At 8:00 a.m. Beijing time on January 10, the NBA regular season matchup is in full swing, with the Detroit Pistons sitting at home to face the Sacramento Kings. Before this game, the Kings ranked 5th in the West with a record of 21 wins and 14 losses, as one of the super black teams in the West, the overall strength of the Kings should not be underestimated, they successfully broke into the playoffs last season, and the defending champion Warriors at the time created a lot of pressure in the first round. The Kings don't have a shortage of star-caliber players, and the duo of Sabonis Jr. and Fox is easy to underrate. Sabonis's offensive skills are comprehensive, and he also has the ability to shoot three-pointers from the outside to help the team open up space, while Fox has a strong ability to solve hard, has a lot of scoring methods, and is also a big heart in key moments.
It is worth mentioning that this season, Fox has averaged career highs in points, three-point shooting and shooting percentage per game, and when it comes to what the team and himself need to improve, Fox said that it is the defensive end: "Each of us has to improve our defensive ability and become a better defensive individual soldier. No matter how good your team is, as long as the opponent can consistently score on top of you and you're always being led by the nose, you can't play a good defense. For us, we have to be proud of defending and I think we need to have enough defensive resources no matter what kind of opponent we are facing. On the other side, the Pistons, with a record of 3 wins and 33 losses before this game, ranked first in the East, and the Pistons are undoubtedly the worst team this season, after they also suffered a wave of 28 consecutive losses, breaking the NBA all-time losing streak.
In this game, the two sides are in the starting lineup, and the Pistons sent Bogdanovic, Duren, Ivey, Hayes and Rivers. The Kings sent Fox, Sabonis Jr., Murray, Barnes and Huerter. At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, the Pistons won the jump ball, took the lead in gaining possession, and launched the first offense. Duren cut the basket in the air, flew to the basket and scored the first goal of the game, Murray also opened the door for the Kings with a mid-range dry pull-up jumper, Sabonis played high inside, turned and scored a goal, Ivey ignored the defense, hit the basket inside and dropped two points, Bogdanovic hit an empty three-pointer, Sabonis dominated the basket, and after receiving the ball, he scored a goal with a tough jump, Bogdan felt hot, and the bottom corner three-shot shot soared steadily.
Entering the middle of the first quarter, the Pistons began to break the deadlock, and all members broke out, Bogdan scored 13 points on 5 shots in a single quarter, leading the team to play an offensive climax, and at the end of the first quarter, the Pistons led the Kings by 18 points 47-29, and led by 20 points at most. At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, Ryan made a strong play in the restricted area to make it 2+1 to help the Kings take the lead, Monk broke through the whole court with a lightning bolt, raised the ball with one hand and hit a layup, Bogdanovic shook a shot to fly the opponent, and played a 2+1, Fox chased a three-point shot at the top of the arc and hit a three-point shot, Monk scored a goal steadily inside the line, and Huerter slipped on the bottom line and hit a rebound smartly. In the first half of the second quarter, the difference between the two sides was still around 20 points, and the Kings made a series of mistakes.
However, in the second half of the second quarter, the situation on the court changed abruptly, and the Pistons, who broke out in the first quarter of the game, suddenly became dumb, like acting, and were blasted out by the king with a super attack wave, directly overtaking the score. It's hard to believe that the Kings beat the Pistons 40-18 in the second quarter, and at halftime, the Kings outscored the Pistons by three points at 68-65. At the beginning of the second half of the game, Yibian fought again, Ivey forced a layup in the air, opening the third quarter of the game, Murray scored a three-point shot at a 45-degree angle, Sabonis continued to dominate the basket, turned around and made a layup to easily pick up two points, Murray felt hot, forced a breakthrough layup and scored 2+1, Fox forced a three-point shot against the defense, Harris was not to be outdone, a three-point shot in the bottom corner responded with a three-point shot, and Ivey scored a dragonfly inside the basket.
In the third quarter of the game, the scores of the two teams were very tight, and after the third quarter, the Kings led the Pistons by 3 points 98-95. In the final quarter of the decisive battle, the Pistons didn't want to lose their faces, and they began to mess up directly, and once again trailed the Kings by nearly 20 points in a single quarter, and the Kings came up with a wave of 24-7 to completely end the suspense of the game, and in the end, the Kings defeated the Pistons 131-110, trailing the Pistons by 20 points in the first quarter, and finally won the Pistons by 21 points, a super reversal of 41 points.
In terms of statistics, on the Kings' side, Sabonis had 37 points, 10 rebounds, 13 assists and 3 steals, Keegan Murray 32 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks, Daron Fox 26 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, Malik Monk 20 points, 2 rebounds, 9 assists and 2 blocks, and Tre Lyles 6 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists. On the Pistons' side, Bojan Bogdanovic had 26 points, 5 rebounds and 3 steals, Jaden Ivey had 22 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, Jalen Duren had 16 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists, Alec Burks had 16 points and 3 rebounds, and Kevin Knox had 8 points.