On January 10, 2024, Beijing time, today's NBA game, the 3-33 Pistons hosted the 21-14 Kings, the Kings lost to the Pelicans by 33 points in their last game, they need to use a big win to regain confidence, today's opponent Pistons have the worst record in the league, and they are also missing the number one star Cunningham, which is a godsend for the Kings, can the Kings seize it? Kings starters: Fox + Huerter + Murray + Barnes + Sabonis, Pistons starters: Hayes + Ivey + Bojan + Livers +Durham.
In the first quarter of the game, Duren and Bojan started 4-0, Murray and Sabonis responded, Ivey, Duren and Bojan teamed up to score, the Pistons led by 5 points, Sabonis and Fox scored, Duren dunked and Bojan scored continuously, and the Pistons' lead came to 9 points, and the Kings could only rely on Sabonis to score, and the Pistons responded with Duren, Bojan and Livers, and the difference continued to expand to 16 points. Monk scored consecutive points after coming on the court, and Knox and Burks responded strongly on the Pistons' side, and the difference continued to widen to 20 points. Ryan dunked to give the Pistons a 47-29 lead in the first quarter. Sabonis scored 15 points on 7-of-8 shooting in the first quarter, but struggled to do it alone. Bojan scored 13 points on 5-of-5 shooting in the first quarter and Duren scored 10 points on 5-of-5 shooting.
The Pistons scored 47 points on 19-of-25 shooting (7-of-10 from three-point range) in the first quarter, shooting 76% from the field, setting a record for the team's scoring and shooting percentage in any quarter this season.
In the second quarter of the game, Ryan and Monk started to chase the difference to 14 points, Bojan and Ivey responded strongly, and the difference expanded to 19 points, Sabonis, Huerter, and Lyles scored, Bojan and Hayes responded together, and the difference was still 19 points, Monk made a layup, Murray broke out and cut 9 points in a short time, the King chased the difference to 8 points to stop the Pistons, and after the pause, Rivers made a layup and was blocked, Sabonis made a layup, and the difference was chased to 6 points, Ivey expanded the difference to 10 points, Murray, Sabonis, Fox hit a 13-0 run to put the Kings up 68-65 at halftime. The Kings won the second quarter by 21 points from the Pistons.
Sabonis finished with 22 points, three rebounds and seven assists on 10-of-11 shooting in the half. Murray had 15 points and two rebounds, including 13 in the second quarter and Fox had 12 points and two assists. For the Pistons, Bojan was 8-of-9 (4-of-4 from three-point range) for 22 points, 2 rebounds and 3 steals, Ivey had 16 points and 2 boards, and Duren had 10 points and 8 boards.
In the third quarter of the game, the Kings started to exert force, Murray and Sabonis expanded the difference to 11 points, Bojan and Harris scored, Fox and Sabonis responded, the difference was 12 points, Harris hit three points in a row, Burks continued to score, although Murray, Lyles, and Monk responded, but the Pistons chased the difference to 3 points at the end of the third quarter, Harris scored 9 points in a single quarter, and Burks scored 12 points.
In the fourth quarter of the game, Sussell made 2 free throws and 2 hits, the Pistons chased the difference to 1 point, Fox scored three points, Knox and Duren scored 4 points in a row, and the Pistons tied the difference, and the two sides returned to the same running line. Sabonis and Monk played a 7-0 stop Pistons, the Pistons made a mistake after a timeout, Monk made a layup, the difference was 9 points, Ivey and Duren scored, Murray hit 2 three-pointers in a row, the difference was 11 points, Hayes scored, Fox, Murray, Sabonis responded, the difference was 19 points, there was more than 1 minute left in the game, the suspense had been lost, and finally the Kings defeated the Pistons 131-110 and completed the big reversal.
Sabonis scored a season-high 37 points, 10 boards, 13 assists and 3 steals on 16-of-21 shooting, Murray scored 32 points and 5 boards on 13-of-17 shooting, Fox had 26 points, 3 boards and 4 assists, and Monk had 20 points, 2 boards, 8 assists and 2 steals.
Bojan had 26 points, 5 rebounds and 3 steals on 10-of-14 shooting, Ivey had 22 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, Duren had 16 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists, Burks had 16 points and 3 boards, and Knox had 8 points and 1 board.
The Kings completed the comeback victory, but it was still a shame for the Kings to set a season record in the first quarter. For Pistons champion Cunningham, the reversal of the Pistons allowed him to escape, otherwise he would have fallen into an embarrassing situation by defeating the Kings without his own Pistons.