Detroit Pistons – Sacramento Kings · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 26 December 2024

DET114–113SAC

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Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when SAC leads and falls when DET does.

This is how the game was decided.

Cade Cunningham decided it, the Detroit Pistons player with the most points (33, with 4 rebounds and 10 assists; +8 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Paul Reed's (+12). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in Sacramento Kings 113-114 Detroit Pistons (December 26, 2024) was hit by Jaden Ivey: a free throw with 3.0 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Detroit Pistons up 114-113. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Sacramento Kings 113-114 Detroit Pistons (December 26, 2024) was a 13-0 run by the Sacramento Kings in the second quarter (from 10:44 to 8:04), from 39-36 to 52-36. The Detroit Pistons' best was a 8-0 run in the third quarter (from 1:23 to 34.0 s), from 69-87 to 77-87.

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Play: Jaden Ivey makes free throw 1 of 1.

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

Jaden Ivey decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 3 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 2 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Ivey decided

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A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

26 December 2024 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401704984:707; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · DET

Cunningham · Ivey · Duren · Beasley · Thompson

Closing lineup · SAC

Fox · Murray · DeRozan · Huerter · Lyles

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DET

Cade Cunningham

38′ · +8

Jaden Ivey

33′ · -1

Jalen Duren

32′ · -11

Tobias Harris

27′ · +3

Tim Hardaway Jr.

23′ · +11

Malik Beasley

27′ · -3

Ausar Thompson

18′ · -1

Simone Fontecchio

14′ · -3

Paul Reed

13′ · +12

Ronald Holland II

7′ · -15

Marcus Sasser

8′ · +5

SAC

De'Aaron Fox

38′ · -13

Keegan Murray

37′ · -4

DeMar DeRozan

36′ · -1

Malik Monk

30′ · +3

Alex Len

23′ · -1

Keon Ellis

14′ · -2

Kevin Huerter

23′ · +4

Trey Lyles

25′ · 0

Isaac Jones

3′ · -3

Colby Jones

11′ · +12

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. DET and SAC.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Detroit Pistons

Cunningham, Ivey, Duren, Harris, and Hardaway played 14.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Beasley, Cunningham, Ivey, Duren, and Harris played 5.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Beasley, Reed, Cunningham, Sasser, and Fontecchio played 3.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.

Sacramento Kings

Fox, Monk, Murray, DeRozan, and Len played 10.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Lyles, Fox, Monk, Murray, and DeRozan played 7.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Fox, Murray, Ellis, DeRozan, and Len played 6.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.

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Detroit Pistons

Beasley, Cunningham, Ivey, Duren, and Thompson played 3.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Beasley, Ivey, Duren, Fontecchio, and Holland played 2.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.
Beasley, Reed, Cunningham, Fontecchio, and Thompson played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.
Ivey, Duren, Thompson, Harris, and Hardaway played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Cunningham, Ivey, Duren, Thompson, and Harris played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Beasley, Cunningham, Duren, Thompson, and Harris played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.
Beasley, Reed, Cunningham, Thompson, and Hardaway played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Beasley, Reed, Sasser, Fontecchio, and Hardaway played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Beasley, Reed, Cunningham, Sasser, and Thompson played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Cunningham, Thompson, Holland, Harris, and Hardaway played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Beasley, Reed, Ivey, Fontecchio, and Holland played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Cunningham, Fontecchio, Thompson, Holland, and Hardaway played 1.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Beasley, Reed, Sasser, Thompson, and Hardaway played 1.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Beasley, Reed, Ivey, Fontecchio, and Thompson played 1.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.

Sacramento Kings

Lyles, Fox, Monk, Huerter, and Jones played 5.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Lyles, Huerter, Murray, Jones, and DeRozan played 4.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Huerter, Murray, Ellis, DeRozan, and Len played 4.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 9 points.
Lyles, Fox, Monk, Huerter, and Jones played 2.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Lyles, Fox, Monk, Huerter, and Ellis played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Fox, Huerter, Murray, DeRozan, and Len played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Lyles, Fox, Monk, Huerter, and Murray played 1.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.

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The lineups come from the NBA's official rotation: who was on the floor and when. Each lineup's plus-minus is worked out from every player's stints and is only shown when they all add up with each other and with the final score.

De'Aaron Fox covered 4.39 km, more than anyone in the game.

Cade Cunningham touched the ball 96 times, a game high.
Cade Cunningham made 66 passes, a game high.
Alex Len defended 6 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 4.
Jalen Duren had 27 rebound chances, a game high.

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Detroit Pistons

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Cade Cunningham	4.36	7.0	96	66
Jaden Ivey	3.91	7.3	46	33
Jalen Duren	3.72	7.1	51	45
Malik Beasley	3.15	7.2	35	18
Tobias Harris	3.06	6.9	23	18
Tim Hardaway Jr.	2.72	7.2	21	14
Ausar Thompson	2.37	7.9	27	22
Simone Fontecchio	1.74	7.8	18	18
Paul Reed	1.66	7.7	18	15
Marcus Sasser	0.87	7.3	7	7
Ronald Holland II	0.76	7.1	10	8

Sacramento Kings

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
De'Aaron Fox	4.39	7.1	85	59
Keegan Murray	4.33	7.2	54	47
DeMar DeRozan	3.91	6.6	48	33
Malik Monk	3.59	7.4	44	29
Trey Lyles	2.93	7.3	39

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2024-25 regular season, not this game.

Detroit Pistons

Tim Hardaway Jr. drew 0.24 charges per game over his 76 games.
He ranks 6 of 388 in the league.
Ausar Thompson deflected 3.6 passes per game over his 59 games.
He ranks 7 of 388 in the league.
Jaden Ivey recovered 0.9 loose balls per game over his 30 games.
He ranks 9 of 388 in the league.

Sacramento Kings

Keon Ellis deflected 3.6 passes per game over his 78 games.
He ranks 5 of 388 in the league.
Keegan Murray drew 0.16 charges per game over his 76 games.
He ranks 16 of 388 in the league.
De'Aaron Fox deflected 3.1 passes per game over his 62 games.
He ranks 17 of 388 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Sacramento Kings have won 35 of their 80 games against the Detroit Pistons.

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Game context

Attendance

17.832

101.3% of capacity

Golden 1 Center · Sacramento

Scoring

227

combined points

0.7 below the season average (227.7)

⚖️ The last two minutes

Official NBA L2M report: every call in the endgame, reviewed by the league.

14 calls reviewed0 no admitted errors