Detroit Pistons @ Sacramento Kings
Tuesday, December 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM ET
Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, CA | Game ID: 22500421
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
SAC 24 34 39 30 127DET 37 38 40 21 136
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Cunningham, Duren and Harris lead East-best Pistons to 136-127 win over Kings
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- — Cade Cunningham had 23 points and 14 assists, Jalen Duren had 23 points and 12 rebounds, and the Eastern Conference-leading Detroit Pistons beat the Sacramento Kings 136-127 on Tuesday night.
Tobias Harris scored 24 points for the Pistons, who have won nine of 11.
Duren's double-double was his fourth straight and 17th of the season. Ausar Thompson had 19 points for Detroit, and Isaiah Stewart added 16 points off the bench.
DeMar DeRozan scored 37 points and Russell Westbrook had 27 for the Kings, who have lost 10 of 12.
Westbrook had four assists to reach 10,140 for his career, one short of Magic Johnson for seventh in NBA history.
The Pistons, who lead the NBA in points in the paint at 58.1 per game, had 70 points inside to the Kings' 48.
Detroit led 75-58 at halftime and 115-97 after three quarters. Sacramento closed within eight in the final period but got no closer.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
SACDC D. Cardwell
DD D. DeRozan
DS D. Schröder
KE K. Ellis
KM K. Murray
MM M. Monk
MR M. Raynaud
NC N. Clifford
PA P. Achiuwa
RW R. Westbrook
SC Schroder
DETAT A. Thompson
CC C. Cunningham
CL C. LeVert
DR D. Robinson
IS I. Stewart
JD J. Duren
JG J. Green
JI J. Ivey
TH T. Harris
SAC/DET the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur