.2
Jaden Ivey	Bench	17	11	91.7	26.3	-1.7	9.0
Ronald Holland II	Bench	21	11	62.8	20.8	+24.0	9.4
Daniss Jenkins	Bench	23	11	79.9	11.3	+43.8	13.5
Isaiah Stewart	Bench	24	8	48.8	13.1	+23.7	7.8
Paul Reed	Bench	05	2	50.0	23.1	+40.0	46.2
Marcus Sasser	Bench	04	2	50.0	20.0	+37.5	16.7
Chaz Lanier	Bench	05	2	50.0	23.1	+40.0	15.4
Bobi Klintman	Bench	03	0	0.0	0.0	+14.3	-28.6