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Sacramento Kings at Detroit Pistons

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12-35, 3-19 Away
Final
116 - 139

33-11, 19-5 Home

Cunningham, East-leading Pistons rout Kings 139-116 for 5th victory in 6 games

Ronald Holland II ejected for shoving Keon Ellis

The Eastern Conference-leading Pistons rebounded from a home loss to Houston on Friday night to improve to 33-11. Tied at 35 after a quarter, Detroit broke it open in the second by outscoring the Kings 43-30.

Cunningham was 13 of 22 from the field, hitting 3 of 5 3-pointers. Pistons center Jalen Duren added 18 points on 7-of-8 shooting, and Tobias Harris had 16.

Malik Monk led Sacramento with 19 points, and DeMar DeRozan had 16. The Kings have lost five straight to drop to 12-35.

Domantas Sabonis played his fifth game for Sacramento after after missing two months because of a knee injury. He had 12 points on 6-of-7 shooting and eight assists and seven rebounds in 24:44.

Up next Kings: At New York on Tuesday night.

Pistons: At Denver on Tuesday night.

Regular Season Series

DET wins series 2-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 116 - 139
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 116 - 139
4th 16.0 Devin Carter makes free throw 2 of 2 116 - 139
4th 16.0 Devin Carter makes free throw 1 of 2 115 - 139
4th 16.0 Bobi Klintman shooting foul 114 - 139

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/sac.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originSAC https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/det.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originDET
44-84 FG 50-91
52 Field Goal % 55
11-25 3PT 16-31
44 Three Point % 52
17-28 FT 23-28
61 Free Throw % 82
33 Rebounds 43
12 Offensive Rebounds 16
21 Defensive Rebounds 27
32 Assists 31
7 Steals 15
7 Blocks 5
19 Turnovers 18
0 Team Turnovers 1
19 Total Turnovers 19
0 Technical Fouls 5
0 Total Technical Fouls 5
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
28 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 18
8 Fast Break Points 12
52 Points in Paint 58
21 Fouls 21
7 Largest Lead 25
4 Lead Changes 4
16 Percent Led 79
Detroit Pistons Detroit Pistons Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Kevin Huerter, G Day-To-Day Apr 25
Sacramento Kings Sacramento Kings Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Isaiah Stevens, G Out Apr 12
DeMar DeRozan, G Out Apr 11
Malik Monk, G Out Apr 11
Keegan Murray, F Out Apr 11
Russell Westbrook, G Out Apr 11

Game Information

Little Caesars Arena

Location: Detroit, MI
Attendance: 18,299 · Capacity:

2025-26 Pacific Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
LA Lakers 53 29 .646 - W3
Phoenix 45 37 .549 8 W1
LA Clippers 42 40 .512 11 W1
Golden State 37 45 .451 16 L3
Sacramento 22 60 .268 31 L1

2025-26 Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Detroit 60 22 .732 - W3
Cleveland 52 30 .634 8 W1
Milwaukee 32 50 .390 28 L1
Chicago 31 51 .378 29 L2
Indiana 19 63 .232 41 L2
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